Natasha (russian: Наташа) is a name of Slavic origin. The Slavic name is the

diminutive A diminutive is a root word that has been modified to convey a slighter degree of its root meaning, either to convey the smallness of the object or quality named, or to convey a sense of intimacy or endearment. A (abbreviated ) is a word-formati ...

form of Natalia.

Notable people

* Natasha, the subject of '' Natasha's Story'', a 1994 nonfiction book *

Natasha Aguilar Natalia Irina “Natasha” Aguilar Komissarova (June 2, 1970 – January 1, 2016) was a female freestyle swimmer from Costa Rica who earned two medals (silver and bronze) with the women's relay team at the 1987 Pan American Games. She also rep ...

(1970–2016), Costa Rican swimmer *

Natasha Allegri Natasha Allegri (born June 18, 1986) is an American animation creator, writer, storyboard artist, storyboard revisionist, and comic book artist. She is the creator of Cartoon Hangover's and Frederator Studios ''Bee and PuppyCat'', and is also n ...

(born 1986), American creator, writer, storyboard revisionist, and cartoonist * Natascha Artin Brunswick (1909–2003), German-American mathematician and photographer * Natasha Arthy (born 1969), Danish screenwriter, film director and producer *

Natascha Badmann Natascha Badmann (born 6 December 1966) is a professional triathlete from Switzerland. She is a 6-time winner of the Ironman World Championships in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii in 1998, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004, and 2005 ; in 1998 she became the first Eu ...

(born 1966), Swiss triathlete *

Natasha Badhwar Natasha Badhwar is an Indian author, columnist, filmmaker, journalist and a media trainer. She has written the books, ''My Daughters Mum'' and ''Immortal For a Moment''. Biography Natasha Badhwar was born on 11 July 1971 in Ranchi. Badhwar be ...

(born 1971), Indian author *

Natasha Barrett (disambiguation) Natasha Barrett may refer to: * Natasha Barrett (television reporter), American broadcast journalist * Natasha Barrett (composer) (born 1972), British contemporary music composer {{hndis, Barrett, Natasha ...

, several people *

Natasha Beaumont Natasha Elisabeth Beaumont (born 21 June 1974) is a Malaysian-born British-Australian actress and model. Beaumont was born in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. She grew up in Kuala Lumpur, attended boarding school in Sydney and moved at age 20 to attend ...

(born 1974), Malaysian-Australian actress *

Natasha Bedingfield Natasha Anne Bedingfield (born 26 November 1981) is a British singer and songwriter. Bedingfield released her debut album, '' Unwritten'', in 2004, which contained primarily up-tempo pop songs and was influenced by R&B music. It enjoyed intern ...

(born 1981), British singer * Natascha Bessez (born 1986), American singer *

Natasha Bowen Natasha Bowen is a Nigerian-Welsh writer and teacher. She writes fantasy books for young adults. She is best known for her '' New York Times Bestselling'' novel '' Skin of the Sea''. Early life and education Natasha Bowen was born in Cambr ...

, Nigerian Welsh writer *

Natasha J. Caplen Natasha Jane Caplen is a British-American geneticist who discovered RNA interference (RNAi) in mammalian cells. She is a senior investigator and head of the functional genetics section at the National Cancer Institute. Education Caplen complet ...

, British-American geneticist * Natasha Chmyreva (born 1958), Russian tennis player *

Natasha Chokljat Natasha Chokljat (born 27 April 1979 in Tasmania) is a former Australian netball player. She has played international netball as a member of the Australian national team, and has played in the ANZ Championship for the Melbourne Vixens and the ...

(born 1979), Australian netball player *

Natasha Coates Natasha Coates (born in Warrington 1995) is a British disability gymnast, and the winner of 22 British elite gymnastics titles (as of 2021). She also has 44 British medals to her name. Coates, from Nottingham, England, was diagnosed at age 18 wi ...

(born c. 1995), British disabled gymnast *

Natasha Collins Natasha Louise Collins (7 July 1976 – 3 January 2008) was an English actress and model. Following a car crash that curtailed her career, she fatally overdosed on cocaine, which Mark Speight, her fiancé, was initially suspected of supplying, b ...

