Natascha McElhone

About Natascha McElhone

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)

Partners

Husband

Martin Hirigoyen Kelly. Married May 19, 1998 until his death on May 20, 2008 from a heart attack

Education

London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art

Career Milestones

2007

Cast as David Duchovny's ex-girlfriend on the Showtime series, "Californication"

2006

Co-starred with David Schwimmer and Simon Pegg in the indie film, "Big Nothing"

2005

Cast as Sister Josepha Montafiore in the NBC miniseries, "Revelations"

2002

Landed female lead opposite George Clooney in the sci-fi epic "Solaris"

2002

Co-starred in the thriller feature "Feardotcom"

2000

Appeared in Kenneth Branagh's musical adaptation of Shakespeare's "Love's Labour's Lost"

1998

Played Jim Carrey's ex-lover in "The Truman Show"

1998

Co-starred with Robert De Niro in "Ronin"

1997

Appeared opposite Brad Pitt in "The Devil's Own"

1996

Feature film debut in the Merchant-Ivory production "Surviving Picasso"

1995

Appeared in "A Midsummer Night's Dream" and "Richard III" in open-air productions in London's Regent Park; spotted by Israel Merchant and filmmaker James Ivory

1993

Cast in production of "The Count of Monte Cristo" in Manchester, England

1991

Made acting debut on British television in an episode of "Bergerac"

Raised in Brighton, England