Natasha Lampropoulos

Tashi Tagg (full name Natasha Theodosia Lampropoulos Tagg) is a South African actress, author, blogger, publisher, voice over artist and drama specialist who has appeared in the film Pirates of the Plain. Born to a South African mother and Greek father, Tashi grew up in Durban, South Africa (in her formative years) and later moved to Cape Town where she attended Pinelands High School. In 1993 Tashi graduated with a Drama Honours Degree from the University of Cape Town and went on to perform, direct and teach drama. She has taught acting, improvisation, drama in education, voice and theatre innovation at schools, colleges and the University of Cape Town. In 1999 she received a Fleur Du Cap theatre nomination for Most Promising Newcomer for her role as Celia in the Shakespearean comedy As You Like It at Maynardville open-air theatre in Cape Town. In 2000 she directed an HIV awareness stage production for Theatre of the Deaf. Between 2001 and 2004 she co-authored two Arts and Culture textbooks for Oxford University Press and one Life skills textbook. In 2002 she launched the website TashiTagg.com with her husband and business partner Luke Tagg. The site was an opinionated and irreverent social media entertainment website covering pop culture and television and was the first South African platform to provide a blogging system catering to South African audiences. The site evolved into tvsa.co.za - South Africa's first and premiere television website which Tashi launched with Luke in May 2006. Through her work on TVSA Tashi has made various guest appearances on television shows including SABC3's breakfast show Expresso where she delivered commentary on the reality shows Survivor and The Amazing Race. Other shows she has made guest appearances on include the magazine show Top Billing, the teen show Hectic Nine-9, the celebrity entertainment show Flash! and the eNCA News channel. Tashi currently resides in Cape Town.