Natasha HenstridgeNatasha Henstridge (born August 15, 1974) is a Canadian actress who has starred in movies such as Species and Species II. Born in Springdale, Newfoundland, Canada to parents Brian and Helen, she was raised in a trailer park in Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada. ModelingAt the age of 14 Henstridge went to Paris to start a career in modeling after being first runner up in the worldwide Look of the Year contest, sponsored by the Casablanca Modeling Agency, who also has represented Cindy Crawford and Naomi Campbell. At age 15 she was on the cover of the French edition of Cosmopolitan. MoviesHenstridge was cast at age 21 in the 1995 science fiction movie Species which did well and put her in the spotlight. Her fame did not last, however, as her roles in subsequent films were less popular. She had roles in Maximum Risk, Adrenalin: Fear the Rush, and Standoff. In 1998 she starred in Species II, which did not fare nearly as well as its prequel, and in 2000 in The Whole Nine Yards. She has also done a few roles on television, such as South Park and The Outer Limits. On October 14, 1998 she had a son, Tristan River Waite, with fiancé and actor Liam Waite. Henstridge was earlier married to actor Damian Chapa for short while in 1995. Selected Filmography
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Henstridge was earlier married to actor Damian Chapa for short while in 1995. Official site Irenejacob.net (http://www.irenejacob.net). On October 14, 1998 she had a son, Tristan River Waite, with fiancé and actor Liam Waite. Filmography. In 1998 she starred in Species II, which did not fare nearly as well as its prequel, and in 2000 in The Whole Nine Yards. She has also done a few roles on television, such as South Park and The Outer Limits. Her 2000/2001 London West-End performance as the title character in Madame Melville opposite Macaulay Culkin was crucial to that development. She had roles in Maximum Risk, Adrenalin: Fear the Rush, and Standoff. Jacob's film career slowed down in subsequent years, and after a series of independent, mostly European, movies, she revived her theatre career. Her fame did not last, however, as her roles in subsequent films were less popular. Marshals (released 1997), in which she starred opposite Tommy Lee Jones. Henstridge was cast at age 21 in the 1995 science fiction movie Species which did well and put her in the spotlight. Her highest grossing US picture as of 2004 was U.S. At age 15 she was on the cover of the French edition of Cosmopolitan. The film, and her performance, gained huge international recognition bringing many offers from major American motion-picture studios. At the age of 14 Henstridge went to Paris to start a career in modeling after being first runner up in the worldwide Look of the Year contest, sponsored by the Casablanca Modeling Agency, who also has represented Cindy Crawford and Naomi Campbell. This was very evident when Kieslowski used her again to star alongside Jean-Louis Trintignant in Three Colors: Red, the third part of his highly acclaimed masterpiece, the Three Colors trilogy. Born in Springdale, Newfoundland, Canada to parents Brian and Helen, she was raised in a trailer park in Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada. An introvert by nature, Jacob has the remarkable ability to express the emotional turmoil of her characters with very few words. Natasha Henstridge (born August 15, 1974) is a Canadian actress who has starred in movies such as Species and Species II. Jacob won the Best Actress Award at the Cannes Film Festival. Species (1995). For her performance, Ms. Species II (1998). Jacob's return to Paris, the then 21-year-old drama student obtained her first movie role in the 1987 film Au revoir les enfants followed by several more minor roles until her big break came when Polish director Krzysztof Kieslowski cast her in the lead role of his 1991 motion picture, La Double vie de Véronique. The Whole Nine Yards (2000). Three years after Ms. Ghosts of Mars (2001). As an infant, her family moved to Geneva, Switzerland where, as a young girl, she became interested in the arts, making her stage debut at the age of 11. She attended the Geneva Conservatory of Music, earned a degree in languages (she speaks English, German, Italian and French), studied acting in Paris at the prestigious Rue Blanche (the French national drama academy) and at the Dramatic Studio in London, England. She Spies (2002). She comes from a highly educated and intellectual family, her father is a physicist, her mother a psychologist, and of her brothers, one is a musician and the other two are scientists. The Whole Ten Yards (2004). Irène Jacob was born in Paris, France, the youngest child after three brothers. Species III (2004). Irène Marie Jacob (born July 15, 1966) is a French-born Swiss actress. Au revoir les enfants - 1987. La Bande des quatre - 1988. Les Mannequins d'osier - 1989. La Veillée - 1990. La Passion Van Gogh - 1990. Erreur de jeunesse - 1990. Le Secret de Sarah Tombelaine - 1991. La Double vie de Véronique - 1991. Enak - 1992. Claude - 1992. The Secret Garden - 1993. Trois couleurs: Rouge - 1994. Predskazaniye - 1994. Le Moulin de Daudet - 1994. Victory - 1995. Par-delà les nuages - 1995. Othello - 1995. Fugueuses - 1995. Faire un film pour moi c'est vivre - 1995. All Men Are Mortal - 1995. Beyond The Clouds - 1996. Incognito - 1997. Marshals - 1998. U.S. Cuisine américaine - 1998. My Life So Far - 1999. History Is Made at Night - 1999. Cuisine chinoise - 1999. The Big Brass Ring - 1999. The Pornographer: A Love Story - 2000. Londinium - 2000. L’ Affaire Marcorelle - 2000. Léaud l'unique - 2001. Lettre d'une inconnue - 2001. Mille millièmes (Landlords) - 2002. |