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 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 L��on: The Professional (1994) (aka "L��on"). 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: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999). She then she starred in two critically acclaimed comedy dramas, Anywhere But Here (1999) and Where the Heart Is (2000), followed by Closer (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: Episode II - Attack of the Clones (2002) and Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the 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).
Bio:
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 L��on: The Professional (1994) (aka "L��on"). 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: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999). She then she starred in two critically acclaimed comedy dramas, Anywhere But Here (1999) and Where the Heart Is (2000), followed by Closer (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: Episode II - Attack of the Clones (2002) and Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the 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).
Tivia:
Graduated from Harvard College in Cambridge, Massachusetts in 2003 with a Artium Baccalaureus degree in Psychology.As the first day of Cold Mountain (2003) filming fell on Halloween, Portman came to set dressed as Dorothy Gale in "The Wizard of Oz", only to realize she was the only one who had dressed up.Had to miss the premiere of Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999) so she could study for her high school final exams.Can speak two languages, Hebrew and English (her native languages), fluently. Also knows some conversational French, German, Japanese, Spanish, and Arabic.She often broke down and cried offstage while part of the Broadway adaptation of "The Diary of Anne Frank" in 1997, where she portrayed Anne Frank, because of her personal connections to the events. Her grandparents lost most of their family members in the Holocaust including her paternal great grandparents who were killed at the Auschwitz concentration camp in Poland.She was discovered in a pizza parlor and was originally turned down for the role of Mathilda in L��on: The Professional (1994) because she was too young.She has said one of the most difficult challenges of filming Black Swan (2010) was her speaking voice. She stated throughout her career, so far, director Mike Nichols has given her consistent criticism on how childish her voice normally sounds and encouraged her to work with vocal coaches to make it sound deeper and more adult. The role of Nina required her to regress backwards to make her voice more child-like. She felt it was taking her back to a point she worked hard to leave behind.Her years at Harvard resulted in the phenomenon of The Natalies, in which every underclasswoman with that first name received numerous e-mails and phone messages from fans.During the royal premiere of Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999), she met King Charles III. The prince asked her whether she had also been in Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977), which had been released four years before her birth.When she arrived at a London airport to do reshoots for the third Star Wars prequel, a customs official--going by her size--asked Natalie if she was traveling with a guardian.Paid for all of her own ballet training to prepare for the role of Nina Sayers in Black Swan (2010).She hesitantly shot an explicit nude scene for Closer (2004), in the scene where Alice (Portman) strips for Larry (Clive Owen). Ultimately, Portman and director Mike Nichols agreed not to use it, as the scene was effective enough without it.Originally turned down the role of Ann August in the film Anywhere But Here (1999) because of the love scene between herself and Corbin Allred that required nudity. Susan Sarandon, who had co-star approval, said she couldn't continue the movie without Portman, so the script was re-written without the scene and she accepted the role.Bears a striking resemblance to Keira Knightley. Knightley played Sab��, the Queen's decoy, in Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999). When in makeup, not even the mothers of the actresses could tell them apart.Is very close to her parents and says, "The best part about being friends with your parents is that no matter what you do, they always love you.".Is a dual citizen of the United States and Israel.Has a slight indentation on her head, that was visible during the time she had her head shaved. The indentation was the result of being delivered by vacuum extraction.Named after Natalie Wood.Says her performances in Everyone Says I Love You (1996) is her worst. Her failure, she believes, is her inability