Natalie Portman

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Recent Role:
Herself on US Open
Gender:
Female
Born:
6-9-1981
Birthplace:
Jerusalem, Israel
Birth Name:
Natalie Hershlag
Natalie Portman was born on June 9, 1981, in Jerusalem, Israel as the only child of a doctor (father) and an artist (mother, who also acts as Natalie's agent). Natalie left Israel for Washington when she was only three years old. After a few more moves, her family finally settled in New York, where she lived until her graduation from high school. She graduated with honors, and her academic achievements allowed her to attend and graduate from Harvard.

At a young age, Natalie was always the little entertainer. She even put on shows during her grandfather's funeral when she was

More seven. She was discovered by a Revlon scout in a Long Island 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: The Professional (1994).

That role launched her successful movie career and won her roles in such films as Heat (1995), Beautiful Girls (1996) and Mars Attacks! (1996). It wouldn't be until 1999 when she received worldwide fame as Queen Amidala in the highly anticipated $431 million grossing Prequel Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace (1999). Natalie next starred in two critically acclaimed comedy dramas Anywhere But Here (1999), and Where the Heart Is (2000).

Since then, Portman has done more than a dozen films including the sequels 2nd and 3rd installments of the "Star Wars" movies, Cold Mountain (2003), The Darjeeling Limited (2007), and The Other Boleyn Girl (2008) playing Scarlett Johansson's sister.

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    7 Good
    V for Vendetta,Closer,The Other Boleyn Girl. hide show

    She has talent. Very promising young actress. Her roles have taken her to the A-list celebrities of Hollywood. She truely knows how to take the form of the character she is playing. I was especially impressed with her role as Anne Boleyn in the movie the Other Boleyn girl. She played the innocent and the b!tch. I like the way she can change her facial expressions really quickly in suitable moments. V for Vendetta was a good movie but I wasn't too happy about her acting and I really don't think she was right for the role. She was way too light. She has superb acting skills but, in my oponion Natalie,dosen't always know which roles to pick. Another thing I think that she does is, she depends on her outer image way too much. You can't just stand there and look gorgeous and expect an oscar to be handed to you. No you have to earn it. So I think she is awesome but she could do alot better.

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    1.1 Abysmal
    She is a good actress, but she is using her fame to try to force her views on people, just like Sarandon and Tim Robbins and many other. it's hard to respect someone who does that. hide show

    The fact that people diagreed that it's hard top respect someone who forces their views on people just goes to show how some people can't think for themselves and think actors should be telling them how to think. She may be a very smart and attractive woman, but she is pretty ignorant on the ways of the world.

    I'm not sure why she is on here, because her career has mostly been on the big screen. I do thinks she is very hot, even though alot of her views are not. I lost respect for her when she said she did the "Choose or Loose" and she said that she was telling people to vote Democrat, that show is supposed to get people to vote, not to get people to vote how you want them to. It's not becaus it was Democrat, it's becuase it's wrong, she made it about her, which wasn't what that was supposed to be about. I think that made me lose repect for MTV, even though it has sucked for about 8 years before that. I have not seen everything she has been in, I have liked her in the majority of the shows I have seen her in.

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    6.3 Fair
    I really like Natalie Portman, but she does have some downsides. hide show

    I really like Natalie Portman, but she does have some downsides. I have some upsides for her too though. She went to HARVARD College! That means she is really smart. She also is a very talented actress. She was also on one of my favorite shows, The Colbert Report, for an episode. Some downsides are her hair. She looks SO bad with short hair. I know she wants to probably start a trend, but it's not worling. Other stars are probably disturbed by it! Although, she was in an off Broadway musical. I like Broadway, but off-Broadway is not as exciting.

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    9.8 Superb
    Natalie Portman is very interesting actress! hide show

    Natalie Portman obviously is very well known around the globe for being Queen Amidala and Padme Skywalker in the Star Wars movies but also does regular movies with Zac Braff and a famous movie V for Vendetta. Natalie Portman is also very smart since she did earn honors in high shool and even attended Harvard! Natalie does not have any siblings unfortunately so she is very independent and also thinks for herself. She is a very talented actress and we will probably see more of Natalie Portman in the future. She is a very young and determined actress making it into Hollywood.

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    10 Perfect
    loved her in the prequel star wars movies hide show

    Natalie Portman is a very beautiful women, I haven't seen to many movies with her, But I did see Star Wars Episodes 1,2,and 3 and she grow more beautiful with each movie, Attack of the Clones is when I fell for her, the clothes she whore not to metion how hot she looked in them was my downfall, and it got worse with Revenge of the Sith. She is also a very talented actress she showed a lot of emotion in all 3 star wars movies, and I was sad that her character died at the end of Revenge of the Sith.

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