English actress (born 1969)
Natascha McElhone
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McElhone in 2018
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Born
| Natascha Abigail Taylor
(
1969-12-14
)
14 December 1969
(age 54)
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Alma mater
| London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art
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Occupation
| Actress
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Years active
| 1990?present
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Spouse
|
Martin Hirigoyen Kelly
(
m.
1998; died 2008)
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Children
| 3
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Relatives
| Roy Greenslade
(stepfather)
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Natascha Abigail Taylor
(born 14 December 1969
[1]
), known professionally as
Natascha McElhone
(
), is an English actress. On television, she has starred in the
ABC
political drama
Designated Survivor
[2]
(2016?2017). She portrayed
Penelope Knatchbull, Countess Mountbatten of Burma
in
season 5
of the
Netflix
historical series
The Crown
.
[3]
McElhone currently portrays Dr. Catherine Elizabeth Halsey in the
Paramount+
series
Halo
.
[4]
Early life
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She was born Natascha Abigail Taylor in
Walton-on-Thames
,
Surrey
on 14 December 1969
[5]
to Noreen McElhone and Michael Taylor, both
journalists
.
[6]
She took her mother's maiden name as her stage name. McElhone has a brother, Damon, who lives in
Los Angeles
and is a scriptwriter; and two half-brothers: Alexander, who lives in
Zurich
, and Nicholas, who lives in
Stockholm
. Her parents separated when she was two. Her Irish mother moved the family to
Brighton
and later married journalist and columnist
Roy Greenslade
.
[7]
McElhone was educated at St Mark's CofE Primary School, Brighton; St Mary's Hall, Brighton; Fortismere School, London;
Camden School for Girls
, London; and William Ellis, London. She took lessons in
Irish dancing
from ages six to 12. She studied acting at
London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art
(LAMDA).
[8]
Career
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McElhone began her career in the theatre, including starring roles in
Richard III
and
A Midsummer Night's Dream
at the
Open Air Theatre, Regent's Park
, London, and in
The Count of Monte Cristo
and
The Cherry Orchard
at the
Haymarket Theatre
,
Leicester
. She made her television debut in 1990, credited as "Natascha Taylor", in
Television South
's adaptation of the
Inspector Wexford
story
An Unkindness of Ravens
.
[9]
McElhone appeared in two episodes of the
Dennis Potter
TV miniseries
Karaoke
. Her first major box-office role came with
Surviving Picasso
(1996), with co-star
Anthony Hopkins
. One of her most successful films to date has been
The Truman Show
(1998) with
Jim Carrey
. She had leading roles opposite
Brad Pitt
in
The Devil's Own
(1997),
Robert De Niro
in
Ronin
(1998), and
George Clooney
in
Solaris
(2002).
[10]
Co-starring with
Bill Pullman
, McElhone appeared in the
NBC
miniseries
Revelations
(2005). She starred in a 2006 West End production of
Honour
at the
Wyndham's Theatre
alongside
Diana Rigg
and
Martin Jarvis
. She accepted a leading role in the Showtime cable television series
Californication
as Karen, alongside
David Duchovny
.
[11]
In 2009 McElhone became a spokeswoman for
Neutrogena
.
[12]
In 2010, she was the voice of Marie in the video game
Castlevania: Lords of Shadow
from
Konami
.
[13]
McElhone featured as Juliet's mother,
Lady Capulet
, in
Romeo and Juliet
(2013), a film adaptation of
Shakespeare's play
.
Douglas Booth
and
Hailee Steinfeld
were the leads, and
Damian Lewis
played her husband.
[14]
In 2014, she played the role of Alex Forrest in
Fatal Attraction
, at the
Theatre Royal Haymarket
. In 2015, McElhone starred as
Sarah Churchill
in the
Royal Shakespeare Company
's production of
Helen Edmundson
's
Queen Anne
.
[15]
In February 2016, she was cast alongside
Kiefer Sutherland
in
ABC
's political drama
Designated Survivor
, which premiered in September 2016.
[16]
She left the show in Season 2 to take a role in the Hulu series
The First
. In 2022, McElhone portrayed
Penelope Knatchbull
in
season 5
of
The Crown
.
[3]
McElhone currently portrays Dr. Catherine Elizabeth Halsey in
Halo
.
[4]
Personal life
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McElhone married
plastic surgeon
Martin Hirigoyen Kelly on 19 May 1998.
