1981-06-09 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.
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Photograph 51 | Rosalind Franklin | 2026-12-03 |
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Fountain of Youth | Charlotte Purdue | 2025-05-19 |
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Garden State - The 20th Anniversary Concert | Self - Presenter | 2025-04-06 |
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Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music | Self | 2025-01-27 |
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The Twits | Mary Muggle-Wump (voice) | 2025-10-16 |
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May December | Elizabeth | 2023-11-16 |
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Image Book | Self | 2023-02-10 |
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Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Thor: Love and Thunder | Self - Jane Foster / The Mighty Thor | 2022-09-08 |
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Thor: Love and Thunder | Jane Foster / The Mighty Thor | 2022-07-06 |
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This Changes Everything | Self | 2019-06-28 |
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The Death & Life of John F. Donovan | Sam Turner | 2019-03-13 |
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Avengers: Endgame | Jane Foster | 2019-04-24 |
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Lucy in the Sky | Lucy Cola | 2019-09-20 |
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Dolphin Reef | Narrator (voice) | 2018-03-28 |
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Vox Lux | Celeste Montgomery | 2018-09-07 |
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Annihilation | Lena | 2018-02-22 |
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Song to Song | Rhonda | 2017-03-17 |
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Jackie | Jackie Kennedy | 2016-12-02 |
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L.A. Noir | Actor | 2016-12-08 |
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Planetarium | Laura Barlow | 2016-11-16 |
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Jane Got a Gun | Jane Hammond | 2015-12-31 |
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The Heyday of the Insensitive Bastards | Laura | 2015-03-25 |
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A Tale of Love and Darkness | Fania Oz | 2015-09-03 |
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Knight of Cups | Elizabeth | 2015-09-10 |
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Thor: The Dark World | Jane Foster | 2013-10-30 |
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Illusions & Mirrors | Young Woman | 2013-09-26 |
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Thor | Jane Foster | 2011-04-21 |
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Your Highness | Isabel | 2011-04-08 |
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No Strings Attached | Emma Kurtzman | 2011-01-21 |
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Black Swan: Metamorphosis | Self | 2011-03-29 |
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Hesher | Nicole | 2010-01-22 |
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I'm Still Here | Natalie Portman | 2010-09-10 |
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Black Swan | Nina Sayers / The Swan Queen | 2010-12-03 |
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The Other Woman | Emilia Greenleaf | 2010-10-28 |
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Brothers | Grace Cahill | 2009-12-02 |
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New York, I Love You | Rifka | 2008-09-06 |
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The Other Boleyn Girl | Anne Boleyn | 2008-02-28 |
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The Darjeeling Limited | Jack's Ex-Girlfriend | 2007-09-07 |
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Hotel Chevalier | Jack's Girlfriend | 2007-10-26 |
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藍莓之夜 | Leslie | 2007-11-28 |
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Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium | Molly Mahoney | 2007-11-16 |
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Goya's Ghosts | Inés Bilbatúa / Alicia | 2006-11-08 |
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Paris, je t'aime | Francine (Faubourg Saint-Denis) | 2006-06-21 |
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V for Vendetta | Evey | 2006-02-23 |
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The Armenian Genocide | Aurora Mardiganian (voice) | 2006-04-17 |
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Domino One | Dominique Bellamy | 2005-03-11 |
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Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith | Padmé Amidala | 2005-05-17 |
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Free Zone | Rebecca | 2005-04-18 |
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Closer | Alice | 2004-12-03 |
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Garden State | Sam | 2004-07-28 |
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True | Francine | 2004-02-06 |
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Cold Mountain | Sara | 2003-12-24 |
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Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones | Padmé Amidala | 2002-05-15 |
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The Beginning: Making Episode I | Self | 2001-10-16 |
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Zoolander | Natalie Portman | 2001-09-28 |
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Where the Heart Is | Novalee Nation | 2000-04-27 |
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Anywhere but Here | Ann August | 1999-11-12 |
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Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace | Padmé Amidala | 1999-05-19 |
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Mars Attacks! | Taffy Dale | 1996-12-13 |
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Everyone Says I Love You | Laura Dandridge | 1996-12-06 |
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Beautiful Girls | Marty | 1996-02-09 |
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Developing | Nina | 1995-01-19 |
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Heat | Lauren Gustafson | 1995-12-15 |
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Léon | Mathilda Lando | 1994-09-14 |
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Good Sex | Ally | |
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