--- description: Actor and showrunner Natasha Rothwell shares stories about memorable first experiences. title: Natasha Rothwell's FIRSTS image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt97398a97f9696e38/698a9c4ab3fce34ffc0d427a/ROTHWELL-CROP_1-1.jpg?branch=production ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Television](/tag/television/) ## Television Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Natasha Rothwell on Her Memorable Firsts by [TIME Video](/author/time-video/) ## TIME Video Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Nov 18, 2024 8:38 PM CUT  Getty Images by [TIME Video](/author/time-video/) ## TIME Video Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Nov 18, 2024 8:38 PM CUT Actor and showrunner Natasha Rothwell shares stories about memorable first experiences. Rothwell's series on Hulu, _How to Die Alone_, is a first for her too, as both creator and star. _How to Die Alone_ casts Rothwell as Melissa, a self-conscious, self-sabotaging airport worker who has a brush with death during a lonely 35th birthday spent eating takeout and assembling IKEA-like furniture. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/7177309/natasha-rothwell-firsts/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/7177309/natasha-rothwell-firsts/"},"headline":"Natasha Rothwell on Her Memorable Firsts","datePublished":"2024-11-18T20:38:05.000Z","dateModified":"2026-03-10T23:09:07.019Z","description":"Actor and showrunner Natasha Rothwell shares stories about memorable first experiences.","url":"https://time.com/7177309/natasha-rothwell-firsts/","keywords":["Television","video","culturepod"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt97398a97f9696e38/698a9c4ab3fce34ffc0d427a/ROTHWELL-CROP_1-1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Video","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-video/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt97398a97f9696e38/698a9c4ab3fce34ffc0d427a/ROTHWELL-CROP_1-1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Natasha Rothwell","caption":"","creditText":"Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/television/","name":"Television"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/7177309/natasha-rothwell-firsts/","name":"Natasha Rothwell on Her Memorable Firsts"}}]}] ```