(1976–2008), British actress and model *

Natasha Cornett Natasha Wallen Cornett (born January 26, 1979) is an American criminal currently serving a sentence of life without parole at the Debra K. Johnson Rehabilitation Center in Nashville for her involvement in the Lillelid murders. In her book ''Th ...

(born 1979), American murderer sentenced to life imprisonment for the

Lillelid murders The Lillelid murders refers to a criminal case in Greene County, Tennessee, United States, where three members of the Lillelid family were murdered on April 6, 1997. Vidar Lillelid (aged 34), Delfina Lillelid (aged 28), and their daughter Tabit ...

Natasha Demkina Natalya "Natasha" Nikolayevna Demkina (russian: Ната́лья Никола́евна Де́мкина; born 1987 in Saransk, Mordovia) is a Russian woman who claims to possess a special vision that allows her to look inside human bodies and see ...

(born 1987), Russian woman who claimed to possess paranormal vision *

Natasha Desborough Natasha Desborough (born 21 June 1974, Wimbledon, London) is a radio presenter, author, DJ, and radio and television producer. She has written three books: Parental Advisory Manual, Weirdos Vs Quimboids and Weirdos Vs Bumskulls. Early life and ed ...

(born 1974), English radio presenter *

Natasha Doshi Natasha Doshi (born 2 August 1993) is an Indian actress and model who appears in Malayalam and Telugu films. She made her debut in 2012 with ''Manthrikan'', directed by Anil Kumar. Early life Born in Mumbai, Doshi began acting in childhood a ...

(born 1993), Indian film actress *

Natasha Dowie Natasha Khalila Dowie (born 30 June 1988) is an English footballer who plays as a striker for Women's Super League club Reading. She represented the England women's national football team at the youth level before making her senior internat ...

(born 1988), English football player *

Natasha Eloi Natasha Eloi (born in Hammersmith, England) is a Canadian television personality and videographer. She is most often seen on the Space channel as a space, science and technology reporter and on ''The Circuit'' as the resident toy expert. She a ...

, English-Canadian television personality and videographer *

Natasha England Natasha England (born Dorothy Natasha Sherratt, 18 December 1952), Natasha England, ''Last.fm''

(born 1952), Scottish singer, sometimes credited mononymously as Natasha *

Natasha Falle Natasha Falle (born 1973) is a Canadian professor at Humber College in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, who was forcibly prostituted from the ages of 15 to 27 and now opposes prostitution in Canada. Falle grew up in a middle-class home and, when her p ...

(born 1973), Canadian human rights activist *

Natasha Fatah Natasha Fatah is a Canadian journalist, based in Toronto, Ontario. She is a host for CBC News Network. Early life and education Fatah was born in Karachi, Pakistan and spent most of her childhood in Saudi Arabia in Riyadh and Jeddah; she has a ...

, Canadian journalist *

Natasha Flyer Natasha Flyer (born 1969) is an American earth scientist and applied mathematician known for her expertise on radial basis functions. She works as a research scientist in the Analytics and Integrative Machine Learning laboratory of the National Cen ...

(born 1969), American earth scientist and applied mathematician * Natasha Gajewski, American chief executive officer *

Natasha Gregson Wagner Natasha Gregson Wagner ( Gregson; born September 29, 1970) is an American actress. She is the daughter of film producer Richard Gregson and actress Natalie Wood. She has appeared in films including '' Lost Highway'' (1997), ''Two Girls and a Guy ...

(born 1970), American actress *

Natascha Hagen Natascha Hagen is a singer and songwriter from Austria. Career Natascha's artistic development began with absorbing as much knowledge around the world as she could (courses at the Lee Strasberg Theatre Institute (New York), Liverpool Institute ...

, Austrian singer-songwriter *

Natasha Hamilton Natasha Maria Hamilton (born 17 July 1982) is an English singer and a member of girl group Atomic Kitten. Hamilton has so far released 19 singles and three studio albums with the band including three number one singles, their biggest being the 2 ...

