Biography
Who is Natasha Alam?
Early life and education
Natasha Alam was born in Tashkent, which was part of the Soviet Union at the time. Her given name at birth was Natalia Anatolievna Shimanchuk. She grew up in a Russian family and attended school with the goal of becoming a clothing designer. During her university years, she studied at the Tashkent State Technical University for aviation.
She began modeling while still in school. This work led to opportunities at various events and eventually a move to Moscow. Once there, she secured representation with a modeling agency. Later, she moved to Italy after an Italian agency signed her.
Television and film roles
Her first acting credit came in 2002 on the television show Fastlane. Over the following years, she appeared in numerous television series including CSI, NYPD Blue, Nip/Tuck, The Unit, Entourage, and American Heiress. From 2004 to 2007, she played the recurring character Ava, who was a model for Forrester, on the daytime soap opera The Bold and the Beautiful.
In 2007, she acted in the horror film Shadow Puppets. The following year, she appeared in the comedy movie The Women. In 2010, she joined the cast of the third season of the show True Blood. She played Yvetta, an exotic dancer at the club Fangtasia who was from Estonia. That same year, she appeared on the cover of Playboy magazine.
Personal life and relationships
While living in Italy, she met an Iranian prince named Amir Ebrahim Pahlavi Alam. They moved to New York City together. After a period of separation, the couple reunited and married in 1998. They moved to London, where she began pursuing acting lessons. She decided to move to Los Angeles in 2001 to focus on her acting career. Her husband joined her in California later that year, but the couple finalized their divorce in 2004.
Natasha Alam later entered a relationship with Joe Campana. Together, they welcomed a daughter named Valentina in 2009.
Birthday and age
Natasha Alam was born on March 10, 1973, which makes Natasha 53 years old today. That birthday falls under the Pisces sign. Natasha shares the date with 65 other famous people.
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