Natasha Henstridge

Natasha Henstridge
Henstridge in 2012
Born	Natasha Tonya Henstridge (1974-08-15) August 15, 1974 (age 42) Springdale, Newfoundland, Canada
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1995–present
Spouse(s)	Damian Chapa (1995–1996) Darius Campbell (2011–2013)
Partner(s)	Liam Waite (1996–2004)
Children	2 (with Waite)

Natasha Tonya Henstridge (born August 15, 1974) is a Canadian actress and former fashion model. In 1995, she came to prominence with her debut movie role as the genetically engineered human-alien hybrid Sil in the science-fiction thriller Species, then the human-alien hybrid Eve in Species II and Species III. Other notable on-screen roles include The Whole Nine Yards, The Whole Ten Yards, It Had to Be You, Ghosts of Mars, She Spies, the television series Eli Stone, and the Canadian miniseries Would Be Kings, for which she won the Gemini Award for best actress. Her most recent role is as Dawn Chamberlain on the television series The Secret Circle.

Henstridge was born in Springdale, Newfoundland, the daughter of Helen Henstridge, a homemaker, and Brian Henstridge, a construction manager and business owner. Her maternal grandparents were from the Mi'kmaq Nation. She was raised in Fort McMurray, Alberta, with her younger brother, Shane.

At age 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 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. Her modeling career established, Henstridge moved on to a career in movies.