Natalie Mendoza
Actor · Born August 12, 1980 (46) · Hong Kong
Natalie Jackson Mendoza (born 12 August 1980) is a Hong Kong-born Australian-British classical theatre-trained actress and musician. She is best known for her role as one of the main characters, Jackie Clunes in the British TV drama Hotel Babylon and as tough girl Juno in the acclaimed horror thriller The Descent, as well as its sequel, The Descent Part 2. She was playing Arachne in the Broadway musical, Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark but left the show. Description above from the Wikipedia article Natalie Mendoza, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
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Biography from TMDB.
- August 12, 1980 (46)
- Hong Kong
- Actor
- 11 on MovieCove · 20 credits in all
What are Natalie Mendoza's films like?
Across a limited sample of 4 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Survival and Bonds.
Genres
Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 1 · Earnest 3
Light 0 · Serious 1 · Dark 3
A split, not a type: Grounded 1 · Stylized 1 · Heightened 2
Gentle 0 · Charged 1 · Intense 3
A split, not a type: Steady 3 · Shifting 0 · Whiplash 1
Straight-faced 3 · Some laughs 1 · Funny 0
A split, not a type: Slow burn 1 · Even-paced 1 · Relentless 2
Casual 0 · Engaged 2 · Full focus 2
Easy watch 0 · Affecting 0 · Heavy 4
A split, not a type: Resolved 2 · Open-ended 1 · Ambiguous 1
Roles they play
Usually the Shadow: 2 of 4 analyzed roles.
- Shadowas Juno in The Descent (2005)
- Tricksteras Juno in The Descent (2005)
- Shadowas Juno in The Descent: Part 2 (2009)
- Mentoras Juno in The Descent: Part 2 (2009)
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Natalie Mendoza's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 8 of their 11 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (6).
- BritBox
- Howdy, show their 3 titles on Howdy
- BFI Player, show their 2 titles on BFI Player
- ViX, show their 2 titles on ViX
- Acorn TV, show their title on Acorn TV
- Lionsgate+, show their title on Lionsgate+
- MovieSphere+, show their title on MovieSphere+
- ScreenPix, show their title on ScreenPix
- Shout! TV, show their title on Shout! TV
Subscription and free streaming for Natalie Mendoza's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
20 credits, 11 with a MovieCove page; 2 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.
Annette(2021)
Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films
McDonald & Dodds(2020)
Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all shows
Jack Ryan(2018)
Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all shows
Blood Drive (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)
Americana (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)
The Descent: Part 2(2009)
Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all films
Surviving Evil (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)
Hotel Babylon (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)
The Great Raid(2005)
Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all films
The Descent(2005)
Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all films
Code 46(2003)
Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all filmsHorseplay (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)
Moulin Rouge!(2001)
Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films
South Pacific (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)
Muggers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)
BeastMaster(1999)
Midcredits score: 20th percentile of all shows
Farscape(1999)
Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all showsFearless (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)
Midsomer Murders(1997)
Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all showsEmbassy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Career shape
Star power in the 93rd percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 20 titles, 19 of them dated from 1997 to 2021; peak year 2004.
Biggest box office
The Descent (2005)
Highest rated
The Descent (2005)
Most popular right now
Annette (2021)
Film career
Peak 2004 · fewer prominent film roles lately. Top draw in 2 MovieCove titles. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.
- 1999Screen debut· BeastMaster
- 2001First film· Moulin Rouge!
Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30.
How do Natalie Mendoza's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 62nd percentile, the median of all 6; across a limited sample of 4 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 55th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up6
- 50th to 74th2
- 25th to 49th2
- Below 25th1
Shape of the crowd
4 of their 11 titles are Crowd Pleasers.
- Universally Loved3
- Crowd Pleaser4
- Broadly Agreed1
- Mixed3
Reviewers score the acting 69/100 in their films, across 4 reviewed titles; fans 76, detractors 49. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Is Natalie Mendoza's work okay for kids?
Across a limited sample of up to 4 MovieCove titles with content scores.
Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted.
Who does Natalie Mendoza work with?
People who share at least 2 of Natalie Mendoza's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Neil Marshall shares the most, 2.
Writers
- Neil MarshallShared titles: The Descent: Part 2 (2009), The Descent (2005)See all 2 shared titles with Neil Marshall
Actors
- Saskia MulderShared titles: The Descent: Part 2 (2009), The Descent (2005)See all 2 shared titles with Saskia Mulder
- Shauna MacdonaldShared titles: The Descent: Part 2 (2009), The Descent (2005)See all 2 shared titles with Shauna Macdonald
Composers, cinematographers and editors
- David JulyanShared titles: The Descent: Part 2 (2009), The Descent (2005)See all 2 shared titles with David Julyan
- Jon HarrisShared titles: The Descent: Part 2 (2009), The Descent (2005)See all 2 shared titles with Jon Harris
- Sam McCurdyShared titles: The Descent: Part 2 (2009), The Descent (2005)See all 2 shared titles with Sam McCurdy
Producers
- Christian ColsonShared titles: The Descent: Part 2 (2009), The Descent (2005)See all 2 shared titles with Christian Colson
- Ivana MacKinnonShared titles: The Descent: Part 2 (2009), The Descent (2005)See all 2 shared titles with Ivana MacKinnon
- Paul RitchieShared titles: The Descent: Part 2 (2009), The Descent (2005)See all 2 shared titles with Paul Ritchie
- Paul SmithShared titles: The Descent: Part 2 (2009), The Descent (2005)See all 2 shared titles with Paul Smith