Natalie Gumede

Natalie Gumede is an English actress, born on March 20, 1984. She gained recognition for her role as Kirsty Soames in the ITV soap opera, Coronation Street, from 2011 to 2013. Prior to that, she appeared as China in the BBC Three comedy show Ideal. Gumede has also made appearances in various television shows including The Persuasionists, Emmerdale, and Doctor Who. In 2013, she was the runner-up on the BBC One series Strictly Come Dancing. From 2017 to 2019, Gumede starred as Maggie Steel Phillips in the Netflix original series Free Rein. She was born in Burnley, Lancashire, and has a Zimbabwean father and an English mother.