Natasha Rubin is a pianist, cinematographer, and jewelry designer who became known to the public after she married the standup comedian and actor, Cheech Marin. The pair got married in 2009 shortly after Cheech divorced the artist Patti Heid who was his second wife.
Even though Natasha came to the spotlight for her marriage to the comedian, she also holds her end in the music and fashion industry. She owns the High Notes Collection as well as the Marin Salon Series. Here’s all to know about her.
A Brief Biography of Natasha Rubin
Natasha Rubin was born on July 1, 1989, and she’s 35 years old at the moment. While not so much about her early life and family background is known, we garnered that she was born in Russia but moved to the United States with her parents at a young age.
Growing up, she developed an interest in music and pursued it with great passion. She proceeded to the Special Music School for Gifted Children in St Peterburg for piano studies and later enrolled went to the Rimsky-Korsakov Music College and St. Petersburg State Conservatory where she earned her BA with honors and graduate degrees respectively.
Thereafter, she went on to study piano performance and contemporary music at UCLA. According to sources, Natasha is working to have bagged a doctoral degree from the University of Southern California, with a major in Piano Performance, an academic minor in Music Education, and minors in Early Music and Electro-Acoustic Composition according to IMDB.
She is a Pianist, Cinematographer, and Jewelry Designer
Cheech Marin’s third wife, Natasha Rubin is a pianist known to have honed her craft for several years. She has worked as a soloist with piano duos, orchestras, and chamber ensembles. Also, she has performed in several states of the U.S and countries such as Payerbach, Austria; Bordeaux, Colmar, Mulhouse, and Paris, France; Jerusalem, Israel; Tokyo, Japan; Auckland, New Zealand; St. Petersburg, Russia; and Barcelona, Spain.
As a cinematographer, she is known for her works in Eat Your Heart Out (1997), A Good Son (1998), and Running Still (1999).
Asides from the music and entertainment industry, she also earns money as a businesswoman, and jewelry designer who owns the High Note Collections, a music-inspired line of jewelry. She is also the founder of the Marin Salon Series.
While she hasn’t disclosed how much she earns from her businesses, its no doubt that it offers her a comfortable life. According to some sources, she is estimated between $1 to $2 million.
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Natasha Rubin was Married to Cheech Marin for 15 Years
Natasha’s marriage is what brought her to the limelight thanks to the career of her husband, Richard Anthony who is famed as Cheech Marin. He pursues a career in the entertainment industry as a comedian and actor. It’s unclear how the pair met and when their relationship began. However, we garnered that she was his girlfriend for a very long time.
After years of dating, the pair decided to get married on August 8, 2009. The 30-minute sunset ceremony was held in Malibu and officiated by Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa. For the ceremony, Natasha appeared in a white gown designed by Amy Michealson while her husband wore an Armani suit.
Before Natasha became Cheech’s wife, he was previously married and divorced twice. He was first married to Darlene Morley from 1975 to 1984 which saw the birth of a child. Two years later he remarried Patti Heid and their marriage welcomed two children. Unfortunately, they also ended in a divorce as the artist Heid reportedly accused the actor of domestic violence.;
