Natalie Portman

Natalie Portman

Birthdate
June 9, 1981 (43 years old)
Place of Birth
Jerusalem, Israel
Known For
Acting

Details

Birthdate
June 9, 1981 (43 years old)
Place of Birth
Jerusalem, Israel
Known For
Acting

Biography

Natalie Portman (born Neta-Lee Hershlag, June 9, 1981) is an actress with dual American and Israeli citizenship. Her first role was in the 1994 action thriller Léon: The Professional, opposite Jean Reno. She was later cast as Padmé Amidala in the Star Wars prequel trilogy (released in 1999, 2002 and 2005).

Born in Jerusalem to an Israeli father and American mother, Portman grew up in the eastern United States from the age of three. She studied dancing and acting in New York, and starred in Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace while still at high school on Long Island. In 1999, Portman enrolled at Harvard University to study psychology, alongside her work as an actress; she completed a bachelor's degree in 2003. During her studies she starred in a second Star Wars film and opened in New York City's The Public Theater production of Anton Chekhov's The Seagull in 2001.

Portman won a Golden Globe and was nominated for an Academy Award for starring in the 2004 drama Closer, appeared in Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith the following year, and won a Constellation Award for Best Female Performance and the Saturn Award for Best Actress for her starring role in the political thriller V for Vendetta (2006). She played leading roles in the historical dramas Goya's Ghosts (2006) and The Other Boleyn Girl (2008), and also appeared in Thor (2011) and its 2013 sequel. In 2010, Portman starred in the psychological thriller film Black Swan. Her performance received widespread critical acclaim and she earned her first Academy Award for Best Actress, her second Golden Globe Award, the SAG Award, the BAFTA Award and the BFCA Award in 2011. In 2016, she portrayed First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy in the biographical drama Jackie. She was nominated for an Academy Award, a BAFTA Award, a Golden Globe Award, a Screen Actors Guild Award and won the BFCA for Best Actress. In May 2008, Portman served as the youngest member of the 61st Annual Cannes Film Festival jury. The same year she directed a segment of the collective film New York, I Love You. Her first feature film as a director, A Tale of Love and Darkness, was released in 2015.

Natalie Portman's LGBTQ+ Titles

Cloud Atlas
Cloud Atlas
Thanks
The Death & Life of John F. Donovan
The Death & Life of John F. Donovan
Sam Turner

Acting (89)

