Natalie Portman

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June 9, 1981

Natalie Hershlag

Dated Lukas Haas. [July 2001]

Engaged to Black Swan (2010) choreographer Benjamin Millepied (2010)

Actress

2011 Thor

2011 Your Highness

2011 No Strings Attached

2010 Black Swan

2010 Hesher

2009 Brothers

2009 Love and Other Impossible Pursuits

2009 New York, I Love You

2008 The Other Boleyn Girl

2007 Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium

2007 Hotel Chevalier (short)

2007 The Darjeeling Limited

2007 My Blueberry Nights

2007 The Simpsons (TV series) (voice)

2006 Goya's Ghosts

2006 Paris, je t'aime (segment "Faubourg Saint-Denis")

2006 V for Vendetta

2005 Free Zone

2005 Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith

2005 Domino One

2004 Closer

2004 True (short)

2004 Garden State

2004 Sesame Street (TV series)

2003 Cold Mountain

2002 Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones

2000 Where the Heart Is

1999 Anywhere But Here

1999 Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace

1996 Mars Attacks!

1996 Everyone Says I Love You

1996 Beautiful Girls

1995 Heat

1994 Leon: The Professional

1994 Developing (short)

Producer

2011 No Strings Attached (executive producer)

2010 Hesher (producer)

2009 Love and Other Impossible Pursuits (executive producer)

Director

2009 New York, I Love You (segment "Natalie Portman")

2008 Eve (short)

Writer

2009 New York, I Love You (segment "Natalie Portman" / written by)

2008 Eve (short) (written by)

Appearances

1996-2011 The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (TV series)

2011 Cinema 3 (TV series)

2011 17th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (TV special)

2009-2011 Made in Hollywood (TV series)

2011 Breakfast (TV series)

2011 Conan (TV series)

2011 The 7PM Project (TV series)

2011 The 68th Annual Golden Globe Awards (TV movie)

2011 16th Annual Critics' Choice Movie Awards

2011 The 37th Annual People's Choice Awards

1997-2010 The Charlie Rose Show (TV series)

1994-2010 Late Show with David Letterman (TV series)

2010 I'm Still Here

2010 AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Mike Nichols (TV movie)

2010 Entertainment Tonight (TV series)

2010 Jim Sheridan: Film and Family (video short)

2010 Re-Made in the USA: How Brodre Became Brothers (video short)

2010 In Search of Ted Demme (documentary)

2007-2009 The View (TV series)

2009 Top Chef (TV series)

2009 Milos Forman: What doesn't kill you... (documentary)

2009 Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis (TV series)

2009 A Powerful Noise Live

2009 81st Annual Academy Awards (TV special)

2008 Natalie Portman and Rashida Jones Speak Out (video short)

2008 Project Runway (TV series)

2008 Cartelera (TV series)

1994-2008 Late Night with Conan O'Brien (TV series)

2002-2008 Today (TV series)

2003 Cartaz Cultural (TV series)

2007 Saving a Species: Gorillas on the Brink (TV documentary)

2007 Julia Roberts: An American Cinematheque Tribute (TV movie)

2007 Live with Regis and Kelly (TV series)

2006 Space Top 10 Countdown (TV series)

2006 Movie Rush (TV series documentary)

2006 Designing the Near Future (video documentary short)

2006 Freedom! Forever!: Making 'V for Vendetta' (video documentary short)

2006 Remember, Remember: Guy Fawkes and the Gunpowder Plot (video documentary short)

2006 Armenian Genocide (TV documentary)(voice)

2006 Getaway (TV series)

2006 'V for Vendetta' Unmasked (TV documentary)

1999-2006 The Daily Show (TV series)

2004-2006 Film '72 (TV series)

2005-2006 Corazón de... (TV series)

2006 Saturday Night Live (TV series)

2006 The 63rd Annual Golden Globe Awards (TV documentary)

2005 Live 8 (TV special documentary)

2005 Magacine (TV series)

2005 Caiga quien caiga (TV series)

2005 Comme au cinéma (TV series documentary)

2005 The 77th Annual Academy Awards (TV special)

2005 The 62nd Annual Golden Globe Awards (TV special)

2005 Tsunami Aid: A Concert of Hope (TV special)

2005 10 Year Retrospective: Cast and Crew Look Back (video documentary short)

2005 Natalie Portman: Starting Young (video short)

2004 The Making of 'Garden State' (video documentary short)

2004 Ellen: The Ellen DeGeneres Show (TV series)

2004 This Morning (TV series)

2004 Inside the Actors Studio (TV series)

1999-2004 The Oprah Winfrey Show (TV series)

