Natalie Portman

Natalie Portman was born as Neta Lee Hershlag in the year 1981 in June. She is an actress of dual nationality. She is both of Israeli citizenship and American. The first role she had was in the action thriller of Leon: The Professional. She was playing with Jean Reno and afterwards he was the cast in the Padme Amidala of Star Wars: Prequel Trilogy. Natalie Portman was born from an Israeli father and her mother is American.


She grew up in the city of Jericho in New York from three years. She did dancing and acting studies in the city of New York. She was in Star Wars: Episode I- The Phantom Menace when he was still in the Long Island high school. Afterwards, he enrolled to join Harvard University and studied psychology while working as an actress. She finished the degree in the year 2003. During this period, she worked on the second Star Wars Film which opened at The Public Theater of New York city.

According to her biography, Natalie Portman won the golden Globe award for the Academy award and starred in the 2004 drama called Closer. She won the Constellation Award in the Best Female performance category. She played the leading roles in the historical drama of Goya’s Ghosts. She was also in The Other Boleyn Girl and then acted in Thor. The role she had in the Black Swan, a psychological Thriller, she got critical acclaim and got Academy Award for Best Actress, she got a second Golden Globe Award, BAFTA Award, SAG Award and BFGA Award. She did portray First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy when she played in the biographical drama Jackie. She got nominated for the Academy Award and for BAFTA Award and then for Golden Award, the Screen Actors Guild Award and she won the BFCA for the Best Actress.

In May 2008, she was the youngest member for 61st Annual Cannes Film Festival Jury. This is the same year that she directed the segment for the collective film of New York, I Love You. The first feature film as the director is the Tale of Love and Darkness and it was released in the year 2015.

When it comes to her personal life was in relationship with Devendra Banhart in the song Carmensita. The two started the relationship and it ended in September of 2008.

For his education, when living in the city of Washington D.C area, Portman attended Charles E. Smith Jewish Day School in the city of Rockville. She graduated from the Syosset High School in Long Island in the year 1999. She did the ballet and modern dance for American Theater Dance Workshop in the New Hyde Park of New York. Natalie Portman married Benjamin Milepied under the Jewish Ceremony. Together with the husband, they have two children. Natalie Portman can be accessed easily on the social media and her net worth is 54 million dollars.

Last Modified: Mar 8, 2020


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