Natalie Portman (néeHershlag, Hebrew: נטע-לי הרשלג, June 9, 1981) is an Israeli-born American actress. She has had a prolific film career since her teenage years and has starred in various blockbusters and independent films, receiving multiple accolades, including an Academy Award and two Golden Globe Awards.
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Natalie Portman was born on 9 June 1981 in Jerusalem, Israel. Her full name at birth was Neta-Lee Hershlag. She is best known as an actress. She attended high school at Syosset High School, Syosset, Long Island, New York, United States (1999). For university, she studied at American Theater Dance Workshop, New Hyde Park, Long Island, New York,United States. She is considered to be politically left leaning and is affiliated with the Democratic Party (USA). Her religion is listed as Jewish. She is 5' 3" (160 cm) tall and weighs 110 lbs (50 kg) with a slim build. She has hazel eyes and light brown hair (color). Her net worth is reported to be $60,000,000 US dollars. Her zodiac star sign is Gemini.
Full name at birth
Neta-Lee Hershlag
Claim to fame
her numerous roles in films including as Mathilda Lando in the 1994 English-language action-thriller film Leon: The Professional, Queen Padme Amidala in the Star Wars prequel trilogy, Ann August in the 1999 coming-of-age comedy-drama film Anywhere but Here, Novalee Nation in the 2000 romantic drama film Where the Heart Is, Evey Hammond in the 2005 dystopian political action film V for Vendetta, Anne Boleyn in the 2008 historical romantic drama film The Other Boleyn Girl, Nina Sayers/White Swan/Odette in the 2010 psychological horror film Black Swan, Jacqueline “Jackie” Kennedy in the 2016 biographical drama film Jackie, and Lucy Cola in the 2019 psychological drama film Lucy in the Sky
Natalie Portman: People think the film industry is going to corrupt me, but I feel like it's kept me more innocent, in a way. I wasn't really home when my friends were trying pot for the first time. I was always around adults who wouldn't smoke or curse or do anything like that around me. I don't do things that are dangerous to myself. I don't want to hurt myself.
Since she is vegan, to perform a kissing scene for the movie Thor: Love and Thunder, Chris Hemsworth respected Natalie’s vegan diet and didn’t eat meat that day before their kissing scene.
In December 2020, Natalie revealed on Dax Shepard‘s Armchair Expert podcast that as a child actress, she was s*xualized by her peers.
She brought to life the character of Lucy Cola, an astronaut, in the 2019 American drama film, Lucy in the Sky, in which she co-starred alongside Jon Hamm, Zazie Beetz, Dan Stevens, Colman Domingo, and Ellen Burstyn.
Natalie has also directed a segment of the collective film ‘New York, I Love You.’
‘Eve’ opened the 65th Venice International Film Festival’s short film competition in 2008.
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