Natasha is a name of Russian origin. It is the diminutive form of the Latin name Natalia, which means "born on Christmas Day".

Notable people

* Natasha Aguilar (1970–2016), Costa Rican swimmer *

Natasha Allegri Natasha Allegri (born June 18, 1983) is an American animator, 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 noted for ...

(born 1986), American creator, writer, storyboard revisionist, and cartoonist *

Natascha Artin Brunswick Natascha Artin Brunswick (née Natalya Naumovna Yasnaya; June 11, 1909 – February 3, 2003) was a Russian-American mathematician and photographer. St. Petersburg and Hamburg Natascha Artin Brunswick was the daughter of , a Russian Jewish eco ...

(1909–2003), German-American mathematician and photographer *

Natasha Arthy Natasha Arthy (born 23 May 1969 in Gentofte, Denmark) is a Denmark, Danish screenwriter, film film director, director and Film producer, producer, best known for her 2003 Dogme 95, Dogme film ''Se til venstre, der er en Svensker'' (USA Title: ''O ...

(born 1969), Danish screenwriter, film director and producer * Natascha Badmann (born 1966), Swiss triathlete * Natasha Badhwar (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 and New Zealand singer, songwriter and record producer. She released her debut album, '' Unwritten'', in 2004, which contained primarily up-tempo pop songs and was influenced by R& ...

(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 Cambri ...

, 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 Natalya Yuryevna "Natasha" Chmyreva (; 28 May 1958 – 16 August 2015) was a Russian tennis player who won 1975 and 1976 Wimbledon girls' singles championships and 1975 US Open girls' singles championship Life Natasha Chmyreva was born on 28 ...

(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 27 British elite gymnastics titles (as of Nov 2022). She also has 48 British medals to her name. Coates, from Nottingham, England, was diagnosed at age ...

(born c. 1995), British disabled gymnast *

Natasha Collins Natasha Louise Collins (7 September 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 supply ...

(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 Bledsoe County Correctional Complex in Pikeville, Tennessee, for her involvement in the Lillelid murders. In her ...

(born 1979), American murderer *

Natasha Demkina Natalya "Natasha" Nikolayevna Demkina (; born 1987) is a Russian woman who claims to possess a special vision that allows her to look inside human bodies and see organs and tissues, and thereby make medical diagnoses. Since the age of ten, she h ...

(born 1987), Russian woman who claims to possess X-ray 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 e ...

(born 1974), English radio presenter *

Natasha Doshi Natasha Doshi Shah 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 and is also a t ...

(born 1993), Indian film actress *

Natasha Dowie Natasha Khalila Dowie (born 30 June 1988) is an English former Association football, footballer. She represented the England women's national football team at the youth level before making her senior international debut in 2009. Dowie played fo ...

(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 *

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 ...

(born 1973), Canadian human rights activist *

Natasha Fatah Natasha Fatah (born,1 January 1980), 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 Ri ...

, 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 ...

(born 1969), American earth scientist and applied mathematician *

Natasha Gajewski Natasha Gajewski () is the CEO and founder of Symple Health. Early life and education Gajewski was born to Dana Roy and Riaz Hussein Rana. Her father, Rana, was a commercial pilot and later statistician. Rana immigrated to the United States ...

, American business executive *

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'', '' Two Girls and a Guy,'' ' ...

(born 1970), American actress *

Natascha Hagen Natascha Hagen is a singer and songwriter from Austria Austria, formally the Republic of Austria, is a landlocked country in Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine Federal states of Austria, states, of which ...

, Austrian singer-songwriter *

Natasha Hamilton Natasha Maria Hamilton (born 17 July 1982) is an English singer, best known as a member of the girl pop group Atomic Kitten. Early life Hamilton was born in Kensington, Liverpool, and started singing and performing from the age of 12 in the S ...

(born 1982), British singer *

Natasha Hastings Natasha Monique Hastings (born July 23, 1986) is a retired American 400 meter track and field sprinter. Career Hastings began her track career at a very early age and made a first place win at the USATF Junior Olympics in the 400 metres in the ...

, American sprinter * Natasha Hastings (writer), British author *

Natasha Hausdorff Natasha Hausdorff (born October 1989) is a British barrister, international law expert, and member of pro-Israel lobbying group UK Lawyers for Israel.

