Natasha Mmonatau is an actress, writer and filmmaker devoted to unraveling lineages of African storytelling through visceral, embodied performance work.

Born and raised in Botswana, Natasha animates narrative recollections from the African continent, grounded in acts of love and ancestral remembering. Recent acting roles include as seer-prophetess Tiresias in the RCS 2024 production of Antigone in Scotland, as Pontius Pilate in Master & Margarita, and as King Richard in Shakespeare’s Richard II. Spanning the disciplines of acting, writing, voice, film and movement, Natasha’s work has evolved into a deep inquiry of humanity’s relationship with the natural world. Natasha is represented by Snake Height.

Since graduating with her Master of Arts in Classical & Contemporary Text, Natasha has gone on to study filmmaking at Sankofa Film Institute in Washington DC, where she recently began pre-production on her first script.

Images by Ivan Weiss.

Natasha Mmonatau is an actress, writer and filmmaker devoted to unraveling lineages of African storytelling through visceral, embodied performance work.

Since graduating with her Master of Arts in Classical & Contemporary Text, Natasha has gone on to study filmmaking at Sankofa Film Institute in Washington DC, where she recently began pre-production on her first script.

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