5. The Tudors
The Tudors is the series which helped launch Natalie Dormer’s career, and while it would be easy to focus on the sex scenes which grabbed the attention of most viewers, ignoring how great she was as Anne Boleyn would be a mistake.
As the second wife of King Henry VIII, the actress did a superb job of finding the right balance between the real-life character’s short-tempered but charismatic and intelligent personality, and The Tudors arguably helped set the groundwork for Dormer to make the leap to a series like Game of Thrones.
While plenty of movie stars are now finding a home on TV, plenty of TV stars still struggle to make the transition to the big screen, but it’s easy to see why the actress didn’t encounter that issue.
