Natalie Portman, whose real name is Natalie Hershlag, was born in Jerusalen, Israel, in 1981. However, she started living in the United States when she was a kid, so she can speak both English and Hebrew fluently.
She tried to start a career as a model, but because of her height (1.60 metres), it was really difficult and she gave it up, although it allowed her to begin working as an actress. Those days her parents changed her surname for her grandmother´s so that it could be easier for her to find a job.
World known at the age of eighteen as Padme Amidala, her role in the film Star Wars, Portman had already acted in many other films since she was twelve. By the year 2001, she had even tried doing theatre ( “The Seagull”), and in the last few years, she has acted in several interesting movies; for instance, “Cold Mountain”, “Closer” and “Paris, je t´aime”. In fact, in 2005 she won the Golden Globe award and she had been candidate for the Oscar in 2004.
Apart from her career as an actress, she has studied psychology and languajes such as French or Japanese. About her private life, she has had some boyfriends, but she is still single nowadays.
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