Natalie Forester studied acting at the University of Music and Theater in Saarbrücken, as well as at the Bavarian Theater Academy "August Everding" in Munich.

From 2004 to 2008 she was a permanent ensemble member at the Mainfranken Theater Würzburg. For her "Nora" in the play of the same name by Ibsen, she was awarded best actress at the Bavarian Theater Days 2007.

From 2012 to 2016, she was engaged at the Pfalztheater Kaiserslautern, where she appeared as Klytaimnästra in "The Oresteia", Rosalia in "West Side Story" and Beatrice in "Much Ado About Nothing", among others.

Guest engagements have taken her to the Bavarian State Theater in Munich, the Grillo Theater in Essen, the Junge Ensemble in Stuttgart and the Saarland State Theater in Saarbrücken.

In addition to her work as an actress, she turned to musical theater and working with singers at an early age. As an acting and language coach, she participated in opera productions at the Theater Würzburg, the Rathausoper Konstanz and the Stuttgart Opera. In 2009 she staged "Das Zauberwort" ( Singspiel by Rheinberger) with children and young people of the Chorakademie Dortmund.

Since 2017, Natalie Forester has been a lecturer for basic scenic teaching in the bachelor's degree programme in voice at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Frankfurt.

At the Mozarteum University in Salzburg, as well as at the HmdK Stuttgart, she gives acting training in the master's degree program in opera.