(born 1989), British barrister, news commentator, and Israel advocate *

Nataša Bekvalac Nataša Bekvalac ( sr-Cyrl, Наташа Беквалац, , born 25 September 1980) is a Serbian singer. She debuted in 2001 and has since released five studio albums - '' Ne brini'' (''Don't Worry'', 2001), '' Nista lično'' (''Nothing Personal ...

(born 1980), Serbian singer *

Natasha Henstridge Natasha Tonya Henstridge (born August 15, 1974) is a Canadian actress. In 1995, she rose to prominence with her debut role in the science-fiction horror film ''Species (film), Species'', followed by performances in ''Species II'' and ''Species ...

(born 1974), Canadian actress *

Natascha Janakieva Natascha Janakieva Petrova (alternate listings: Natasha Petrova, Natasha Yanakieva, , born 19 March 1951) is a Bulgarian sprint canoer who competed from the early 1970s to the early 1980s. She won two medals in the K-4 500 m event at the I ...

(born 1951), Bulgarian canoer *

Natasha Joubert Natasha Joubert (born 24 July 1997) is a South African beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss South Africa 2023. She was previously the second runner-up in Miss South Africa 2020, and later represented South Africa at the Miss Univers ...

(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 i ...

(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 Child abduction, abducted and held in a secret cellar by her kidnapper Wolfgang Přiklopil for more than ...

(born 1988), Austrian author and kidnap survivor *

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), English TV presenter * Natascha Keller (born 1977), German field hockey player *

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

(born 1979), British singer *

Natasha Klauss Natasha Alexandra Rastapkavičius Arrondo (; born 25 June 1975), professionally known as Natasha Klauss, is a Colombian actress and businesswoman of Uruguayan and Lithuanian descent, best known for her roles in Telemundo telenovelas '' La Ven ...

(born 1975), Colombian actress * Natasha Kline, American-Mexican animator, creator of ''

Primos PRIMOS is a discontinued operating system developed during the 1970s by Prime Computer for its minicomputer systems. It rapidly gained popularity and by the mid-1980s was a serious contender as a mainline minicomputer operating system. With t ...

'' * Natasha Korolyova (born 1973), Russian singer *

Natasha Kuchiki Natasha Maria Hanako Kuchiki (born October 28, 1976) is an American former competitive pair skater. She is the 1991 World Figure Skating Championships, 1991 World bronze medalist with Todd Sand. Personal life Kuchiki was born in Burbank, Califo ...

(born 1976), American figure skater * Natasha Law (born 1970), English artist *

Natasha Leggero Natasha Leggero () (born March 26, 1974) is an American stand-up 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 ...

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

Nataša Ljubišić Nataša Ljubišić ( sr-Cyrl, Наташа Љубишић; born 1990) is a Serbian politician. She has served in the National Assembly of Serbia since 2020 as a member of the Serbian Progressive Party. Early life and private career Ljubišić was ...

(born 1990), Serbian politician * Natasha Low (born 1993), Singaporean singer and actress *

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), English actress *

Natasha Lyonne Natasha Bianca Lyonne Braunstein ( ; born April 4, 1979) is an American producer, director, comedian, writer, actress, and artificial intelligence film studio head. Lyonne started her career as a child actress before expanding her career taking o ...

(born 1979), American actress * Natasha Mannuela Halim (born 1994), Indonesian beauty queen *

Natasha Marsh Natasha Jane Marsh (born 1975) is a Welsh soprano singer. A highly regarded performer in both opera and oratorio, her debut album, ''Amour'', topped the classical album charts in 2007. She has toured with artists such as G4, Russell Watson, Il D ...

(born 1975), Welsh opera singer *

Natascha McElhone Natascha Abigail Taylor (born 14 December 1971), known professionally as Natascha McElhone (), is an English actress. In film, she has starred in the action thriller ''Ronin (film), Ronin'' (1998), the psychological comedy-drama ''The Truman Sho ...

(born 1969), British actress * Natascha McNamara (born 1935), Australian academic, activist, and researcher * Natasha Newsome Drennan, Irish politician *

Natasha Ngan Natasha Ngan (born 1990) is an English writer of sci-fi and fantasy young adult fiction. She is 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 ...

