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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 t Heatre 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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Portman's qualms over nude scenes -
6 November 2009
-Natalie Portman always thinks twice before agreeing to strip off on film - because she fears her naked image will end up on pornography websites.-
-The actress admits she struggled with the decision to appear nude at the start of her career, and even asked filmmakers to
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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
Natalie Portman - filmography
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The Other Boleyn Girl
on DVD
(2007)
Starring: Natalie Portman, Scarlett Johansson, Eric Bana
Director: Justin Chadwick
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Based on a novel by Philippa Gregory, "The Other Boleyn Girl" revolves around the ferociously ambitious Boleyn sisters, Mary (Johansson) and Anne (Portman), who are rivals for the bed and heart of 16th century English King Henry VIII (Eric Bana).
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69%
from 42,493 members
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Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium
on DVD
(2007)
Starring: Natalie Portman, Dustin Hoffman, Jason Bateman
Director: Zach Helm
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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 »
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63%
from 18,146 members
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V For Vendetta
on DVD
(2005)
Starring: Natalie Portman, Hugo Weaving, John Hurt
Director: James McTeigue, Comic Book Classics
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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 »
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68%
from 65,650 members
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Free Zone
on DVD
(2005)
Starring: Natalie Portman, Carmen Maura, Hana Laszlo
Director: Amos Gitai
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Two women embark on a road trip after they are brought together by circumstance. Rebecca (Portman) flees her hotel after a fight with her mother-in-law (Maura) and hails a taxi driven by Hanna (Lazlo).
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39%
from 462 members
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Closer - BLU-RAY Version
(2004)
Starring: Julia Roberts, Jude Law, Natalie Portman
Director: Mike Nichols
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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 »
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61%
from 1,051 member
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Garden State
on DVD
(2004)
Starring: Zach Braff, Natalie Portman, Peter Sarsgaard
Director: Zach Braff
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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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65%
from 48,256 members
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Closer
on DVD
(2004)
Starring: Julia Roberts, Jude Law, Natalie Portman
Director: Mike Nichols
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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 »
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55%
from 67,420 members
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Cold Mountain
on DVD
(2003)
Starring: Jude Law, Nicole Kidman, Renee Zellweger
Director: Anthony Minghella
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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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65%
from 44,053 members
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Where The Heart Is
on DVD
(2000)
Starring: Ashley Judd, Stockard Channing, Natalie Portman
Director: Matt Williams
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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 »
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66%
from 2,293 members
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Anywhere But Here
on DVD
(1999)
Starring: Susan Sarandon, Natalie Portman, Shawn Hatosy
Director: Wayne Wang
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Director Wayne Wang, known for family dramas about Chinese Americans that focus on mother-daughter relationships (DIM SUM, THE JOY LUCK CLUB), here adapts Mona Simpson's ANYWHERE BUT HERE, a novel perfectly suited for his talents. Teenage Ann (Natalie Portman) wants a normal life, but her mother, ..read more »
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54%
from 1,580 member
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Everyone Says I Love You
on DVD
(1996)
Starring: Woody Allen, Julia Roberts, Goldie Hawn
Director: Woody Allen
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A melange of sentimental musical vignettes about the various members of a madcap Manhattan family, who attempt by turns to find romance. Allen returns to his improvisational comic vein, reportedly springing the musical numbers on his nonmusical stars--only Barrymore was dubbed--shortly before ..read more »
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60%
from 3,728 members
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Mars Attacks
on DVD
(1996)
Starring: Jack Nicholson, Glenn Close, Annette Bening
Director: Tim Burton
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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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62%
from 9,971 members
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Beautiful Girls
on DVD
(1996)
Starring: Matt Dillon, Timothy Hutton, Rosie O'Donnell
Director: Ted Demme
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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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59%
from 2,957 members
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Heat - BLU-RAY Version
(1995)
Starring: Al Pacino, Robert De Niro, Tom Sizemore
Director: Michael Mann
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Robert De Niro and Al Pacino are finally united 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 »
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86%
from 184 members
Due for release on 9th November 2009
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Heat
on DVD
(1995)
Starring: Al Pacino, Robert De Niro, Tom Sizemore
Director: Michael Mann
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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 »
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74%
from 38,738 members
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Leon
(1994)
Starring: Gary Oldman, Jean Reno, Natalie Portman
Director: Luc Besson
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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...
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81%
from 77,139 members
Not currently released
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Leon - BLU-RAY Version
(1994)
Starring: Gary Oldman, Natalie Portman, Jean Reno
Director: Luc Besson
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French director Luc Besson tackles his first American movie in this unusual tale of Leon (Jean Reno), a stoic assassin who develops a reluctant relationship with an orphaned 12-year-old girl (Natalie Portman, in an excellent debut performance). When a corrupt DEA official (Gary Oldman) murders the ..read more »
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90%
from 584 members
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Natalie Portman facts
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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...
Brilliant 28 August 2004