to improvise.Has taken dance lessons since the age of 4. Still takes ballet classes.Takes pride in the fact that she is a role model for girls and chooses roles that are positive so that they will have a positive role model to look up to.Before she was cast in Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999), she had never seen the original Star Wars trilogy. She admitted to James Lipton on Inside the Actors Studio (1994), in 2004, that, before being cast, she didn't know the difference between "Star Wars" and "Star Trek".She holds the record for third-largest "Best Actress" award sweep (38 wins) for her role as Nina Sayers in Black Swan (2010), following Helen Mirren (40 wins) for her performance as Queen Elizabeth II in The Queen (2006) and Cate Blanchett (41 wins) for her performance as Jasmine French in Blue Jasmine (2013).While in Morocco, she lived in a tent and traveled by camel. She visits Morocco regularly.Turned down the role of Wendy Hood in The Ice Storm (1997) because she felt the material was "too dark". The role went to Christina Ricci, who has said she often gets the projects Natalie turns down.Was considered for the role of Selina Kyle/Catwoman in The Dark Knight Rises (2012), but Anne Hathaway was cast instead.Turned down the title role in Adrian Lyne's Lolita (1997), due to her feelings about young adult actors/actresses being exposed to sex in films.Favorite actresses include Audrey Hepburn, Jane Fonda, Meryl Streep and Diane Keaton.Said that it was while working on The Seagull (2002) that she became aware that acting is much more about the process than the product. Most helpful was when she would peek over Philip Seymour Hoffman's shoulder at the notebook he kept, in which he wrote questions and then answers about his character's feelings.Several months after shaving her head, she was traveling through Ireland and stopped for directions at a bed and breakfast. The owners refused to allow her even onto their porch. However, they did give her directions.Was considered for the role of Natasha Romanoff/Black Widow in Iron Man 2 (2010) after Emily Blunt dropped out of the project, but Scarlett Johansson was cast instead.Moved to the United States when she was 3 years old.Footage of her and Leonardo DiCaprio as Juliet and Romeo in Baz Luhrmann's Romeo + Juliet (1996) was actually shot before executives had her replaced with Claire Danes due to the age difference between Natalie and Leonardo.In January 2011, she became the new face of Dior in the Miss Dior Cherie ad campaign. On February 27, 2011, a video of top Dior designer, John Galliano, going on an anti-Semitic rant in Paris surfaced online. Portman released a statement condemning Galliano's actions, specifying she was "shocked and disgusted," and as a proud Jewish woman refused to associate herself with him from that point on. Since the Miss Dior Cherie ad campaign was set to officially launch two days after the video surfaced, Dior was forced to take legal action to work out a settlement in order to keep Portman as a spokesperson. Galliano was fired on March 1, 2011 and the ad campaign launched as originally planned.When Roman Polanski was arrested in Switzerland in September 2009 and awaiting extradition to the United States for having raped a 13-year-old girl back in 1975, Portman (along with Harrison Ford, Monica Bellucci, Tilda Swinton, Adrien Brody and many others) signed a petition to free him, even though Polanski did admit that he did have sex with the 13-year-old, committing statutory rape. In a 2018 interview for Buzzfeed to promote Annihilation (2018), Portman stated that she regretted her involvement, alleging that someone was passing the petition around where she lived and she'd ignorantly signed her name to be helpful.Unwinds by singing karaoke at Winnie's, a New York City bar in Chinatown.In 2006, she appeared as a guest lecturer at Columbia University in a political science course titled "Terrorism & Counterterrorism". She led the class in a discussion about politically infused violence referencing her most recent film at the time, V for Vendetta (2005). Her appearance was part of an MTV short-series, "Stand-Ins", where college professors were replaced with a celebrity instructor for one day.Though she played Padm�� Amidala, the biological mother of Luke Skywalker in three installments of the "Star Wars" movies, she has never personally met Mark Hamill as of 2018; Hamill revealed this to his followers on Twitter when it was Portman's 37th birthday, as well as noting that the Annie Leibovitz photoshoot for Vanity Fair (which features the stars of the first two "Star Wars" trilogies) was shot individually. Portman did, however, meet her onscreen daughter Leia (Carrie Fisher).There is a band named after her: Natalie Portman's Shaved Head.She entered