Natasha Henstridge

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Natasha Henstridge
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Henstridge at Canadian Film Centre in March 2012
Born
Natasha Tonya Henstridge

(1974-08-15) August 15, 1974 (age 49)
Springdale, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
OccupationActress
Years active1989–present
Spouses
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Partner Liam Waite (1996–2004)
Children2

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 , followed by performances in Species II and Species III . She has since starred in a string of films and television series, including Maximum Risk (1996), The Whole Nine Yards (2000), The Whole Ten Yards (2004), Ghosts of Mars (2001), She Spies (2002–2004), Eli Stone (2008–2009), and Would Be Kings (2008). For the latter, she won the Gemini Award for Best Actress. [1] From 2019 until 2022, she starred in the CBC Television series Diggstown . [2]

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Early life

Henstridge was born in Springdale, Newfoundland and Labrador, on August 15, 1974, to Helen Henstridge, a homemaker, and Brian Henstridge, a construction manager and business owner. [3] [4] She was raised in Fort McMurray, Alberta, with her younger brother, Shane. [3] [4]

At age 14, Henstridge entered the Casablanca Modelling Agency's Look of the Year contest and was chosen first runner-up. The following year, she went to Paris to pursue her modelling ambitions. At age 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. With her modelling career established, Henstridge started doing commercials and decided she preferred acting. One of her first roles was as Foxy Fox in the Missoula Children's Theatre production of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs staged in Fort McMurray. [5]

Career

Film

In her film debut Species (1995), 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, she embarks on a killing spree while also discovering her powerful instinct to mate, which would result in her offspring being a threat to mankind. [5] Species was an instant hit, making US$113 million at the box office. [6] 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 abusive date, impales his head with 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. Between Species films, Henstridge starred in two low-budget action films in 1996, Adrenalin: Fear the Rush with Christopher Lambert and Maximum Risk opposite Jean-Claude Van Damme. [5]

A few smaller independent movies followed, including Bela Donna and Dog Park , with varied box-office returns. Henstridge starred in the film The Whole Nine Yards (2000) and its sequel The Whole Ten Yards (2004). Despite having some reservations about the science-fiction genre, she signed up for John Carpenter's Ghosts of Mars (2001) in the lead role of Lieutenant Melanie Ballard. The film was not well received, with a 20% rating on Rotten Tomatoes. [7] In 2004, she briefly appeared as Eve in Species III .

In 2007, Henstridge was a festival judge at the first annual Noor Iranian Film Festival.

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 as the speaker's chief of staff 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 as a substitute teacher in the first-season South Park episode "Tom's Rhinoplasty", and was credited as "the chick from Species".

Henstridge was working on the television series She Spies , prior to its cancellation. She has also completed a television movie for the Lifetime channel titled Widow on the Hill. In 2006, she filmed the CTV original miniseries Would Be Kings in Hamilton, Ontario, [8] for which she won a Gemini Award. [9] She also starred in the expansion set to the video game Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars , entitled Kane's Wrath . [10]

In 2008, Henstridge played a role on the ABC comedy-drama series 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. [11]

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 television series The Secret Circle as Dawn Chamberlain.

From 2019 to 2022, she starred in the CBC Television/BET+ drama series Diggstown . [2]

Personal life

Henstridge married American actor Damian Chapa in 1995 and they divorced in 1996.

She dated American actor Liam Waite from 1996 to 2004, and they have two sons together: Tristan River (born October 1998) and Asher Sky (born September 2001). [12]

She began a relationship with late Scottish singer Darius Campbell in 2004. [13] They became engaged, but broke it off in early 2010, [14] then married on Valentine's Day 2011. They filed for divorce in July 2013. The divorce was finalized in February 2018. [15]

In June 2009, Henstridge spoke of her past use of diet pills in combination with extreme diets for weight loss; she said this damaged her metabolism and led to subsequent weight gain. [16]

