Natalie Pierce

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Natalie Pierce is a deaf character who appears in The Awakening Conscience, the second episode of Switched at Birth Season 2. She is portrayed by Stephanie Nogueras.

History
When Bay gets into the Carlton School for Deaf Kids' pilot program, Natalie instantly dislikes her and tries everything to get her out of the school.

Plot
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Season Two
In the episode Duel of Two Women Bay finds herself on the wrong end of Natalie's wrath, forcing Melody to take everyone on a Tolerance Retreat to help bridge the divide between them. After the retreat when they are back at school, Bay and Natalie declare a truce.

In the episode The Acquired Inability to Escape Kathryn offers to direct Carlton’s school play since the school can no longer afford a drama teacher. Unfortunately Bay, who is still trying to fit in with Natalie and her friends, is embarrassed by Kathryn’s presence and pushes Kathryn away. But in the end Bay, Natalie and other students accept Kathryn´s help.

In the episode Human/Need/Desire while Bay and Natalie are selling roses for fundraiser, Natalie reveals that she is interested in a girl.

In Uprising, Natalie appears as one of the deaf students involved in the movement to retake Carlton. She is also one of the deaf students who does not want the pilot program students, including Bay, to be kicked out, but she is overruled.

In Introducing the Miracle, after the Daphne negotiation with the school board, the council is committed to keeping Carlton open, but with only 50% deaf students. Natalie is not enthusiastic about this.

In As The Shadows Deepen, when Bay decided to set up the deaf day at Maui to get new customers, Natalie also went there.

Season Three
In Drowning Girl, Natalie is with Matthew and Daphne as the former complains about the hearing students who are coming to Carlton.

In Your Body Is a Battleground, Natalie finds herself with the tires of her car cut by a mysterious vandal.

In Love Among the Ruins, she is with Matthew when they bump into Emmett. As the latter smirks at seeing the bruises on Emmett's face and mockingly asks where they came from, Natalie expresses confusion, asking him what happened. Emmett declines to explain, saying he needs to speak with Matthew alone, so Natalie leaves.

In Like a Snowball Down a Mountain, Bay goes to Natalie on advice about Matthew and Emmett, and she mentions that she's out to her parents and in a relationship with a girl. Natalie says that while she does not condone what Matthew did, she believes that Bay and Emmett need to let Matthew sort this out on his own since coming out for everyone is different. Later, after Emmett tells Matthew that he will not report him, Matthew leaves and Natalie walks in and tells Emmett that things will get better.

In You Will Not Escape, Natalie tells Daphne a friend of hers from another school organized a senior ditch day. Daphne jumps on the idea instantly. Natalie is later among the seniors that ditch for Hawkeye Ranch.

In Girl on the Cliff, Natalie appears with her girlfriend, Hilary. The Prom King and Queen are announced to be Bay and Emmett, though Bay does not want this. Natalie responds by offering to be Queen, and Hilary offers to be King. They then make out in the school hall, with everyone cheering on. Later, it is discovered that the school has enacted a dress code for the Prom. All boys must wear tuxedos and all girls must wear dresses. Hilary, however, wants to wear a tuxedo. She hates dresses and hasn't worn one since she was 2. Because of this, she does not want to go to prom, much to Natalie's disappointment. However, Bay, Natalie and Mary Beth decide to wear tuxedos to the prom as a show of support. At the Prom, however, they are turned away, so Bay, Emmett, Mary Beth, Travis, Natalie and Hilary decide to have an outside prom. Other students, including Sharee and Matthew, join them. Natalie and Hilary have lots of fun and Natalie thanks Bay for all her support.

In And Life Begins Right Away, Natalie appears at the graduation. As the students receive their diplomas, Sharee sings "Stand By Me” while Natalie interprets.

Season Four
In And It Cannot Be Changed, Natalie is among the deaf students gathering at KMC to attend the new deaf program organized by Melody there.

In I Lock the Door Upon Myself, Natalie along with other students react with disgust at a stink bomb that has been set off within the area of the deaf student dorms at KMC. She also tells Daphne someone put vaseline onto all their doorknobs. Natalie, Daphne and Travis are angry when it turns out that their bathroom has been cherry-bombed, ruining it. She says they have to strike back. When they find out who's behind it thanks to Travis, she participates with a tug-of-war in the dorm triathlon opposing him, but they lose due to ringers. In the next triathlon contest, she's also present, laughing when Mingo (who committed the pranks and is leading the opposing team) gets his comeuppance. She's there for the third contest as well, in which their team wins.

In Black and Gray, Natalie is among the deaf students who are told by Melody that their dorm was nearly shut down by the dean for the party which they had. She protests that they aren't the only ones who have parties, and Melody reveals it wasn't just that-there was possibly a sexual assault at the party, with an investigation to occur. Natalie wonders whether the perpetrator was a guy there in the dorm, and hopes it wasn't.

In The Player's Choice, Natalie tells Daphne Travis needs to be cheered up after he split with Mary Beth, so they decide to go and dance at a club together.

In There is My Heart, Natalie commisserates with Daphne, joined by Travis and Iris, after she received a D on her final. They suggest other fields she could be good at, with Natalie proposing Deaf Studies. Later, she's hit by a drunk driver with Travis and ends up in the hospital. Daphne rushes over after hearing it and finds her there alone. Natalie is in bed with a neck brace on, and Daphne interprets when the nurse arrives. After speaking with her, she learns Natalie might have a fractured pelvis and needs an MRI. Natalie complains about an extreme pain in her back, and after Daphne relays this the nurse goes to get a painkiller. However, then Natalie reveals that she has an allergy to one, just stopping the nurse before she's gotten this. Daphne is upset that they don't have a deaf interpreter in the wake of the near-fatal mix-up, and the video phone is misplaced, but the nurse tells her they don't contract for one on the weekends. She protests that Natalie was left alone as a result without knowing what's going on, and might have been given medication which they didn't know could kill her.

In To the Victor Belong the Spoils, Natalie goes to the fundraiser Daphne organizes for deaf kids in Mexico.

Season Five
In Long Live Love, Natalie appears at Bay's party, telling Melody how she's worried about Matthew. After he was outed to his dad, she heard Matthew got kicked out and is now living on the street. Melody promises that she'll do everything she can to help him. Later, they find Matthew in a homeless camp. They beg him to go with them, and he reluctantly agrees.

Family Members
To be added

Partners
Hilary and Natalie are in a same-sex relationship together and clearly very happy.
 * Hilary

Friends & Rivals
Bay and Natalie started out as rivals. Their bickering landed a group of students, including Daphne, Emmett, and Noah, in the woods for a retreat. Once they returned, Bay and Natalie realized they had a lot in common and they made a truce so there would be no more retreats. After that Bay and Natalie became good friends. Bay even supported Natalie and Hillary in their senior prom, by wearing a tuxedo, much to her delight and gratitude. To be added To be added To be added
 * Bay Kennish
 * Emmett Bledsoe
 * Daphne Vasquez
 * Travis Barnes