Natascha McElhone Net Worth

Natascha McElhone's Quotes

• I wanted to know whether the character was going to be 'the wife' or 'the girlfriend', which bores me to tears and is endemic. I think it's incumbent on actresses to bring something else to the part which isn't in the script.
• I think I was ambitious. I still am. A lot of the stuff that was coming my way was stuff I just didn't want to do, so it might have seemed like lack of ambition to shy away from that, but if it sticks in your throat... I just wanted to do what I wanted to do and which I thought said something.
• Now I'm the sole breadwinner... I have to work. I have to try and work non-stop, actually, to make things work.
• I always keep myself busy. I'm writing. Or I'm creating something. Or I'm doing stuff with the kids. I'm up incredibly early in the morning; I go to bed incredibly late at night.
• Somebody said something wonderful to me the other day, Martin's best mate, he said, 'But Tash, you talk about status quo, there is no such thing as status quo, things change all the time, and if this hasn't taught you that...

Interesting Facts about Natascha McElhone

1. Graduated from the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA) in London, England (1990-1993).
2. Parents were journalists.
3. Her parents split when she was 2.
4. Daughter of Noreen McElhone and stepdaughter of Roy Greenslade.
5. Her mother (Noreen) is Irish.
6. Has an older brother named Damon Taylor. He's a movie scriptwriter who lives in Los Angeles.
7. Her husband, Martin Kelly, was found dead on Tuesday 20 May 2008. Natascha, while pregnant with son Rex, was filming in the States at the time of his death and flew home straight away. It is thought he suffered a heart attack.
8. Gave birth to her third child at London's Chelsea and Westminister Hospital in October, 2008 [November 11, 2008].
9. Her stage surname, McElhone, is her mother's maiden name.
10. She pronounces her surname McElhone as "Mackle-hone".
11. Living in London, airing on Showtime. [January 2013]
12. Her final appearance on Designated Survivor (2016) aired the day before her birthday.