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Natalie Hershlag (born June 9, 1981),
better known by her stage name Natalie Portman, is an actress
with dual American and Israeli citizenship. Her first role was
as an orphan taken in by a hitman in the 1994 French action
film Léon. During the 1990s, Portman had major roles in films
including Beautiful Girls and Anywhere but Here, before being
cast for the role as Padmé Amidala in the Star Wars prequel
trilogy. In 1999, she enrolled at Harvard University 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 City's Public Theater
production of Anton Chekhov's The Seagull. In 2005, Portman
received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best
Supporting Actress as well as winning the Golden Globe Award
for Best Supporting Actress - Motion Picture for the drama
Closer. She shaved her head and learned to speak with a
British accent for her starring role in V for Vendetta (2006),
for which she won a Constellation Award for Best Female
Performance, and a Saturn Award for Best Actress. She played
leading roles in the historical dramas Goya's Ghosts (2006)
and The Other Boleyn Girl (2008). In May 2008, she served as
the youngest member of the 61st Annual Cannes Film Festival
jury. Portman's directorial debut, Eve, opened the 65th Venice
International Film Festival's shorts competition in 2008.
In 2011, Portman won the Academy Award, the Golden Globe
Award, the Screen Actors Guild Award, and the BAFTA Award for
her lead performance as Nina in Black Swan.
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