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Name : Natalie Portman
Birth name : Natalie Hershlag
Nickname : Nat
Height : 5′ 3″ (1.60 m)
Date of Birth : 9th June 1981
Occupation : Actress (Hollywood)

Films :

Developing (1994) as Nina, Léon (1994) as Mathilda, Heat (1995) as Lauren Gustafson, Beautiful Girls (1996) as Marty, Everyone Says I Love You (1996) as Laura Dandridge, Mars Attacks! (1996) as Taffy Dale, Star Wars: Episode I, II, III as Queen Padmé Amidala, Anywhere But Here (1999) as Ann August, Where the Heart Is (2000) as Novalee Nation, Cold Mountain (2003) as Sara, Garden State (2004) as Sam, True (2004) as Francine, Closer (2004) as Alice, Domino One (2005) as Dominique Bellamy, Free Zone (2005) as Rebecca, V for Vendetta (2005) as Evey, Paris, je t’aime (2006) as Francine, Goya’s Ghosts (2006) as Inés/Alicia

Biography :

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), for which she received an Oscar nomination.

Trivia :

• Portman was an understudy in the off-Broadway play, Ruthless!, in which Britney Spears had a role. At a Manhattan hotel in 2003 they co-hosted a carnival-themed New Year’s Eve party together.
• A number of songs and albums are named after her, by artists such as Intel One, Team Sleep, Sage Francis, and Ozma. The make-up brand Stila has a lip color named after her (a sheer plum titled “Natalie”), fashion designer Zac Posen has referred to her as his “muse” and writer Kia Abdullah names Natalie as the woman she would like to be.
• In one skit of the March 4, 2006 episode of Saturday Night Live that she hosted, Portman, Maya Rudolph, and Rachel Dratch portray high school classmates. The name of Portman’s character is Rebecca Hershlag, an in-joke for those aware that Hershlag is her real last name.
• In Star Wars movies Portman’s character Padmé is supposed to be four years older than Hayden Christiansen’s character Anakin. However, Christensen is actually nearly two months older than Portman.

Links :
IMDB : http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000204/
Wikipedia : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natalie_Portman

And now for some pics/wallpapers of the versatile and sexy actress Natalie Portman :

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