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Natalie Portman

Natalie Portman (born Neta-Lee Hershlag, Hebrew: נטע-לי הרשלג‎‎; June 9, 1981) is an actress with dual American and Israeli citizenship. Her first role was in the 1994 action thriller Léon: The Professional, opposite Jean Reno. She was later cast as Padmé Amidala in the Star Wars prequel trilogy (released in 1999, 2002 and 2005). Born in Jerusalem to an Israeli father and American mother, Portman grew up in the eastern United States from the age of three. She studied dancing and acting in New York, and starred in Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace while still at high school on Long Island. In 1999, Portman enrolled at Harvard University to study psychology, alongside her work as an actress; she completed a bachelor's degree in 2003. During her studies she starred in a second Star Wars film and opened in New York City's The Public Theater production of Anton Chekhov's The Seagull in 2001. Portman won a Golden Globe and was nominated for an Academy Award for starring in the 2004 drama Closer, appeared in Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith the following year, and won a Constellation Award for Best Female Performance and the Saturn Award for Best Actress for her starring role in the political thriller V for Vendetta (2006). She played leading roles in the historical dramas Goya's Ghosts (2006) and The Other Boleyn Girl (2008), and also appeared in Thor (2011) and its 2013 sequel. In 2010, Portman starred in the psychological thriller film Black Swan. Her performance received widespread critical acclaim and she earned her first Academy Award for Best Actress, her second Golden Globe Award, the SAG Award, the BAFTA Award and the BFCA Award in 2011. In 2016, she portrayed First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy in the biographical drama Jackie. She was nominated for an Academy Award, a BAFTA Award, a Golden Globe Award, a Screen Actors Guild Award and won the BFCA for Best Actress. In May 2008, Portman served as the youngest member of the 61st Annual Cannes Film Festival jury. The same year she directed a segment of the collective film New York, I Love You. Her first feature film as a director, A Tale of Love and Darkness, was released in 2015.


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Born:
Jun 9, 1981 In Jerusalem, Israel
Movie/TV Credits:
70
First Appeared:
In the series Lady in the Lake
Latest Project:
Movie Thor: Love and Thunder 2022-07-06
Known For
Filmography
Series Lady in the Lake Maddie Schwartz 2025
Movie Thor: Love and Thunder Jane Foster / The Mighty Thor 2022-07-06
Movie One-Tenth of a Millimeter Apart Self (archive footage) 2021-04-02
Movie Showbiz Kids Self (archive footage) 2020-07-14
Movie The Death & Life of John F. Donovan Sam Turner 2019-03-13
Movie Lucy in the Sky Lucy Cola 2019-09-20
Movie This Changes Everything Self 2019-06-28
Movie Avengers: Endgame Jane Foster 2019-04-24
Movie Annihilation Lena 2018-02-22
Movie Vox Lux Celeste Montgomery 2018-09-07
Movie Dolphin Reef Narrator (voice) 2018-03-28
Movie From Jackie to Camelot Self 2017-03-07
Movie Song to Song Rhonda 2017-03-17
Movie The Pulitzer At 100 Herself 2017-07-21
Movie Starring Austin Pendleton 2016-04-01
Movie Jackie Jackie Kennedy 2016-12-02
Movie Planetarium Laura Barlow 2016-11-16
Movie Knight of Cups Elizabeth 2015-02-08
Movie The Heyday of the Insensitive Bastards Laura 2015-03-25
Movie Jane Got a Gun Jane Hammond 2015-12-31
Movie A Tale of Love and Darkness Fania Oz 2015-09-03
Movie Mr. Gaga Herself 2015-10-29
Movie Thor: The Dark World Jane Foster 2013-10-30
Movie Black Swan: Metamorphosis Self 2011-03-29
Movie No Strings Attached Emma Kurtzman 2011-01-21
Movie Your Highness Isabel 2011-04-08
Movie Thor: From Asgard to Earth Herself 2011-09-13
Movie Thor Jane Foster 2011-04-21
Movie Hesher Nicole 2010-01-22
Movie I'm Still Here Natalie Portman 2010-09-10
Movie Secret Origin: The Story of DC Comics Evey (archive footage) 2010-11-09
Movie 14 Actors Acting Herself 2010-12-08
Movie Black Swan Nina Sayers / The Swan Queen 2010-12-03
Movie The Other Woman Emilia Greenleaf 2010-10-28
Movie Miloš Forman - What Doesn't Kill You… Self 2009-10-08
Movie Brothers Grace Cahill 2009-12-02
Movie New York, I Love You Rifka 2008-09-06
Movie The Other Boleyn Girl Anne Boleyn 2008-02-28
Movie The Darjeeling Limited Jack's Ex-Girlfriend 2007-09-07
Movie Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium Molly Mahoney 2007-11-14
Movie Hotel Chevalier Jack's Girlfriend 2007-10-26
Movie My Blueberry Nights Leslie 2007-11-28
Movie V for Vendetta Evey Hammond 2006-02-23
Movie Paris Je T'aime Francine (Faubourg Saint-Denis) 2006-06-21
Movie The Armenian Genocide Aurora Mardiganian (voice) 2006-04-17
Movie Goya's Ghosts Inés Bilbatúa / Alicia 2006-11-08
Movie 10 Year Retrospective: Cast and Crew Look Back Herself - 'Mathilda' 2005-01-11
Movie Natalie Portman: Starting Young Herself 2005-01-11
Movie Free Zone Rebecca 2005-04-18
Movie Live 8 Herself 2005-11-07
Movie Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith Padmé Amidala 2005-05-17
Movie Garden State Sam 2004-07-28
Movie The Story of Star Wars Padmé Amidala (archive footage) 2004-08-18
Movie Closer Alice Ayres 2004-12-03
Movie Barely Legal Lineker 2003-05-15
Movie Cold Mountain Sara 2003-12-24
Movie Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones Padmé Amidala 2002-05-15
Movie Zoolander Natalie Portman 2001-09-28
Movie R2-D2: Beneath the Dome Self 2001-11-25
Movie The Concert for New York City Self 2001-10-20
Movie The Beginning: Making 'Episode I' Self 2001-10-16
Movie Where the Heart Is Novalee Nation 2000-04-27
Movie Anywhere but Here Ann August 1999-11-12
Movie Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace Padmé Amidala 1999-05-19
Movie Beautiful Girls Marty 1996-02-09
Movie Mars Attacks! Taffy Dale 1996-12-13
Movie Everyone Says I Love You Laura Dandridge 1996-12-06
Movie Heat Lauren Gustafson 1995-12-15
Movie Léon: The Professional Mathilda Lando 1994-09-14
Movie Developing Nina 1994-01-01