Natascha McElhone

Natascha McElhone
McElhone at the Southbank Centre, London in March 2014
Born
Natascha Abigail Taylor

(1971-12-14) 14 December 1971
London, England
Alma materLondon Academy of Music and Dramatic Art
OccupationActress
Years active1990–present
Spouse
Martin Hirigoyen Kelly
(m. 1998; died 2008)
Children3
RelativesRoy Greenslade (stepfather)

Natascha McElhone (/ˈmækəlˌhn/ MACK-əl-HOHN, born Natascha Abigail Taylor , 14 December 1971) 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), Carmen (2021), Young Sherlock series.

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), and Dr. Catherine Halsey on Halo (2022–24). 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.