Natasha Heschélle

Natasha Chipo Mutungwazi is a Canadian actress based in Toronto, Ontario.  Her first major recognition was for her role as Helen on the Amazon Prime Video series 'Zahara: The Return',  for which she won Gold Movie Awards, UK for Best Actress in a Drama/Horror. She also nominated as the Best Digital Series writer at Blood in the Snow Canadian Film Festival.

 Early life and career 
Natasha was born and raised in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe. In 2004, her mother Marisa Moyo migrated to Canada, later she moved to Canada to live with her mother. It was reported that Natasha on numerous occasions skipped her school to attend dance classes. In 2013, she had to move to Paris with the plan to work and pay for her dancing classes. Natasha returned to Canada in 2014 and admitted herself into an acting school, Seneca College. In June 2021, she released her debut EP Imagine, which garnered over million views across digital platforms. Natasha's latest project "Zahara Season 1", which she was Producing has seemingly garnered a stop to her profession on screen as multiple crew members failed to receive payment for their labor once production was wrapped. 

Filmography

Film
 Year Film Role Notes2017The Poet ProfessorMiriam BakosiDebut2020Hope Does Not DisappointLerato(Short)2020Zahara: The ReturnHelenAlso writer2021Imagine (Video short)HerselfWriter2021Forbidden (TV Series)HelenWriter

Awards and honors
Nominated as the Best Digital Series writer at Blood in the Snow Canadian Film Festival
Best Actress in a Drama/Horror at Gold Award
Recipient of the Best Artistic Achievement gong at the Zimbabwe International Film Festival, 2016
Nominated for the Best Film award at the Zulu African Film Academy Awards, 2018
Granted a membership of The Netflix-BANFF Diversity of Voices Initiative, 2021

References

Other websites



Category:Canadian actors
Category:Living people
Category:Year of birth missing (living people)