Natalie Portman

Acting · Born 1981-06-09 in Jerusalem, Israel

Biography

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…

Filmography

• Léon: The Professional as Mathilda Lando
• Garden State as Sam
• Heat as Lauren Gustafson
• V for Vendetta as Evey
• Cold Mountain as Sara
• Where the Heart Is as Novalee Nation
• Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith as Padmé Amidala
• The Darjeeling Limited as Jack's Ex-Girlfriend
• Black Swan as Nina Sayers / The Swan Queen
• Brothers as Grace Cahill

TV

• The Simpsons as Darcy (voice)
• What If...? as Jane Foster (voice)
• Bluey as Whale Doco Narrator (voice)
• Lady in the Lake as Maddie Schwartz
• Sesame Street as Natalie
• Marvel Studios Legends as Jane Foster (archive footage) (uncredited)
• Saturday Night Live as Self - Host
• Angel City as Self
• Hot Ones as Self
• The Late Late Show with James Corden as Self - Guest