Natasha
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Natasha is a Russian
Russian language
Russian is a Slavic language used primarily in Russia, Belarus, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan. It is an unofficial but widely spoken language in Ukraine, Moldova, Latvia, Turkmenistan and Estonia and, to a lesser extent, the other countries that were once constituent republics...

 female given name, originally a pet name of Natalia
Natalia
Natalia is a female given name. It is the Latin form of Natalie used also in Italian, Spanish and Polish. Other spellings include Natália Nathália , Natalya , Nataliya , Natalija .-People with the given name Natalia:* Natalia ,...

, which in turn derives from the Latin
Latin
Latin is an Italic language originally spoken in Latium and Ancient Rome. It, along with most European languages, is a descendant of the ancient Proto-Indo-European language. Although it is considered a dead language, a number of scholars and members of the Christian clergy speak it fluently, and...

 Dies Natalies, meaning "Natal Day" or "Birthday" in reference to the traditional birth of Jesus
Jesus
Jesus of Nazareth , commonly referred to as Jesus Christ or simply as Jesus or Christ, is the central figure of Christianity...

. It was traditionally given to girls born around Christmas
Christmas
Christmas or Christmas Day is an annual holiday generally celebrated on December 25 by billions of people around the world. It is a Christian feast that commemorates the birth of Jesus Christ, liturgically closing the Advent season and initiating the season of Christmastide, which lasts twelve days...

.

People named Natasha

  • Natasha Aguilar
    Natasha Aguilar
    Natasha Aguilar is a retired female freestyle swimmer from Costa Rica who earned two medals with the women's relay team at the 1987 Pan American Games. She also represented her native country at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea.-References:*...

    , Costa Rican freestyle swimmer
  • Natasha Arthy
    Natasha Arthy
    Natasha Arthy is a Danish screen writer, film director and producer, best known for her 2003 Dogme film Se til venstre, der er en Svensker , which received the Grand Jury Prize at the Los Angeles Film Festival.-Director:* Fightgirl Ayse*Fighter *Se til venstre, der er en Svensker...

    , Danish director and producer
  • Natasha Beaumont
    Natasha Beaumont
    Natasha Elisabeth Beaumont is an actress.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 Charles Sturt University in Bathurst, Australia. She initially studied set and costume design but changed to acting...

    , actress born in Kuala Lumpur
  • Natasha Bedingfield
    Natasha Bedingfield
    Natasha Anne Bedingfield is a British pop singer and songwriter. Bedingfield debuted in the 1990s as a member of the Christian dance/electronic group The DNA Algorithm with her siblings Daniel Bedingfield and Nikola Rachelle...

    , British singer
  • Natasha Booth, British singer and former Humanitarian Youth Ambassador in The Netherlands
  • Natasha Bradley
    Natasha (singer)
    Natasha Bradley is an R&B singer and fashion model who during her junior year in high school, while working at a Subway sandwich shop, was introduced to producer Rodney "Darkchild" Jerkins. After seeing her sing and dance just once, Jerkins invited Natasha to his studio to record what became her...

    , R&B/Pop singer
  • Natasha Chokljat
    Natasha Chokljat
    Natasha Chokljat is an Australian netball player. She has played international netball as a member of the Australian national team, and currently plays in the ANZ Championship for the New Zealand side the Southern Steel....

    , Australian netball player
  • Natasha Collins
    Natasha Collins
    Natasha Louise Collins was an English actress and model.-Career:Educated at St. Michael's Catholic Grammar School in Finchley, north London, she initially worked as a model, and was still represented by Ugly Rage Models at the time of her death...

    , British actress & model
  • Natasha Demkina
    Natasha Demkina
    Natalya Nikolayevna Demkina , usually known under the hypocoristic naming Natasha Demkina, is a Russian woman who claims to possess a special vision that allows her to look inside human bodies and see organs and tissues, and thereby make medical diagnoses...

    , Russian girl who claimed to possess paranormal vision
  • Natasha Desborough
    Natasha Desborough
    Natasha Desborough is a radio presenter, author, DJ, and radio and television producer. Her debut book, Parental Advisory Manual, was published in October 2009....

    , radio presenter
  • Natasha Eloi
    Natasha Eloi
    Natasha Eloi 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 also hosts a show called It Came From The Basement! where she takes a look at people's...

    , Canadian television personality and videographer
  • Natasha Fatah
    Natasha Fatah
    Natasha Fatah Urdu: نتاشا فتح is a Canadian journalist, based in Toronto, Ontario.In the summer of 2010, Fatah hosted the new CBC Radio One summer program Promised Land, a series which presents stories of harrowing, exciting and often-dangerous escapes to Canada, as told by the immigrants and...

