Natasha Gregson Wagner

Natasha Gregson Wagner Introduction

Natasha Gregson Wagner was surrounded by Hollywood glamor from the onset as the daughter of film star Natalie Wood and British producer/writer/agent Richard Gregson, who was married to Wood from 1969-1972. Natasha was born on September 29, 1970, in Los Angeles. Her mother was of Russian heritage and christened her Natalia, but affectionately nicknamed her Natasha during her childhood -- hence, the name. Her parents separated before she was even a year old, and Natalie married Robert Wagner when Natasha was 22 months. It's hardly surprising, therefore, that the young girl expressed an early interest in acting. The tragic Catalina Island drowning of her mother on November 29, 1981, when Natasha was only 11, left deep emotional scars that would ultimately carry into the dark-edged roles she would play in Hollywood.

The dark-eyed and dark-haired Natasha certainly bears more than a passing resemblance to her father rather than her famous mom. Unlike Natalie, Natasha has downplayed the glamor and displays a quirky, ditsy-like appeal. Refusing to conform to Hollywood standards, she has instead carved out her own individual path, finding herself much more attracted to offbeat and unconventional material. She debuted in a minor part in Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1992) and initially went around playing cute and plucky in such innocuous TV-movie fare as The Shaggy Dog (1994) (TV), the remake of the 1950s Disney classic, and the juvenile delinquent 1950s spoof Dragstrip Girl (1994) (TV). In 1995, Natasha had a top role in one of the Hart to Hart TV mini-movies that served to reunite her former stepfather with his former co-star Stefanie Powers.