Natalie Portman - Mario Testino Photoshoot 2009
Israeli-American actress Natalie Portman (Hebrew: נטלי פורטמן, born
Natalie Hershlag;
June 9, 1981) is an Israeli-American actress. Her first role was as an
orphan taken in by a hitman in the 1994 French action film Léon (known
in the United States as The Professional). During the 1990s, Portman had
major roles in films like Beautiful Girls and
Anywhere but
Here, before being cast for the role as Padmé Amidala in the Star Wars
prequel trilogy. In 1999, she enrolled at Harvard University to study
psychology while she was working on the Star Wars films. She completed
her bachelor's degree in 2003. In 2001, Portman opened in New York
City's Public
Theater production
of Anton Chekhov's The Seagull, alongside Meryl Streep, Kevin Kline, and
Philip Seymour Hoffman. In 2005, Portman received an Academy Award
nomination for Best supporting actress as well as a Golden
Globe Award for the drama Closer. She shaved her head and learned to speak with an English accent for her starring role in
V for Vendetta (2006), for which she won a
Constellation
Award for Best Female Performance, and a Saturn Award for Best Actress.
She played leading roles in the historical dramas Goya's Ghosts (2006)
and
The Other Boleyn Girl (2008).
In May 2008, she served as the youngest member of the 61st Annual
Cannes Film Festival jury. Portman's directorial debut, Eve, opened the
65th Venice
International Film Festival's shorts competition in 2008
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