
Natalie Portman
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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

Saturday Night Live

The Kelly Clarkson Show

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

The Graham Norton Show

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

Late Night with Seth Meyers

The One Show

The Oscars

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

The Late Late Show with James Corden

Honest Trailers

Sesame Street

Golden Globe Awards

Marvel Studios Legends

Angel City

The Simpsons

A Little Late with Lilly Singh

Top Chef

Bluey

Running Wild with Bear Grylls: The Challenge

Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music

Obi-Wan Kenobi

Avengers: Endgame

Showbiz Kids

The Story of Star Wars

Zoolander

What If...?

Beautiful Girls

Mars Attacks!

Heat

Cold Mountain

R2-D2: Beneath the Dome

Song to Song

Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones

Brothers

The Beginning: Making Episode I

Knight of Cups

Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith

Your Highness

Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace

Garden State

Thor: Love and Thunder

Thor

Thor: The Dark World

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

Fountain of Youth

Closer

Léon: The Professional

No Strings Attached

Secrets of the Elephants

The Other Boleyn Girl

Annihilation

Jackie

Vox Lux

Jane Got a Gun

Lady in the Lake

Black Swan

New York, I Love You

V for Vendetta

May December
Production Credits
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