2004 Hitler's Pawn: The Margaret Lambert Story (TV documentary) (voice)

2004 Anatomy of a Scene (TV series documentary)

2003 Good Morning America (TV series)

2003 A Journey to 'Cold Mountain' (TV documentary short)

2003 Nicole Kidman: An American Cinematheque Tribute (TV documentary)

2003 Sesame Street (TV series)

2002 Rank (TV series documentary)

2002 2002 MTV Movie Awards (TV special)

2002 The Early Show (TV series)

2002 Troldspejlet (TV series)

1998-2002 The Rosie O'Donnell Show (TV series)

2002 Intimate Portrait (TV series documentary)

2001 R2-D2: Beneath the Dome (TV special short)

2001 The Concert for New York City (TV special documentary)

2001 Zoolander

2001 The Beginning: Making 'Episode I' (video documentary)

2000 VH1/Vogue Fashion Awards (TV special documentary)

2000 The 57th Annual Golden Globe Awards

2000 Film-Fest DVD: Issue 3 - Toronto (video documentary)

1999 Mundo VIP (TV series)

1999 The Stars of 'Star Wars': Interviews from the Cast (video documentary)

1996 Showbiz Today (TV series)

1996 1996 MTV Movie Awards (TV special)

1994 HBO First Look (TV series documentary)

Academy Awards

2011 Won Oscar Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role for: Black Swan (2010).

2005 Nominated Oscar Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role for: Closer (2004).

Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films

2010 Nominated Saturn Award Best Actress for: Brothers (2009).

2007 Won Saturn Award Best Actress for: V for Vendetta (2006).

2006 Nominated Saturn Award Best Actress for: Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005).

2003 Nominated Saturn Award Best Actress for: Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones (2002).

2000 Nominated Saturn Award Best Performance by a Younger Actor/Actress for: Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999).

Austin Film Critics Association

2010 Won Austin Film Critics Award Best Actress for: Black Swan (2010).

BAFTA Awards

2011 Won BAFTA Film Award Best Actress for: Black Swan (2010).

2005 Nominated BAFTA Film Award Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role for: Closer (2004).

Blockbuster Entertainment Awards

2000 Nominated Blockbuster Entertainment Award Favorite Actress - Action for: Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999).

