Natalie Portman

Natalie Portman was born on June 9th, 1981 in Jerusalem, Israel, as the only child of a doctor father (from Israel) and an artist mother (from Cincinnati, Ohio), who also acts as Natalie's agent. She left Israel for Washington, DC, 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. 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 "The Professional"). Following this role Natalie won roles in such films as Heat (1995), Beautiful Girls (1996), and Mars Attacks! (1996). It wasn't 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). Afterwards, she starred in two critically acclaimed comedy dramas, Anywhere But Here (1999), Where the Heart Is (2000), and Closer (2004/I), for which she received an Oscar nomination.

In 2011, Portman won the Academy Award, the Golden Globe Award, the Screen Actors Guild Award, and the BAFTA Award for her lead performance as Nina Sayers in Black Swan.

Movie		Character	Year
	Leon: The Professional	Mathilda	1994
	Heat	Lauren Gustafson	1995
	Everyone Says I Love You	Laura Dandrige	1996
	Mars Attacks!	Taffy Dale	1996
	Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace	Queen Amidala	1999
	Where The Heart Is	Novalee Nation	2000
	Zoolander	Herself	2001
	Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones	Padmé Amidala	2002
	Cold Mountain	Sara	2003
	Garden State	Sam	2004
	Closer	Alice	2004
	Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith	Padmé Amidala	2005
	V for Vendetta	Evey Hammond	2005
	Paris, I Love You	Francine (Faubourg Saint-Denis)	2006
	My Blueberry Nights	Leslie	2007
	Hotel Chevalier	Jack's Girlfriend	2007
	The Darjeeling Limited	Jack's X-Girlfriend	2007
	The Other Boleyn Girl	Anne Boleyn	2008
	New York, I Love You	Rifka	2009
	Brothers	Grace Cahill	2009
	Hesher	Nicole	2010
	Black Swan	Nina	2010
	No Strings Attached	Emma Kurtzman	2011
	Black Swan: Metamorphosis	Herself	2011
	Your Highness	Isabel	2011
	Thor	Jane Foster	2011
	Knight of Cups		2013
	Thor: The Dark World	Jane Foster	2013
	Jane Got a Gun	Jane Hammond	2014