Natalie Portman
Actor, Celebrity
1981 –
Who is Natalie Portman?
Natalie Portman is an actress with dual American and Israeli citizenship. Her first role was as an orphan taken in by a hitman in the 1994 action film Léon: The Professional, but mainstream success came when she was cast as Padmé Amidala in the Star Wars prequel trilogy. In 1999, she enrolled at Harvard University to study psychology while still working as an actress. She completed her bachelor's degree in 2003.
In 2001, Portman opened in New York City's Public Theater production of Anton Chekhov's The Seagull. In 2005, Portman won a Golden Globe Award and received an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in the drama Closer. She won a Constellation Award for Best Female Performance and a Saturn Award for Best Actress for her starring role in V for Vendetta. She played leading roles in the historical dramas Goya's Ghosts and The Other Boleyn Girl. In May 2008, she served as the youngest member of the 61st Annual Cannes Film Festival jury. Portman's directorial debut, Eve, opened the 65th Venice International Film Festival's shorts competition in 2008. Portman directed a segment of the collective film New York, I Love You.
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- Born
- Jun 9, 1981
Jerusalem - Also known as
- Natalie Hershlag
- Nat
- Parents
- Spouses
- Benjamin Millepied
(2009 - 2012/08/04) - Benjamin Millepied
(2012/08/04 - )
- Benjamin Millepied
- Children
- Religion
- Judaism
- Ethnicity
- Jewish people
- Israelis
- Israeli American
- Nationality
- Israel
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- Bachelor of Arts, Harvard College
Psychology
(1999 - 2003) - Syosset High School
( - 1999) - Charles E. Smith Jewish Day School
- Hebrew University of Jerusalem
- Bachelor of Arts, Harvard College
- Employment
- Co-Founder, MakingOf.com
- Lived in
- Jerusalem
- Syosset
- Washington, D.C.
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on July 23, 2013
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