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-form ...

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 ...

'', a 1994 nonfiction book * Natasha Aguilar (1970–2016), Costa Rican swimmer * Natasha Allegri (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 Danish screenwriter, film director and producer, best known for her 2003 Dogme film '' Se til venstre, der er en Svensker'' (USA Title: '' Old, New, Borrowed and Blue''), which receive ...

(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 (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, 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 (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, ...

(1976–2008), British actress and model * Natasha Cornett (born 1979), American murderer sentenced to life imprisonment for the Lillelid murders * Natasha Demkina (born 1987), Russian woman who claimed to possess paranormal vision * Natasha Desborough (born 1974), English radio presenter * Natasha Doshi (born 1993), Indian film actress * Natasha Dowie (born 1988), English football player * Natasha Eloi, English-Canadian television personality and videographer * Natasha England (born 1952), Scottish singer, sometimes credited mononymously as Natasha * Natasha Falle (born 1973), Canadian human rights activist * Natasha Fatah, Canadian journalist * Natasha Flyer (born 1969), American earth scientist and applied mathematician * Natasha Gajewski, American chief executive officer * Natasha Gregson Wagner (born 1970), American actress * Natascha Hagen, 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 Natasha Joubert (born 24 July 1997) is a South African entrepreneur, model and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned as the second runner-up in Miss South Africa 2020. She was later designated as Miss Universe South Africa 2020 and represe ...

(born 1997), South African Beauty Queen * Natasha Kaiser (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 (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 pr ...

(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 (born 1976), American figure skater * Natasha Law (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 (born 1993), Singaporean singer and actress, otherwise known as Natasha Low * Natasha Little (born 1969), British actress * Natasha Lyonne (born 1979), American actress * Natasha Mannuela Halim (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 (born 1935), Australian academic, activist, and researcher * Natasha Ngan, British author * Natasha Melnick (born 1984), American actress * Na Ying (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 bas ...

(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 D ...

(born 1981), Irish beauty pageant winner * Natasha Obama (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 i ...

(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 Golde ...

(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 (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 Swimming at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's marathon 10 kilometre, Women's marathon 10 kilometre, f ...

(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 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 La ...

(born 1966), US poet laureate * Natasha Vlassenko (born 1956), Russian-Australian pianist * Natasha Watley (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'' (2 ...

(born 1973), British actress * Natasha Ninković (born 1972), Serbian actress * Natasha Zvereva (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 ...

'' * Commander Natasha, 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''. Since 2005, episodes have been aired on sister channel E4 a ...

'' *

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 Leskov ...

, 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. Orig ...

'' * 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 longest-running American soap opera in production, and the second in American history after '' ...

'' *

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. Baden ...

, 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 plott ...

, 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 ''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 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 ...

, 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), 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