Natascha McElhone

Natasha Abigail Taylor , known professionally as Natascha McElhone , is an English actress of stage, screen and television, best known for her roles in American films such as Ronin, The Truman Show and Solaris, and most recently for her role as Karen van der Beek on the Showtime series Californication.

She was born Natasha Abigail Taylor in Surrey, in 1969 to Noreen and Mike Taylor, who were both journalists. She took her mothers maiden name as her stage name. McElhone has a scriptwriter brother, Damon, who lives in Los Angeles, and two halfbrothers, Alexander and Nicholas, who live in Stockholm. Her parents separated when she was two and her Irish mother moved the family to Brighton, and later married journalist and columnist Roy Greenslade.

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