Biography
Natalie Canerday is an American actress. Born in Russellville, Arkansas, she graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in theatre from Hendrix College in 1985.
She is known for her roles as Linda Wheatley in Sling Blade (1996) and Elsie Hickam in October Sky (1999). She also appeared as Cheryl Ann in One False Move (1992) and had smaller parts in Biloxi Blues (1988), Walk the Line (2005) and Shotgun Stories (2007). Canerday provided a voice for an episode of the animated series King of the Hill (1997) and appeared in an episode of True Detective (2014).
In 1997 she received a Screen Actors Guild Award nomination, shared with the cast of Sling Blade, for outstanding performance by a cast in a motion picture. Earlier in her career she worked as a production secretary on the television film The Tuskegee Airmen (1995).
