Natasha is an Australian actor, having thrown herself into all things drama for the past six years. She spent the winter season this year studying at the Atlantic Acting School in New York City. She has a Diploma in Communications and is the recipient of the prestigious Gold Duke of Edinburgh Award . She spent three years honing her craft working on productions at ATYP, performing as Juliet in Romeo and Juliet, a child soldier in an ensemble-written play Battlegrounds, and Citizenship. Bookends brought her to the STC stage during the Sydney Writer's Festival, and she has represented ATYP at theatre festivals across Sydney, in her ensemble-written short play. Natasha won the NSW Shakespeare Festival with a short play she also wrote and performed in. Natasha wrote a play House on Fire with renowned Australian playwright Debra Oswald as part of an ensemble, then played the lead role at NIDA Parade Playhouse. She has recently partaken in the ArtStart Metro Screen Young Screenwriters Program in which she developed her short film Kite. Kite has been selected for funding through Metro Screen, and is Natasha's directing debut . Natasha speaks fluent French and hopes to incorporate this skill into her acting and writing for 2012 and beyond.