Natalie Portman
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Natalie Portman (born June 9, 1981) is an Israeli-American actress. 'Portman' is a stage name that she uses instead of Hershlag, her real last name (Portman was her grandmother's maiden name).
She was born in Jerusalem before her family at age relocated to Maryland, then Connecticut, before settling down in Long Island, New York. She was discovered by an agent in a pizza parlor at age 11 by an agent for Revlon, who wanted her to model. After being introduced to acting agents, she made her movie debut at the age of 12, playing a child who befriends a much older assassin in Luc Besson's [[L�on]].
Portman went on to charm critics and viewers alike in Beautiful Girls, and played a minor part in Everyone Says I Love You. She is best known for her role as [[Padm� Amidala]] in the Star Wars prequels, Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace and Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones. She also played herself in one scene of the 2001 Ben Stiller comedy Zoolander.
Portman has the trademark of often portraying characters that are rather smart, mature, and grown-up for their age.
She recently graduated from Harvard University.
Portman has been a vegetarian since she was eight years old.
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Filmography
- [[L�on]] (a.k.a. The Professional, a.k.a. The Cleaner) (1994)
- Developing (short) (1995)
- Heat (1995)
- Beautiful Girls (1996)
- Everyone Says I Love You (1996)
- Mars Attacks (1996)
- Anywhere But Here (1999)
- Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace (1999)
- Where the Heart Is (2000)
- Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones (2002)
- Cold Mountain (2003)
- Garden State (2004)
- True (2004)
- Closer (2004)
- Star Wars Episode III (2005)
Theatrical work
- The Diary Of Anne Frank (1999)
- The Seagull (2001)
See also
External links
References
- Adapted from the Wikipedia article, "Natalie_Portman" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natalie_Portman, used under the GNU Free Documentation License
