Natalie Portman

Natalie Portman was born on Jun 09, 1981 in Israel. Natalie Portman's big-screen debut came with Léon: The Professional directed by Luc Besson in 1994. Natalie Portman is known for May December directed by Todd Haynes, Natalie Portman stars as Elizabeth Berry and Julianne Moore as Gracie Atherton-Yoo. Natalie Portman has got 94 awards and 146 nominations so far. The most recent award Natalie Portman achieved is Faro Island Film Festival. The upcoming new movie Natalie Portman plays is May December which will be released on May 20, 2023.

Natalie Portman is the first person born in the 1980s to have won the Academy Award for Best Actress (for Black Swan (2010)).Natalie was born Natalie Hershlag on June 9, 1981, in Jerusalem, Israel. She is the only child of Avner Hershlag, an Israeli-born doctor, and Shelley Stevens, an American-born artist (from Cincinnati, Ohio), who also acts as Natalie's agent. Her parents are both of Ashkenazi Jewish descent. Natalie's family left Israel for Washington, D.C., when she was still very young. After a few more moves, her family finally settled in New York, where she still lives to this day. She graduated with honors, and her academic achievements allowed her to attend Harvard University. She was discovered by an agent in a pizza parlor at the age of 11. She was pushed towards a career in modeling but she decided that she would rather pursue a career in acting. She was featured in many live performances, but she made her powerful film debut in the movie Léon (1994) (aka "Léon"). Following this role Natalie won roles in such films as Heat (1995), Beautiful Girls (1996), and Mars Attacks! (1996).It was not until 1999 that Natalie received worldwide fame as Queen Amidala in the highly anticipated US$431 million-grossing prequel Star Wars: Épisode I - La menace fantôme (1999). She then she starred in two critically acclaimed comedy dramas, Ma mère, moi et ma mère (1999) and Où le coeur nous mène (2000), followed by Closer: entre adultes consentants (2004), for which she received an Oscar nomination. She reprised her role as Padme Amidala in the last two episodes of the Star Wars prequel trilogy: Star Wars : Épisode II - L'Attaque des clones (2002) and Star Wars : Épisode III - La Revanche des Sith (2005). She received an Academy Award and a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in Black Swan (2010).She received a second nomination for Best Actress, for playing Jacqueline Kennedy in Jackie (2016).