(born 1990, British author *

Natasha Melnick Natasha Melnick 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 graduated from San Fernando High School in the San Fernando Val ...

(born 1984), American actress *

Natasha Negovanlis Natasha Negovanlis is a Canadian actress, writer, producer, and singer. She achieved international recognition for portraying Carmilla Karnstein in the YouTube web series ''Carmilla'' (2014–2016) and in the 2017 feature film based on the ser ...

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

Natasha O'Brien On 29 May 2022, 24-year-old Irish woman Natasha O'Brien was attacked by active-duty Irish soldier Cathal Crotty on O'Connell Street in Limerick, Ireland. Crotty was given a suspended sentence for violently assaulting O'Brien on the street aft ...

, Irish woman attacked by an active-duty Irish soldier *

Natasha Poly Natalia Sergeevna Polevshchikova (; born 12 July 1985), known professionally as Natasha Poly, is a Russian model. Since 2004, Poly has appeared in high-fashion advertisement campaigns, magazine covers, and on runways. Poly established herself a ...

(born 1985), Russian model *

Natasha Poonawalla Adar Poonawalla (born 14 January 1981) is an Indian businessman. He is the chief executive officer of Serum Institute of India and Chairman of Poonawalla Fincorp. His father is Cyrus Poonawalla, founder of the Serum Institute of India. Perso ...

(born 1981), Indian businesswoman *

Natasha Preston Natasha Vicki Preston (born 5 January 1988) is an English novelist. She is best known for her ''New York Times''-bestselling young adult thrillers, including ''The Cellar'' (2014), ''The Cabin'' (2016), ''The Fear'' (2022), and ''The Haunting'' (20 ...

(born 1988), English novelist *

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), English actress *

Natasha Rastogi Natasha Rastogi (born Natasha Khanna) 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 Globe Award ...

(born 1962), Indian 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 based South Korean rapper, singer, songwriter, and producer, who is also a member of Korean hip hop tr ...

Natasha Richardson Natasha Jane Richardson (11 May 1963 – 18 March 2009) was a British actress. A part of the Redgrave family, Richardson was the daughter of actress Vanessa Redgrave and director/producer Tony Richardson and the granddaughter of Michael Redgr ...

(1963–2009), English actress *

Natasha Shneider Natalia Mikhailovna Schneiderman ( rus, links=yes, Наталья Михайловна Шнайдерман, Natal'ya Mikhaylovna Shnayderman, nɐˈtalʲjə mʲɪˈxajlɐvnə ˈʂnajdʲɪrmən; May 22, 1956 – July 2, 2008), known as Natasha Sh ...

(1956–2008), Russian musician *

Natasha St-Pier Natasha St-Pier (born 10 February 1981) is a Canadian singer, songwriter and television presenter. She is of Acadian heritage, and grew up in the Saint John River (Bay of Fundy), Saint John River valley of New Brunswick, but has spent most of ...

(born 1981), Canadian singer *

Natasha Stillwell Natasha Stillwell is an English television reporter and producer, known in Canada for the television Television (TV) is a telecommunication medium for transmitting moving images and sound. Additionally, the term can refer to a physi ...

, English television host and producer *

Natasha Stott Despoja Natasha Jessica Stott Despoja AO (born 9 September 1969) is an Australian diplomat, gender equality advocate, former Australian of the Year nominee, and former politician. Starting her career in student politics, she became an advisor to the ...

(born 1969), Australian politician * Natasha Suri (born 1989), Indian model * Natasha Tang (born 1992), Hong Kong distance swimmer * Natasha Thahane (born 1995), South African actress and model *

Natasha Trethewey Natasha Trethewey (born April 26, 1966) is an American poet who served as United States Poet Laureate from 2012 to 2014. She won the 2007 Pulitzer Prize in Poetry for her 2006 collection ''Native Guard'', and is a former Poet Laureate of Missi ...

(born 1966), American poet * Natasha Vlassenko (born 1956), Russian-Australian pianist * Natasha Watley (born 1981), American softball player *

Natasha Wightman Natasha Wightman (born 1973) is an English actress who appeared in British and American films and British television productions from 1999 until 2005. Productions in which she has co-starred include ''Gosford Park'' (2001), ''Revelation'' (2001 ...

