Natalie Portman, is an Israeli-American actress. Her first position was as an orphan taken in by a hitman in the 1994 French motion movie Léon (known within the United States as The Skilled). In the course of the 1990s, Portman had major roles in movies like Lovely Ladies and Wherever however Right here, earlier than being forged for the function as Padmé Amidala within the Star Wars prequel trilogy. In 1999, she enrolled at Harvard College to study psychology while she was working on the Star Wars films. She completed her bachelor's degree in 2003.
In 2001, Portman opened in New York Metropolis's Public Theater manufacturing of Anton Chekhov's The Seagull, alongside Meryl Streep, Kevin Kline, and Philip Seymour Hoffman.[3] In 2005, Portman acquired a nomination for the Academy Award for Greatest Supporting Actress as well as winning the Golden Globe Award for Greatest Supporting Actress - Motion Picture for the drama Closer. She shaved her head and learned to talk with an English accent for her starring position in V for Vendetta (2006), for which she gained a Constellation Award for Finest Female Performance, and a Saturn Award for Greatest Actress. She played main roles within the historic dramas Goya's Ghosts (2006) and The Other Boleyn Woman (2008). In May 2008, she served because the youngest member of the 61st Annual Cannes Movie Competition jury. Portman's directorial debut, Eve, opened the sixty fifth Venice International Film Competition's shorts competitors in 2008.
In 2011, Portman was nominated for her third Golden Globe award for her efficiency in Black Swan. She is engaged to ballet dancer Benjamin Millepied
