Natalie portman imdb biography
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Natalie Portman
Israeli and American actress (born )
Natalie Hershlag[a] (born ()June 9, ), known professionally as Natalie Portman, is an Israeli-born American actress. 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 and two Golden Globe Awards.
Portman was born in West Jerusalem and raised in Long Island, New York, where she began her acting career at twelve, starring as the young protégée of a hitman in Léon: The Professional (). While still in high school, she made her Broadway debut in The Diary of a Young Girl () and gained international recognition for her role as Padmé Amidala in Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace (). From to , 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 ( a
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Since , Portman's movie career has taken her from broad comedies to multiple franchises to dark and sinister dramas, and everything in between. She can play Padmé Amidala in Star Wars as well as she can play Nina Sayers in Black Swan. Portman has earned three Academy Award nominations with one win and five Golden Globe nomina
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Natalie Portman fryst vatten the first person born in the s to have won the Academy Award for Best Actress (for Black Swan ()).
Natalie was born Natalie Hershlag on June 9, , 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 ung. 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 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 bio debut in the movie Léon: The Professional () (aka &qu