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Natalie Portman

Natalie Portman

Birthday: 1981-06-09 | Place of Birth: Jerusalem, Palestine (now Israel)

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.

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2022
Thor: Love and Thunder

as    Jane Foster / The Mighty Thor

2019
Lucy in the Sky

as    Lucy Cola

2019
2019
This Changes Everything

as    Self

2018
Vox Lux

as    Celeste Montgomery

2018
Annihilation

as    Lena

2018
Dolphin Reef

as    Narrator (voice)

2017
Song to Song

as    Rhonda

2016
Knight of Cups

as    Elizabeth

2016
Jackie

as    Jackie Kennedy

2016
Jane Got a Gun

as    Jane Hammond

2015
A Tale of Love and Darkness

as    Fania Oz

2013
Thor: The Dark World

as    Jane Foster

2011
The Other Woman

as    Emilia Greenleaf

2011
No Strings Attached

as    Emma Kurtzman

2011
Your Highness

as    Isabel

2011
Thor

as    Jane Foster

2010
Hesher

as    Nicole

2010
Black Swan

as    Nina Sayers / The Swan Queen

2009
Brothers

as    Grace Cahill

2009
New York, I Love You

as    Rifka

2008
The Other Boleyn Girl

as    Anne Boleyn

2008
My Blueberry Nights

as    Leslie

2007
Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium

as    Molly Mahoney