    , Canadian Journalist
  • Natasha Galkina, America's Next Top Model, Cycle 8 Runner Up
  • Natasha Gregson Wagner
    Natasha Gregson Wagner
    Natasha Gregson Wagner is an American actress.Gregson Wagner was born in Los Angeles, California, the daughter of Richard Gregson, a film producer, and the late actress Natalie Wood...

    , American actress
  • Natasha Hall-McKenna, Guest on Playdays, circa 1989
  • Natasha Hamilton
    Natasha Hamilton
    Natasha Maria Hamilton is a British singer-songwriter, dancer and occasional stage actress. She was a member of Atomic Kitten from 1999 to 2008.-Early life and career:...

    , British singer
  • Natasha Henstridge
    Natasha Henstridge
    Natasha T. Henstridge 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...

    , Canadian film actress
  • Natasha Kaiser
    Natasha Kaiser
    Natasha Kaiser-Brown is an American sprinter who specialized in the 400 metres, and is the current Drake University track and field coach....

    , American athlete
  • Natasha Kaplinsky
    Natasha Kaplinsky
    Natasha Margaret Kaplinsky is a British newsreader and television presenter, currently employed by ITV having previously worked for Channel 5, Sky News and the BBC...

    , British news presenter
  • Natasha Khan, British singer known under her stage name Bat For Lashes
    Bat for Lashes
    Natasha Khan , also known by her stage name Bat for Lashes, is an English musician. She sings and plays the piano, bass, guitar, harpsichord and the autoharp....

  • Natasha Klauss
    Natasha Klauss
    Natasha Alexandra Rastapkavicius Arrondo , professionally known as Natasha Klauss, is a Colombian actress of Colombian and Lithuanian descent, best known for her roles in Telemundo telenovelas La Venganza, Pasión de Gavilanes and Zorro: La Espada y la Rosa.- Early life :Natasha Klauss was...

    , Columbian actress
  • Natasha Kuchiki
    Natasha Kuchiki
    Natasha Kuchiki is an American pairs figure skater. Her parents, Denise and Sashi, were competitive figure skaters who met in the Ice Capades. Her sister Tamara was also a competitive figure skater....

    , American pairs figure skater
  • Natasha Law
    Natasha Law
    Andrea Natasha Law is an English painter and graphic designer. Currently residing in London, she was educated at the Camberwell College of Arts in South London. Law is the daughter of Peter and Maggie Law and the older sister to actor Jude Law....

    , English artist
  • Natasha Lee
    Natasha Lee
    Natasha Lee is an Australian actress and journalist. She is best known for appearing on the Australian television series Always Greener as Kimberly Taylor....

    , Australian actress born on the 19th of September, 1986
  • Natasha Leggero
    Natasha Leggero
    Natasha Leggero is an American actress and stand-up comic from Rockford, Illinois.-Biography:Leggero began performing at age 10, in several Chicago plays. After graduating from high school, she moved to New York City to study at the Stella Adler Conservatory. While there, she also attended Hunter...

    , American stand-up comic and character actor
  • Natasha Little
    Natasha Little
    Natasha Little is a British actress. She is best known for her work on British television, but has also featured in many film and theatre roles.- Early life :...

    , British actress
  • Natasha Lyonne
    Natasha Lyonne
    -Early life:Lyonne was born Natasha Braunstein in Manhattan, New York City, the daughter of Yvette Lyonne, a product licensing consultant, and Aaron Braunstein, a native of Brooklyn who worked as a boxing promoter. Lyonne grew up in an Orthodox Jewish household...

    , American film actress
  • Natasha Manley, Daughter of Jamaican political leader
  • Natasha Marsh
    Natasha Marsh
    Natasha Jane Marsh is a Welsh operatic soprano. 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, Russell Watson, Il Divo and Paul Potts...

    , Soprano Opera singer
  • Natascha McElhone
    Natascha McElhone
    Natascha McElhone is an English actress of stage, screen and television, best known for her roles in Ronin, The Truman Show and Solaris. McElhone also plays a leading role in the Showtime series Californication....

    , British actress
  • Natasha Melnick
    Natasha Melnick
    Natasha Melnick is an American television and film actress. She may be best known for her portrayal of Cindy Sanders on the short-lived NBC dramedy Freaks and Geeks.-Career:Melnick was born in Los Angeles, California...

    , American television and film actress
  • Natasha Nic Gairbheith
    Natasha Nic Gairbheith
    Natasha Nic Gairbheith was crowned Miss Ireland on July 5, 2004, becoming the first ever fluent Irish-speaker to win the competition. She is originally from Gweedore, County Donegal, Ireland. Before winning Miss Ireland, Natasha had completed a degree in Law and Politics at National University of...