Bronco Belle as Raylene Jackson
The Twits as (voice)
Foxy Trotter as Ronnie
The Gallerist
2025
Fountain of Youth
2024
Lady in the Lake as Maddie Schwartz (7 episodes)
2023
Off Script with The Hollywood Reporter as Self (1 episode)
2023
May December as Elizabeth
2023
Angel City as Self (3 episodes)
2023
Secrets of the Elephants as Self - Narrator (voice) (4 episodes)
2023
Image Book as Self
2023
Beau geste as Self (1 episode)
2022
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Thor: Love and Thunder as Self - Jane Foster / The Mighty Thor
2022
Thor: Love and Thunder as Jane Foster / The Mighty Thor
2021
What If...? as Jane Foster (voice) (1 episode)
2021
One-Tenth of a Millimeter Apart as Self (archive footage)
2021
Marvel Studios Legends as Jane Foster (archive footage) (uncredited) (2 episodes)
2019
Lucy in the Sky as Lucy Cola
2019
The Kelly Clarkson Show as Self (2 episodes)
2019
This Changes Everything as Self
2019
Avengers: Endgame as Jane Foster
2018
Bluey as Whale Doco Narrator (voice) (1 episode)
2018
Vox Lux as Celeste Montgomery
2018
Dolphin Reef as Narrator (voice)
2018
Annihilation as Lena
2017
Song to Song as Rhonda
2016
Jackie as Jackie Kennedy
2016
Planetarium as Laura Barlow
2016
Angie Tribeca as Christina Craft (1 episode)
2015
Jane Got a Gun as Jane Hammond
2015
Knight of Cups as Elizabeth
2015
A Tale of Love and Darkness as Fania Oz
2015
The Heyday of the Insensitive Bastards as Laura
2015
The Late Late Show with James Corden as Self - Guest (1 episode)
2015
Hot Ones as Self (1 episode)
2014
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors as Self (2 episodes)
2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers as Self (1 episode)
2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon as Self (3 episodes)
2013
Thor: The Dark World as Jane Foster
2013
Illusions & Mirrors as Young Woman
2012
Honest Trailers as Jane Foster (archive footage) (1 episode)
2012
Honest Trailers as Padmé Amidala (archive footage) (1 episode)
2011
Thor as Jane Foster
2011
Your Highness as Isabel
2011
Black Swan: Metamorphosis as Self
2011
No Strings Attached as Emma Kurtzman
2010
Black Swan as Nina Sayers / The Swan Queen
2010
The Other Woman as Emilia Greenleaf
2010
I'm Still Here as Natalie Portman
2010
Hesher as Nicole
2009
Brothers as Grace Cahill
2009
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen as Self - Guest (3 episodes)
2008
New York, I Love You as Rifka
2008
The Other Boleyn Girl as Anne Boleyn
2007
My Blueberry Nights as Leslie
2007
Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium as Molly Mahoney
2007
Hotel Chevalier as Jack's Girlfriend
2007
The Darjeeling Limited as Jack's Ex-Girlfriend
2007
The Graham Norton Show as Self (1 episode)
2006
Goya's Ghosts as Inés Bilbatúa / Alicia
2006
Paris Je T'aime as Francine (Faubourg Saint-Denis)
2006
The Armenian Genocide as Aurora Mardiganian (voice)
2006
V for Vendetta as Evey
2005
Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith as Padmé Amidala
2005
Free Zone as Rebecca
2005
Domino One as Dominique Bellamy
2004
Closer as Alice
2004
Garden State as Sam
2004
True as Francine
2003
Cold Mountain as Sara
2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live! as Self (3 episodes)
2002
Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones as Padmé Amidala
2001
The Beginning: Making Episode I as Self
2001
Zoolander as Natalie Portman
2000
Where the Heart Is as Novalee Nation
1999
Anywhere but Here as Ann August
1999
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace as Padmé Amidala
1996
Mars Attacks! as Taffy Dale
1996
Everyone Says I Love You as Laura Dandridge
1996
Beautiful Girls as Marty
1995
Heat as Lauren Gustafson
1994
Léon: The Professional as Mathilda Lando
1994
Developing as Nina
1989
The Simpsons as Darcy (voice) (2 episodes)
1975
Saturday Night Live as Self - Cameo (uncredited) (1 episode)
1975
Saturday Night Live as Self - Host (2 episodes)
1969
Sesame Street as Natalie (1 episode)
1944
Golden Globe Awards as Self - Nominee & Presenter (1 episode)

Directing (3)

2015
A Tale of Love and Darkness • Director
• Director
2008
New York, I Love You • Director
• Director
2008
Eve • Director
• Director

Production (14)

Arco • Producer
• Producer
Foxy Trotter • Producer
• Producer
The Gallerist • Producer
• Producer
2024
Lady in the Lake • Executive Producer (7 episodes)
• Executive Producer (7 episodes)
2023
May December • Producer
• Producer
2023
Angel City • Executive Producer (3 episodes)
• Executive Producer (3 episodes)
2018
Vox Lux • Executive Producer
• Executive Producer
2018
Eating Animals • Producer
• Producer
2016
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies • Producer
• Producer
2015
Jane Got a Gun • Producer
• Producer
2015
The Seventh Fire • Executive Producer
• Executive Producer
2011
No Strings Attached • Executive Producer
• Executive Producer
2010
The Other Woman • Executive Producer
• Executive Producer
2010
Hesher • Producer
• Producer

Writing (3)

2015
A Tale of Love and Darkness • Screenplay
• Screenplay
2008
New York, I Love You • Writer
• Writer
2008
Eve • Writer
• Writer

Crew (4)

2022
Strong Enough • Thanks
• Thanks
2012
Cloud Atlas • Thanks
• Thanks
2010
I'm Still Here • Thanks
• Thanks
2010
Plan B • Thanks
• Thanks