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 ''Natasha's Story'' is a 1994 book by war correspondent Michael Nicholson and is based on his work for the British news broadcaster, ITN. Deeply shocked about the catastrophic situation of 200 orphaned children in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Nicho ...

'', a 1994 nonfiction book * Natasha Aguilar (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 Natascha Artin Brunswick, née Jasny (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 economist from Kharkiv ...

(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 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 Euro ...

(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), 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 Natascha Bessez is an American singer and beauty pageant titleholder. She competed in the Dansk Melodi Grand Prix 2014 and on '' The Bachelor Presents: Listen to Your Heart'' in 2020. Early life Bessez has a Chilean mother and a father of Fren ...

(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 Natalya Yuryevna "Natasha" Chmyreva ( rus, Наталья Юрьевна Чмырёва, Natalya Yuryevna Chmyryova, 28 May 1958 – 16 August 2015) was a Russian tennis player who won 1975 and 1976 Wimbledon girls' singles championships and 197 ...

(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 (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 ''The ...

(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 internation ...

(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 al ...

, 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 al ...

, 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 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 f ...

, 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 (born 1982), British singer * Natasha Bekvalac (born 1980), Serbian singer *

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

(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 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 Des Moines ...

(born 1967), American athlete * Natascha Kampusch (born 1988), Austrian author who was abducted as a child * Natasha Kaplinsky (born 1972), British news presenter * Natascha Keller (born 1977), German field hockey player * Natasha Khan (born 1979), British singer, known under her stage name Bat for Lashes *

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, wer ...

(born 1976), American figure skater *

Natasha Law 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 s ...

(born 1970), English artist * Natasha Leggero (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 201 ...

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

(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, where ...

(born 1994), Miss World Indonesia 2016 *

Natasha Marsh Natasha Jane Marsh (born 1975) is a Wales, 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 (band), G4, Russ ...

(born 1975), Welsh opera singer * Natascha McElhone (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, British author * Natasha Melnick (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 base ...

(born 1990), Canadian actress and singer *

Natasha Nic Gairbheith Natasha Nic Gairbheith (born 1981) was crowned Miss Ireland on 5 July 2004, becoming the first ever fluent Irish-speaker to win the competition. She competed at Miss World 2004 where she did not place. She is originally from Gweedore, County Don ...

(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 (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 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 granddaugh ...

(1963–2009), English actress * Natasha Shneider (1956–2008), Russian musician * Natasha St-Pier (born 1981), Canadian singer * Natasha Stillwell, 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 List of U ...

(born 1966), US poet laureate *

Natasha Vlassenko Natalia Lvovna "Natasha" Vlassenko (Russian: Ната́лья Льво́вна Вла́сенко; born 20 November 1956) is a Russian-Australian pianist and teacher. Life Natasha Vlassenko was born in Moscow, Soviet Russia, to pianist Le ...

(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 Olympian, retired seven-time pro All-Star softball player. Watley played college softball at UCLA, and h ...

(born 1981), American softball player *

Natasha Wightman Natasha Wightman (born 1971) 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'' (200 ...

(born 1973), British actress * Natasha Ninković (born 1972), Serbian actress * Natasha Zvereva (born 1971), Belarusian tennis player

Fictional characters

* Natasha, 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'' *

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 Leskovac ...

, a character in the ITV soap opera ''

Coronation Street ''Coronation Street'' is an English soap opera created by Granada Television and shown on ITV since 9 December 1960. The programme centres around a cobbled, terraced street in Weatherfield, a fictional town based on inner-city Salford. Origi ...

'' * Alexis Davis (General Hospital) (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. It is listed in ''Guinness World Records'' as the list of longest-running television shows by category, longest-running American soap opera in pro ...

'' *

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'' *

Natasha Romanova Black Widow (Natalia Alianovna "Natasha" Romanova; Russian: Наталья Альяновна "Наташа" Романова) is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by editor and plotte ...

, also known as Black Widow, a character from Marvel Comics * Natasha Rostova, a character in the novel ''War and Peace'' by Leo Tolstoy * Tasha Yar, 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'' *

Tasha 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 Greyhawk wizard in the video game '' Dungeons & Dragons''

Notable animals

* Natasha (monkey), a macaque at the Safary Park zoo near Tel Aviv, Israel

Astronomy

* Natasha is the official name of star HD 85390.

Notable people

Fictional characters

Notable animals

Astronomy

See also