Natalie Portman
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.
Known For
Actor
as Ronnie
as (voice)
as Raylene Jackson
as Maddie Schwartz
as Elizabeth
as Self
as Self
as Self - Narrator (voice)
as Self
as Self - Jane Foster / The Mighty Thor
as Jane Foster / The Mighty Thor
as Self (archive footage)
as Jane Foster (voice)
as Jane Foster (archive footage) (uncredited)
as Lucy Cola
as Self
as Jane Foster
as Sam Turner
as Self
as Celeste Montgomery
as Lena
as Whale Doco Narrator (voice)
as Rhonda
as Jackie Kennedy
as Laura Barlow
as Christina Craft
as Jane Hammond
as Elizabeth
as Fania Oz
as Self - Guest
as Self
as Self
as Self
as Jane Foster
as Young Woman
as Padmé Amidala (archive footage)
as Jane Foster (archive footage)
as Jane Foster
as Isabel
as Self
as Emma Kurtzman
as Nina Sayers / The Swan Queen
as Emilia Greenleaf
as Natalie Portman
as Nicole
as Grace Cahill
as Self - Guest
as Rifka
as Anne Boleyn
as Leslie
as Molly Mahoney
as Jack's Girlfriend
as Jack's Ex-Girlfriend
as Self
as Inés Bilbatúa / Alicia
as Francine (Faubourg Saint-Denis)
as Aurora Mardiganian (voice)
as Evey
as Padmé Amidala
as Rebecca
as Dominique Bellamy
as Alice
as Sam
as Francine
as Sara
as Self
as Padmé Amidala
as Self
as Natalie Portman
as Novalee Nation
as Ann August
as Padmé Amidala
as Taffy Dale
as Laura Dandridge
as Marty
as Lauren Gustafson
as Mathilda Lando
as Nina
as Darcy (voice)
as Self - Host
as Self - Cameo (uncredited)
as Natalie
as Self - Nominee & Presenter
Producer
as Producer
as Producer
as Producer
as Executive Producer
as Producer
as Executive Producer
as Producer
as Executive Producer
as Producer
as Producer
as Executive Producer
as Executive Producer
as Producer
as Executive Producer
Crew
as Thanks
as Thanks
as Thanks
as Thanks