Bio: Natascha McElhone was born in Walton on Thames, London. She attended several schools, Camden School for Girls being the last.Natascha McElhone established herself as a talented leading actress when she left drama school in 1993 to play the lead in her first film, Merchant Ivory's Surviving Picasso, opposite Anthony Hopkins.She quickly followed this with Peter Weir's film, The Truman Show; Alan J. Pakula's The Devil's Own, with Brad Pitt and Harrison Ford; and John Frankenheimer's action epic Ronin, in which she co-starred with Robert De Niro. She also played Rosalind to Kenneth Branagh's Berowne in his musical version of William Shakespeare's Love's Labour's Lost.In 2003, McElhone co-starred with George Clooney in Steven Soderbergh's futuristic love story, Solaris. McElhone starred in TNT's mini-series The Company, a Golden Globe-nominated drama. In 2005, she starred in NBC's Emmy-nominated mini-series, Revelations.Natascha McElhone stars opposite David Duchovny in the Golden Globe-winning Showtime series Californication (2007).McElhone also stars in the children's fantasy film, The Secret Of Moonacre Manor, with Ioan Gruffud. She shared the title role in Mrs Dalloway with Vanessa Redgrave directed by Oscar winning director Marleen Gorris. McElhone's other major film credits include City Of Ghosts, with Matt Dillon and G��rard Depardieu; Laurel Canyon, with Christian Bale and Francis McDormand; and Ladies In Lavender, with Dame Judi Dench and Dame Maggie Smith.She has most recently starred in The Kid and in two other British feature films 'The Theatre Of Dreams' with Toby Stephens and Brian Cox and in Julian Fellowes' adaptation of 'Romeo And Juliet' to be released March 2013. She has just completed filming 'The Sea' starring with Rufus Sewell, Ciaran Hinds and Charlotte Rampling also to be released in 2013.
Tivia: Her husband, Martin Kelly, was found dead on Tuesday 20 May 2008. Natascha, while pregnant with son Rex, was filming in the States at the time of his death and flew home straight away. It is thought he suffered a heart attack.She pronounces her surname McElhone as "Mackle-hone".Graduated from the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA) in London, England (1990-1993).Her stage surname, McElhone, is her mother's maiden name.Her mother (Noreen) is Irish.Gave birth to her third child at London's Chelsea and Westminister Hospital in October, 2008 [November 11, 2008].Parents were journalists.Has an older brother named Damon Taylor. He's a movie scriptwriter who lives in Los Angeles.Daughter of Noreen McElhone and stepdaughter of Roy Greenslade.Her parents split when she was 2.Her final appearance on Designated Survivor (2016) aired the day before her birthday.Living in London, airing on Showtime. (January 2013)