Natasha Henstridge Biography

Fast Facts

• Received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Temecula Film Festival and the Queen Elizabeth II Award from Canada
• Supports the American Heart Association, Elevate Hope Foundation and the Elton John AIDS Foundation
• Won the Canadian Gemini Award for her portrayal of a policeman's wife in the miniseries "Would Be Kings" in 2008
• Won the MTV Movie Award in 1995 for Best Kiss for a scene in which her character impales a man's head with her tongue during a kiss in 1995's "Species․"
• Named sexiest woman by Femme Fatale magazine in 1997
• Born in Springdale, Newfoundland, Canada but was raised in Fort McMurray in Alberta
• After spending four years as a model, Henstridge started to pursue a career in acting at 19 and landed the starring role as Sil in the sci-fi thriller "Species․"
• Entered a modeling contest at age 14 and was featured on her first cover at 15
• Quote: "I think I have been very lucky as far as my acting career goes․"
• Quote: "I never tried to hide [my breasts] because I started to realize the power I had with them․"
• Quote: "(On the role of nudity in her career) "I might sound very candid but I think my comfort with nudity definitely plays an important role in getting me my roles․""
• Has transitioned to television in recent years, appearing on series "Commander in Chief", "Eli Stone" and "The Secret Circle"
• After establishing herself as a model in the early 1990s, she moved on to film and made her feature debut in 1995's "Species", an instant box office success
• Appeared in ads for Oil of Olay, Lady Stetson and Old Spice as a teen model
• At age 15, made the cover of the French edition of Cosmopolitan magazine
• Emancipated herself from her parents at age 14 so she could move to Paris to model