Natasha Alam (Russian: Наталья Анатольевна Шиманчук; born March 10, 1983) is a Uzbekistani-American actress and model.
Natasha Alam was born in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. Natasha attended school at the University of Technology for Aviation where her major was aircraft mechanics. Before enchanting everyone on the July cover of Playboy, Natasha started modeling in Moscow only to then perform on the runways of Rome, London, Milan and New York.
Her first acting role was on the television show "Fastlane" (2002). Television shows she has guest or co-starred in include CSI, NYPD Blue, Nip/Tuck, The Unit, Entourage and "American Heiress". She also played the recurring role of 'Ava', a Forrester model, in The Bold and the Beautiful from 2004 to 2007. Films she has appeared in include the 2007 horror Shadow Puppets and the 2008 comedy The Women. In 2010, she appears in the third season of True Blood as Yvetta, an exotic dancer at Fangtasia.
Natasha's modeling career has included photoshoots for Maxim and Playboy.
Natasha Alam is a Hodgkin's disease survivor, having been first diagnosed in March 2005.
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