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Natasha Henstridge 
Henstridge at the 2009 Heart Truth fashion showBorn Natasha T. Henstridge
August 15, 1974
Springdale, Newfoundland, CanadaYears active 1995–present Spouse Damian Chapa (1995-1996)
Darius Campbell (2011-present)Partner Liam Waite (1996-2004) Natasha T. Henstridge (born August 15, 1974) is a Canadian fashion model turned actress. Her most notable on-screen roles include Species, The Whole Nine Yards, It Had To Be You, Ghosts of Mars, She Spies, the TV series Eli Stone, and the Canadian TV mini-series Would Be Kings, for which she won the Gemini Award for best actress. Her most recent regular role is as Dawn Chamberlain in the TV series The Secret Circle (TV Series).
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Early life
Henstridge was born in Springdale, Newfoundland and Labrador, the daughter of Helen Henstridge, a homemaker, and Brian Henstridge, a construction manager and business owner.[1][2] She was raised in Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada with her younger brother, Shane.
Modeling career
At the age of 14, Henstridge entered the Casablanca Modeling Agency's "Look of the Year" contest and was chosen first runner-up. The following year, she went to Paris to pursue her modeling ambitions. At 15, she was featured on her first magazine cover, the French edition of Cosmopolitan. Several more magazine covers followed and Henstridge went on to do television commercials for products such as Olay, Old Spice, and Lady Stetson. Her modeling career established, Henstridge moved on to a career in movies.
Film
In her 1995 film debut Species, Henstridge played Sil, a genetically engineered alien/human hybrid created from a message received by SETI, who breaks free from the captivity of a laboratory. Pursued by a team of experts who band together to stop her before she multiplies, Sil embarks on a killing spree while also discovering her powerful instinct to mate. Species was an instant hit, making $113 million (USD) at the box office.[3] Notable for its sexual content, the film won Henstridge the MTV Movie award for "best kiss" for a scene in which her character, while kissing an aggressive would-be suitor, impales his head on her tongue. In 1998, she played Eve, a more ambiguous genetic duplicate of Sil, in Species II, which was a failure at the box office.
A few smaller independent movies followed, including Bela Donna and Dog Park, with varied box office returns. Henstridge starred opposite Jean-Claude Van Damme in the action/adventure movie Maximum Risk. She also starred in the 2000 film The Whole Nine Yards and its 2004 sequel The Whole Ten Yards. Despite having some reservations about the science fiction genre, she signed up for John Carpenter's Ghosts of Mars (2001) in the lead role. The film was not well-received, with a 20% rating on Rotten Tomatoes.[4] In 2004, she briefly appeared as Eve in Species III.
Henstridge turned down the role ultimately played by Linda Fiorentino in Men in Black (1997), and she was the first choice for the role of videogame heroine Jill Valentine in Resident Evil: Apocalypse (2004) which she had to pull out of due to conflicts with Species III.
Television
Henstridge has played a number of roles on television, for example in Caracara and The Outer Limits. From 2005 to 2006, she had a recurring role on the ABC drama Commander in Chief, which starred Geena Davis as a fictional female U.S. President. She also hosted Mostly True Stories: Urban Legends Revealed on TLC, a show about urban legends. She guest-starred in the South Park first season episode "Tom's Rhinoplasty" as a substitute teacher, and was credited as "the chick from Species".
Henstridge was working on the TV show She Spies, prior to its cancellation. She has also completed a TV movie for the Lifetime channel titled Widow on the Hill. In 2006, she filmed the CTV original mini-series Would Be Kings in Hamilton, Ontario,[5] for which she won a Gemini Award.[6] She also starred in the expansion set to the video game Command and Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars, entitled Kane's Wrath.[7]
In 2008, Henstridge played a role on the ABC show, Eli Stone. She has also been involved with two other productions, joining the cast of Dave Rodriguez's Anytown, an indie drama that examines a racist high school attack and its aftermath. She has also been involved with the production of Should've Been Romeo from American Independent Pictures.
In 2009, Henstridge did a guest spot on The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien. During this she demonstrated a Newfoundland custom called "Screeching In" which involved getting O'Brien to drink Newfoundland Screech rum and kiss a large fish.[8]
In 2011, she appeared on the Season 9 finale and Season 10 premiere of CSI: Miami as Renee Locklear. She then starred in the CW TV series The Secret Circle as Dawn Chamberlain.
