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Natasha Henstridge was born August
15, 1974, in Springdale, Newfoundland, Canada, to a housewife mother and a
biker/contractor father. After growing up in a trailer park in Fort
McMurray, Alberta, Canada, Natasha took off to Paris at the age of 14 to
pursue a modeling career. By the time she was 15, Natasha had become a
model for Oil of Olay, Lady Stetson and Old Spice, appearing in ads and
commercials for the beauty products and fragrances. She also graced the
cover of French Cosmopolitan, as well as various international fashion
magazines.
While modeling in France gave Natasha the recognition she deserved as a
beautiful woman, she quickly became bored by her job and did not feel that
she was being challenged enough. She sought something more exciting and
presented herself with a new creative challenge: acting. Blurring the
lines between acting and modeling, Natasha's first role was in the science
fiction feature film, Species. The role of Sil, the alien in a woman's
body trying to get pregnant in order to reproduce her alien species, still
demanded a beautiful face and figure, both of which Natasha possessed. She
was chosen among over 100 other hopefuls, and although she was one of the
less experienced women to audition, she succeeded in portraying her
seductive yet evil character.
Natasha won an MTV Award for Best Kiss, which she shared with her Species
co-star. While Species was physically demanding, it was not enough of a
role to consider Natasha a burgeoning actress. But more roles began to
follow her feature film debut. She was cast in Maximum Risk with
Jean-Claude Van Damme, Adrenaline: Fear The Rush, and appeared in an
episode of Homeboys in Outer Space in 1996. True to the sci-fi theme,
Natasha appeared in an episode of The Outer Limits in 1997.
A year later, she provided her voice for an episode of South Park before
the film roles began piling up along with her list of admirers. She
starred in the sequel to Species in 1998, and appeared in Bela Donna, Dog
Park, Standoff, Kill You Twice, and It Had To Be You, that same year. This
year Natasha co-starred with Matthew Perry and Bruce Willis in the comedy,
The Whole Nine Yards. As Cynthia Tudeski, Natasha was believable as the
wife of a mass murderer, while showing off her model assets. She also
starred in the made-for-TV movie, Jason and the Argonauts.
Joining other models-turned-actresses such as Cameron Diaz and Rene Russo,
Natasha has surely met her challenge of succeeding in another career. She
has recently finished working on Second Skin, Kevin of the North and A
Better Way to Die, and has starring roles lined up in The Judith Exner
Story and Ghosts of Mars, in a role Courtney Love was originally set to
play. Don't worry, you won't have to wait that long to see Natasha on
film; her next film, Bounce, co-starring Gwyneth Paltrow and Ben Affleck,
is set for release in October. Presently living in Los Angeles, the
actress that topped Femmes Fatales magazine's "Sci-Fi's Sexy 50" list is
also the mother of Tristan River Waite, her son with fiance Liam Waite. |
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"Would Be Kings" (2007) (mini)
TV Series
The Tourist (2007)
"Eli Stone" .... Taylor Wethersby (6 episodes, 2007-2008)
- Episode #1.6 (2008) TV Episode .... Taylor Wethersby
- One More Try (2008) TV Episode .... Taylor Wethersby
- Freedom (2007) TV Episode .... Taylor Wethersby
- Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go (2007) TV Episode .... Taylor
Wethersby
- Father Figure (????) TV Episode .... Taylor Wethersby
(1 more)
"Shark" .... Nicolette Ross (1 episode, 2007)
- Fall from Grace (2007) TV Episode .... Nicolette Ross
Why I Wore Lipstick to My Mastectomy (2006) (TV) .... Linda
Cavanaugh
... aka Why I Wore Lipstick (USA: informal short title)
"Commander in Chief" .... Jayne Murray (16 episodes, 2005-2006)
- Unfinished Business (2006) TV Episode .... Jayne Murray
- Happy Birthday, Madam President (2006) TV Episode .... Jayne
Murray
- The Elephant in the Room (2006) TV Episode .... Jayne Murray
- Ties That Bind (2006) TV Episode .... Jayne Murray
- The Price You Pay (2006) TV Episode .... Jayne Murray
(11 more)
Widow on the Hill (2005) (TV) .... Linda Dupree Cavanaugh
Species III (2004) (V) .... Eve
"She Spies" .... Cassie McBain (40 episodes, 2002-2004)
- Remember When (2004) TV Episode .... Cassie McBain
- Wedding of the Century (2004) TV Episode .... Cassie McBain
- Witness Protection (2004) TV Episode .... Cassie McBain
- Stranded (2004) TV Episode .... Cassie McBain
- London Calling (2004) TV Episode .... Cassie McBain
(35 more)
The Whole Ten Yards (2004) .... Cynthia
Power and Beauty (2002) (TV) .... Judy Exner
Riders (2002) .... Karen
... aka Steal (Canada: English title: working title) (Europe:
English title: DVD title) (France: working title)
... aka Extrême inconduite (Canada: French title)
... aka Riders (France: dubbed version)
... aka Team Riders (France: poster title)
"Mostly True Stories" (2002) TV Series .... Host (unknown episodes)
Kevin of the North (2001) .... Bonnie Livengood
... aka Aventurier du grand nord, L' (Canada: French title)
... aka Chilly Dogs (USA: video title)
Ghosts of Mars (2001) .... Lt. Melanie Ballard
... aka John Carpenter's Ghosts of Mars (USA: complete title)
A Girl, Three Guys, and a Gun (2001) .... 5 O'Clock Girl
Second Skin (2000/I) .... Crystal Ball
Bounce (2000) .... Mimi Prager
Jason and the Argonauts (2000) (TV) .... Hypsipyle
The Whole Nine Yards (2000) .... Cynthia Tudeski
... aka Nouveau voisin, Le (Canada: French title)
It Had to Be You (2000) .... Anna Penn
A Better Way to Die (2000) .... Kelly
Caracara (1999) (TV) .... Rachel Sutherland
... aka The Last Witness (USA)
Dog Park (1998) .... Lorna
... aka Réservé aux chiens (Canada: French title)
Bela Donna (1998) .... Donna
... aka White Dunes
Species II (1998) .... Eve
"Saturday Night Live" .... Job Applicant (1 episode, 1998)
... aka NBC's Saturday Night (USA: first season title)
... aka SNL (USA: informal title)
... aka SNL 25 (USA: alternative title)
... aka Saturday Night (USA: second season title)
... aka Saturday Night Live '80 (USA: sixth season title)
- Steve Buscemi/Third Eye Blind (1998) TV Episode (uncredited) ....
Job Applicant
"South Park" .... Ms. Ellen (1 episode, 1998)
- Tom's Rhinoplasty (1998) TV Episode (voice) (as The Chick from
Species) .... Ms. Ellen
Standoff (1998) .... Mary
Kill You Twice (1998)
"Homeboys in Outer Space" .... Zima (1 episode, 1997)
- Happy Happy, Droid Droid, or Amma Sees Red (1997) TV Episode ....
Zima
"The Outer Limits" .... Emma (1 episode, 1997)
... aka The New Outer Limits (USA: promotional title)
- Bits of Love (1997) TV Episode .... Emma
Adrenalin: Fear the Rush (1996) .... Delon
... aka Adrenalin
Maximum Risk (1996) .... Alex Minetti
... aka Bloodstone
... aka The Exchange
Species (1995) .... Sil |
