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

Taffy Dale

Mars Attacks!

Mathilda Lando

Léon

Sam

Garden State

Lauren Gustafson

Heat

Jane Foster

Thor

Evey

V for Vendetta

Francine (Faubourg Saint-Denis)

Paris, je t'aime

Molly Mahoney

Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium

Alice

Closer

Sara

Cold Mountain

Novalee Nation

Where the Heart Is

Padmé Amidala

Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace

Padmé Amidala

Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones

Padmé Amidala

Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith

Leslie

藍莓之夜

Jack's Ex-Girlfriend

The Darjeeling Limited

Francine

True

Ann August

Anywhere but Here

Inés Bilbatúa / Alicia

Goya's Ghosts

Jack's Girlfriend

Hotel Chevalier

Natalie Portman

I'm Still Here

Rebecca

Free Zone

Anne Boleyn

The Other Boleyn Girl

Laura Dandridge

Everyone Says I Love You

Natalie Portman

Zoolander

Emma Kurtzman

No Strings Attached

Nicole

Hesher

Nina Sayers / The Swan Queen

Black Swan

Isabel

Your Highness

Emilia Greenleaf

The Other Woman

Nina

Developing

Jane Foster

Thor: The Dark World

Elizabeth

Knight of Cups

Self

This Changes Everything

Dominique Bellamy

Domino One

Jane Hammond

Jane Got a Gun

Grace Cahill

Brothers

Jane Foster / The Mighty Thor

Thor: Love and Thunder

Rifka

New York, I Love You

Self

Image Book

Aurora Mardiganian (voice)

The Armenian Genocide

Self

Black Swan: Metamorphosis

Charlotte Purdue

Fountain of Youth

Fania Oz

A Tale of Love and Darkness

Lena

Annihilation

Self - Jane Foster / The Mighty Thor

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

Ronnie

Foxy Trotter

Laura

The Heyday of the Insensitive Bastards

Marty

Beautiful Girls

Laura Barlow

Planetarium

Jackie Kennedy

Jackie

Rhonda

Song to Song

Sam Turner

The Death & Life of John F. Donovan

Raylene Jackson

Bronco Belle

Celeste Montgomery

Vox Lux

Lucy Cola

Lucy in the Sky

Jane Foster

Avengers: Endgame

Elizabeth

May December

Self

The Beginning: Making Episode I

The Gallerist

Narrator (voice)

Dolphin Reef

Ally

Good Sex

Self

Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music

Self - Presenter

Garden State - The 20th Anniversary Concert

Rosalind Franklin

Photograph 51

Mary Muggle-Wump (voice)

The Twits

Self (archive footage)

Natalie Portman - Vom Kinderstar zur Hollywood-Ikone

GREED, A New Fragrance by Francesco Vezzoli

Margaret Fuller

Hippies

Self (archive footage)

High & Low – John Galliano