a project into the Intel Science Talent Search in the late 1990s while at Syosset High School. Her project, titled "A Simple Method to Demonstrate the Enzymatic Production of Hydrogen from Sugar", took her to the semi-finals of the Intel contest. She graduated Valedictorian of Syosset High School in 1999 and went on to study Psychology and Neuroscience at Harvard University, graduating in 2003.Listens mostly to R&B, old school hip-hop and 1990s alternative rock. Some of her favorite groups and artists are A Tribe Called Quest, Radiohead, Stevie Wonder, Portishead, Wu-Tang Clan and Nirvana.Took diving courses in Eilat, Israel. Diving is one of her favorite hobbies.Gave birth to her 1st child at age 30, a son named Aleph Portman-Millepied on June 14, 2011. Child's father is her fianc�� (now husband), Benjamin Millepied.(August 4, 2012) Married her boyfriend of three years and father of her 13-month-old son Aleph Benjamin Millepied. It was a private ceremony in Big Sur, California.Gave birth to her 2nd child at age 35, a daughter named Amalia Millepied on February 22, 2017. Child's father is her husband, Benjamin Millepied.Favorite actor is Ben Kingsley.Did not have a Bat Mitzvah due to her parents being more secular than religious Jews. She attended a Conservative Jewish day school through seventh grade more to preserve her sense of Israel and her Hebrew than a religious motivation.Stated in a TV interview that with the exception of the Star Wars prequels, she will not act for the next four years in order to concentrate on studying at Harvard University (1999).She currently lives on Long Island, New York, and also shares a home in London, England. She has lived on Long Island, New York since she was a child (2007).Was one of the first actresses offered the role of Lisbeth Salander in The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011) along with Carey Mulligan and Elliot Page, but Portman declined due to exhaustion. The role ultimately went to Rooney Mara. |
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Natalie Portman |
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| Biography: |
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- |
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Graduated from Harvard College in Cambridge, Massachusetts in 2003 with a Artium Baccalaureus degree in Psychology.As the first day of Cold Mountain (2003) filming fell on Halloween, Portman came to set dressed as Dorothy Gale in "The Wizard of Oz", only to realize she was the only one who had dressed up.Had to miss the premiere of Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999) so she could study for her high school final exams.Can speak two languages, Hebrew and English (her native languages), fluently. Also knows some conversational French, German, Japanese, Spanish, and Arabic.She often broke down and cried offstage while part of the Broadway adaptation of "The Diary of Anne Frank" in 1997, where she portrayed Anne Frank, because of her personal connections to the events. Her grandparents lost most of their family members in the Holocaust including her paternal great grandparents who were killed at the Auschwitz concentration camp in Poland.She was discovered in a pizza parlor and was originally turned down for the role of Mathilda in L��on: The Professional (1994) because she was too young.She has said one of the most difficult challenges of filming Black Swan (2010) was her speaking voice. She stated throughout her career, so far, director Mike Nichols has given her consistent criticism on how childish her voice normally sounds and encouraged her to work with vocal coaches to make it sound deeper and more adult. The role of Nina required her to regress backwards to make her voice more child-like. She felt it was taking her back to a point she worked hard to leave behind.Her years at Harvard resulted in the phenomenon of The Natalies, in which every underclasswoman with that first name received numerous e-mails and phone messages from fans.During the royal premiere of Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999), she met King Charles III. The prince asked her whether she had also been in Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977), which had been released four years before her birth.When she arrived at a London airport to do reshoots for the third Star Wars prequel, a customs official--going by her size--asked Natalie if she was traveling with a guardian.Paid for all of her own ballet training to prepare for the role of Nina Sayers in Black Swan (2010).She hesitantly shot an explicit nude scene for Closer (2004), in the scene where Alice (Portman) strips for Larry (Clive Owen). Ultimately, Portman and director Mike Nichols agreed not to use it, as the scene was effective enough without it.Originally