    , former Miss Ireland
  • Natasha Obama, (nicknamed Sasha) second daughter of Barack Obama, 44th President of the United States, see Family of Barack Obama#Malia Ann Obama and Sasha Obama
  • Natasha Poly
    Natasha Poly
    Natalya Sergeyevna Polevshchikova , generally shortened to Natasha Poly , is a Russian model.-Early life and career start:...

    , a Russian top model
  • Natasha Pyne
    Natasha Pyne
    Natasha Pyne , is an English actress.Pyne started her career at the Royal Court in a production of John Osbourne's Inadmissible Evidence and followed it in productions at the Lyric and Royal Shakespeare Company. She is best known for her role in the British television sitcom series Father, Dear...

    , British actress
  • Natasha Richardson
    Natasha Richardson
    Natasha Jane Richardson was an English actress of stage and screen. A member of the Redgrave family, she was the daughter of actress Vanessa Redgrave and director/producer Tony Richardson and the granddaughter of Michael Redgrave and Rachel Kempson...

    , Tony Award-winning English actress and member of the Redgrave family
  • Natasha Rocker, Artist, Cosplayer, and fursuiter
  • Natasha Shneider
    Natasha Shneider
    Natasha Shneider was a Russian musician. She was most notably the keyboardist and vocalist in the musical group Eleven, and was the partner of bandmate Alain Johannes...

    , Russian musician
  • Natasha Slayton
    Natasha Slayton
    Natasha Slayton is an American singer, songwriter, dancer and actress actress. She is probably best known for her role in the 2005 film Me and You and Everyone We Know....

    , American actress
  • Natasha St. Pier, Canadian singer
  • Natasha Stillwell, tv host and producer
  • Natasha Stott Despoja
    Natasha Stott Despoja
    Natasha Jessica Stott Despoja AM is an Australian former politician and former leader of the Australian Democrats. She was a Democrats senator for South Australia from 1995 to 2008...

    , Australian politician
  • Natasha Watley
    Natasha Watley
    Natasha Watley is an American professional softball player currently with the USA Softball Women’s National Team. She plays the position of shortstop and first base, and helped her team to win the gold medal for softball at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens...

    , American softball player
  • Natasha Wightman
    Natasha Wightman
    Natasha Wightman is an English actress, who trained at Elmhurst Ballet and Theatre School in Camberley, Surrey.She has appeared in movies such as Gosford Park and played Valerie Page in V for Vendetta....

    , British actress
  • Natasha Yi
    Natasha Yi
    Natasha Yi is an American model and actress. She was a former Barker's Beauty. She is known for her appearance in numerous commercials and campaigns for popular brands such as Nokia, Regis Hair Salons, Pepsi, Marriott Hotels, Timberland, Target, Bud Light, Toyota, Sony, SBC and more...

    , model and actress who gained national prominence in 1999
  • Natasha Zlobina
    Natasha Zlobina
    Natalya Y. Zlobina She starred with scream queen Debbie Rochon in the 2006 DVD release Red Lips: Bloodlust, directed by Donald Farmer. Natalya modeled for Guess in 2006 and is signed to the Paris agency First Model.She married Kenneth Mitchell, an American Businessman, in Barbados on April 20, 2002...

    , Uzbekistan actress and model
  • Natasha Zvereva
    Natasha Zvereva
    Natalya "Natasha" Zvereva, or Zverava is a former tennis player from Belarus. Zvereva was the first major athlete in the Soviet Union to demand publicly that she should be able to keep her tournament earnings...

    , Belarusian tennis player
  • Natasha O'Brien,English scientist
  • Natasa Prisaganec

Fictional people named Natasha

  • Natasha Rostova
    Natasha Rostova
    Countess Natalya "Natasha" Ilyinichna Rostova is a central fictional character in Leo Tolstoy's novel War and Peace.-Biography:...

    , one of the main characters in War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy
  • Natasha Fatale
    Natasha Fatale
    Natasha Fatale is a fictional character in the 1960s animated cartoons Rocky and His Friends and The Bullwinkle Show, collectively referred to as Rocky and Bullwinkle for short...

    , cartoon character in Rocky & Bullwinkle
  • Natasha Yar
    Tasha Yar
    Lieutenant Natasha "Tasha" Yar, played by Denise Crosby, is a character in Star Trek: The Next Generation. In the fictional series, the character served as chief of security aboard the USS Enterprise-D for the first season....

