Natalie Portman
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1981-06-09
Place of Birth
Jerusalem, Israel
Natalie Portman
Biography
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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Léon: The Professional
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Garden State
Jul 28, 2004
Heat
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Thor
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V for Vendetta
Feb 23, 2006
Paris Je T'aime
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Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium
Nov 16, 2007
Closer
Dec 03, 2004
Cold Mountain
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Where the Heart Is
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Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
May 19, 1999
Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones
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Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith
May 17, 2005
My Blueberry Nights
Nov 28, 2007
The Darjeeling Limited
Sep 07, 2007
True
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Anywhere but Here
Nov 12, 1999
Goya's Ghosts
Nov 08, 2006
Hotel Chevalier
Oct 26, 2007
I'm Still Here
Sep 10, 2010
Illusions & Mirrors
Sep 26, 2013
Free Zone
Apr 18, 2005
The Other Boleyn Girl
Feb 28, 2008
Everyone Says I Love You
Dec 06, 1996
Zoolander
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No Strings Attached
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Hesher
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Black Swan
Dec 03, 2010
Your Highness
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The Other Woman
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Developing
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Thor: The Dark World
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Knight of Cups
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This Changes Everything
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Domino One
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Jane Got a Gun
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One-Tenth of a Millimeter Apart
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Brothers
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Thor: Love and Thunder
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New York, I Love You
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Image Book
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The Armenian Genocide
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Black Swan: Metamorphosis
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Fountain of Youth
May 19, 2025
A Tale of Love and Darkness
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Annihilation
Feb 22, 2018
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Thor: Love and Thunder
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Foxy Trotter
The Heyday of the Insensitive Bastards
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Beautiful Girls
Feb 09, 1996
Planetarium
Nov 16, 2016
Jackie
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The Twits
Song to Song
Mar 17, 2017
The Death & Life of John F. Donovan
Mar 13, 2019
Bronco Belle
Vox Lux
Sep 07, 2018
Lucy in the Sky
Sep 20, 2019
Avengers: Endgame
Apr 24, 2019
May December
Nov 16, 2023
The Beginning: Making Episode I
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The Gallerist
Dolphin Reef
Mar 28, 2018
L.A. Noir
Dec 08, 2016
Good Sex
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
Jan 27, 2025
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon: 10th Anniversary Special
May 14, 2024
Garden State - The 20th Anniversary Concert
Apr 06, 2025
Photograph 51
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The Simpsons
Dec 17, 1989
Lady in the Lake
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Sesame Street
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Marvel Studios Legends
Jan 08, 2021
What If...?
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Saturday Night Live
Oct 11, 1975
Angel City
May 16, 2023
Hot Ones
Mar 12, 2015
Bluey
Oct 01, 2018
The Late Late Show with James Corden
Mar 23, 2015
Angie Tribeca
Jan 17, 2016
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Feb 25, 2014
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Sep 09, 2019
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Dec 21, 2014
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Jan 26, 2003
Off Script with The Hollywood Reporter
Dec 31, 2023
Golden Globe Awards
Jan 20, 1944
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Feb 17, 2014
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Jul 16, 2009
Honest Trailers
Feb 13, 2012
Honest Trailers
Feb 13, 2012
Saturday Night Live
Oct 11, 1975
Secrets of the Elephants
Apr 21, 2023
The Graham Norton Show
Feb 22, 2007
Beau geste
Jan 22, 2023
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Sep 08, 2015
