Natasha Alam

Natasha Alam (Russian: Наталья Анатольевна Шиманчук; born Natalia Anatolievna Shimanchuk)[1] is an Uzbek actress and model. Alam has starred on True Blood and been a cover model for Maxim and Playboy.[2][3]

Natasha Alam
Natasha Alam in 2009
Born
Natalia Anatolievna Shimanchuk

Uzbekistan
NationalityUzbek
OccupationActress
Model
Years active2002 – present
Spouse(s)
    Amir Ebrahim Pahlavi Alam
    ​
    (
    m. 1998; div. 2004)
    Websitenatashaalam.me

    Early life

    Natasha Alam was born and raised in Uzbekistan and attended school with the aim of becoming a clothing designer.[4] She attended the Tashkent State Technical University for aviation school. 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.[4]

    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][5]

    In 2010, she appeared in the third season of True Blood as Yvetta, an exotic dancer at Fangtasia, from Estonia. In July of that year, she appeared on the cover, and in the pictorial, of Playboy.[6] The following year, 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.[4]

    Personal life

    Sometime after moving to Italy, Alam met Iranian prince Amir Ebrahim Pahlavi Alam and moved with him to New York City.[4] The couple broke up, then reunited, married in 1998, and moved to London, where she began taking acting lessons.[1][4] Alam said in 2011 that she then "ran away to Los Angeles because I wanted to act."[4] In 2001,[5] her husband joined her, but they divorced in 2004.[1][4] She and her ex-boyfriend named Joe had a daughter, Valentina, in 2009.[4]

    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
    gollark: Orbital asking lasers have already been activated. NONE can escape.
    gollark: They're apparently somehow a monarchist.
    gollark: No, this is the politics channel, silly.
    gollark: By most metrics things are generally better than in the past.
    gollark: I quite like the industrial revolution. We have things like computers, good medicine and electricity now, it's cool.

    References
    1. Lee, Elizabeth (January 17, 2008). "Incognito princess works as Forrester model!". SoapCentral.com. Archived from the original on October 10, 2012.
    2. "Natasha Alam". Playboy. Archived from the original on July 17, 2015. Retrieved January 26, 2016.
    3. "Natasha Alam". Maxim. Retrieved January 26, 2016.
    4. "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.
    5. 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.
    6. "'True Blood' Newbie Natasha Alam On Shooting Nude Scenes With Alexander Skarsgard & Posing For Playboy | Access Online". Access. Retrieved 13 January 2020.
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