Natalie Portman
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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
