Natalie Wood (born Natalia Nikolaevna Zakharenko) was an American actress who began her career in film as a child actor and successfully transitioned to young adult roles.
On November 29, 1981, Wood died under mysterious circumstances at the age of 43 during the making of Brainstorm. She had been on a weekend boat trip to Santa Catalina Island on board her husband Robert Wagner's 58-foot motoryacht, Splendour. Other than the fact that she drowned, many of the circumstances are unknown; for example, it has never been determined how she entered the water.
