Called, “a true force of nature,” by Clive Davis of The Times (UK) in his five-star review, Natalie Douglas is a Nightlife, Backstage Bistro & seven-time MAC (Manhattan Association of Cabarets and Clubs) Award Winner and recipient of the Margaret Whiting Award from the Mabel Mercer Foundation. Natalie’s portrait also hangs on the legendary Birdland Jazz Club Wall of Fame. Her performances have brought crowds to their feet across the U.S. (Carnegie Hall, Birdland, Café Carlyle, and Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Appel Room) and the world (The UK, Germany, Montenegro, Greece, Corsica, Argentina and Mexico) with many different concerts featuring tributes to Nina Simone, Lena Horne, Nat King Cole and Dolly Parton as well as shows about Cafe Society, the music of the 70’s and 80’s, songs of various civil rights movements and gospel influenced jazz and blues. Natalie's first two CDs, "To Nina...Live At Birdland" and "Not That Different," are available on iTunes, Amazon.com, Spotify, GooglePlay and on this site via PayPal. She also appears on Fine and Dandy for PS Classics and Broadway By The Year: 1940 on Bayview Records. She is a great favorite of broadcasters and her music is often featured on NPR and Sirius XM Radio & BBCLondon Radio. As an actor, she has appeared in 18 editions of "The Atrainplays," (a 24-hour birth to performance event) at the Neighborhood Playhouse, The Peter Sharp Theatre and New World Stages and off-Broadway in "The People vs. Mona," by the writers of Pumpboys & Dinettes. She appeared in the horror film, "The Camera’s Eye," ABC’s "Cupid" and can be seen with her gorgeous husband showing off the good education her parents paid for on The Discovery Channel’s "Cash Cab." Natalie is a Visiting Artist specializing in numerous diversity workshops that she conducts all over the U.S. for public and private schools, as well as devoting attention to individual study & workshops with actors & singers of every age. Natalie is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of USC with a Magna Cum Laude Bachelor of Arts Degree in Psychology with certificates in Theatre and Women's Studies and holds a Master's Degree in Psychology from UCLA. AWARDS The Mabel Mercer Foundation Margaret Whiting Award Seven MAC Awards for Outstanding Vocalist, Major Artist and Jazz Vocalist, with eleven nominations Nightlife Award Winner: Outstanding Piano Bar Entertainer Back Stage Bistro Award Winner: Outstanding Female Vocalist Recording of the Year, "Not That Different” MAC Nomination CRITICS ★★★★★ “A TRUE FORCE OF NATURE” The Times (UK) “TRANSCENDS” The New York Times “SENSATIONAL” TimeOut New York “A STAR” BackStage Publications “EXCELLENT” New York Post “GREAT” Jazz Review “AMAZING” Show Business Weekly “EVERYTHING” NY Daily News “A TRUE, TRUE STAR” BBC London Radio “A TRIUMPH” Theatremania “GREATEST” Wall Street Journal “FASCINATING” Recklinghausen Zeitung “EXTRAORDINARY” Gay City News “HEARTSTOPPING” Out Magazine “LUMINESCENT” WTRN/WVOX “REMARKABLE” Audiophile Voice “A MONSTROUS TALENT” Next Magazine