Natassia Malthe is a Norwegian dancer, model and actress. She is an accomplished ballet dancer. She appeared in Elektra as the female supervillain Typhoid Mary.
Linn Natassia Malthe was born on January 19, 1974 in Oslo, Norway. She is the younger of two daughters. She is of half Malaysian descent. Her father is a Norwegian teacher and her Malaysian mother is a retired nurse. Her mother is from Kota Kinabalu, Sabah. She is usually credited by her birth name but is sometimes credited as “Lina Teal“. She moved to London, England to study musical theater. From there she went to Canada and landed her first part on television.
In 2005, Natassia Malthe, with Jennifer Garner was nominated at MTV Movie Awards for MTV Movie Award for Best Kiss. She kissed Jennifer in the film Elektra dubbed “the kiss of death”.