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Natascha McElhone
Natascha McElhone (/ˈmækəlˌhoʊn/ MACK-əl-HOHN, born Natascha Abigail Taylor , 14 December 1969) is an English actress and producer, who has worked extensively in film and television in both the United Kingdom and the United States. She is known to film audiences for her roles in Surviving Picasso (1996), Ronin (1998), The Truman Show (1998), Kenneth Branagh's Love's Labour's Lost (2000), Solaris (2002) and Carmen (2021).
She is known to television audiences for her roles as Karen on Californication (2007–14), First Lady Alex Kirkman on Designated Survivor (2016–17), Penelope Knatchbull, Lady Romsey on The Crown (2022), Dr. Catherine Halsey on Halo (2022–24) and Cordelia Holmes in Young Sherlock (2026–present). She was the voice of Marie Belmont in the video game Castlevania: Lords of Shadow (2010) and its sequel Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2 (2014).
McElhone is a Satellite Award, Saturn Award, and an Irish Film & Television Award nominee.
McElhone was born Natascha Abigail Taylor, on 14 December 1971 in London, England,[better source needed] to Irish mother Noreen McElhone, and English father Michael Taylor, both journalists. Her parents separated when she was two. Her mother moved the family to Brighton,[citation needed] and later married journalist and columnist Roy Greenslade. McElhone has a brother, Damon (by Taylor), and two half-brothers, Nicholas and Alex (by Taylor).[citation needed]
McElhone was educated at St Mark's Church of England Primary School, Brighton;[citation needed] St Mary's Hall, Brighton; Fortismere School, London;[citation needed] Camden School for Girls, London;[citation needed] and William Ellis, London.[citation needed] She also took lessons in Irish dancing from ages 6 to 12.[citation needed]
She studied acting at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art.[when?][better source needed]
While eventually taking McElhone, her mother's maiden name, as her stage name, she began her career, in the theatre, as "Natascha Taylor", work that included starring roles in Richard III and A Midsummer Night's Dream at the Open Air Theatre, Regent's Park, London,[citation needed] and in The Count of Monte Cristo and The Cherry Orchard at the Haymarket Theatre, Leicester.[citation needed] She made her television debut in 1990,[citation needed] again credited as "Natascha Taylor", in Television South's adaptation of the Inspector Wexford story An Unkindness of Ravens.[better source needed]
She appeared the following year, again as "Natascha Taylor," in the series Bergerac as Louise Calder, a rebellious daughter of very wealthy parents.[full citation needed] She appeared in two episodes of the Dennis Potter television miniseries Karaoke.[citation needed]
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Natascha McElhone
Natascha McElhone (/ˈmækəlˌhoʊn/ MACK-əl-HOHN, born Natascha Abigail Taylor , 14 December 1969) is an English actress and producer, who has worked extensively in film and television in both the United Kingdom and the United States. She is known to film audiences for her roles in Surviving Picasso (1996), Ronin (1998), The Truman Show (1998), Kenneth Branagh's Love's Labour's Lost (2000), Solaris (2002) and Carmen (2021).
She is known to television audiences for her roles as Karen on Californication (2007–14), First Lady Alex Kirkman on Designated Survivor (2016–17), Penelope Knatchbull, Lady Romsey on The Crown (2022), Dr. Catherine Halsey on Halo (2022–24) and Cordelia Holmes in Young Sherlock (2026–present). She was the voice of Marie Belmont in the video game Castlevania: Lords of Shadow (2010) and its sequel Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2 (2014).
McElhone is a Satellite Award, Saturn Award, and an Irish Film & Television Award nominee.
McElhone was born Natascha Abigail Taylor, on 14 December 1971 in London, England,[better source needed] to Irish mother Noreen McElhone, and English father Michael Taylor, both journalists. Her parents separated when she was two. Her mother moved the family to Brighton,[citation needed] and later married journalist and columnist Roy Greenslade. McElhone has a brother, Damon (by Taylor), and two half-brothers, Nicholas and Alex (by Taylor).[citation needed]
McElhone was educated at St Mark's Church of England Primary School, Brighton;[citation needed] St Mary's Hall, Brighton; Fortismere School, London;[citation needed] Camden School for Girls, London;[citation needed] and William Ellis, London.[citation needed] She also took lessons in Irish dancing from ages 6 to 12.[citation needed]
She studied acting at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art.[when?][better source needed]
While eventually taking McElhone, her mother's maiden name, as her stage name, she began her career, in the theatre, as "Natascha Taylor", work that included starring roles in Richard III and A Midsummer Night's Dream at the Open Air Theatre, Regent's Park, London,[citation needed] and in The Count of Monte Cristo and The Cherry Orchard at the Haymarket Theatre, Leicester.[citation needed] She made her television debut in 1990,[citation needed] again credited as "Natascha Taylor", in Television South's adaptation of the Inspector Wexford story An Unkindness of Ravens.[better source needed]
She appeared the following year, again as "Natascha Taylor," in the series Bergerac as Louise Calder, a rebellious daughter of very wealthy parents.[full citation needed] She appeared in two episodes of the Dennis Potter television miniseries Karaoke.[citation needed]