Natascha McElhone

At 54 years old, Natascha McElhone has this physical status:

Natascha McElhone, an English actress, is best known for her appearances in Ronin (1998), The Truman Exhibition (1998), and Solaris (2002). Other than that, Karen van der Beek in Californication (2007–2017), First Lady Alex Kirkman in Designed Survivor (2016–2017), and Laz Ingram in The First (2018).

Early life

Natascha Abigail Taylor, a student at the University of Walton-on-Thames, Surrey, was born on December 14th, 1971[3] to Noel and Michael Taylor, both Irish and journalists. [4] She used her mother's maiden name as her stage name. [3] McElhone has a scriptwriter brother, Damon, who lives in Los Angeles, and two half-brothers, Alexander, who lives in Zürich, and Nicholas, who lives in Stockholm. When she was two years old, her parents separated. Her Irish mother moved the family to Brighton, where they met married columnist Roy Greenslade later.

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Personal life

McElhone married plastic surgeon Martin Hirigoyen Kelly on May 19, 1998. The pair and their sons Theodore (born 2000) and Otis (born May 2003), and Rex (born in October 2008, five months after Kelly's death) lived in Fulham, South-West London.

Kelly, 43, was discovered slumped in the doorway of his family's house by a fellow physician, who had him rush to Chelsea and Westminster Hospital (where he worked). He could not be revived and died just a few days after his tenth wedding anniversary. The cause of death was found to have been dilated cardiomyopathy, according to a postmortem examination.

McElhone continued to write letters after her husband's sudden death, often detailing the daily grind of life but also dealing with how she and their young children were dealing with their loss. These letters and diary entries formed the basis for her book After You: Letters of Love and Losse to a Husband and Father. In July 2010, the book was published (in the UK Kindle version only).

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Career

McElhone began her career in theatre, including performances in Richard III and A Midsummer Night's Dream at Regent's Park, London, and The Cherry Orchard at the Haymarket Theatre Leicester. She made her television debut in Bergerac in 1991 (credited on screen as Natascha Taylor) and appeared in an episode of Absolutely Fabulous in 1992.

McElhone appeared in two episodes of the Dennis Potter TV miniseries Karaoke. Surviving Picasso (1996), with co-star Anthony Hopkins, was her first major box-office role. The Truman Show (1998), one of Jim Cary's most popular films to date, was one of her most popular films to date. She appeared in The Devil's Own (1997), Robert De Niro in Ronin (1998), and George Clooney in Solaris (2002) as the protagonists.

McElhone, co-starring Bill Pullman, appeared in NBC miniseries Revelations (2005). Diana Rigg and Martin Jarvis appeared in a 2006 West End production of Honour at the Wyndham's Theatre. Karen then took on a leading role in the Showtime cable television series Californication as Karen, alongside David Duchovny. McElhone, a 2009 graduate, became Neutrogena's spokeswoman. Marie was the voice of Marie in Konami's Castlevania: Lords of Shadow.

In Romeo and Juliet (2013), McElhone appeared as Juliet's mother, Lady Capulet, in a Shakespearean film version. Douglas Booth and Hailee Steinfeld played, and Damian Lewis played her husband. In 2014, she appeared in Fatal Attraction at the Theatre Royal Haymarket. Sarah Churchill appeared in Helen Edmundson's production of Queen Anne in 2015.

In February 2016, she appeared alongside Kiefer Sutherland in ABC's political drama Designated Survivor, which premiered in September 2016. She left the program in Season 2 to appear in Hulu's The First.

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