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Natalie Portman

Natalie Portman (born Natalie 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.

Filmography

2026
The Gallerist

as Polina Polinski

Movie
2025
The Twits

as Mary Muggle-Wump (voice)

Movie
2025
Fountain of Youth

as Charlotte Purdue

Movie
2022
Thor: Love and Thunder

as Jane Foster / The Mighty Thor

Movie
2018
Annihilation

as Lena

Movie
2013
Thor: The Dark World

as Jane Foster

Movie
2011
Thor

as Jane Foster

Movie
2010
Black Swan

as Nina Sayers / The Swan Queen

Movie
2007
Hotel Chevalier

as Jack's Girlfriend

Movie
2006
V for Vendetta

as Evey

Movie
2005
Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith

as Padmé Amidala

Movie
2004
Closer

as Alice

Movie
2003
Cold Mountain

as Sara

Movie
2002
Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones

as Padmé Amidala

Movie
2001
Zoolander

as Natalie Portman

Movie
1999
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace

as Padmé Amidala

Movie
1996
Mars Attacks!

as Taffy Dale

Movie
1995
Heat

as Lauren Gustafson

Movie
1994
Léon: The Professional

as Mathilda Lando

Movie