Natalie Portman
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- June 9, 1981 (age 45)
- Birthplace
- Jerusalem, Israel
Biography
Natalie Hershlag (born June 9, 1981), known professionally as Natalie Portman, is an Israeli actress, film producer and director. She has had a prolific screen career from her teenage years and has starred in various blockbusters and independent films, receiving multiple accolades, including an Academy Award, a BAFTA Award, and two Golden Globe Awards. Portman was born in Jerusalem and moved to the United States when she was three, where she began her acting career at twelve, starring as the young protégée of a hitman in Léon: The Professional (1994). While still in high school, she made her Broadway debut in The Diary of Anne Frank (1997) and gained international recognition for her role as Padmé Amidala in Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace (1999). From 1999 to 2003, Portman attended Harvard University, earning a bachelor's degree in psychology. During this time, she took fewer acting roles but continued to appear in the Star Wars prequel trilogy (2002 and 2005) and performed in a 2001 revival of Anton Chekhov's The Seagull at The Public Theater. Her career gained further momentum in 2004 when she won a Golden Globe and received an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress for Closer. She then played Evey Hammond in V for Vendetta (2005), Anne Boleyn in The Other Boleyn Girl (2008), and a troubled ballerina in Black Swan (2010), for which she won the Academy Award for Best Actress. In the following years, Portman starred in the romantic comedy No Strings Attached (2011) and portrayed Jacqueline Kennedy in Jackie (2016), which earned her a third Academy Award nomination. She also became a prominent figure in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, playing Jane Foster in Thor (2011), Thor: The Dark World (2013), and Thor: Love and Thunder (2022), which established her as one of the world's highest-paid actresses. Portman has also directed the short film Eve (2008) and the biographical drama A Tale of Love and Darkness (2015), in which she also starred. In 2021, she co-founded the production company MountainA, under which she produced and starred in the film May December (2023) and the miniseries Lady in the Lake (2024). Portman is an advocate for various causes, including women's rights, environmental issues, and animal welfare, supporting organizations like the Human Rights Foundation and the Jane Goodall Institute.
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Filmography
Foxy Trotter
Movie · as Ronnie
Bronco Belle
Movie · as Raylene Jackson
Good Sex
Movie · as Ally
Photograph 51
Movie · as Rosalind Franklin
Hippies
Movie · as Margaret Fuller
Pumping Black
Movie · as Dr. Andrea Lathe
The Gallerist
Movie · as Polina Polinski
Fountain of Youth
Movie · as Charlotte Purdue
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
Movie · as Self
Garden State - The 20th Anniversary Concert
Movie · as Self - Presenter
The Twits
Movie · as Mary Muggle-Wump (voice)
Natalie Portman – Vom Kinderstar zur Hollywood-Ikone
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Good Hang with Amy Poehler
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
High & Low – John Galliano
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Lady in the Lake
TV · as Maddie Schwartz · 7 eps
Image Book
Movie · as Self
May December
Movie · as Elizabeth
Angel City
TV · as Self · 3 eps
Off Script with The Hollywood Reporter
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Secrets of the Elephants
TV · as Self - Narrator (voice) · 4 eps
Beau geste
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Thor: Love and Thunder
Movie · as Jane Foster / The Mighty Thor
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Thor: Love and Thunder
Movie · as Self - Jane Foster / The Mighty Thor
Marvel Studios Legends
TV · as Jane Foster (archive footage) (uncredited) · 2 eps
What If...?
TV · as Jane Foster (voice) · 1 ep
The Drew Barrymore Show
TV · as Self - Guest · 2 eps
This Changes Everything
Movie · as Self
The Death & Life of John F. Donovan
Movie · as Sam Turner
Lucy in the Sky
Movie · as Lucy Cola
Avengers: Endgame
Movie · as Jane Foster
The Kelly Clarkson Show
TV · as Self · 3 eps
Annihilation
Movie · as Lena
Vox Lux
Movie · as Celeste Montgomery
Dolphin Reef
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
Bluey
TV · as Whale Doco Narrator (voice) · 1 ep
Song to Song
Movie · as Rhonda
Planetarium
Movie · as Laura Barlow
Jackie
Movie · as Jackie Kennedy
Angie Tribeca
TV · as Christina Craft · 1 ep
Quotidien
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
Knight of Cups
Movie · as Elizabeth
Jane Got a Gun
Movie · as Jane Hammond
A Tale of Love and Darkness
Movie · as Fania Oz
The Heyday of the Insensitive Bastards
Movie · as Laura
Hot Ones
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Late Late Show with James Corden
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
TV · as Self - Guest · 2 eps
A Brother's Journey: Thor & Loki
Movie · as Self
Late Night with Seth Meyers
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
TV · as Self · 2 eps
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
TV · as Self - Guest · 4 eps
Thor: The Dark World
Movie · as Jane Foster
Thor
Movie · as Jane Foster
No Strings Attached
Movie · as Emma Kurtzman
Your Highness
Movie · as Isabel
Black Swan: Metamorphosis
Movie · as Self
I'm Still Here
Movie · as Natalie Portman
Hesher
Movie · as Nicole
Black Swan
Movie · as Nina Sayers / The Swan Queen
The Other Woman
Movie · as Emilia Greenleaf
Brothers
Movie · as Grace Cahill
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
TV · as Self - Guest · 3 eps
The Other Boleyn Girl
Movie · as Anne Boleyn
New York, I Love You
Movie · as Rifka
Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium
Movie · as Molly Mahoney
My Blueberry Nights
Movie · as Leslie
The Darjeeling Limited
Movie · as Jack's Ex-Girlfriend
Hotel Chevalier
Movie · as Jack's Girlfriend
The Graham Norton Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
V for Vendetta
Movie · as Evey
Paris Je T'aime
Movie · as Francine (Faubourg Saint-Denis)
Goya's Ghosts
Movie · as Inés Bilbatúa / Alicia
The Armenian Genocide
Movie · as Aurora Mardiganian (voice)
V for Vendetta: Unmasked
Movie
The One Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith
Movie · as Padmé Amidala
Free Zone
Movie · as Rebecca
Domino One
Movie · as Dominique Bellamy
Garden State
Movie · as Sam
Closer
Movie · as Alice
True
Movie · as Francine
Sesame Street: Elmo's World: The Street We Live On!
Movie · as Self (uncredited)
Cold Mountain
Movie · as Sara
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
TV · as Self - Guest · 5 eps
Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones
Movie · as Padmé Amidala
Zoolander
Movie · as Natalie Portman
The Beginning: The Making of Star Wars Episode I
Movie · as Self
The Apartment
TV · 1 ep
Where the Heart Is
Movie · as Novalee Nation
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
Movie · as Padmé Amidala
Anywhere but Here
Movie · as Ann August
Mars Attacks!
Movie · as Taffy Dale
Everyone Says I Love You
Movie · as Laura Dandridge
Beautiful Girls
Movie · as Marty
Heat
Movie · as Lauren Gustafson
Developing
Movie · as Nina
Léon: The Professional
Movie · as Mathilda Lando
Late Show with David Letterman
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
The Jon Stewart Show
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
The Simpsons
TV · as Darcy (voice) · 2 eps
Saturday Night Live
TV · as Self - Host · 2 eps
People's Choice Awards
TV · as Self - Presenter · 1 ep
Sesame Street
TV · as Natalie · 1 ep
Omnibus
TV · 1 ep
Today
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
Golden Globe Awards
TV · as Self - Nominee & Presenter · 1 ep