Natascha McElhone

Natascha McElhone ( MACK-əl-HOHN, born Natascha Abigail Taylor , 14 December 1969) is an English actress and producer, who has worked extensively in film and television in both the United Kingdom and the United States. She is known to film audiences for her roles in Surviving Picasso (1996), Ronin (1998), The Truman Show (1998), Kenneth Branagh's Love's Labour's Lost (2000), Solaris (2002) and Carmen (2021).

She is known to television audiences for her roles as Karen on Californication (2007–14), First Lady Alex Kirkman on Designated Survivor (2016–17), Penelope Knatchbull, Lady Romsey on The Crown (2022), Dr. Catherine Halsey on Halo (2022–24) and Cordelia Holmes in Young Sherlock (2026-present). She was the voice of Marie Belmont in the video game Castlevania: Lords of Shadow (2010) and its sequel Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2 (2014).

McElhone is a Satellite Award, Saturn Award, and an Irish Film & Television Award nominee.