Natasha Alam

Natasha Alam

Natasha Alam attending her birthday party at Opera/Crimson, in Hollywood, California on 7 March 2009
Born Natalia Anatolievna Shimanchuk
Uzbekistan
Occupation Actress/Model
Years active 2002–present
Spouse(s)
  • Amir Ebrahim Pahlavi Alam (m. 1998)
Children 1

Natasha Alam (Russian: Наталья Анатольевна Шиманчук; born Natalia Anatolievna Shimanchuk)[1] is a Uzbekistani actress and model.

Early life

Natasha Alam was born and raised in Uzbekistan and attended school with the aim of becoming a clothing designer.[2] Modeling at school led to modeling at events and eventually moving to Moscow, where she signed with an agency. An Italian modeling agency later signed her, and she moved to Italy.[2] At some point, she left aviation school without obtaining a degree[1]

Career

Her first acting role was on the television show "Fastlane" (2002). She went on to appear on television shows including CSI, NYPD Blue, Nip/Tuck, The Unit, Entourage, and "American Heiress". She also played the recurring role of Ava, a Forrester model, in The Bold and the Beautiful from 2004 to 2007. Films she has appeared in include the 2007 horror movie Shadow Puppets and the 2008 comedy The Women.[1][3] In 2010, she appeared in the third season of True Blood as Yvetta, an exotic dancer at Fangtasia, from Estonia.

Alam's modeling career has included photo shoots for Maxim and Playboy.[4][5]

In 2011, she shot an anti-bullying film with Joe Reitman, and that August. 27 took part in Rock the Mansion, a fashion show for an anti-bullying campaign, at the Playboy Mansion.[2]

Personal life

Sometime after moving to Italy, Alam met Iranian prince Amir Ebrahim Pahlavi Alam and moved with him to New York City.[2] The couple broke up, then reunited, married in 1998, and moved to London, where she began taking acting lessons.[1][2] Alam said in 2011 that she then " ran away to Los Angeles because I wanted to act."[2] In 2001,[3] her husband joined her, but they divorced in 2004.[1][2] She began a relationship with a man named Joe and the two had a daughter, Valentina, in 2009.[2]

Filmography

Film
Year Film
2004-2007The Bold and the Beautiful
2005CSI
2005NYPD Blue
2006Nip/Tuck
2007The Unit
2007Entourage
2007American Heiress
2008The Women
2008My Own Worst Enemy
2009War Wolves
2010True Blood
2012Resident Evil 6 (facial model for Helena Harper)
2015An Act of War
2016It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Lee, Elizabeth (January 17, 2008). "Incognito princess works as Forrester model!". SoapCentral.com. Archived from the original on October 10, 2012.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Exclusive: Natasha Alam on True Blood, Skarsgard, & Her Anti-Bullying Message". True-Blood.net. July 19, 2011. Archived from the original on October 6, 2015. Retrieved January 26, 2016.
  3. 1 2 Sparborth, Christian Höhne (February 4, 2005). "CSI Guest Actor Perspective - Natasha Alam". (interview) CSIFiles.com. Archived from the original on June 10, 2015. Retrieved January 26, 2016.
  4. "Natasha Alam". Playboy. Archived from the original on July 17, 2015. Retrieved January 26, 2016.
  5. "Natasha Alam". Maxim. Retrieved January 26, 2016.
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