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|title1=Natalie Green
'''Natasha "Natalie" Green '''(born '''Natasha Letisha Sage Green''') was played by [[Mindy Cohn]]. Natalie's best friend on the show was [[Tootie Ramsey|Tootie]], as they were close in age. Natalie's age throughout the series was approximately 13 to 22.
 
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|name1=Natasha "Natalie" Letisha Sage Green
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|image1=[[File:00nat.jpg|400px]]
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|birthplace=New York City
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|birthdate=1967
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|family= [[Dr. Leonard Green]] (adoptive father, deceased), Mrs. Green (adoptive mother), [[Grandma Mona]] (grandmother)
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|appearance= large-figured, brunette
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|personality= exuberant, rational. quirky
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|relationships= coming up
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|fate= writer}}'''Natalie Green''' was a fictional character on "The Facts of Life." She was played by actress [[Mindy Cohn]] throughout the series, several movies and on [[The Facts of Life Reunion]].
   
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==Bio==
Natalie's most defining physical attribute was that she was large-figured. However, Natalie had a healthy self-image and was once quoted as saying, "Who wants to be a skinny pencil? I'd rather be a happy Magic Marker!"
 
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Natalie Green was a Jewish student at [[Eastland Academy]] and a best friend to [[Tootie Ramsey]]. Her most defining physical attribute was her large-figured. However, Natalie had a healthy self-image about her size and was once quoted as saying, "Who wants to be a skinny pencil? I'd rather be a happy Magic Marker!" She was very serious about her faith and observed Hanukkah as well as Christmas. She was also adopted and very close to her parents, grieving for her father when he died. Although not particular promiscuous, she dated often and had a few boyfriend, even losing her virginity before her friends. She also survived a sexual assault while in Eastland, taking several months to get over it.
   
 
Natalie was a budding writer and wrote for the Eastland Academy newspaper. She graduated Eastland in 1985, but didn't go to college immediately and took a year off to travel across the country on a bus. Her family and friends were initially dismayed, because she turned down an admission offer from Princeton University to go "Greyhound." After a year, she decided to attend Langley College with her classmates [[Blair Warner]] and [[Jo Polniaczek]], later becoming a reporter for the local newspaper in [[Peekskill]]. She went to New York City towards to pursue her writing career.
Natalie is Jewish just like [[Mindy Cohn]] is in real life and her faith was featured in several episodes. In one she celebrated Hanukkah while the others celebrated Christmas. Her heritage was highlighted when Dr. Green, her father, died unexpectedly; Natalie's bottled-up grief was a continuing storyline for several episodes.
 
   
 
[[The Facts of Life Reunion|Several years later]], she is revealed to have a boyfriend and has a run-in with her ex. Her current boyfriend eventually proposing to her by phone.
Even though she did not fit the mold of a traditional beauty, Natalie was involved in many storylines regarding sex. In an early episode, she dated a boy who spread a rumor that Natalie was easy. In another episode, whilst coming home from a costume party she was nearly the victim of a sexual assault.
 
   
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==Trivia==
Toward the end of the series in that controversial episode, "The First Time", she became the first of the girls to have sex when she slept with her boyfriend Snake on their one-year anniversary.
 
 
* On the episode in which Natalie visits the SOHO loft she will eventually call home, her future roommates include Richard Grieco and David Spade. (The episode, which aired in 1988, was originally set up for Mindy Cohn to transition into a spinoff series, but the plans never materialized).
   
 
==Gallery==
Natalie was a budding writer and wrote for the Eastland Academy newspaper. She graduated Eastland in 1985. However, she doesn't go to college immediately and takes a year off to travel across the country on a bus. Her family and friends were initially dismayed, because she turned down an admission offer from Princeton University to go "Greyhound."
 
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After a year, Natalie decides to attend Langley College and became a reporter for the local newspaper in Peekskill. She went to New York City towards the end of the series and decided to stay and pursue her writing career.
 
 
On the episode in which Natalie visits the SOHO loft she will eventually call home, her future roommates include Richard Grieco and David Spade. (The episode, which aired in 1988, was originally set up for Mindy Cohn to transition into a spinoff series, but the plans never materialized).
 
 
In the TV-movie, [[The Facts of Life Reunion|''The Facts of Life Reunion'']], she is with her boyfriend and has a run-in with her ex. Her current boyfriend then proposes to her by phone.
 
 
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Latest revision as of 14:57, 29 March 2024

Natalie Green was a fictional character on "The Facts of Life." She was played by actress Mindy Cohn throughout the series, several movies and on The Facts of Life Reunion.

Bio[]

Natalie Green was a Jewish student at Eastland Academy and a best friend to Tootie Ramsey. Her most defining physical attribute was her large-figured. However, Natalie had a healthy self-image about her size and was once quoted as saying, "Who wants to be a skinny pencil? I'd rather be a happy Magic Marker!" She was very serious about her faith and observed Hanukkah as well as Christmas. She was also adopted and very close to her parents, grieving for her father when he died. Although not particular promiscuous, she dated often and had a few boyfriend, even losing her virginity before her friends. She also survived a sexual assault while in Eastland, taking several months to get over it.

Natalie was a budding writer and wrote for the Eastland Academy newspaper. She graduated Eastland in 1985, but didn't go to college immediately and took a year off to travel across the country on a bus. Her family and friends were initially dismayed, because she turned down an admission offer from Princeton University to go "Greyhound." After a year, she decided to attend Langley College with her classmates Blair Warner and Jo Polniaczek, later becoming a reporter for the local newspaper in Peekskill. She went to New York City towards to pursue her writing career.

Several years later, she is revealed to have a boyfriend and has a run-in with her ex. Her current boyfriend eventually proposing to her by phone.

Trivia[]

  • On the episode in which Natalie visits the SOHO loft she will eventually call home, her future roommates include Richard Grieco and David Spade. (The episode, which aired in 1988, was originally set up for Mindy Cohn to transition into a spinoff series, but the plans never materialized).

Gallery[]