# Nathalie Guetta
**Nathalie Guetta** (full name Nathalie Evalyne Guetta) is a French actress and former circus performer, naturalized Italian, best known to Italian television audiences as Natalina, the housekeeper (perpetua) in the long-running Rai 1 series *Don Matteo*, a role she has played since 2000.[1](https://tg24.sky.it/spettacolo/serie-tv/2022/04/14/natalina-don-matteo-nathalie-guetta) She was born in Paris in 1958,[1](https://tg24.sky.it/spettacolo/serie-tv/2022/04/14/natalina-don-matteo-nathalie-guetta) though IMDb gives her birth date as 1961.[2](https://www.imdb.com/fr/name/nm0346452/)
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Full name and origin | Nathalie Evalyne Guetta, born in Paris in 1958 (IMDb lists 1 January 1961)[1](https://tg24.sky.it/spettacolo/serie-tv/2022/04/14/natalina-don-matteo-nathalie-guetta) • [2](https://www.imdb.com/fr/name/nm0346452/) |
| Signature role | Natalina Diotallevi, the housekeeper of Don Matteo, played from 2000 alongside Terence Hill and later Raoul Bova[1](https://tg24.sky.it/spettacolo/serie-tv/2022/04/14/natalina-don-matteo-nathalie-guetta) • [3](https://www.fanpage.it/spettacolo/interviste/nathalie-guetta-terence-hill-non-si-cancella-ma-don-matteo-andra-avanti-raoul-bova-e-speciale/) |
| Episode count | IMDb credits her as Natalina in 286 episodes of *Don Matteo* (2000–2026)[2](https://www.imdb.com/fr/name/nm0346452/) |
| Earlier career | Circus and clown performer; taught clowning in Naples; film debut as an extra in Fellini's *Intervista* (1987)[4](https://www.corriere.it/spettacoli/cinema-serie-tv/25_aprile_29/chi-e-nathalie-guetta-belve-dbc4c0c8-11d7-446b-ad44-0b5a9a1b2xlk.shtml) |
| Award nomination | Nastri d'Argento 1991 nomination for best supporting actress for *I divertimenti della vita privata*[5](https://www.comingsoon.it/personaggi/nathalie-guetta/46524/biografia/) |
| Family | Twin sister Catherine; brother Bernard Guetta, journalist and member of the European Parliament; half-brother David Guetta, the DJ and producer[4](https://www.corriere.it/spettacoli/cinema-serie-tv/25_aprile_29/chi-e-nathalie-guetta-belve-dbc4c0c8-11d7-446b-ad44-0b5a9a1b2xlk.shtml) |
| Writing | Debut novel *Dodici in caso di stress*, a love story set in Paris[6](https://www.radiocorrieretv.rai.it/nathalie-guetta/) |
## Origins and family
Guetta is the daughter of Pierre Guetta, a sociologist, and Francine Bourla, a Belgian-born gallerist.[1](https://tg24.sky.it/spettacolo/serie-tv/2022/04/14/natalina-don-matteo-nathalie-guetta) She has a twin sister, Catherine, born five minutes before her, and two brothers: Bernard Guetta, a journalist and specialist in international geopolitics who became a member of the [European Parliament](https://www.edgepedia.org/european-parliament), and, on her father's side, the DJ and producer [David Guetta](https://www.edgepedia.org/david-guetta).[4](https://www.corriere.it/spettacoli/cinema-serie-tv/25_aprile_29/chi-e-nathalie-guetta-belve-dbc4c0c8-11d7-446b-ad44-0b5a9a1b2xlk.shtml) She has said she is ten years older than David and that the two were close in childhood, seeing each other on Sundays at their father's house.[4](https://www.corriere.it/spettacoli/cinema-serie-tv/25_aprile_29/chi-e-nathalie-guetta-belve-dbc4c0c8-11d7-446b-ad44-0b5a9a1b2xlk.shtml)
## Circus years and move to Italy
At 16 she left Paris and, after studying circus arts and acting, arrived in Naples, where she earned a living with puppet shows and clowning; at 25 she decided to settle in Italy and devote herself to acting.[1](https://tg24.sky.it/spettacolo/serie-tv/2022/04/14/natalina-don-matteo-nathalie-guetta) Through the 1970s and 1980s she worked as a circus artist and appeared as a guest on the Maurizio Costanzo Show, and she also taught clowning in Naples.[4](https://www.corriere.it/spettacoli/cinema-serie-tv/25_aprile_29/chi-e-nathalie-guetta-belve-dbc4c0c8-11d7-446b-ad44-0b5a9a1b2xlk.shtml)
## Acting career
Her film debut came in 1987 with an uncredited appearance as a troupe member in [Federico Fellini](https://www.edgepedia.org/federico-fellini)'s *Intervista*.[4](https://www.corriere.it/spettacoli/cinema-serie-tv/25_aprile_29/chi-e-nathalie-guetta-belve-dbc4c0c8-11d7-446b-ad44-0b5a9a1b2xlk.shtml) • [2](https://www.imdb.com/fr/name/nm0346452/) Her acting career took off a few years later when Cristina Comencini cast her in the film *I divertimenti della vita privata*; Corriere dates this engagement to 1992, while IMDb lists the film as 1990.[4](https://www.corriere.it/spettacoli/cinema-serie-tv/25_aprile_29/chi-e-nathalie-guetta-belve-dbc4c0c8-11d7-446b-ad44-0b5a9a1b2xlk.shtml) • [2](https://www.imdb.com/fr/name/nm0346452/) The performance earned her a 1991 Nastri d'Argento nomination for best supporting actress.[5](https://www.comingsoon.it/personaggi/nathalie-guetta/46524/biografia/)