[17]
The couple lived in
Fulham
, south-west London, with their sons Theodore (b. 2000) and Otis (b. May 2003); their third son, Rex, was born in October 2008, five months after Kelly's death.
[18]
On 20 May 2008, 43-year-old Kelly was found slumped in the doorway of his family's home by a fellow doctor, who had him rushed to
Chelsea and Westminster Hospital
(where he worked). He could not be revived and died one day after his 10th wedding anniversary. A
postmortem exam
revealed the cause of death to have been
dilated cardiomyopathy
.
[19]
[20]
After her husband's death, McElhone continued to write letters to him, sometimes documenting the daily trivia of life but also dealing with how she and their young children were coping with their loss. These letters and diary entries formed the basis of her book
After You: Letters of Love, and Loss, to a Husband and Father
. The book was published in July 2010.
[21]
[22]
Filmography
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Awards
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References
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- ^
Cadwalladr, Carole (26 April 2009).
"The interview: Natascha McElhone"
.
The Guardian
. Retrieved
1 April
2022
.
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Andreeva, Nellie (5 February 2016).
"
'Designated Survivor' Casts Kal Penn, Maggie Q, Natascha McElhone, Italia Ricci"
.
Deadline Hollywood
.
- ^
a
b
"The Crown: Seven takeaways from the latest series of Netflix's royal drama"
.
BBC News
. 5 November 2022
. Retrieved
9 November
2022
.
- ^
a
b
Hibberd, James (11 January 2024).
"Halo Season 2 Trailer Shows Dark Space Action, Has New Showrunner"
.
The Hollywood Reporter
.
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"The interview: Natascha McElhone"
.
The Observer
. 25 April 2009.
ISSN
0029-7712
. Retrieved
24 May
2023
.
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Biography
yahoo.com
Archived
27 July 2014 at the
Wayback Machine
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Greenslade, Roy (28 February 2014).
"Mike Taylor - the Daily Mirror night editor who loved to laugh"
.
The Guardian
.
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"Meet our LAMDA Acting Alumni"
.
lamda.ac.uk
. Retrieved
6 June
2023
.
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"An Unkindness of Ravens"
.
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"Natascha McElhone- Biography"
.
Yahoo! Movies
. Archived from
the original
on 27 July 2014
. Retrieved
11 May
2013
.
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"Interview: Natascha McElhone on becoming a writer"
.
www.scotsman.com
.
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Clott, Sharon (30 January 2009).
"Neutrogena Casts Natascha McElhone; Valentino Does 'Fearless' Eyes"
. NY Mag
. Retrieved
11 May
2013
.
- ^
a
b
"Konami Announces Castlevania: Lords of Shadow is Now Available"
.
IGN
. 5 October 2010
. Retrieved
11 May
2013
.
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Fernandez, Jay A. (1 February 2012).
"
'Homeland' Star Damian Lewis Cast in 'Romeo and Juliet' (Exclusive)"
.
The Hollywood Reporter
. Archived from
the original
on 27 March 2015.
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"Cast and creative | Royal Shakespeare Company"
. Archived from
the original
on 2 December 2015
. Retrieved
30 November
2015
.
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Andreeva, Nellie (5 February 2016).
"
'Designated Survivor' Casts Kal Penn, Maggie Q, Natascha McElhone, Italia Ricci"
.
Deadline
. Retrieved
22 September
2016
.
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Grainne Faller (10 October 2009).
"Shot in the Arm"
.
The Irish Times
.
Archived
from the original on 22 August 2018
. Retrieved
22 August
2018
.
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Natascha McElhone Opens Up About Delivering Rex Alone
. People.com, 7 May 2009
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Booth, Jenny (21 May 2008).
"Natascha McElhone's plastic surgeon husband dies at couple's home"
.
The Times
. UK
. Retrieved
21 May
2008
.
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Watts, Geoff (July 2008). "Obituary: Martin Hirigoyen Kelly".
The Lancet
.
372
(9632): 24.
doi
:
10.1016/S0140-6736(08)60979-4
.
S2CID
54309762
.
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Day, Elizabeth (3 July 2010).
"After You: Letters of Love, and Loss, to a Husband and Father by Natascha McElhone"
.
The Guardian
. Retrieved
11 May
2013
.
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McElhone, Natascha (2010).
After you: letters of love, and loss, to a husband and father
. London: Viking.
ISBN
9780670919093
.
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Andreeva, Nellie (27 September 2017).
"Natascha McElhone To Star in Beau Willimon's 'The First' Hulu Series, Will Depart 'Designated Survivor'
"
.
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