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Natalie Portman's Filmography
The Darjeeling
Limited
The Other Boleyn Girl
My Blueberry Nights
Hotel Chevalier (Short-film)
Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium
Goya's Ghosts
V For Vendetta
Free Zone
Closer
Star Wars: Episode III
Garden State
Cold Mountain
Paris, je t'aime - True (Short-film)
Domino One
The Seagull
Zoolander
Star Wars: Episode II
Where the Heart Is
Anywhere But Here
The Diary of Anne Frank (Theater)
Star Wars: Episode I
Everyone says I Love You
Mars Attacks!
Heat
Beautiful Girls
Developing (Student short-film)
Léon (a.k.a The Professional)
Natalie Portman Facts and Trivia
Born in Jerusalem on June 9th, 1981.
She is 5' 3'' Tall.
Father is a Doctor.
Mother is an Artist and her manager.
Natalie left Israel for Washington when she was still very young. After a few more moves, her family finally settled in New York, where she lived until her graduation from high school.
She graduated from Syosset High School, Syosset, New York, with honors, and her academic achievements allowed her to attend Harvard.
Attended Harvard University - She graduated with a psychology major.
Has been a strict vegetarian since the age of 8.
Has taken dance lessons since the age of 4.
She was discovered by an agent in a pizza parlor at the age of 11.
Can speak fluent Hebrew, French, and Japanese.
Portman is her grandmother's maiden name.
Her real last name is Hershlag.
Said would never be in a horror movie or any other "Jennifer Love Hewitt type" film.
Turned down the role of Wendy in Ice Storm, The (1997) because she felt the material was "too dark." The role went to Christina Ricci, who has said she often gets the projects Natalie turns down.
Takes pride in the fact that she is a role model for girls and chooses roles that are positive so that they will have a positive role model to look up to.
Turned down a role in The Horse Whisperer (1998) to act in "The Diary of Anne Frank" on Broadway.
Says that math was her favorite subject in school "because there's always an answer."
Originally turned down the role of Ann August in the film Anywhere But Here (1999) because of the love scene between herself and Corbin Allred that required nudity. Susan Sarandon, who had co-star approval, said she couldn't continue the movie without Portman, so the script was re-written without the scene and she accepted the role.
She is an only child.
She went to Stagedoor Manor Performing Arts Camp in 1994 and 1995 where she was Anne in "Anne of Green Gables" in 1994 and "Tapestry" in 1995.
Was the first choice to play Juliet in Romeo + Juliet (1996) but turned it down because of the scenes and the age difference between her and Leonardo DiCaprio.
David Letterman and Harpers and Queen magazine said that she is "the new Audrey Hepburn".
Turned down the title role in Adrian Lyne's Lolita (1997), due to her feelings about young adult actors/actresses being exposed to sex in films.
Before she was cast in Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999), she had never seen the original 3 Star Wars movies.
Moved to the US when she was 3 years old.
Turned down the role of Wendy in The Ice Storm (1997) because she felt the material was "too dark." The role went to Christina Ricci, who has said she often gets the projects Natalie turns down.
Auditioned for Little Women (1994).
Dated Lukas Haas. [July 2001]
Was named one of the 50 Most Beautiful People by People Magazine in 2002.
Was named one of the 10 most beautiful faces in the world by IndependentCritics.com
Natalie was born on her mother's 29th birthday.
Father's name: Avner.
Mother's name: Shelley.
One of Teen People Magazine's 25 Hottest Stars under 25 [2002]
The makeup brand Stila has a lip gloss named after her.
As of March 2007, she has appeared on "Late Show with David Letterman" (1993) 11 times.
Voted the 15th Sexiest Female Movie Star in the Australian Empire Magazine September 2002.
Received her Harvard degree in June of 2003.
Has a passion for travel. In late 2003 and early 2004 she travelled alone to Morocco and Guatemala.
Favorite actor is Ben Kingsley.
Fashion designer Zac Posen refers to her as his "muse."
Is close friends with Jake Gyllenhaal and Bryce Dallas Howard.
Has had many songs written about her.
She and director Tom Tykwer became good friends after working together on True (2004).
Shares a birthday with Johnny Depp and Michael J. Fox.
Had to miss the premiere of Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999) so she could study for her high school final exams.
Bears a striking resemblance to Keira Knightley. Knightley played Sabé, the Queen's decoy, in Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999). When in makeup, not even the mothers of the actresses could tell them apart.
She hesitantly shot an explicit nude scene for Closer (2004), in the scene where Alice (Portman) strips for Larry (Clive Owen). Ultimately, Portman and director Mike Nichols agreed not to use it, as the scene was effective enough without it.
Shaved her head for V for Vendetta (2005).
Learned to speak with a British accent for V for Vendetta (2005).
Still takes ballet classes.
Is learning how to play the piano and conduct for Goya's Ghosts (2006).
Named #42 on the Maxim magazine Hot 100 of 2005 list.
Named #49 in FHM's "100 Sexiest Women in the World 2005" special supplement. (2005)
Voted Peta's Sexiest Female Vegetarian in 2002.
Took diving courses in Eilat, Israel. Diving is one of her favorite hobbies.
For her 2003 New Year's party, she 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.
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.
Her years at Harvard resulted in the phenomenon of The Natalies, in which every underclasswoman with that first name received numerous e-mails and phone messages from fans.
Mike Nichols and his wife, Diane Sawyer, have been friends with Natalie since she was 15.
Won a Golden Globe for her role in "Closer"
Has been friends with American designer Isaac Mizrahi since she was 14.
Her parents met as OSU (Ohio State university) in Columbus, Ohio.
Named #61 in FHM magazine's "100 Sexiest Women in the World 2006" supplement. (2006).
Director Milos Forman sought her out for an audition after seeing her on the cover of Vogue. He said that she looked like a Goya painting.
Pan's Labyrinth's actress, Ivana Baquero, once mentioned in an interview that she would love to work in a film with Portman.
She currently lives in Long Island, New York, and also shares a home in London, England. She has lived in Long Island, New York since she was a child. [2007]
Unwinds by singing karaoke at Winnie's, a NYC bar in Chinatown.
SALARY - $3,000,000 to $7,000,000 per film
(although she has worked for much less on certain projects)
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