**Television roles.** After further work in film and television, including *Ricky & Barabba* (1992), *Ritorno a casa Gori* (1996), and *Un bugiardo in paradiso* (1998), she played Suor Letizia in the series *Dio vede e provvede* in 1996.[4](https://www.corriere.it/spettacoli/cinema-serie-tv/25_aprile_29/chi-e-nathalie-guetta-belve-dbc4c0c8-11d7-446b-ad44-0b5a9a1b2xlk.shtml) • [2](https://www.imdb.com/fr/name/nm0346452/)
**Don Matteo.** Her breakthrough came in 2000, when she joined *Don Matteo* opposite [Terence Hill](https://www.edgepedia.org/terence-hill) as Natalina Diotallevi, the priest's housekeeper, at times irreverent and critical but loyal to Don Matteo.[1](https://tg24.sky.it/spettacolo/serie-tv/2022/04/14/natalina-don-matteo-nathalie-guetta) The character made her famous and much loved by the Italian public.[1](https://tg24.sky.it/spettacolo/serie-tv/2022/04/14/natalina-don-matteo-nathalie-guetta) When Terence Hill left the series after more than twenty years, she described the cast's reaction as initial bewilderment and praised his successor [Raoul Bova](https://www.edgepedia.org/raoul-bova) as "special"; her Natalina initially received the new Don Massimo with reserve, a choice director Riccardo Donna insisted on.[3](https://www.fanpage.it/spettacolo/interviste/nathalie-guetta-terence-hill-non-si-cancella-ma-don-matteo-andra-avanti-raoul-bova-e-speciale/) She has said the character grew over the editions, gaining depth and more interaction in the episodes, so that she did not remain simply the comic, grumbling housekeeper.[7](https://giulioserri.wordpress.com/2014/02/28/mia-intervista-a-nathalie-guetta/)
## Television appearances beyond Don Matteo
In 2018 she took part as a contestant in the thirteenth edition of the Rai 1 talent show *Ballando con le stelle*, reaching the final.[4](https://www.corriere.it/spettacoli/cinema-serie-tv/25_aprile_29/chi-e-nathalie-guetta-belve-dbc4c0c8-11d7-446b-ad44-0b5a9a1b2xlk.shtml) • [8](https://www.vanityfair.it/show/tv/2018/05/18/ballando-con-le-stelle-2018-nathalie-guetta-insicurezze-fratello-david-don-matteo) She later appeared in several editions of *Stasera tutto è possibile*, in *Il cantante mascherato* in 2023 hidden under the Hamster (Criceto) mask, and in *Pechino Express* paired with Vito Bucci.[4](https://www.corriere.it/spettacoli/cinema-serie-tv/25_aprile_29/chi-e-nathalie-guetta-belve-dbc4c0c8-11d7-446b-ad44-0b5a9a1b2xlk.shtml)
## Writing
In 2020 she published her first novel, *Dodici in caso di stress*, a love story set in Paris whose protagonists are Chloé, who is Jewish, and Houssine, who is Muslim; she told RadioCorriereTV that apart from small adjustments to *Don Matteo* dialogue she had never before tried writing a book.[6](https://www.radiocorrieretv.rai.it/nathalie-guetta/)
## Personal life
In 2007 she met the Cuban Yudiel Sanchez in Cuba and married him after his determined courtship; the marriage ended in 2020.[1](https://tg24.sky.it/spettacolo/serie-tv/2022/04/14/natalina-don-matteo-nathalie-guetta) She has said she was married for five and a half years and described the relationship as passionate.[4](https://www.corriere.it/spettacoli/cinema-serie-tv/25_aprile_29/chi-e-nathalie-guetta-belve-dbc4c0c8-11d7-446b-ad44-0b5a9a1b2xlk.shtml)
## References
1. [Chi è Nathalie Guetta, l'attrice che interpreta la perpetua Natalina in Don Matteo, Sky TG24](https://tg24.sky.it/spettacolo/serie-tv/2022/04/14/natalina-don-matteo-nathalie-guetta)
2. [Nathalie Guettà, IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/fr/name/nm0346452/)
3. [Nathalie Guetta: "Terence Hill non si cancella, ma Don Matteo andrà avanti. Raoul Bova è speciale", Fanpage.it](https://www.fanpage.it/spettacolo/interviste/nathalie-guetta-terence-hill-non-si-cancella-ma-don-matteo-andra-avanti-raoul-bova-e-speciale/)
4. [Chi è Nathalie Guetta, oggi a Belve: gli inizi come artista circense, il fratello dj e Don Matteo, Corriere della Sera](https://www.corriere.it/spettacoli/cinema-serie-tv/25_aprile_29/chi-e-nathalie-guetta-belve-dbc4c0c8-11d7-446b-ad44-0b5a9a1b2xlk.shtml)
5. [Nathalie Guetta biografia, Comingsoon.it](https://www.comingsoon.it/personaggi/nathalie-guetta/46524/biografia/)
6. [NATHALIE GUETTA – Il mio cuore a metà tra Francia e Italia, RadioCorriereTV](https://www.radiocorrieretv.rai.it/nathalie-guetta/)
7. [mia intervista a…Nathalie Guetta, Giulio Serri](https://giulioserri.wordpress.com/2014/02/28/mia-intervista-a-nathalie-guetta/)
8. [«Ballando con le stelle», Nathalie Guetta si racconta, Vanity Fair Italia](https://www.vanityfair.it/show/tv/2018/05/18/ballando-con-le-stelle-2018-nathalie-guetta-insicurezze-fratello-david-don-matteo)
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