1981-06-09 ( 43 years old ) in Jerusalem, 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.
Movies
Fountain of Youth
2025-05-22
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
2025-01-27
May December
2023-11-16
Image Book
2023-02-10
Thor: Love and Thunder
2022-07-06
One-Tenth of a Millimeter Apart
2021-04-02
Lucy in the Sky
2019-09-20
This Changes Everything
2019-06-28
Avengers: Endgame
2019-04-24
The Death & Life of John F. Donovan
2019-03-13
Vox Lux
2018-09-07
Dolphin Reef
2018-03-28
Annihilation
2018-02-22
Song to Song
2017-03-17
L.A. Noir
2016-12-08
Jackie
2016-12-02
Planetarium
2016-11-16
Jane Got a Gun
2015-12-31
Knight of Cups
2015-09-10
A Tale of Love and Darkness
2015-09-03
The Heyday of the Insensitive Bastards
2015-03-25
Thor: The Dark World
2013-10-30
Illusions & Mirrors
2013-09-26
Thor
2011-04-21
Your Highness
2011-04-08
Black Swan: Metamorphosis
2011-03-29
No Strings Attached
2011-01-21
Black Swan
2010-12-03
The Other Woman
2010-10-28
I'm Still Here
2010-09-10
Hesher
2010-01-22
Brothers
2009-12-02
New York, I Love You
2008-09-06
The Other Boleyn Girl
2008-02-28
My Blueberry Nights
2007-11-28
Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium
2007-11-16
Hotel Chevalier
2007-10-26
The Darjeeling Limited
2007-09-07
Goya's Ghosts
2006-11-08
Paris Je T'aime
2006-06-21
The Armenian Genocide
2006-04-17
V for Vendetta
2006-02-23
Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith
2005-05-17
Free Zone
2005-04-18
Domino One
2005-03-11
Closer
2004-12-03
Garden State
2004-07-28
True
2004-02-06
Cold Mountain
2003-12-24
Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones
2002-05-15
The Beginning: Making Episode I
2001-10-16
Zoolander
2001-09-28
Where the Heart Is
2000-04-27
Anywhere but Here
1999-11-12
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
1999-05-19
Mars Attacks!
1996-12-13
Everyone Says I Love You
1996-12-06
Beautiful Girls
1996-02-09
Heat
1995-12-15
Léon: The Professional
1994-09-14
Developing
1994-01-01
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