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Natasha Pavlovich is a Yugoslavian-born Hollywood actress. Of Serbian descent, she also acted in the Serbian television series Gorki plodovi or Bitter Fruit. She is also known as a pilot and is the first person from the former Yugoslavia to reach the height of 85,000 feet in an aircraft by co-piloting a MiG-25. She may become the first person of Serbian origin to go into space on Virgin Galactic.

Career
Natasha Pavlovich has been a character actress in Hollywood for over twenty years, working in dramas, sitcoms and features. Her roles have been in some of televisions's top rated shows, including Judging Amy,  Nip/Tuck,  Mike Hammer Private Eye, Cybill, JAG (TV series), Quantum Leap  and VIP. She also had a recurring role in the series  Pride and Joy . Other actors she's worked with include John Stamos, Tyne Daly, Stacy Keach, Gary Busey, George Hamilton, Cybil Shepard and Pamela Anderson. Pavlovich also got to work with director Blake Edwards and actress Julie Andrews on the feature  Son of the Pink Panther. As for her other film-work, Pavlovich appeared in the movies The Naked Truth, Space Warriors and Ironclad: Battle for Blood.

In addition to speaking a standard American Dialect, Pavlovich knows several languages, allowing her to portray Russian, Romanian and Czech characters, among others. She has played Lee Harvey's Russian wife, an Iraqi Army Officer, a South American Beauty Queen, a Romany gypsy and a fashion designer from France.

Pavlovich was also a regular in the popular Serbian drama series Gorki plodovi  (aka  Bitter Fruit ) where she played an ophthalmologist. She was asked by the show's creator Siniša Kovačević to play the role by speaking Serbian with an American accent.

Recreational Flying
Pavlovich belongs to an international organization of women pilots called the Ninety-Nines. After her boyfriend, Joe Lara, got her interested in aviation, she learned to pilot single engine planes and jet aircraft. She's flown a MiG-25 reaching the edge of space to a height of about 85,000 feet, making her the first person of Serbian origin to reach that height. She was also the first woman to co-pilot a MiG-25. She consequently became a celebrity in Serbia and hopes to beat that record by becoming the first of her countrymen to visit outer space.

Obtaining sponsorship through the organization Space Adventures, Pavlovich was able to procure a ticket on board Virgin Galactic's upcoming commercial space flights, now scheduled to begin in 2018. Pavlovich has the opportunity to become one of the world's first space tourists and the first person from the former Yugoslavia to travel to outer space.

Background
Pavlovich was born in the village of Popovi near Bijeljina in the former Yugoslavia. She immigrated to Chicago as a child and later moved to Los Angeles where she studied acting at Sal Dano Actor's Workshop. She also graduated from the University of Southern California (UCLA) with a bachelor's degree in English.

Pavlovich has used her polyglot skills as a translator for the basketball player Vlade Divac. A former beauty queen, she's competed in the Miss Universe 1991 pageant, representing Yugoslavia in the semi-finals, and was also Miss Beverly Hills 1989.

She is also a spokesperson for the city of Slobomir, a town located in Republika Srpska and founded by her aunt and uncle.

Filmography

 * 2014	       Ironclad: Battle for Blood (Feature)
 * 2013	       Space Warriors (Feature)
 * 2008-2009: Bitter Fruit (Gorki plodovi)
 * 2008		Las Vegas.
 * 2007		Atlanta (TV movie)
 * 2006		I Did Not Know That (TV movie)
 * 2006		Monk.
 * 2006		Drive/II (TV movie)
 * 2004		Judging Amy.
 * 2004		Nip/Tuck.
 * 2003		Port Charles
 * 2001-2002	The Agency.
 * 2002	       Alias.
 * 2001		Thieves.
 * 1999		The Darwin Conspiracy (TV movie)
 * 1999		Viper
 * 1999		Martial Law
 * 1995-1998	JAG
 * 1998		Players.
 * 1998		LateLine.
 * 1998		Rounders (Feature)
 * 1998	       V.I.P.
 * 1998		Silk Stalkings
 * 1997		Spy Game
 * 1997		Hawaii Five-O (TV movie)
 * 1997	       Jenny
 * 1997		Mike Hammer, Private Eye
 * 1997		NightMan
 * 1996	       Mr. & Mrs. Smith.
 * 1995		Wirehead
 * 1995		Wings
 * 1995		Pride & Joy.
 * 1995		Partners
 * 1995		Cybill.
 * 1994		Cobra
 * 1994		Good Advice
 * 1992-1993	Down the Shore
 * 1993		Dark Justice
 * 1993		Delta
 * 1993		The Naked Truth (TV movie)
 * 1993	       Son of the Pink Panther (Feature)
 * 1992		Quantum Leap
 * 1992		Dream On
 * 1991		CBS Schoolbreak Special
 * 1991		Growing Pains
 * 1991		Drexell's Class
 * 1990		Grand
 * 1988		Martin Mull Live from North Ridgeville, Ohio
 * 1988		The Munsters Today
 * 1987		What a Country
 * 1987		Epitaph