turned down the role of Ann August in the film Anywhere But Here (1999) because of the love scene between herself and Corbin Allred that required nudity. Susan Sarandon, who had co-star approval, said she couldn't continue the movie without Portman, so the script was re-written without the scene and she accepted the role.Bears a striking resemblance to Keira Knightley. Knightley played Sab��, the Queen's decoy, in Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999). When in makeup, not even the mothers of the actresses could tell them apart.Is very close to her parents and says, "The best part about being friends with your parents is that no matter what you do, they always love you.".Is a dual citizen of the United States and Israel.Has a slight indentation on her head, that was visible during the time she had her head shaved. The indentation was the result of being delivered by vacuum extraction.Named after Natalie Wood.Says her performances in Everyone Says I Love You (1996) is her worst. Her failure, she believes, is her inability to improvise.Has taken dance lessons since the age of 4. Still takes ballet classes.Takes pride in the fact that she is a role model for girls and chooses roles that are positive so that they will have a positive role model to look up to.Before she was cast in Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999), she had never seen the original Star Wars trilogy. She admitted to James Lipton on Inside the Actors Studio (1994), in 2004, that, before being cast, she didn't know the difference between "Star Wars" and "Star Trek".She holds the record for third-largest "Best Actress" award sweep (38 wins) for her role as Nina Sayers in Black Swan (2010), following Helen Mirren (40 wins) for her performance as Queen Elizabeth II in The Queen (2006) and Cate Blanchett (41 wins) for her performance as Jasmine French in Blue Jasmine (2013).While in Morocco, she lived in a tent and traveled by camel. She visits Morocco regularly.Turned down the role of Wendy Hood in The Ice Storm (1997) because she felt the material was "too dark". The role went to Christina Ricci, who has said she often gets the projects Natalie turns down.Was considered for the role of Selina Kyle/Catwoman in The Dark Knight Rises (2012), but Anne Hathaway was cast instead.Turned down the title role in Adrian Lyne's Lolita (1997), due to her feelings about young adult actors/actresses being exposed to sex in films.Favorite actresses include Audrey Hepburn, Jane Fonda, Meryl Streep and Diane Keaton.Said that it was while working on The Seagull (2002) that she became aware that acting is much more about the process than the product. Most helpful was when she would peek over Philip Seymour Hoffman's shoulder at the notebook he kept, in which he wrote questions and then answers about his character's feelings.Several months after shaving her head, she was traveling through Ireland and stopped for directions at a bed and breakfast. The owners refused to allow her even onto their porch. However, they did give her directions.Was considered for the role of Natasha Romanoff/Black Widow in Iron Man 2 (2010) after Emily Blunt dropped out of the project, but Scarlett Johansson was cast instead.Moved to the United States when she was 3 years old.Footage of her and Leonardo DiCaprio as Juliet and Romeo in Baz Luhrmann's Romeo + Juliet (1996) was actually shot before executives had her replaced with Claire Danes due to the age difference between Natalie and Leonardo.In January 2011, she became the new face of Dior in the Miss Dior Cherie ad campaign. On February 27, 2011, a video of top Dior designer, John Galliano, going on an anti-Semitic rant in Paris surfaced online. Portman released a statement condemning Galliano's actions, specifying she was "shocked and disgusted," and as a proud Jewish woman refused to associate herself with him from that point on. Since the Miss Dior Cherie ad campaign was set to officially launch two days after the video surfaced, Dior was forced to take legal action to work out a settlement in order to keep Portman as a spokesperson. Galliano was fired on March 1, 2011 and the ad campaign launched as originally planned.When Roman Polanski was arrested in Switzerland in September 2009 and awaiting extradition to the United States for having raped a 13-year-old girl back in 1975, Portman (along with Harrison Ford, Monica Bellucci, Tilda Swinton, Adrien Brody and many others) signed a petition to free him, even though Polanski did admit that he did have sex with the 13-year-old, committing statutory rape. In a 2018 interview for Buzzfeed to promote Annihilation (2018), Portman stated that she regretted her involvement, alleging that someone was passing the petition around where she lived and she'd ignorantly signed her name to be