(born 1982), British singer * Natasha Bekvalac (born 1980), Serbian singer * Natasha Henstridge (born 1974), Canadian actress *

Natascha Janakieva Natascha Janakieva Petrova (alternate listings: Natasha Petrova, Natasha Yanakieva, bg, Наташа Петрова, born 19 March 1951) is a Bulgarian sprint canoer who competed from the early 1970s to the early 1980s. She won two medals ...

(born 1951), Bulgarian canoer * Natasha Joubert (born 1997), South African Beauty Queen *

Natasha Kaiser Natasha Kaiser-Brown (born May 14, 1967) is an American sprinter who specialized in the 400 metres, 400 meter run. As of 2022, she is the head coach of track and field at the University of Missouri in Columbia, Missouri. Kaiser-Brown was born in ...

(born 1967), American athlete *

Natascha Kampusch Natascha Maria Kampusch (born 17 February 1988) is an Austrian author and former talk show host. At the age of 10, on 2 March 1998, she was abducted and held in a secret cellar by her kidnapper Wolfgang Přiklopil for more than eight years, unt ...

(born 1988), Austrian author who was abducted as a child *

Natasha Kaplinsky Natasha Margaret Kaplinsky (born 9 September 1972)The Donor, News and information for blood donors, Winter 2009, National Blood Service, England, page 55 is an English newsreader, TV presenter and journalist, best known for her roles as a st ...

(born 1972), British news presenter *

Natascha Keller Natascha Keller (born 3 July 1977 in West Berlin) is a German retired field hockey striker. She won a gold medal as a member of the German team at the 2004 Summer Olympics. She also competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics, 2000 Summer Olymp ...

(born 1977), German field hockey player * Natasha Khan (born 1979), British singer, known under her stage name

Bat for Lashes Natasha Khan (born 25 October 1979), known professionally as Bat for Lashes, is an English singer, songwriter, producer, and multi-instrumentalist. She has released five studio albums: '' Fur and Gold'' (2006), ''Two Suns'' (2009), '' The Hau ...

Natasha Khan (Pakistani singer) Natasha Khan is a Pakistani singer, songwriter, composer, and audio engineer. She is also the first qualified female audio engineer from Pakistan. Natasha made her debut in Coke Studio. She appeared as a singer in Coke Studio (Pakistani TV p ...

(born 1984), Pakistani singer-songwriter, and qualified audio engineer *

Natasha Klauss Natasha Alexandra Rastapkavičius Arrondo (russian: Наташа Александра Растапкавичюс Аррондо; born 25 June 1975), professionally known as Natasha Klauss, is a Colombian actress and businesswoman of Uruguayan ...

(born 1975), Colombian actress *

Natasha Kuchiki Natasha Maria Hanako Kuchiki (born October 28, 1976) is an American former competitive pair skater. She is the 1991 World bronze medalist with Todd Sand. Personal life Kuchiki was born in Burbank, California. Her parents, Denise and Sashi, we ...

(born 1976), American figure skater *

Natasha Law Natasha (russian: Наташа) is a name of Slavic languages, Slavic origin. The Slavic name is the diminutive form of Natalia (given name), Natalia. Notable people * Natasha, the subject of ''Natasha's Story'', a 1994 nonfiction book * Natasha ...

(born 1970), English artist *

Natasha Leggero Natasha Leggero () (born March 26, 1974) is an American comedian, actress and writer. She rose to fame after appearing as the host of the MTV reality television series '' The 70s House'' in 2005, and as a regular roundtable panelist on Chelsea Ha ...

(born 1974), American stand-up comic and actor *

Tasha Low Natasha Low Yi Ling ( zh, 刘怡伶, ko, 유이영, born 11 October 1993), better known by her stage name, Tasha Low ( ko, 타샤), is a Singaporean singer and actress. She was the leader of the South Korean girl group, Skarf from 2012 to 20 ...

(born 1993), Singaporean singer and actress, otherwise known as Natasha Low *

Natasha Little Natasha Emma Little (born 2 October 1969) is an English actress. She is best known for her roles as Edith Thompson in the film '' Another Life'', Lady Caroline Langbourne in the BBC miniseries ''The Night Manager'', and Christina Moxam in the B ...

