Natalie Portman

Natalie and her fiancé Benjamin Millepied gave birth to their first son in 2011.

Natalie won an Oscar for Best Actress for her role in the film Black Swan at the 83rd annual Academy Awards.

Natalie is pregnant with her first baby with fiance Black Swan co-star Benjamin Millepied.

Natalie was a member of the environmental song and dance troupe The World Patrol Kids under her real name, Natalie Hershlag.

Natalie was discovered in a Pizza parlor and was originally turned down for the role of Mathilda in Léon (1994) because she was too young.

Natalie dated Lukas Haas.

The make-up brand Stila has a lip gloss named after Natalie.

Natalie decided to move to California to be closer to her boyfriend Devendra Banhart. [July 2008]

Natalie is a member of the jury at the Cannes Film Festival in 2008.

There is a band named after her: Natalie Portman's Shaved Head.

While in Morocco, Natalie lived in a tent and traveled by camel. She visits Morocco regularly.

Natalie listens mostly to R&B, Old School Hip-Hop and 90s Alternative Rock. Some of her favorite groups and artists are A Tribe Called Quest, Radiohead, Stevie Wonder, Portishead, Wu Tang Clan, and Nirvana.

Natalie has a slight indentation on her head that was visible during the time she her head shaved. The indentation was the result of being delivered by vacuum extraction.

For her 2003 New Year's party, Natalie wore a Zac Posen dress that had more than $10,000 worth of crystals sewn onto it. She also attended Moby's much-hyped secret Naked NYE party.

Natalie took diving courses in Eilat, Israel. Diving is one of her favorite hobbies.

Natalie was surprised and amused to discover that her apartment in the heart of Kings Cross, London, was across the street from a brothel.

Natalie became the first client of Artists Management Group to land representation at the powerhouse Creative Artists Agency. CAA refused to work with clients of its former founder Michael Ovitz's AMG; as soon as the one-time super-agent sold out his interest in the management firm, CAA went straight after Portman.

Natalie was considered for the role of Jane Austen in Becoming Jane (2007), but the role went to Anne Hathaway.

Natalie is friends with young writer Jonathan Safran Foer.

When Natalie arrived at a London airport to do re-shoots for the third Star Wars prequel, a customs official--going by her size--asked Natalie if she was traveling with a guardian.

Natalie's years at Harvard resulted in the phenomenon of The Natalies, in which every underclass woman with that first name received numerous e-mails and phone messages from fans.

As the first day of Cold Mountain (2003) filming fell on Halloween, Portman came to set dressed as Dorothy Gale only to realize she was the only one who'd dressed up.

Natalie was surprised and amused to discover that her apartment in the heart of Kings Cross, London, was across the street from a brothel.

Natalie became the first client of Artists Management Group to land representation at the powerhouse Creative Artists Agency. CAA refused to work with clients of its former founder Michael Ovitz's AMG; as soon as the one-time super-agent sold out his interest in the management firm, CAA went straight after Portman.

Natalie has been taken dance lessons since the age of 4.

Known for her vegan lifestyle, Natalie has her own line of eco-friendly shoes, which were made out of fabric and plastic.

Natalie's film directorial debut opened the Venice Film Festival's short-film sidebar on September 2008. Her 17-minute film entitled Eve is described as "a civilized comedy" by the festival's organizers.

For her continued involvement with social and environmental causes, Natalie was honored with the Humanity Award for social commitment in the 2008 Venice Film Festival. She donated her $50,000.00 cash prize to Tacare Girl's Scholarship Programme of the Jane Goodall Institute.

Natalie is an Advisory Board Member for the Audrey Hepburn Children's Fund charitable organization and an Honorary Godparent for the Audrey Hepburn Children's House.

In Summer of 2008, Natalie pulled out from doing the 2009 version of Wuthering Heights because she felt she would not be able to get the Yorkshire accent right. It was a role she reportedly lobbied for to be cast as.

Natalie has appeared in the music video of "Carmensita", the single of rocker ex-boyfriend Devendra Banhart.

List Rankings/Appearances: • FHM's 100 Sexiest Women in the World 2000 - No.63 2001 - No.84 2002 - No.43 2003 - No.97 2004 - No.74 2005 - No.49 2006 - No.48 2007 - No.56 2008 - No.39 • AskMen.com's Top 99 Most Desirable Women 2002 - No.77 2003 - No.09 2005 - No.25 2006 - No.09 2007 - No.22 2008 - No.15 • Empire Magazine's (AUS) 100 Sexiest Movie Stars 2002 - No.15 2007 - No.02 • Maxim's Hot 100 2005 - No.42 2006 - No.33 • FHM Online's 100 Sexiest Women in the World 2007 - No.31 2008 - No.25 • AfterEllen.com's Top 100 Hot Celebrities 2007 - No.10 2008 - No.27 • Others 2002 - PETA's Sexiest Female Vegetarian 2002 - People magazine's 50 Most Beautiful People 2002 - Teen People magazine's 25 Hottest Stars Under 25 2008 - Entertainment Weekly's 30 Under 30 Actress List 2008 - No.5, Hello (Canada)'s Most Beautiful Celebrity Women 2009 - No. 89, "100 Hottest Brunettes of AIM".

Natalie describes her ideal man as someone who is aware of what's going on in themselves and in the world.

Natalie was a straight-A student since grade school. She graduated from Syosset High School in Long Island in June 1999.

Natalie owned a dog named Noodles. She owns a dog named Charlie.

In 2006, Blender Magazine named her one of the hottest women of film and TV because of her intelligence and kindness.

Natalie stated that she would never be in a horror movie. She was offered the lead role in Warner Brothers' House of Wax and turned it down.

Keira Knightley, as handmaiden Sabé, played the decoy for Portman's character Queen Amidala in Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace. Many have said that the two actresses look very similar.

Favorites: Designers - Zac Posen, Isaac Mizrahi, Helmut Lang, Miu Miu, Prada, Calvin Klein, Abercrombie & Fitch Subject - Math ("There's always an answer.") Actor - Ben Kingsley Country - Israel City - Paris

Natalie appeared in many plays at Usdan Theater Arts Camp, where she played the dumb blonde, Dora, in Fiorello and the feminist Annie in Annie Get Your Gun.

Natalie likes collecting purses and small bags.

Natalie and Gael Garcia Bernal have gotten back together after splitting in 2004. They have had several dates during May/June 2006. She dated Lukas Haas in July 2001 and rocker Devendra Banhart in 2008.

Natalie studied for six months at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem in 2004.

Natalie was in a band called The World Patrol Kids before she started her acting career.

Natalie Portman looked forward to shaving her head totally bald for the role of Evey Hammond in V for Vendetta, during the torture scenes, stating that she has wanted to do it for a long time.

Natalie is good friends with the members of Maroon 5.

Natalie is an only child to parents Avner, a doctor, and Shelly, an artist. She would like to be a doctor, like her father, when she gets older.

Natalie was born on her mother's birthday. She also shares a birthday with Johnny Depp.

Natalie plays Padme in the first three Star Wars movies (Episodes II, III). Natalie had never seen the original Star Wars movies prior to being cast.

Natalie has been named "the next Audrey Hepburn".

Natalie was the first actress looked at for Romeo + Juliet in 1996, but turned it down because of the age difference between herself and Leonardo DiCaprio. She also auditioned for Little Women.

Natalie's nickname is Nat.

Natalie was nominated for an Academy Award and won a Golden Globe Award for best supporting actress in her role in the movie Closer.

Natalie can speak five languages: Hebrew, Japanese, Chinese, French and English.

Natalie is 5'3" tall.