Here’s what the children from Nativity have been up to since the film

Ever since Nativity was released in 2009 (does that make you feel old? Same x), people up and down the country have been insanely jealous of the kids who got to be in the iconic film. Will I ever not be low-key bitter that I wasn’t cast in Nativity, seminal classic and best film ever made? Absolutely not.

Obviously, since the film came out over a decade ago, the children who were cast in Nativity are no longer kids and are in fact all grown up – because of course, that’s how time works. The entirety of the Nativity child cast have TikTok now, some are uni students, and some even went on Britain’s Got Talent.

Here’s what all the kids from the cast of the Nativity film are up to now:

Bob – Ben Wilby

We have to start off with the most iconic Nativity character, Bob, played by Ben Wilby. Now, Ben is 20 and has 80k followers on TikTok, where he has two videos – both of which are just about the fact he was in Nativity. To be fair to him, if I’d been in the best film of all time, I’d still be milking it 11 years later, too.

Ben has 33k followers on Instagram, which right now just has one arsty and moody selfie on it. It seems he’s deleted all of his pics before the start of this year.

Crystal – Cadi Mullane

Cadi Mullane played Crystal, who was one of the stars. Now, Cadi is 22 and doing musical theatre at Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, according to her Instagram bio.

Her Insta is full of wholesome pics and good vibes – she posts a lot with mates and with her boyfriend.

via Instagram @cadicinnamon

Cadi has done a storytime TikTok, where she has 10k followers. In it she speaks about being in the Nativity film, saying she was told about the audition through an agency that was looking for “kids who were really chatty, could dance a little bit and sing a little bit”. She went to “about seven” auditions.

The cast “filmed for the whole summer holidays”, and Cadi had her eighth birthday on the Nativity set – Martin Freeman even sung happy birthday to her, apparently.

Cadi is Welsh and Nativity was filmed in Coventry, but she says all the kids who didn’t live in Coventry “stayed in a massive hotel together”, saying “it was like The Suite Life of Zac and Cody”. She also says there was no script and the film was largely improvised.

Becky – Krista Hyatt

Becky was played by Krista Hyatt. In 2008 she got to the final of Britain’s Got Talent in a dance duo called The Cheeky Monkeys, with a boy called Charlie Dixon. Charlie was also in Nativity, playing Thomas, a student at Oakmoor, the posh rival school.

via TikTok @kristahyatt0

In news as devastating as One Direction announcing their hiatus, in 2011 the Lancashire Telegraph reported The Cheeky Monkeys had “split” and gone their separate ways.

Krista has a private Instagram, but 15k followers on TikTok.

Sam – Maeve Dolan

Maeve Dolan played Sam, the girl who always wore the stripy hat. Now, Maeve is 21 and at uni in London, studying musical theatre. She has TikToks about music, Teen Wolf and being at uni, and just under 5k followers.

William – Michael McAuley

William, the boy who Mr Maddens takes to Hollywood, was played by Michael McAuley.

Now he’s 21 and, much like the rest of his cast mates, still very much milking the fact he was in Nativity on his TikTok, where his bio says he’s a “full time baddie”.

Sadie – Sydney Isitt-Ager

Sydney Isitt-Ager played Sadie, the girl who tells Mr Maddens she doesn’t want to do the show any more and then they have a heart-to-heart in the school hall.

Sydney is now 23 and in a Netflix film! She plays Miss Nerris in Christmas on Mistletoe Farm, which has just been released. She previously went to musical theatre school Laine Theatre Arts in Surrey and her Instagram is a VIBE, full of peng outfits, boujee hats and sunglasses.

via Instagram @sydneyisitt_ager

Sydney has over 27,000 followers on TikTok, and 6,000 on Instagram. Her parents, Debbie Isitt and Nicky Ager, wrote all the music for Nativity. Sydney’s mum Debbie also directed and wrote the film and her dad Nicky edited it.

Beth – Ellie Coldicutt

Ellie Coldicutt played Beth, the girl who sits on the moon with tinsel hair. Ellie graduated from UWE in Bristol in July 2019, and has since set up a clothing store called Elrose Clothing.

Last December Ellie also got ENGAGED (now you feel really old, don’t you), so congratulations all round!

Alfie – Jake Pratt

Jake Pratt played Alfie, the student who has a fight with Oli because they both want to be Joseph. Before being in Nativity, Jake got to the semi-final of Britain’s Got Talent as a singer. He was also in Green Balloon Club on CBeebies. After Nativity, Jake went on to star in West End shows including Billy Elliot and Matilda the Musical.

Jake is now 26. He graduated from Leeds in 2018, and now mainly just posts Insta pics with his girlfriend.

Zack – Tom McGarrity

Tom McGarrity played Zack, the boy who all the girls fancied and who Mr Poppy compared to Zac Efron.

Tom’s still a performer, and in the past few years has performed on cruise ships going as far as Australia and South Africa, saying in July that he’d been promoted to Deputy Entertainments Manager. Go Tom! He also posts a lot of Instagram pics with his girlfriend, and has just over 1k followers.

TJ – Bernard Mensah

Bernard Mensah played TJ, who is Angel Gabriel in the Nativity – you know, the one who Mr Poppy wants to make go down a death slide.

After Nativity, Bernard played Young Simba in The Lion King in the West End. Bernard is now 22, and his acting profile says he’s “obsessed with acting” and is trying to become a professional actor. He also says: “I love having good company around me and good vibes.”

He may or may not own this Twitter account, which hasn’t been updated since 2012 and has four tweets. One of them is this:

#dedicated

Oli – Brandon McDonald

Oli, the boy who does the rap in the Kings’ song and says “extra spicy”, was played by Brandon McDonald, who appears to have vanished into thin air and does not have any public social media accounts.

A girl called Daisy put this video on TikTok, showing Olly in the Nativity film, and then showing a man (her mate? Brother? Postman????) who looks very much like Brandon when he was younger.

@daisymarney #duet with @lauralaurameredith ♬

A couple of her other videos since have featured the same guy who looks like Brandon, but there’s no other evidence as to what he may have been up to since Nativity. Brandon doesn’t have any public social media of his own.

Brandon is that u??? (via TikTok @daisymarney)

Neve – Milly Webb

Milly Webb played Neve, the star who sings the line “I’m dizzy with self confidence, hope you can feel it too” in Sparkle and Shine. Milly is now 23 years old and has a private Instagram.

Jade – Faye Dolan

Faye Dolan played Jade, another child in Mr Maddens’ class. Her social media is now private.

Featured image via Netflix and Instagram @cadicinnamon

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