(born 1969), British actress *

Natasha Lyonne Natasha Bianca Lyonne Braunstein ( ; born April 4, 1979) is an American actress, director, writer, and producer. She is known for playing Nicky Nichols on the Netflix comedy-drama series ''Orange Is the New Black'' (2013–2019), for which she ...

(born 1979), American actress *

Natasha Mannuela Halim Natasha Mannuela Halim (born May 9, 1994) is an Indonesian model, ballerina, fashion designer, architecture contractor and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Indonesia 2016, she represented Indonesia at the Miss World 2016, wher ...

(born 1994), Miss World Indonesia 2016 * Natasha Marsh (born 1975), Welsh opera singer *

Natascha McElhone Natascha McElhone (; born Natascha Abigail Taylor, 14 December 1971) is a British actress. She is a graduate of the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art. In film, she is best known for her roles in '' Ronin'' (1998), '' The Truman Show'' (1 ...

(born 1969), British actress *

Natascha McNamara Natascha Duschene McNamara (born 1935 in Clare, South Australia) is an Ngarrindjeri Australian academic, activist, and researcher.Natasha Ngan Natasha Ngan (born 1990) is an English writer of sci-fi and fantasy young adult fiction, best known for her ''New York Times'' bestselling young adult fantasy series Girls of Paper and Fire. Personal life Ngan was born in St. Albans, Hertfor ...

, British author *

Natasha Melnick Natasha Melnick (born April 10, 1984) is an American television and film actress, best known for her role as Cindy Sanders on the short-lived 1999 NBC comedy drama ''Freaks and Geeks''. Career Melnick was born in Los Angeles, California. She gr ...

(born 1984), American actress *

Na Ying Na Ying (born 27 November 1967) is a Chinese singer and musical judge. She is known for her prominent roles as a judge on Chinese TV singing shows such as ''The Voice of China''. She later transferred to the show '' Sing! China'' and remained th ...

(born 1967), Chinese vocalist, otherwise known as Natasha Na *

Natasha Negovanlis Natasha Negovanlis (born April 3, 1990) is a Canadian actress, writer, producer, and singer. She achieved international recognition for portraying Carmilla Karnstein in the web series '' Carmilla'' (2014–2016) and in the 2017 feature film ba ...

(born 1990), Canadian actress and singer * Natasha Nic Gairbheith (born 1981), Irish beauty pageant winner *

Natasha Obama The family of Barack Obama, the 44th president of the United States, is a prominent American family active in law, education, activism and politics. Obama's immediate family circle was the First Family of the United States, first family of the ...

(born 2001), second daughter of Barack Obama, 44th President of the United States *

Natasha Poly Natalia Sergeevna Polevshchikova (russian: Наталья Серге́евна Полевщикова; born 12 July 1985), known professionally as Natasha Poly, is a Russian supermodel. Since 2004, Poly has appeared in prominent high-fashion ad ...

(born 1985), Russian model *

Natasha Poonawalla Natasha Poonawalla (née Aurora born 26 November 1981) is an Indian businesswoman, chairperson of the Villoo Poonawalla Foundation; the executive director of the Serum Institute of India, one of the largest vaccine manufacturing companies in th ...

(born 1981), Indian businesswoman *

Natasha Pyne Natasha Pyne (born 9 July 1946) is an English actress who starred in ''The Taming of the Shrew'' (1967 film), ''The Breaking of Bumbo'' (1970) and ''Father, Dear Father'' (1973). Early life Pyne was born in Crawley, Sussex on 9 July 1946. She ...

(born 1946), British actress *

Natasha Rastogi Natasha Rastogi (born Natasha Khanna; 14 May 1962) is an Indian actress and director. She started her acting career by debuting in ''Monsoon Wedding'' as Sona Verma, directed by Mira Nair, that won the Golden Lion award and received a Golden ...

(born 1962), Indian film actress * Natasha Reid (born 1981), birth name of American-South Korean singer

Yoon Mi-rae Natasha Shanta Reid (born May 31, 1981), better known by her Korean name Yoon Mi-rae (), often stylized as ''Yoonmirae'', is an American-born South Korean-based solo rapper, singer, songwriter, and producer, who is also a member of Korean hip ho ...

