Natalie Portman

Natalie Portman is an Israeli-American film actress.

After some experience in an off-Broadway musical, she was cast in Léon at age twelve. During the mid-1990s, Portman had roles in films such as Heat, Everyone Says I Love You and Mars Attacks!, as well as having a major role in Beautiful Girls.
In the late 1990s, she was cast as Padmé Amidala in the Star Wars prequel trilogy. Recent roles include Garden State, Closer, and V for Vendetta. For Closer, she received a Golden Globe and was nominated for an Academy Award.

In 1993 Portman was handed her first professional role as an understudy for the off-Broadway musical Ruthless!.
She was cast in the high-budget action film Heat. Although she had a small role, she starred alongside some of the industry's biggest names such as Robert De Niro, Al Pacino and Val Kilmer. In 2002, Attack of the Clones opened around the world. Portman was cast in a small role in the film Cold Mountain alongside Jude Law and Nicole Kidman. In 2005 she filmed Free Zone.

Public name: Natalie Portman
Birth Name: Natalie Hershlag
Date of Birth: June 9, 1981
Place of Birth: Jerusalem, Israel

Filmography

Indiana Jones 4, 2008
My Blueberry Nights, 2007
Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium, 2007
The Other Boleyn Girl, 2007
Goya's Ghosts, 2006
Paris, je t'aime, 2006
V for Vendetta, 2005
Free Zone, 2005
Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith, 2005
Domino One, 2005
Closer, 2004
True, 2004
Garden State, 2004
Cold Mountain, 2003
Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones, 2002
Where the Heart Is, 2000
Anywhere But Here, 1999
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace, 1999
Mars Attacks!, 1996
Everyone Says I Love You, 1996
Beautiful Girls, 1996
Heat, 1995
Léon, 1994
Developing, 1994
"The Simpsons", 1993 TV Episode

Awards

Golden Globe Award Best Supporting Actress "Closer" 2005
National Board of Review Best Acting Ensemble "Closer" 2004
YoungStar Award Young Actress in a Motion Picture Comedy "Where the Heart Is" 2000

Actors

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