Natalie Nash

Natalie "Nat" Nash (née Collins) is a fictional character from the Australian Seven Network soap opera Home and Away, played by Antoinette Byron. She made her first on-screen appearance on 18 February 1998. Natalie was originally played by Angelica la Bozzetta until she quit the serial the same year. Antoinette Byron was then cast in the role and she began appearing from the 1999 season premiere until her departure in 2000.

Character creation and casting

In 1997, following Debra Lawrance's decision to quit her role as Pippa Ross producers decided to introduce a new family to run the caravan park, because the household was seen as the "centrepieice of the show". They created the Nash family consisting of parents Natalie and Joel Nash, played by la Bozzetta and David Woodley respectively and children Gypsy (Kimberley Cooper) and Tom (Graeme Squires). The family come to Summer Bay from Hong Kong to start a new life.

Bozetta quit the role in late 1998 to spend more time with her daughter. Byron was cast in the role and made her debut in the 1999 season premiere.