Natasha Richardson Natasha Jane Richardson (11 May 1963 – 18 March 2009) was an English actress of stage and screen. A member of the Redgrave family, Richardson was the daughter of actress Vanessa Redgrave and director/producer Tony Richardson and the granddaug ...

(1963–2009), English actress *

Natasha Shneider Natasha Shneider (May 22, 1956 – July 2, 2008), born Natalia Mikhailovna Schneiderman (russian: Наталья Михайловна Шнайдерман, ), was a Latvian-born Russian-American musician and actress. She was most notably the keyb ...

(1956–2008), Russian musician *

Natasha St-Pier Natasha St-Pier (born 10 February 1981) is a Canadian singer of Acadian origin who has spent most of her career in France. She was coach in the second and third season of The Voice Belgique (''The Voice of Belgium''). Career Natasha St-Pier r ...

(born 1981), Canadian singer *

Natasha Stillwell Natasha Stillwell is an English television reporter and producer, known in Canada for the television show ''Daily Planet (TV program), Daily Planet'', on Discovery Channel Canada and in Northern and Central Scotland for her reporting role on ST ...

, Scottish-Canadian television host and producer *

Natasha Stott Despoja Natasha Jessica Stott Despoja AO (born 9 September 1969) is an Australian politician, diplomat, advocate and author. She is the founding Chair of the Board of Our Watch, the national foundation to prevent violence against women and their childr ...

(born 1969), Australian politician *

Natasha Suri Natasha Suri is an Indian Actress, Supermodel and Former Miss World India. In 2006, she won the Femina Miss World India title and placed in the Top 17 at the Miss World contest. She is also a popular TV Host. Career Suri debuted as an actor ...

(born 1989), Indian model *

Natasha Tang Natasha Terri Tang (born Tang Wing-yung, ; 23 August 1992) is a Hong Kong distance swimmer. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, she competed in the Women's marathon 10 kilometre, finishing in 20th place. References 1992 births Living people Ho ...

(born 1992), Hong Kong distance swimmer *

Natasha Thahane Nokuthula Thahane (born 25 September 1995), also known as Natasha Thahane, is a South African actress, model and media personality. She is best known for her roles in the television series ''Blood & Water (South African TV series), Blood & Water ...

(born 1995), South African actress and model *

Natasha Trethewey Natasha Trethewey (born April 26, 1966) is an American poet who was appointed United States Poet Laureate in 2012 and again in 2013. She won the 2007 Pulitzer Prize in Poetry for her 2006 collection ''Native Guard'', and she is a former Poet L ...

(born 1966), US poet laureate * Natasha Vlassenko (born 1956), Russian-Australian pianist *

Natasha Watley Natasha Renee Watley (born November 27, 1981) is an American, former collegiate four-time first-team All-American, two-time medal winning Olympic Games, Olympian, retired seven-time pro All-Star softball player. Watley played college softball at ...

(born 1981), American softball player * Natasha Wightman (born 1973), British actress * Natasha Ninković (born 1972), Serbian actress *

Natasha Zvereva Natallia Marataŭna Zvierava ( be, Наталля Маратаўна Зверава; russian: Наталья Маратовна Зверева, Natalia Maratovna Zvereva; born 16 April 1971) is a former professional tennis player from Belarus ...

(born 1971), Belarusian tennis player

Fictional characters

Natasha Natasha (russian: Наташа) is a name of Slavic origin. The Slavic name is the diminutive form of Natalia. Notable people * Natasha, the subject of ''Natasha's Story'', a 1994 nonfiction book * Natasha Aguilar (1970–2016), Costa Rican sw ...

, a baby Muppet in the PBS children's television series ''

Sesame Street ''Sesame Street'' is an American educational children's television series that combines live-action, sketch comedy, animation and puppetry. It is produced by Sesame Workshop (known as the Children's Television Workshop until June 2000) a ...

