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Natalie Portman

Natalie Portman - born Natalie Hershlag, on 9 June 1981, in Jerusalem, Israel - took her maternal grandmother's maiden name as a stage persona after winning her incredible debut role in Leon. She was 13.

Summer tHeatre camps provided some stage work, but roles in Heat, Beautiful Girls and Everyone Says I Love You proved that Portman was a girl of huge talent and no small craft.

Cast as Queen Amidala in Star Wars: Episode 1 - The Phantom Menace, Portman juggled being Darth Vader's wife in the rest of the prequel trilogy with completing her education and gaining a psychology degree from Harvard.

Committed (and often revealing) roles in Garden State, Closer and V For Vendetta confirmed that Portman has lost none of her touch, and she's most recently to be found opposite Dustin Hoffman in Mr Magorium's Wonder Emporium, and with Scarlett Johansson in The Other Boleyn Girl...

Wise words: "The moment you buy into the idea you're above anyone else is the moment you need to be slapped in the face."


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Natalie Portman - news / articles


  • Portman to hit the Heights - 11 April 2008
    Star Wars, V For Vendetta and Leon star Natalie Portman is to follow up her role in historical drama The Other Boleyn Girl with another period piece - a big-screen adaptation of Emily Bronte's classic Wuthering Heights, according to the Hollywood Reporter.-Portman, whose

Natalie Portman - what members say


  • Mars Attacks
  • Mars Attacks review by Peter David Bromley from Newcastle Upon Tyne
    Rated - 4 stars Mars Attacks is one of the best films i have ever seen 28 April 2004
    ... Donald Cessler who believes that the martians have came in piece. there's also Natalie Portman in the role of The President's daughter Taffy. Glenn Close is her snobby mother...  
  • Leon
  • Leon review by Sue from North Yorks
    Rated - 5 stars Brilliant 28 August 2004
    ...Only one word for it- brilliant. Best film I have watched in ages. Natalie Portman is wonderful portraying a young orphan girl. There is everything in this film (a bit gory in...  
  • Beautiful Girls
  • Beautiful Girls review by Daniel Carl from Kilmarnock, Scotland
    Rated - 3 stars Forlorn Hope 15 April 2004
    ...the art of portraying the hapless, analytical, moribund philosopher. Odd to see Natalie Portman playing a lolita type figure (albeit very innocuous) after all the trouble that...  

Natalie Portman - filmography


  • Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium on DVD (2007)
    Starring: Natalie Portman,  Dustin Hoffman,  Jason Bateman
    Director: Zach Helm
    Certificate: U
    Molly Mahoney (Portman) is the awkward and insecure manager of Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium, the strangest, most fantastic, most wonderful toy store in the world. But when Mr. Magorium, the 243 year-old eccentric who owns the store (Hoffman), bequeaths the store to her, a dark and ominous change ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.0 62% from 12,184 members
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  • V For Vendetta on DVD (2005)
    Starring: Natalie Portman,  Hugo Weaving,  John Hurt
    Director: James McTeigue
    Certificate: 15
    Set against the futuristic landscape of totalitarian Britain, V For Vendetta tells the story of a mild-mannered young woman named Evey (NATALIE PORTMAN) who is rescued from a life-and-death situation by a masked man (HUGO WEAVING) known only as "V". Incomparably charismatic and ferociously skilled ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 68% from 22,682 members
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  • Garden State on DVD (2004)
    Starring: Zach Braff,  Natalie Portman,  Peter Sarsgaard
    Director: Zach Braff
    Certificate: 15
    Aspiring actor living in Los Angles, Andrew "Large" Largeman (Braff) has managed to avoid a visit to his hometown in New Jersey and the inevitable confrontation with his father. But as he reconnects with the place once he returns, a twist of fate introduces him to Sam (Portman), a quirky young ..read more »
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  • Closer on DVD (2004)
    Starring: Julia Roberts,  Jude Law,  Natalie Portman
    Director: Mike Nichols
    Certificate: 15
    Are humans meant to mate for life - What drives someone in a perfectly good relationship to cheat and risk losing the one that they love and that loves them - Is it possible to love more than one person at the same time - How well does anyone really know the one that they love. Directed by Mike ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.0 60% from 10,323 members
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  • Cold Mountain (2 discs) on DVD (2003)
    Starring: Jude Law,  Nicole Kidman,  Renee Zellweger
    Director: Anthony Minghella
    Certificate: 15
    Directed by Anthony Minghella (THE ENGLISH PATIENT), this Civil War saga addresses romance, friendship, and the ravages of war--both in the field and on the home front. Far more than a simple love story, Minghella's film captures the horrors of war for both those fighting it, and for those left ..read more »
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  • Where The Heart Is on DVD (2000)
    Starring: Ashley Judd,  Stockard Channing,  Natalie Portman
    Director: Matt Williams
    Certificate: 12
    A lighthearted drama about finding your place in the world under the most unlikely circumstances. Portman is Novalee Nation, a pregnant young girl who is running away to California with her boyfriend, an aspiring country singer. When he abandons her at an Oklahoma Wal-Mart, Novalee has no choice ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 69% from 562 members
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  • Mars Attacks on DVD (1996)
    Starring: Jack Nicholson,  Glenn Close,  Annette Bening
    Director: Tim Burton
    Certificate: 12
    Director Tim Burton unleashes MARS ATTACKS!, a vicious, affectionate, brightly-colored homage to 1950s alien invasion movies. When a shiny silver flying saucer lands in the Nevada desert, a group of skull-faced Martians exit the gleaming craft. Although they claim to be peaceful, they promptly "..read more »
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  • Beautiful Girls on DVD (1996)
    Starring: Matt Dillon,  Timothy Hutton,  Rosie O'Donnell
    Director: Ted Demme
    Certificate: 15
    In this post-coming-of-age comedy, a high school reunion in a small Massachusetts town gives a group of buddies plenty of opportunities to try and sort out their views about women and life. From the former stud-turned-snowplow operator to the aspiring nightclub musician who escaped to New York, ..read more »
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  • Heat (2 discs) on DVD (1995)
    Starring: Al Pacino,  Robert De Niro,  Tom Sizemore
    Director: Michael Mann
    Certificate: 15
    Robert De Niro and Al Pacino are finally together on screen in this riveting story about an intense rivalry between expert thief Neil McCauley (De Niro) and volatile cop Vincent Hanna (Pacino). McCauley will stop at nothing to do what he does best and neither will Hanna, even though it means ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 76% from 11,073 members
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  • Leon on DVD (1994)
    Starring: Gary Oldman,  Jean Reno,  Natalie Portman
    Director: Luc Besson
    Certificate: 18
    A murder on the streets of New York leads to a deadly game of cat and mouse while an orphaned twelve-year-old girl becomes caught in the middle...
    Rate this: 4.0 82% from 21,408 members
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Natalie Portman - downloads


  • Where The Heart Is for Download (2000)
    Starring: Ashley Judd,  Stockard Channing,  Natalie Portman
    Director: Matt Williams
    Certificate: 12
    Rent from: £2.99
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    Run time: 115 minutes
    A lighthearted drama about finding your place in the world under the most unlikely circumstances. Portman is Novalee Nation, a pregnant young girl who is running away to California with her boyfriend, an aspiring country singer. When he abandons her at an Oklahoma Wal-Mart, Novalee has no choice ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 62% from 17 members
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