Natalie Portman

     Natalie Portman (Hebrew: נטלי פורטמן‎, born Natalie Hershlag; June 9, 1981) is an Israeli-Americanactress. Her first role was as an orphan taken in by a hitman in the 1994 French action film Léon (known in the United States as The Professional). During the 1990s, Portman had major roles in films like Beautiful Girls and Anywhere but Here, before being cast for the role as Padmé Amidala in the Star Wars prequel trilogy. In 1999, she enrolled at Harvard University to study psychology while she was working on the Star Wars films. She completed her bachelor's degree in 2003.

     In 2001, Portman opened in New York City's Public Theater production of Anton Chekhov's The Seagull, alongside Meryl Streep, Kevin Kline, and Philip Seymour Hoffman. In 2005, Portman received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress as well as winning the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress - Motion Picture for the drama Closer. She shaved her head and learned to speak with an English accent for her starring role in V for Vendetta (2006), for which she won a Constellation Award for Best Female Performance, and a Saturn Award for Best Actress. She played leading roles in the historical dramas Goya's Ghosts (2006) and The Other Boleyn Girl (2008). In May 2008, she served as the youngest member of the 61st Annual Cannes Film Festival jury. Portman's directorial debut, Eve, opened the 65th Venice International Film Festival's shorts competition in 2008.

     In the May 2002 issue of Vogue, Portman called actor/musician Lukas Haas and musician Moby her close friends. After starring in the video for his song "Carmensita", she began a relationship with American folkDevendra Banhart, which ended in September 2008. She met ballet dancer Benjamin Millepied in late 2009, on the set of her film singer Black Swan, for which Millepied acted as choreographer. By at least New Year's Eve 2009, the two had begun dating. On December 27, 2010, a Portman representative told the press that Portman and Millepied are engaged and expecting a child, due in the summer of 2011

Filmography

1994 Léon
          Developing
1995 Heat
1996 Beautiful Girls
          Everyone Says I Love You
          Mars Attacks!
1999 Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace
          Anywhere but Here
2000 Where the Heart Is
2001 Zoolander
2002 Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones
2003 Cold Mountain
2004 Garden State
          Closer
2005 Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith
          Free Zone
2006 V for Vendetta
          Paris, je t'aime
          Goya's Ghosts
2007 My Blueberry Nights
          The Darjeeling Limited
          Hotel Chevalier
          Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium
2008 The Other Boleyn Girl
2009 Love and Other Impossible Pursuits
          New York, I Love You
          Brothers
2010 Hesher
          Black Swan
2011 No Strings Attached
          Your Highness
          Thor