helpful.Unwinds by singing karaoke at Winnie's, a New York City bar in Chinatown.In 2006, she appeared as a guest lecturer at Columbia University in a political science course titled "Terrorism & Counterterrorism". She led the class in a discussion about politically infused violence referencing her most recent film at the time, V for Vendetta (2005). Her appearance was part of an MTV short-series, "Stand-Ins", where college professors were replaced with a celebrity instructor for one day.Though she played Padm�� Amidala, the biological mother of Luke Skywalker in three installments of the "Star Wars" movies, she has never personally met Mark Hamill as of 2018; Hamill revealed this to his followers on Twitter when it was Portman's 37th birthday, as well as noting that the Annie Leibovitz photoshoot for Vanity Fair (which features the stars of the first two "Star Wars" trilogies) was shot individually. Portman did, however, meet her onscreen daughter Leia (Carrie Fisher).There is a band named after her: Natalie Portman's Shaved Head.She entered a project into the Intel Science Talent Search in the late 1990s while at Syosset High School. Her project, titled "A Simple Method to Demonstrate the Enzymatic Production of Hydrogen from Sugar", took her to the semi-finals of the Intel contest. She graduated Valedictorian of Syosset High School in 1999 and went on to study Psychology and Neuroscience at Harvard University, graduating in 2003.Listens mostly to R&B, old school hip-hop and 1990s alternative rock. Some of her favorite groups and artists are A Tribe Called Quest, Radiohead, Stevie Wonder, Portishead, Wu-Tang Clan and Nirvana.Took diving courses in Eilat, Israel. Diving is one of her favorite hobbies.Gave birth to her 1st child at age 30, a son named Aleph Portman-Millepied on June 14, 2011. Child's father is her fianc�� (now husband), Benjamin Millepied.(August 4, 2012) Married her boyfriend of three years and father of her 13-month-old son Aleph Benjamin Millepied. It was a private ceremony in Big Sur, California.Gave birth to her 2nd child at age 35, a daughter named Amalia Millepied on February 22, 2017. Child's father is her husband, Benjamin Millepied.Favorite actor is Ben Kingsley.Did not have a Bat Mitzvah due to her parents being more secular than religious Jews. She attended a Conservative Jewish day school through seventh grade more to preserve her sense of Israel and her Hebrew than a religious motivation.Stated in a TV interview that with the exception of the Star Wars prequels, she will not act for the next four years in order to concentrate on studying at Harvard University (1999).She currently lives on Long Island, New York, and also shares a home in London, England. She has lived on Long Island, New York since she was a child (2007).Was one of the first actresses offered the role of Lisbeth Salander in The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011) along with Carey Mulligan and Elliot Page, but Portman declined due to exhaustion. The role ultimately went to Rooney Mara. |
| Trademarks: |
Often portrays characters that are rather smart, mature and grown up for their age
Brown eyes
Lisp sweet voice
Petite figure
Mole on the side of her face |
| Quotes: |
On Lolita (1997): I don't think there needs to be a movie out where a child has sex with an adult.
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On Lolita (1997): I think there's enough exploitation out there that it's not necessary to do more.
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Young actors often don't think of the consequences of doing nudity or sex scenes. They want the role so badly that they agree to be exploited, and then end up embarassing family, friends, and even strangers.
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On acting: I started to do this at age 11. At age 20, I might say, this is enough.
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On violence in the media: We live in a violent world, but since the success of films like Pulp Fiction (1994), it seems every movie has some violence in it, and it's now being used as a form of comedy: audiences are now being encouraged to laugh when people get their heads blown off. I just don't like hearing people laugh at violence. |
| Salaries: |
Closer (2004) - $1,000,000 |
| Job title: |
Actress,Producer,Director |
| Others works: |
Wrote an article about Anne Frank that appeared in the June 14, 1999 edition of Time magazine.
(1996) Stage: Appeared (as "Anne Frank") in "The Diary of Anne Frank" on Broadway
(1996) Presenter of "Best Villain" award, alon |
| Spouse: |
Benjamin Millepied (August 4, 2012 - present) (2 children) |
| Children: |
Aleph MillepiedAmalia Millepied |
| Parents: |
Avner Hershlag
Shelley Stevens |
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