In November 2017, during the height of the #MeToo movement, Henstridge joined six other actresses in accusing director Brett Ratner of sexual assault and harassment; she maintains that he forced her to perform oral sex on him in the early 1990s. [17] She also accused producer Harvey Weinstein of sexual harassment. [18]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
1995 Species Sil
1996 Adrenalin: Fear the Rush Delon
1996 Maximum Risk Alex Bartlett
1998StandoffMary
1998 Species II Eve
1998 Bela Donna Donna
1998 Dog Park Lorna
2000 It Had to Be You Anna Penn
2000 The Whole Nine Yards Cynthia Tudeski
2000 A Girl, Three Guys, and a Gun 5 O'Clock Girl
2000 A Better Way to Die Kelly
2000 Bounce Mimi Prager
2000Second SkinCrystal Ball
2001 Ghosts of Mars Lt. Melanie Ballard
2001 Kevin of the North Bonnie Livengoodalso known as Chilly Dogs
2002 Steal Karen
2004 The Whole Ten Yards Cynthia Ozeransky
2008 Deception Simone Wilkinson
2009 Anytown Carol Millsalso known as American Bully
2010 Let the Game Begin Angela
2013 Against the Wild Susan WadeDirect-to-video
2014Anatomy of DeceptionDet. Alison Briggs
2014The Bronx BullSally
2014Nowhere SafeJulie Johnson
2014Badge of HonorRebecca Miles
2014The Christmas GambleSusan Wells
2016 Home Invasion ChloeDirect-to-video
2016 The Bronx Bull Sally Carlton
2016InconceivableValeriealso known as Deadly Ex
2017 The Black Room Jennifer
2019House RedMary
2021 The Unhealer Bernice Mason
2021Night of the SicarioTaylor Wardalso known as Blindsided
2021Hero Dog: The Journey HomeSusan Wade
2021 This Game's Called Murder Mrs. Wallendorf
2021Why?Nina
2024Cinderella's RevengeFairy Godmother

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1997 The Outer Limits EmmaEpisode: "Bits of Love"
1997 Homeboys in Outer Space ZimaEpisode: "Happy Happy, Droid Droid, or Amma Sees Red"
1998 South Park Ms. Ellen (voice)Episode: "Tom's Rhinoplasty" (credited as "That Chick from 'Species'")
1999 The Last Witness Rachel SutherlandTelevision film
2000 Jason and the Argonauts Hypsipyle TV miniseries
2002Power and Beauty Judy Exner Television film
2002–2004 She Spies Cassie McBainMain role (40 episodes)
2002–2004Mostly True Stories?: Urban Legends RevealedHerself/hostDocumentary television series
2004 Species III EveTelevision film
2005Widow on the HillLinda Dupree CavanaughTelevision film
2005–2006 Commander in Chief Jayne MurrayRecurring role (16 episodes)
2007 Shark Nicolette RossEpisode: "Fall from Grace"
2008 Would Be Kings TV Mini-Series (2 episodes)
2008–2009 Eli Stone Taylor WethersbyMain role (26 episodes)
2009 Impact Dr. Maddie RhodesTV miniseries
2009–2010Time JumperCharity Vyle (voice)Main role (10 episodes)
2010 You Lucky Dog Lisa RaybornTelevision film
2010 The Devil's Teardrop Margaret LukasTelevision film
2010 Drop Dead Diva Claire HarrisonEpisodes: "Bad Girls", "Freeze the Day"
2011The Perfect StudentNicole JohnsonTelevision film
2011 CSI: Miami Agent Renee LocklearEpisodes: "Mayday", "Countermeasures"
2011–2012 The Secret Circle Dawn ChamberlainMain role (21 episodes)
2012A Christmas SongDianaTelevision film
2013Cold SpringSaraTelevision film
2013Against the WildSusan WadeTelevision film
2013A Sister's NightmareCassidy RyderTelevision film
2014 Republic of Doyle Inspector Valerie O'BrienEpisodes: "Expansion", "Buried", "True Lies"
2014 Selfie Mrs. SapersteinEpisodes: "Pilot", "Never Block Cookies", "- Even Hell Has Two Bars"
2014 Hawaii Five-0 Caroline PorterEpisode: "Ka Makuakane (Family Man)"
2015 Beauty & the Beast Carol Hall3 episodes
2016Ice GirlsRoseTV movie
2016Summer in the CityKendallTV movie
2017MedinahSalma6 episodes
2019–2022 Diggstown Colleen11 episodes

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