Boston Society of Film Critics Awards

2010 Won BSFC Award Best Actress for: Black Swan (2010).

Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards

2005 Nominated Critics Choice Award Best Acting Ensemble for: Closer (2004).

2005 Nominated Critics Choice Award Best Supporting Actress for: Closer (2004).

Central Ohio Film Critics Association

2011 Won COFCA Award Best Actress for: Black Swan (2010).

2011 Nominated COFCA Award Best Ensemble for: Black Swan (2010).

Chicago Film Critics Association Awards

2010 Won CFCA Award Best Actress for: Black Swan (2010).

2009 Nominated CFCA Award Best Supporting Actress for: Brothers (2009).

Csapnivalo Awards

2000 Nominated Golden Slate Best Female Performance for: Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999).

Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards

2010 Won DFWFCA Award Best Actress for: Black Swan (2010).

Florida Film Critics Circle Awards

2010 Won FFCC Award Best Actress for: Black Swan (2010).

Golden Globes

2011 Won Golden Globe Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama for: Black Swan (2010).

2005 Won Golden Globe Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture for: Closer (2004).

2000 Nominated Golden Globe Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture for: Anywhere But Here (1999).

Gotham Awards

2009 Won Tribute Award

Independent Spirit Awards

2011 Nominated Independent Spirit Award Best Female Lead for: Black Swan (2010).

Irish Film and Television Awards

2005 Nominated Audience Award Best International Actress for: Garden State (2004).

Kansas City Film Critics Circle Awards

2011 Won KCFCC Award Best Actress for: Black Swan (2010).

Las Vegas Film Critics Society Awards

2010 Won Sierra Award Best Actress for: Black Swan (2010).

London Critics Circle Film Awards

2011 Nominated ALFS Award Actress of the Year for: Black Swan (2010).

2005 Nominated ALFS Award Actress of the Year for: Closer (2004).

MTV Movie Awards

2005 Nominated MTV Movie Award Best Female Performance for: Garden State (2004).

2005 Nominated MTV Movie Award Best Kiss for: Garden State (2004). Shared with: Zach Braff

National Board of Review, USA

2004 Won NBR Award Best Acting by an Ensemble for: Closer (2004).

Online Film Critics Society Awards

2011 Won OFCS Award Best Actress for: Black Swan (2010).

2005 Nominated OFCS Award Best Supporting Actress for: Closer (2004).

People's Choice Awards

2005 Nominated People's Choice Award Favorite Leading Lady

Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards

2010 Won PFCS Award Best Actress in a Leading Role for: Black Swan (2010).

San Diego Film Critics Society Awards

2010 Nominated SDFCS Award Best Actress for: Black Swan (2010).

2004 Won SDFCS Award Best Supporting Actress for: Closer (2004).

Satellite Awards

2010 Nominated Satellite Award Best Actress in a Motion Picture, Drama for: Black Swan (2010).

2005 Nominated Golden Satellite Award Best Actress in a Motion Picture, Comedy or Musical for: Garden State (2004).

2005 Nominated Golden Satellite Award Best Actress in a Supporting Role, Drama for: Closer (2004).

Screen Actors Guild Awards

2011 Nominated Actor Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role for: Black Swan (2010).

ShoWest Convention, USA

2006 Won ShoWest Award Female Star of the Year

Teen Choice Awards

2006 Nominated Teen Choice Award Movies - Choice Actress: Drama/Action Adventure for: V for Vendetta (2006).

2005 Nominated Teen Choice Award Choice Movie Actress: Action Adventure/Thriller for: Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005).

2005 Nominated Teen Choice Award Choice Movie Actress: Drama for: Garden State (2004) and Closer (2004).

2005 Nominated Teen Choice Award Choice Movie Liar for: Garden State (2004).

2005 Nominated Teen Choice Award Choice Movie Liplock for: Garden State (2004). Shared with: Zach Braff

2005 Nominated Teen Choice Award Choice Movie Love Scene for: Garden State (2004). Shared with: Zach Braff Andrew stays in New Jersey for Sam.

2002 Won Teen Choice Award Film - Choice Actress, Drama/Action Adventure for: Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones (2002).

2002 Nominated Teen Choice Award Film - Choice Chemistry for: Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones (2002). Shared with: Hayden Christensen

2000 Nominated Teen Choice Award Film - Choice Actress for: Where the Heart Is (2000).

Washington DC Area Film Critics Association Awards

2010 Nominated WAFCA Award Best Actress for: Black Swan (2010).

Young Artist Awards

2001 Nominated Young Artist Award Best Performance in a Feature Film - Leading Young Actress for: Where the Heart Is (2000).

2000 Nominated Young Artist Award Best Performance in a Feature Film - Leading Young Actress for: Anywhere But Here (1999).

YoungStar Awards

2000 Won YoungStar Award Best Young Actress/Performance in a Motion Picture Comedy for: Where the Heart Is (2000).

1999 Nominated YoungStar Award Best Performance by a Young Actress in a Drama Film for: Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999).

1997 Nominated YoungStar Award Best Performance by a Young Actress in a Comedy Film for: Everyone Says I Love You (1996).

1997 Nominated YoungStar Award Best Performance by a Young Actress in a Drama Film for: Heat (1995).

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Natalie Portman was born in Israel, but her family moved to the United States when she was three years old. She started taking dancing lessons at the age of four, and spent her school holidays at theater camps. She stood out in a striking debut as the twelve-year-old nymphet waif semi-adopted by an emotionally damaged hit man in Luc Besson's Leon (1994). Obviously a talent, Portman was featured in increasingly prominent daughter roles in Heat (1995), Beautiful Girls (1996), Everyone Says I Love You (1996), Mars Attacks! (1996), in which she was very funny as a wry presidential daughter, and Anywhere But Here (1999).

George Lucas cast her as Queen Padme Amidala, eventual mother of twins Luke Skywalker and Princess Leia Organa, in Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999). The movie and its sequel gave Portman bizarre hairstyles and costumes, and let her grow up in public before her character died in childbirth in Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005), but it scarcely demanded much of her as an actress. Through this period she also appeared on Broadway and studied psychology at Harvard University. However, she took challenging roles as a pregnant teen in Where the Heart Is (2000); a U.S. Civil War survivor with a young child in Cold Mountain (2003); and a pole dancer at the heart of a love quadrangle in Closer (2004), which won her an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress. She was recently at sea with a shaved head in the comic-book dystopia of V for Vendetta (2005), and returned to Israel for Free Zone (2005), where she caused controversy by filming a kissing scene at Jerusalem's Western Wall. So much so that the scene was not included in the final release.

Overall, to get a real deep, nuanced understanding of human behaviour, art is the best way.

Has been a vegetarian since the age of 8.

Can speak two languages, Hebrew and English (her native languages), fluently. Also knows some conversational French, German, and Japanese and Spanish.

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