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Natalie Portman (born Neta-Lee 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 New York City's The Public Theater production of Anton Chekhov's The Seagull in 2001. Portman won a Golden Globe and was nominated for an Academy Award for starring in the 2004 drama Closer, appeared in Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith the following year, and won a Constellation Award for Best Female Performance and the Saturn Award for Best Actress for her starring role in the political thriller V for Vendetta (2006). She played leading roles in the historical dramas Goya's Ghosts (2006) and The Other Boleyn Girl (2008), and also appeared in Thor (2011) and its 2013 sequel. In 2010, Portman starred in the psychological thriller film Black Swan. Her performance received widespread critical acclaim and she earned her first Academy Award for Best Actress, her second Golden Globe Award, the SAG Award, the BAFTA Award and the BFCA Award in 2011. In 2016, she portrayed First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy in the biographical drama Jackie. She was nominated for an Academy Award, a BAFTA Award, a Golden Globe Award, a Screen Actors Guild Award and won the BFCA for Best Actress. In May 2008, Portman served as the youngest member of the 61st Annual Cannes Film Festival jury. The same year she directed a segment of the collective film New York, I Love You. Her first feature film as a director, A Tale of Love and Darkness, was released in 2015.
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Natalie Portman (born Neta-Lee 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 New York City's The Public Theater production of Anton Chekhov's The Seagull in 2001. Portman won a Golden Globe and was nominated for an Academy Award for starring in the 2004 drama Closer, appeared in Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith the following year, and won a Constellation Award for Best Female Performance and the Saturn Award for Best Actress for her starring role in the political thriller V for Vendetta (2006). She played leading roles in the historical dramas Goya's Ghosts (2006) and The Other Boleyn Girl (2008), and also appeared in Thor (2011) and its 2013 sequel. In 2010, Portman starred in the psychological thriller film Black Swan. Her performance received widespread critical acclaim and she earned her first Academy Award for Best Actress, her second Golden Globe Award, the SAG Award, the BAFTA Award and the BFCA Award in 2011. In 2016, she portrayed First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy in the biographical drama Jackie. She was nominated for an Academy Award, a BAFTA Award, a Golden Globe Award, a Screen Actors Guild Award and won the BFCA for Best Actress. In May 2008, Portman served as the youngest member of the 61st Annual Cannes Film Festival jury. The same year she directed a segment of the collective film New York, I Love You. Her first feature film as a director, A Tale of Love and Darkness, was released in 2015.
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The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
The Graham Norton Show
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Late Night with Seth Meyers
The One Show
Saturday Night Live
The Oscars
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
The Late Late Show with James Corden
Sesame Street
Golden Globe Awards
Marvel Studios Legends
The Simpsons
Honest Trailers
A Little Late with Lilly Singh
Top Chef
Bluey
Running Wild with Bear Grylls: The Challenge
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
Obi-Wan Kenobi
Avengers: Endgame
The Story of Star Wars
Zoolander
What If...?
Beautiful Girls
Mars Attacks!
Heat
Cold Mountain
Showbiz Kids
R2-D2: Beneath the Dome
Song to Song
Brothers
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
Knight of Cups
Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith
The Beginning: Making Episode I
Your Highness
Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones
Thor: Love and Thunder
Thor: The Dark World
Thor
Closer
Fountain of Youth
Garden State
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Thor: Love and Thunder
Léon: The Professional
Angel City
No Strings Attached
Jane Got a Gun
Annihilation
The Other Boleyn Girl
Lady in the Lake
New York, I Love You
Secrets of the Elephants
Jackie
V for Vendetta
Vox Lux
May December
Black Swan
Production Credits
Cloud Atlas
Jane Got a Gun
Lady in the Lake
May December
New York, I Love You
Angel City
No Strings Attached
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies
Vox Lux
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