The Members of 'The Margaritas'

Nathalie Cotte
Director of The Margaritas...With A Twist Entertainment'

Nathalie has been performing since she was 8 years old and trained for several years with stage legend David Atkins at the Dynamite School of Performing Arts. Nathalie trained vocally for many years with Jonathon Welch (Choir of Hardknocks, Sydney Gay & Lesbian Choir, Australian Three Tenors), also studying at NIDA and The Actors Centre.

Nathalie's stage credits include, "The Barbarian Invasions" playing the role of Nathalie, "The Marvollus boy" by Louis Nowra playing the role of Esther Tucker and Landford Wilson's "Burn This" in the role of Anna. Nathalie has also danced her way around the stages of New Zealand, Singapore, Taiwan, Hong Kong and all around Australia in the Multi Million dollar show "Sesame St Live" were she played the part of Bert. Television appearances include The Bert Newton Show, Good Morning Australia, Home and Away, and various TV commercials.

As the founding member, Nathalie is managing, producing and performing in The Margaritas- Credits include "Slurp don't Sip", and "On The Rocks" at The Seymour centre. Nathalie is fullfilling her passion for quirky cabaret and hopes to take it around Australia and the world.

Annaliese Szota

With experience in TV, film, theatre, music performance and composition, Annaliese Szota is a graduate of distinction from the University of Wollongong’s Performance course. She has since collaborated with such established artists as Mark Lamprell (dir. My Mother Frank), Jude Morris (mus.dir. Happy Feet) Audius (co-writ. Born to Try by Delta Goodrem), Tim Jones (ATYP) and Patrick Nolan (STC & Legs on the Wall).

She has performed both her music compositions and devised theatrical pieces at both the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Snatch Paradise, and at the experimental theatre festival in Hanoi in Zugzwang. She was a street performer, clown and suit character for over three years at Sydney’s Luna Park. She is about to release her second album Be The Happy People and gets regular airplay on radio stations Australia wide.

Shannon Dooley

Shannon Dooley is a NIDA Graduate of both the Bachelor of Dramatic in 2007, and the "Singer, Dancer Actor" course in 2004. A performer on both stage and screen, she has performed as a Cabaret duo with Hugh Sheridan for a number of years in Hong Kong, Vietnam, and Sydney.

Shannon's various film credits include appearances include CHYNNA in "Packed to the Rafters" (Network 7), KIMBERLEY in East West 101 (SBS), MABEL in Tough Nuts (FOXTEL), and SARAH in "Bargain" (Tropfest short film finalist). Her stage credits include HELENE in Tony Knight's NIDA graduate production of "Sweet Charity", MINDY in "Poster Girl" by awarding winning playwright and novelist Van Badham, and D-STAR in "Snatch Paradise", which was performed at the Edinburgh Festival in 2009.