(born 1973), British actress * Natascha Wingelaar (born 1974), Dutch politician *

Nataša Ninković Nataša Ninković ( sr-Cyrl, Наташа Нинковић; born 22 July 1972) is a Serbian actress, best known for her roles in the films ''Savior'', ''War Live'', '' The Professional'' and '' The Trap''. Personal life Ninković was born on 2 ...

(born 1972), Serbian actress *

Natasha Zvereva Natalya "Natasha" Maratovna Zvereva (born 16 April 1971) is a former professional tennis player from Belarus. She was the first major athlete in the Soviet Union to demand publicly that she should be able to keep her tournament earnings. Zver ...

(born 1971), Belarusian tennis player

Fictional characters

Natasha Natasha is a name of Russian origin. It is the diminutive form of the Latin name Natalia, which means "born on Christmas Day". Notable people * Natasha Aguilar (1970–2016), Costa Rican swimmer * Natasha Allegri (born 1986), American creator, ...

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

Sesame Street ''Sesame Street'' is an American educational television, 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 Worksh ...

'' *

Commander Natasha Super Commando Dhruva is an Indian comics, comic book superhero character 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'' publi ...

, 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 originally 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''. From 2005 to 2023, episodes h ...

'' *

Natasha Blakeman Natasha Blakeman is a fictional character from the British 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 ...

, a character in the ITV soap opera ''

Coronation Street ''Coronation Street'' (colloquially referred to as ''Corrie'') is a British television soap opera created by ITV Granada, Granada Television and shown on ITV (TV network), ITV since 9 December 1960. The programme centres on a cobbled, terraced ...

'' *

Alexis Davis (General Hospital) Alexis Davis is a fictional character on the American Broadcasting Company, ABC soap opera, ''General Hospital''. Nancy Lee Grahn originated the role on September 26, 1996. She is the daughter of Mikkos Cassadine and Kristin Bergman. She is also ...

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

General Hospital ''General Hospital'' (often abbreviated as ''GH'') is an American daytime television soap opera created by Frank and Doris Hursley which has been broadcast on American Broadcasting Company, ABC since April 1, 1963. Originally a half-hour seria ...

'' *

Natasha Fatale Natasha Fatale is an antagonist in the 1959–1964 animated cartoons '' Rocky and His Friends'' and '' The Bullwinkle Show'', collectively referred to as ''The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show''. She was voiced by June Foray (impersonating Zsa Zsa Gabo ...

, 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 Romanoff, also known as Black Widow, a character from Marvel Comics *

Natasha Rostova Countess Natalya "Natasha" Ilyinichna Rostova (; , named Natasha Rostov in the Rosemary Edmonds version; born 1792, according to the book) is a central fictional character in Leo Tolstoy's 1869 novel '' War and Peace''. She is the beautiful dau ...

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

Tasha Yar Natasha "Tasha" Yar is a character that mainly appeared in the first season of the American science fiction television series '' Star Trek: The Next Generation''. Portrayed by Denise Crosby, Yar is chief of security aboard the Starfleet sta ...

, 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 an animated musical children's television series created by Janice Burgess for Nickelodeon. The series was written and recorded at Nickelodeon Animation Studio. It centers on five anthropomorphic animal neighbors ...

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

Dungeons & Dragons ''Dungeons & Dragons'' (commonly abbreviated as ''D&D'' or ''DnD'') is a fantasy tabletop role-playing game (TTRPG) originally created and designed by Gary Gygax and Dave Arneson. The game was first published in 1974 by TSR (company)#Tactical ...

'' * Natasha Cioara, a playable character in ''

Honkai Impact 3rd ''Honkai Impact 3rd'' is a 2016 free-to-play 3D computer graphics, 3D action role-playing game developed and published by miHoYo (with publishing outside mainland China under MiHoYo#Cognosphere (HoYoverse), Cognosphere, Trade name, trading as HoY ...

'' * Natasha, a playable character in '' Honkai: Star Rail''

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

Notable people

Fictional characters

Notable animals

See also