'' *

Commander Natasha Super Commando Dhruva is an Indian superhero appearing in comic books published by Raj Comics. The character, created by writer and illustrator Anupam Sinha, first appeared in GENL #74 ''Pratishodh Ki Jwala'' published in April 1987 and since t ...

, a character in Raj Comics *

Natasha Andersen Natasha Andersen is a fictional character from the British Channel 4 soap opera ''Hollyoaks'', played by Shebah Ronay. She debuted on-screen during the episode airing on 23 October 1995. She was created by Phil Redmond as one of the serial's ori ...

, a character in the British soap opera ''

Hollyoaks ''Hollyoaks'' is a British soap opera which began airing on Channel 4 on 23 October 1995. It was created by Phil Redmond, who had previously conceived the soap opera ''Brookside (TV series), Brookside''. Since 2005, episodes have been aired on ...

'' *

Natasha Blakeman Natasha Blakeman is a fictional character from the ITV soap opera ''Coronation Street'', played by Rachel Leskovac. The character first appeared onscreen during the episode airing on 12 May 2008. On 29 April 2010, it was announced that Leskova ...

, a character in the ITV soap opera '' Coronation Street'' *

Alexis Davis (General Hospital) Alexis Davis is a fictional character on the ABC soap opera, ''General Hospital''. Nancy Lee Grahn originated the role on September 26, 1996.http://soapzone.com/gh/daily-updates/1996-09-26.html She is the daughter of Mikkos Cassadine and Krist ...

(born Natasha Cassadine), a character in the ABC soap opera '' General Hospital'' *

Natasha Fatale Boris Badenov is an antagonist of the 1959–1964 animated cartoons ''Rocky and His Friends'' and ''The Bullwinkle Show'', collectively referred to as ''The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show'' for short. He was originally voiced by Paul Frees. Badenov ...

, a character in the 1960s animated television series ''

The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle and Friends ''The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle and Friends'' (commonly referred to as simply ''Rocky and Bullwinkle'') is an American animated television series that originally aired from November 19, 1959, to June 27, 1964, on the American Broadca ...

'' * Natasha Romanova, also known as Black Widow, a character from Marvel Comics *

Natasha Rostova Natasha (russian: Наташа) is a name of Slavic origin. The Slavic name is the diminutive form of Natalia. Notable people * Natasha, the subject of ''Natasha's Story'', a 1994 nonfiction book * Natasha Aguilar (1970–2016), Costa Rican sw ...

, a character in the novel ''War and Peace'' by Leo Tolstoy *

Tasha Yar Natasha (russian: Наташа) is a name of Slavic origin. The Slavic name is the diminutive form of Natalia. Notable people * Natasha, the subject of ''Natasha's Story'', a 1994 nonfiction book * Natasha Aguilar (1970–2016), Costa Rican sw ...

, a character in the sci-fi television series '' Star Trek: The Next Generation'' * Tasha, an anthropomorphic hippo character in the Nick Jr. animated preschool television series ''

The Backyardigans ''The Backyardigans'' is a computer-animated musical children's television series created by Janice Burgess. The series was written and recorded at Nickelodeon Animation Studio. It centers on five animal neighbors who imagine themselves on fantas ...

'' * Tasha, a Greyhawk wizard in the video game ''

Dungeons & Dragons ''Dungeons & Dragons'' (commonly abbreviated as ''D&D'' or ''DnD'') is a fantasy tabletop role-playing game (RPG) originally designed by Gary Gygax and Dave Arneson. The game was first published in 1974 by Tactical Studies Rules, Inc. (TS ...

Notable animals

Natasha (monkey) Natasha is a macaque at the Safari Park zoo near Tel Aviv, Israel. She has become well known because, unlike other macaques who move by alternating between walking upright and on all four limbs, Natasha has walked upright all the time since suffer ...

, a macaque at the Safary Park zoo near Tel Aviv, Israel

Astronomy

* Natasha is the official name of star

HD 85390 HD 85390 is a star with an exoplanet companion in the southern constellation of Vela. It was given the proper name Natasha by Zambia during the 100th anniversary of the IAU. Natasha means "thank you" in many languages of Zambia. This st ...

Notable people

Fictional characters

Notable animals

Astronomy

See also