Natasha Bassett
Natasha Bassett 2019
Born1992 (1992) (age 32)
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
OccupationActress
Years active2005–present

Natasha Bassett (born ca. 1992[1]) is an Australian actress.

Early life

Bassett was born in Sydney, Australia. She began acting in high school and moved to New York at age nineteen to pursue a career in acting.[2]

Career

Natasha Bassett started acting at the age of 13.[1] She landed the lead role in the Australian Theatre for Young People's production of Romeo and Juliet[3] and studied at the National Institute of Dramatic Art.

Bassett landed the lead in the MTV film, Dungoona (2009), and appeared on several Australian television series (Rake (2010), Wild Boys (2011), Cops L.A.C. (2010)), while attending classes. After graduating high school, she appeared in the film, Mental.

At 19, she was awarded a screenwriting scholarship from the ArtStart Screenwriters Program, where she wrote and directed her short film, Kite (2013).[4] The short was featured in the Rhode Island International Film Festival, Balinale International Film Festival, and the Big Bear Lake International Film Festival.

Bassett moved to New York City, studied at the Atlantic Acting School, and relocated to Los Angeles for the NBC series, Camp (2013). She appeared in the indie drama, Katie Says Goodbye (2016), and as 50s-era starlet Gloria DeLamour in Hail, Caesar! (2016).[5]

Bassett played Britney Spears in the Lifetime biopic Britney Ever After in 2017.[6]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
2012 Mental Kay
2013 Kite Babysitter short
2013 The Last Goodbye Stella
2016 Katie Says Goodbye Sara
2016 Hail, Caesar! Gloria DeLamour
2016 House by the Lake Gwen
2016 Desolate Kayla May
2018 Spinning Man Carrie
2020 Spy Intervention Alexandra
2021 The Pale Door Pearl
2020 12 Mighty Orphans Opal
2022 Elvis Dixie Locke

Television

Year Title Role Notes
2009 Dungoona Gemma TV film
2010 I Rock Timpani 1 episode
2010 Cops L.A.C. Brooke Lucas 1 ep.
2011 Rake Tara 3 ep.
2013 Camp Chloe 9 ep.
2013 In Your Dreams Natalie 1 ep.
2014 Here's Your Damn Family Emma 1 ep.
2017 Britney Ever After Britney Spears TV film
2020 Operation Buffalo Alice miniseries, 5 ep.

References

  1. 1 2 Gomez, Patrick (18 February 2017). "Britney Spears Lifetime Movie: Meet Natasha Bassett". people.com. Retrieved 11 March 2022.
  2. ↑ Tietjen, Alexa (16 February 2017). "Lights, Camera, Python: Natasha Bassett on Becoming Britney Spears". WWD. Retrieved 1 March 2017.
  3. ↑ Gilchrist, Ava. "Player Of Games, Elon Musk, Is Rumoured To Be Linked To This Australian Actress". ELLE. Retrieved 11 March 2022.
  4. ↑ "AiF member Natasha Bassett's short film Kite accepted into Rhode Island Film Festival". Australians in Film. Archived from the original on 2 December 2017. Retrieved 28 February 2017.
  5. ↑ Lawrence, Christopher (5 February 2016). "Coen brothers exorcise their pent-up silliness with 'Hail, Caesar!'". Las Vegas Review-Journal. Retrieved 24 February 2017.
  6. ↑ Helligar, Jeremy (23 January 2017). "Aussie actress Natasha Bassett nails breakdown-era Britney Spears in Ever After". Nine Digital. Retrieved 31 December 2018.
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