
Natalie Portman
Natalie Portman (born Neta-Lee Hershlag, 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.
- Known ForActing
- Born9 June 1981 (age 44)
- Place of BirthJerusalem, Israel
Natalie Portman

- Known ForActing
- Born9 June 1981 (age 44)
- Place of BirthJerusalem, Israel

Arco
2025

Fountain of Youth
2025

Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
2025

Garden State - The 20th Anniversary Concert
2025

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon: 10th Anniversary Special
2024

May December
2023

Image Book
2023

Thor: Love and Thunder
2022

Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Thor: Love and Thunder
2022

One-Tenth of a Millimeter Apart
2021

This Changes Everything
2019

The Death & Life of John F. Donovan
2019

Lucy in the Sky
2019

Avengers: Endgame
2019

Eating Animals
2018

Annihilation
2018

Vox Lux
2018

Dolphin Reef
2018

Song to Song
2017

Pride and Prejudice and Zombies
2016

Planetarium
2016

Jackie
2016

L.A. Noir
2016

Jane Got a Gun
2015

A Tale of Love and Darkness
2015

Knight of Cups
2015

The Heyday of the Insensitive Bastards
2015

Illusions & Mirrors
2013

Thor: The Dark World
2013

Thor
2011

No Strings Attached
2011

Your Highness
2011

Black Swan: Metamorphosis
2011

Hesher
2010

I'm Still Here
2010

Black Swan
2010

The Other Woman
2010

Brothers
2009

Eve
2008

New York, I Love You
2008

The Other Boleyn Girl
2008

Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium
2007

My Blueberry Nights
2007

The Darjeeling Limited
2007

Hotel Chevalier
2007

V for Vendetta
2006

Paris Je T'aime
2006

Goya's Ghosts
2006

The Armenian Genocide
2006

Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith
2005

Free Zone
2005

Domino One
2005

Garden State
2004

Closer
2004

True
2004

Cold Mountain
2003

Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones
2002

Zoolander
2001

The Beginning: Making Episode I
2001

Where the Heart Is
2000

Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
1999

Anywhere but Here
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Mars Attacks!
1996

Everyone Says I Love You
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Beautiful Girls
1996

Heat
1995

Developing
1995