    , fictional character on Star Trek: The Next Generation
  • Natasha, a female cleric in the video game Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones
    Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones
    Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones, known in Japan as , is a tactical role-playing game for the Game Boy Advance published by Nintendo. It is the eighth game in the Fire Emblem series, the third and final game in the series to be released for the Game Boy Advance and the second game in the series to be...

    for the PSX
  • Natasha, a Soviet Union commando in the video game Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3
  • Natasha Zabicov, the guard of Neo Russia's Argo Gulskii in Mobile Fighter G Gundam
    Mobile Fighter G Gundam
    Mobile Fighter G Gundam, known in Japan as , is a Japanese animated television series directed by Yasuhiro Imagawa . Created to commemorate the 15th anniversary of the franchise in 1994, it is the first of the Gundam series to be set in an alternate continuity from the original "Universal Century"...

  • Natasha Andersen, fictional character in Hollyoaks
  • Natascha Börger
    Natascha Börger
    Natascha Vanessa Börger Sevilla is a former Venezuelan-German model and multiple beauty queen.On 10 January 2002, the 20-year old BWL-Student as Miss Hamburg in Kaiserslauterner entertainment center Riverside was crowned Miss Germany...

    , Miss Germany 2002, Miss Top Model of the World 2002 and Miss Baltic Sea 2002.
  • Commander Natasha, fictional character in Raj Comics
  • Princess Natasha
    Princess Natasha
    Princess Natasha is a flash animation series developed by Larry Schwarz for AOL Kids. The series ran from 2004 to 2006. The series features the adventures of Princess Natasha, who assumes the role of a secret agent/exchange student in an Illinois high school to stop her evil uncle Lubek from...

    , animation series
  • Natasha Sax a fictional Russian character in the film Max Payne
    Max Payne
    Max Payne is a BAFTA Award–winning third-person shooter video game developed by Finnish developers Remedy Entertainment and published by Gathering of Developers in July 2001 for Microsoft Windows. Ports created later in the year for the PlayStation 2, Xbox and the GameBoy Advance were published by...

     portrayed by Olga Kurylenko
    Olga Kurylenko
    Olha Kostyantynivna Kurylenko , better known as Olga Kurylenko, is a French actress and model. She is perhaps best known as the Bond girl, Camille Montes, in the 22nd James Bond film, Quantum of Solace. She also portrayed Nika Boronina in the movie adaptation of the video game Hitman...

  • Natasha Ozera, commonly known as Tasha, from Vampire Academy
    Vampire academy
    *Vampire Academy , a paranormal romance novel from Richelle Mead.*Vampire Academy , the novel series of Richelle Mead's novel.*Vampire Academy , a Romance Fantasy drama film based on the novel....

    .

Other Natashas

  • Natasha (monkey)
    Natasha (monkey)
    Natasha is a black macaque at the Safari Park zoo near Tel Aviv, Israel. She has become well known because, unlike other macaques who move by alternating between walking upright and on all four limbs, Natasha has walked upright all the time since suffering from a stomach flu that almost killed...

    , macaque at the Safary Park zoo near Tel Aviv, Israel
  • Natasha's Story
    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-Herzegovina, Nicholson adopted a girl, Natasha, under adventurous circumstances...

    , 1994 non-fiction book
  • Where is Baby Natasha? A sesame street children's book
  • "Natasha", a song on the 2003 album Want One by Rufus Wainwright
    Rufus Wainwright
    Rufus McGarrigle Wainwright is an American-Canadian singer-songwriter. He has recorded six albums of original music, EPs, and tracks on compilations and film soundtracks.-Early years:...

  • Natacha (comics)
    Natacha (comics)
    Natacha is a Franco-Belgian comics series, created by François Walthéry and Gos. Drawn by Walthéry, its stories have been written by several authors including Gos, Peyo, Maurice Tillieux, Raoul Cauvin and Marc Wasterlain. It was first published in the comics magazine Spirou on February 26, 1970...

     a French comic about an air hostess
  • Natascha Kampusch
    Natascha Kampusch
    Natascha Maria Kampusch is an Austrian television hostess mostly known for her abduction at the age of 10 on 2 March 1998. Kampusch was held in a secret cellar by her kidnapper Wolfgang Priklopil for more than eight years, until she escaped on 23 August 2006...

    , an Austrian author who was kidnapped at the age of 10 years old
  • Natascha is the name of an unlockable weapon in Team Fortress 2
    Team Fortress 2
    Team Fortress 2 is a free-to-play team-based first-person shooter multiplayer video game developed by Valve Corporation. A sequel to the original mod Team Fortress based on the Quake engine, it was first released as part of the video game compilation The Orange Box on October 10, 2007 for Windows...

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