Personal life
Henstridge was married to actor Damian Chapa from 1995 to 1996. She has two sons by actor Liam Waite, named Tristan River, born October 1998, and Asher Sky, born September 2001.[9] Henstridge then had a five-year relationship with Scottish singer-songwriter, stage actor, and author Darius Campbell.[10] The two broke off their engagement in early 2010,[11] but changed their mind and got married on Valentine's Day, 2011.[12]
Filmography
Film Year Film Role Notes 1995 Species Sil 1996 Maximum Risk Alex Minetti Adrenalin: Fear the Rush Delon 1998 Bela Donna Donna Standoff Mary Dog Park Lorna Species II Eve 1999 Caracara (aka. The Last Witness) Rachel Sutherland TV Film 2000 Bounce Mimi Prager The Whole Nine Yards Cynthia Tudeski Second Skin Crystal Ball It Had to Be You Anna Penn A Better Way to Die Kelly 2001 A Girl, Three Guys, and a Gun 5 O'Clock Girl Ghosts of Mars Lieutenant Melanie Ballard Kevin of the North Bonnie Livengood 2002 Steal (aka. Riders) Karen 2004 Species III Eve The Whole Ten Yards Cynthia 2005 Widow on the Hill Linda Dupree Cavanaugh TV Film 2008 Deception Simone Wilkinson 2009 Anytown Carol Mills Let the Game Begin Angela 2010 You Lucky Dog Lisa Rayborn TV Film The Devil's Teardrop Margaret Lukas TV Film 2011 Should've Been Romeo filming Television Year Title Role Notes 1997 South Park Ms. Ellen 1 Episode-Tom's Rhinoplasty 2000 Jason and the Argonauts Hypsipyle Miniseries 2002–2004 She Spies Cassie McBain 40 episodes 2005–2006 Commander in Chief Jayne Murray 16 episodes 2008 Would Be Kings Miniseries 2008–2009 Eli Stone Taylor Wethersby 26 episodes 2009 Impact Dr. Maddie Rhodes Miniseries 2010 Drop Dead Diva Claire Harrison 2 episodes 2011 CSI: Miami Renee Locklear 2 episodes ("Mayday" and "Countermeasures") 2011 - present The Secret Circle Principal Dawn Chamberlain Main cast Video Game Year Title Role Notes 2008 Command & Conquer 3: Kane's Wrath Alexa Kovacs References
- ^ newfoundlandersabroad.com/ Home
- ^ "Natasha Henstridge Biography (1974-)". filmreference.com.
- ^ "Species (1995)". boxofficemojo.com.
- ^ "Ghosts of Mars". rottentomatoes.com. Retrieved 2011-02-06.
- ^ CTV.ca | September 19, 2006 | For Immediate Release
- ^ 23rd Annual Gemini Awards[dead link]
- ^ EA - Action, Fantasy, Sports, and Strategy Videogames[dead link]
- ^ "Conan O'Brien Screeched In". youtube.com. November 16, 2009.
- ^ Simon Rothstein (2004-09-13). "Nat: Species, Stripping and Sex Scenes". The Sun. http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/showbiz/webchats/article170983.ece. Retrieved 2010-08-16.
- ^ "Loved-Up Stars Toast Cavalli's Romantic Spirit". hellomagazine.com. 12 May 2006.
- ^ John Dingwall (2010-02-05). "Popstar to Operastar Darius: Love split with Natasha Henstridge was down to distance". The Daily Record. http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/showbiz/celebrity-news/2010/02/05/popstar-to-operastar-darius-love-split-with-natash-henstridge-was-down-to-distance-86908-22019993/. Retrieved 2010-04-28.
- ^ "Darius weds in secret ceremony". google.com.
External links
- Natasha Henstridge at the Internet Movie Database
- Natasha Henstridge at Allmovie
- Natasha Henstridge at Yahoo! Movies
Categories:- 1974 births
- Living people
- Actors from Alberta
- Canadian female models
- Canadian film actors
- Canadian television actors
- People from Newfoundland
- People from Wood Buffalo, Alberta
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