Natasha McElhone is an actress of British descent, known for her roles in films and TV shows such as “The Devil’s Property”, “Fear.com”, “Ronin”, “Romeo and Juliet”, “Lascivious California” and others. At the moment, the filmography of the actress - This is a list that includes more than 40 projects of various genres. In the article we will pay attention to the most popular of them.
Natasha McElhone: biography
Natasha was born in 1969 in the British city of Walton-on-Thames (Surrey) in a family of journalists - Michael Taylor and Noreen McElhone. When she was two years old, her parents divorced, and Natasha and her mother moved to Brighton. There, Noreen met another journalist - Roy Greenslade, and a little later she married him.
From the age of 6 to 12, Natasha was actively involved in Irish dancing. She graduated from St. Mary`s Hall for girls, then studied and lived in a Brighton boarding school, and then graduated from the London Academy of Dramatic Art and Music. This education determined her future career. She firmly decided to become an actress and began her journey from the theater stage. Before appearing in films and on television, Natasha McElhone played in productions of The Cherry Orchard, Richard â…˘, and The Count of Monte Cristo.
Carier start
The first projects in which Natasha starred were multi-part. These include: "The Secrets of Ruth Rendell" (1987 - ...), "You Can’t Prohibit Beautiful Living" (1992 - 2012) and "Mechanic" (1979 - 1994). Naturally, these were episodic roles and then even in the credits she was indicated as Natasha Taylor.
The biographical melodrama Living a Life with Picasso, shot by James Ivory in 1996, was the first full-length film with Natasha McElhone. Thriller Alan J. Pakula “The Devil’s Property” (1997) - the first film where the actress starred with such famous movie stars as Brad Pitt and Harrison Ford. And the Dutch director Marlene Gorris, who shot the melodrama "Mrs. Dalloway" in 1997, gave the actress the opportunity to play in the main cast for the first time.
Mouse Fear.com
In the success of Peter Weir’s fantastic comedy “The Truman Show” (1998), the actress played the role of Sylvia - the former classmate of Truman. In the role of lawyer, Kate appeared in the comedy melodrama Alastair Reid's “Mouse Fuss” (1998). The character of Dreydu - the leader of a group of mercenaries calling themselves "Ronin", played in the spy thriller John Frankenheimer "Ronin" (1998). And the role of Rosalina, one of the main characters, was performed in the film adaptation of Shakespeare's play of the same name “The futile efforts of love," shot by Kenneth Branagh in 2000.
Actress Natasha McElhone received her first role in the thriller Anthony Hickox's Infected (2000). The role of Deborah - the sister of the main character, she got in the erotic thriller Chen Kaige "Kill me tenderly" (2001). In the film “Laurel Canyon”, shot by Lisa Kholodenko in 2002, she shared the site with Francis McDormand and Christian Bale. And in William Malone’s horror movie “Fear.com” (2002), her colleagues were Stephen Dorff and Stephen Rhee.
Child Romeo and Juliet
Natasha played one of the main roles in the crime thriller Matt Dillon's “Ghost Town” (2002). Reu Kelvin, the deceased wife of the main character, was played in Steven Sodenberg's science fiction drama Solaris (2002). The role of Mary Boleyn - the sister of the English Queen Anne Boleyn, performed in the television drama of Philip Lawthorpe “Another of the Boleyn Family” (2003). In the role of a nun named Joseph Montafier appeared in the fantasy thriller David Zeltser “Revelations” (mini-series, 2005). And Sergeant Irene Thiel played in the military comedy of Saul Metzstein “The X-Man”.
In 2006, together with David Schwimmer and Simon Pegg, Natasha McElhone appeared in the crime comedy by Jean-Baptista Andrei, "Full Bummer". Four years later, she played one of the main characters in Nick Moran’s biographical drama “Child”. The main role in the detective thriller Stephen Hopkins "Thorne: Sonya" (2010). And as Lady Capulet, the matriarch of the house of Capulet and mother of Juliet, she appeared in the film adaptation of the Shakespearean tragedy “Romeo and Juliet”, filmed in 2013 by Carlo Carlei.
The last candidate from the lascivious California
In the period from 2007 to 2014, Natasha McElhone participated in the filming of the multi-part comedy drama "Lascivious California". She played Karen Van der Big, an architect and interior designer, as well as the ex-wife and mother of the daughter of the underworld novelist Hank Moody. Also in 2013, the actress starred in the role of Erica Gallagher in David Sheinmann’s drama Believe It. And she played the role of Elizabeth Hopkins - one of the passengers of the English Mayflower ship - in the mini-series of Paul A. Edwards "Saints and Aliens" (2015).
In the comedy drama Bruce Beresford, "Mr. Church," she played the single mother Mary Brooks. Sandrin played the role in the musical drama Derrick Borte "London Town". And from 2016 to 2017, she starred in David Guggenheim’s political drama “The Last Candidate,” where she joined Kiefer Sutherland. Natasha played Alexandra Kirkman, a former lawyer and faithful wife of President Thomas Kirkman. As for the new films with Natasha McElhone, preparations are underway for the filming of the first-series drama series Bo Willimon’s fantastic drama.