Natasia Lovara (Monk)

Natasia Lovara (Lolita Davidovich) is the main villainess from "Mr. Monk Goes to the Circus," episode 2.04 of Monk (airdate July 18, 2003). She is a noted acrobat who was bitter over her ex-husband, Sergei, moving on with his life.
While Sergei was out on a date at a lavish restaurant, Natasia appeared in a masked disguise and shot him to death, all while doing numerous flips and other acrobatic moves. When Monk and Sharona interviewed Natasia, Monk fingered her as the killer. But there was one problem: Natasia was wheelchair-ridden due to a broken left ankle; while claiming that she broke her ankle during a stunt two weeks prior.
However, it was revealed that Natasia's fall was intentional, and her ankle was not broken. Due to Natasia's fear of hospitals, there was no x-ray, so it was assumed that her ankle was broken. Natasia wore a cast and moved around in a wheelchair to keep up the facade, but on the night of the murder, Natasia removed the cast and donned her disguise as she went out to kill Sergei. When she returned to the circus, the evil Natasia instructed Didi, an elephant, to break her ankle. Edgar, Didi's trainer, caught what was going on from his trailer, so he confronted Natasia about it and promised to keep quiet. Not wanting to take any chances on Edgar talking, Natasia taped a walkie-talkie to Didi's ear and instructed her to crush Edgar's head.
Monk figured that Natasia wiped away her prints from the walkie-talkie, which she did. Regarding the batteries, that was another story, and realizing this, Natasia escaped in her jeep and sped towards Sharona. However, Natasia was blocked by Didi, and she was arrested, while cursing in Russian.
== Trivia ==
* Lolita Davidovich later appeared on CSI as the evil Diane Hoyt.
==Gallery==
Natasha Masked Villainess.png|Natasha in her disguise while killing Sergei
Evil Natasha.png|Natasha instructing Didi to kill Edgar
Natasha Caught & Arrested.png|A defeated Natasha arrested for murder
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