Natasha Gregson Wagner

Gregson Wagner was born Natasha Gregson in Los Angeles to American actress Natalie Wood and British producer Richard Gregson.^[2] Her godmother was actress Ruth Gordon.^[3] Her parents separated when she was ten months old, and later divorced.^[4] After Wood remarried actor Robert Wagner in 1972, she added Wagner to Gregson's surname,^[2] though he never legally adopted her.^[5] Gregson Wagner's aunt, with whom she has no contact,^[6] is actress and producer Lana Wood. Through her father, she is a cousin of author Jessica Gregson, niece of actor Michael Craig, stepdaughter of journalist Julia Gregson and great-great granddaughter of Reginald Hanson, former Lord Mayor of London.^[7] She is distantly related by marriage to baseball player Tim Lincecum on her mother's side.^[8]

On November 29, 1981, Natalie Wood drowned near Santa Catalina Island.^[2] After her mother's death, Gregson Wagner and her half-sister were raised in California by Robert Wagner and actress Jill St. John.^[3][9]

Gregson Wagner attended Crossroads School in Santa Monica.^[9] She went on to Emerson College and later transferred to the University of Southern California. She left in 1992 to pursue an acting career.^[3]

Gregson Wagner's first film role was as Lisa in the 1992 crime drama film Fathers & Sons. She then had a small role in the movie Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Following that film she starred in several TV movies including Modern Vampires, Hefner: Unauthorized, and The Shaggy Dog. In 1995, she starred with her stepfather Robert Wagner in a Hart to Hart TV movie. She starred in the Wes Craven horror film Mind Ripper. In 1996, she co-starred with Jon Lovitz and Tia Carrere in the comedy High School High. She played Lou in the 1997 film Two Girls and a Guy.^[10] Gregson Wagner played a small role in the 1998 thriller Urban Legend. That same year she guest starred in an episode of Ally McBeal and co-starred with Vincent Kartheiser, James Woods and Melanie Griffith in Larry Clark's crime drama Another Day in Paradise. To avoid an NC-17 rating, a rough sex scene with Kartheiser had to be removed from the theatrical version.^[11]

In 2000, Gregson Wagner had roles in Stranger Than Fiction, and High Fidelity opposite John Cusack. In 2001, she was regular cast member in the short-lived prime time soap opera, Pasadena.^[12] In 2003, she played Barbara Richardson in the movie Wonderland. In 2004, she had a role in the Hallmark movie, Angel in the Family playing the part of Beth. In 2005 Gregson Wagner guest-starred on Cold Case and Medium. In 2006, she starred in two episodes of ER: "Bloodline" and "21 Guns". From 2005 to 2007, she had a recurring role on the TV show The 4400 as April Skouris, the sister of NTAC agent Diana Skouris. In 2008, she guest starred on CSI: Crime Scene Investigation and House M.D.

In 2020, Gregson Wagner produced the documentary film Natalie Wood: What Remains Behind, directed by Laurent Bouzereau.^[13][14]

From 1990 to 1997, Gregson Wagner dated Josh Evans, son of Ali MacGraw and Robert Evans.^[15] She was married to screenwriter D.V. DeVincentis from October 2003 to January 2008.^[16]

On May 30, 2012, Gregson Wagner and actor Barry Watson had a daughter who is the only grandchild of Natalie Wood.^[17] The couple married in December 2014.^[18]