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A tall, cool beauty, Natascha McElhone (pronounced MAC-el-hone) became a star overnight with her portrayal of Francoise Gilot opposite Anthony Hopkins’ artist in the Merchant-Ivory production “Surviving Picasso” (1996).

Born near London and raised in Brighton, McElhone honed her craft in various stage productions throughout Britain. The elegant brunette with expressive eyes and high cheekbones studied at LAMBDA and landed her first stage role in “The Count of Monte Cristo” in the early 1990s. After amassing other credits (including a stint performing Shakespeare at an open-air theater in London), McElhone was cast as the mistress of the famous Spanish painter in “Surviving Picasso”. She subsequently appeared in the British TV production of “Karaoke” (1996), written by Dennis Potter and landed feature roles as Brad Pitt’s love interest in Alan J. Pakula’s “The Devil’s Own” (1997) and the young version of the title character in “Mrs. Dalloway” (1998). A co-starring role opposite Robert De Niro in the actioner “Ronin” followed by a primary supporting role in Peter Weir’s “The Truman Show” (both 1998) exposed McElhone to a larger audience. She was next featured in Kenneth Branagh’s musical adaptation of “Love’s Labour’s Lost” (2000).

In 2002, McElhorne co-starred with Stephen Dorff in the feature thriller “Feardotcom”. McElhorne played an ambitious researcher who join forces with a detective (Dorff) to find the answers behind the mysterious death of four people who died after logging on to a popular website. She was also seen in the thriller “Killing me Softly” (2002) starring Heather Graham and Joseph Fiennes as well as the space thriller “Solaris.” (2002)

• Also Credited As:
  Natascha Taylor, Natasha Taylor
• Born:
  on 03/23/1971 in Brighton, England
• Job Titles:
  Actor

Family

• Brother: Damon McElhone.
• Mother: Noreen Taylor. Irish
• Step-father: Roy Greenslade. worked at the Mirror

Significant Others

• Husband: Martin Hirigoyen.

Education

• London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art, London, England, 1993

Milestones

• 1993 Cast in production of “The Count of Monte Cristo” in Manchester, England
• 1995 Appeared as Helena in “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” and Lady Anne in “Richard III” in open-air productions in London’s Regent Park; spotted by Israel Merchant and James Ivory
• 1996 Feature film debut in the Merchant-Ivory production “Surviving Picasso”
• 1997 Played opposite Brad Pitt in “The Devil’s Own”
• 1998 Co-starred with Robert De Niro in “Ronin”
• 1998 Played Jim Carrey’s ex-lover in “The Truman Show”
• 2000 Appeared in Kenneth Branagh’s musicalized adaptation of Shakespeare’s “Love’s Labour’s Lost”
• 2002 Co-starred in the thriller feature “Feardotcom”
• 2002 Landed female lead opposite George Clooney in “Solaris”
• Raised in Brighton, England
• Toured Britain in production of “The Cherry Orchard”