A graduate of The American Music and Dramatic Academy in New York.
Natalie Zea Detailed Biography -
Natalie Zea (born March 17, 1975 in Harris County, Texas) is an American actress. She's a graduate of The American Music and Dramatic Academy in New York.
Zea is best known for playing Gwen Hotchkiss on NBC's soap opera Passions, from 2000-2002; she was the second actress to play that role.
She played Lana Tisdel in the 1995 film Boys Don't Cry (the first film) and had an uncredited cameo in the 1999 film. She guest starred in two films in 1999: one called Lucid Days In Hell and the other called Macbeth in Manhattan.
She made several different guest appearances in primetime, she guest starred on CSI: Crime Scene Investigation in 2001, in 2004 she made several guest stints on FX's tough cop drama The Shield playing a love interest to Michael Chiklis's Det. Vic Mackey.
In 2005, Natalie debuted as Trish Agermeyer, the sexy surveillance technician on the short-lived ABC show Eyes.
Zea is dating her former Passions co-star Travis Schuldt (best known for originating the role of Ethan Bennett).