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Natalie Portman

Acting 44 years old Jerusalem, Israel ★ 6.5
Born: June 9, 1981

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 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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Known For

Léon: The Professional
Léon: The Professional Mathilda Lando 1994
Heat
Heat Lauren Gustafson 1995
Avengers: Endgame
Avengers: Endgame Jane Foster 2019
Mars Attacks!
Mars Attacks! Taffy Dale 1996
Black Swan
Black Swan Nina Sayers / The Swan Queen 2010

Jimmy's Seen (4)

Heat
Heat Lauren Gustafson 1995
Thor: Love and Thunder
Thor: Love and Thunder Jane Foster / The Mighty Thor 2022
Avengers: Endgame
Avengers: Endgame Jane Foster 2019
Avengers: Endgame
Avengers: Endgame Jane Foster 2019

Filmography

Acting Credits (100)

Photograph 51
Photograph 51 Rosalind Franklin 2026
The Gallerist
The Gallerist Polina Polinski 2026
The Twits
The Twits Mary Muggle-Wump (voice) 2025
Natalie Portman - Vom Kinderstar zur Hollywood-Ikone
Natalie Portman - Vom Kinderstar zur Hollywood-Ikone Self (archive footage) 2025
Fountain of Youth
Fountain of Youth Charlotte Purdue 2025
Garden State - The 20th Anniversary Concert
Garden State - The 20th Anniversary Concert Self - Presenter 2025
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music Self 2025
Lady in the Lake
Lady in the Lake Maddie Schwartz 2024
High & Low – John Galliano
High & Low – John Galliano Self (archive footage) 2024
Off Script with The Hollywood Reporter
Off Script with The Hollywood Reporter Self 2023
May December
May December Elizabeth 2023
Angel City
Angel City Self 2023
Secrets of the Elephants
Secrets of the Elephants Self - Narrator (voice) 2023
Image Book
Image Book Self 2023
Beau geste
Beau geste Self 2023
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Thor: Love and Thunder
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Thor: Love and Thunder Self - Jane Foster / The Mighty Thor 2022
Thor: Love and Thunder
Thor: Love and Thunder Jane Foster / The Mighty Thor 2022
What If...?
What If...? Jane Foster (voice) 2021
Marvel Studios Legends
Marvel Studios Legends Jane Foster (archive footage) (uncredited) 2021
The Drew Barrymore Show
The Drew Barrymore Show Self - Guest 2020
Lucy in the Sky
Lucy in the Sky Lucy Cola 2019
The Kelly Clarkson Show
The Kelly Clarkson Show Self 2019
This Changes Everything
This Changes Everything Self 2019
Avengers: Endgame
Avengers: Endgame Jane Foster 2019
The Death & Life of John F. Donovan
The Death & Life of John F. Donovan Sam Turner 2019
Bluey
Bluey Whale Doco Narrator (voice) 2018
Vox Lux
Vox Lux Celeste Montgomery 2018
Dolphin Reef
Dolphin Reef Narrator (voice) 2018
Annihilation
Annihilation Lena 2018
Song to Song
Song to Song Rhonda 2017
Jackie
Jackie Jackie Kennedy 2016
Planetarium
Planetarium Laura Barlow 2016
Quotidien
Quotidien Self - Guest 2016
Angie Tribeca
Angie Tribeca Christina Craft 2016
Jane Got a Gun
Jane Got a Gun Jane Hammond 2015
Knight of Cups
Knight of Cups Elizabeth 2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert Self - Guest 2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert Self (archive footage) (uncredited) 2015
A Tale of Love and Darkness
A Tale of Love and Darkness Fania Oz 2015
The Heyday of the Insensitive Bastards
The Heyday of the Insensitive Bastards Laura 2015
The Late Late Show with James Corden
The Late Late Show with James Corden Self - Guest 2015
Hot Ones
Hot Ones Self 2015
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors Self 2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Late Night with Seth Meyers Self - Guest 2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon Self - Guest 2014
Thor: The Dark World
Thor: The Dark World Jane Foster 2013
Thor
Thor Jane Foster 2011
Your Highness
Your Highness Isabel 2011
Black Swan: Metamorphosis
Black Swan: Metamorphosis Self 2011
No Strings Attached
No Strings Attached Emma Kurtzman 2011
Black Swan
Black Swan Nina Sayers / The Swan Queen 2010
The Other Woman
The Other Woman Emilia Greenleaf 2010
I'm Still Here
I'm Still Here Natalie Portman 2010
Hesher
Hesher Nicole 2010
Brothers
Brothers Grace Cahill 2009
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen Self - Guest 2009
New York, I Love You
New York, I Love You Rifka 2008
The Other Boleyn Girl
The Other Boleyn Girl Anne Boleyn 2008
My Blueberry Nights
My Blueberry Nights Leslie 2007
Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium
Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium Molly Mahoney 2007
Hotel Chevalier
Hotel Chevalier Jack's Girlfriend 2007
The Darjeeling Limited
The Darjeeling Limited Jack's Ex-Girlfriend 2007
The Graham Norton Show
The Graham Norton Show Self 2007
Goya's Ghosts
Goya's Ghosts Inés Bilbatúa / Alicia 2006
The One Show
The One Show Self 2006
Paris Je T'aime
Paris Je T'aime Francine (Faubourg Saint-Denis) 2006
The Armenian Genocide
The Armenian Genocide Aurora Mardiganian (voice) 2006
'V for Vendetta' Unmasked
'V for Vendetta' Unmasked Evey 2006
V for Vendetta
V for Vendetta Evey 2006
Free Zone
Free Zone Rebecca 2005
Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith
Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith Padmé Amidala 2005
Domino One
Domino One Dominique Bellamy 2005
Closer
Closer Alice 2004
Garden State
Garden State Sam 2004
True
True Francine 2004
Cold Mountain
Cold Mountain Sara 2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Jimmy Kimmel Live! Self - Guest 2003
Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones
Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones Padmé Amidala 2002
The Beginning: Making Episode I
The Beginning: Making Episode I Self 2001
Zoolander
Zoolander Natalie Portman 2001
Where the Heart Is
Where the Heart Is Novalee Nation 2000
Anywhere but Here
Anywhere but Here Ann August 1999
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace Padmé Amidala 1999
Mars Attacks!
Mars Attacks! Taffy Dale 1996
Everyone Says I Love You
Everyone Says I Love You Laura Dandridge 1996
Beautiful Girls
Beautiful Girls Marty 1996
Heat
Heat Lauren Gustafson 1995
Developing
Developing Nina 1995
Léon: The Professional
Léon: The Professional Mathilda Lando 1994
The Simpsons
The Simpsons Darcy (voice) 1989
Saturday Night Live
Saturday Night Live Self - Host 1975
Saturday Night Live
Saturday Night Live Self - Cameo (uncredited) 1975
People's Choice Awards
People's Choice Awards Self - Presenter 1975
Sesame Street
Sesame Street Natalie 1969
Today
Today Self - Guest 1952
Golden Globe Awards
Golden Globe Awards Self - Nominee & Presenter 1944
Foxy Trotter
Foxy Trotter Ronnie
Bronco Belle
Bronco Belle Raylene Jackson
Good Sex
Good Sex Ally
Hippies
Hippies Margaret Fuller

Directing Credits (3)

Writing Credits (3)

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