Natalie Portman
Natalie Hershlag (born June 9, 1981), known professionally as Natalie Portman, is an Israeli actress, film producer and director. She has had a prolific screen career from her teenage years and has starred in various blockbusters and independent films, receiving multiple accolades, including an Academy Award, a BAFTA Award, and two Golden Globe Awards.
Portman was born in Jerusalem and moved to the United States when she was three, where she began her acting career at twelve, starring as the young protégée of a hitman in Léon: The Professional (1994). While still in high school, she made her Broadway debut in The Diary of Anne Frank (1997) and gained international recognition for her role as Padmé Amidala in Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace (1999). From 1999 to 2003, Portman attended Harvard University, earning a bachelor's degree in psychology. During this time, she took fewer acting roles but continued to appear in the Star Wars prequel trilogy (2002 and 2005) and performed in a 2001 revival of Anton Chekhov's The Seagull at The Public Theater.
Her career gained further momentum in 2004 when she won a Golden Globe and received an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress for Closer. She then played Evey Hammond in V for Vendetta (2005), Anne Boleyn in The Other Boleyn Girl (2008), and a troubled ballerina in Black Swan (2010), for which she won the Academy Award for Best Actress. In the following years, Portman starred in the romantic comedy No Strings Attached (2011) and portrayed Jacqueline Kennedy in Jackie (2016), which earned her a third Academy Award nomination. She also became a prominent figure in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, playing Jane Foster in Thor (2011), Thor: The Dark World (2013), and Thor: Love and Thunder (2022), which established her as one of the world's highest-paid actresses.
Portman has also directed the short film Eve (2008) and the biographical drama A Tale of Love and Darkness (2015), in which she also starred. In 2021, she co-founded the production company MountainA, under which she produced and starred in the film May December (2023) and the miniseries Lady in the Lake (2024). Portman is an advocate for various causes, including women's rights, environmental issues, and animal welfare, supporting organizations like the Human Rights Foundation and the Jane Goodall Institute.
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Movies (82)
The Gallerist
2026 · Polina Polinski, Producer
Arco
2025 · Producer
Los Cretinos
2025 · Mary Muggle-Wump (voice)
Natalie Portman – Vom Kinderstar zur Hollywood-Ikone
2025 · Self (archive footage)
Carol & Joy
2025 · Executive Producer
La fuente de la juventud
2025 · Charlotte Purdue
Garden State - The 20th Anniversary Concert
2025 · Self - Presenter
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
2025 · Self
High & Low – John Galliano
2024 · Self (archive footage)
Secretos de un escándalo
2023 · Elizabeth, Producer
Image Book
2023 · Self
Strong Enough
2022 · Thanks
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Thor: Love and Thunder
2022 · Self - Jane Foster / The Mighty Thor
Thor: Amor y Trueno
2022 · Jane Foster / The Mighty Thor
Lucy in the Sky
2019 · Lucy Cola
This Changes Everything
2019 · Self
Avengers: Endgame
2019 · Jane Foster
The Death and Life of John F. Donovan
2019 · Sam Turner
Vox Lux: El precio de la fama
2018 · Celeste Montgomery, Executive Producer
Eating Animals
2018 · Producer
Arrecifes de delfines
2018 · Narrator (voice)
Aniquilación
2018 · Lena
Song to Song
2017 · Rhonda
Jackie
2016 · Jackie Kennedy
Conexión de Amor
2016 · Laura Barlow
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies
2016 · Producer
La Venganza De Jane
2015 · Jane Hammond, Producer
Caballero de copas
2015 · Elizabeth
A Tale of Love and Darkness
2015 · Fania Oz, Director, Screenplay
The Heyday of the Insensitive Bastards
2015 · Laura
The Seventh Fire
2015 · Executive Producer
A Brother's Journey: Thor & Loki
2014 · Self
Thor: un mundo oscuro
2013 · Jane Foster
Cloud Atlas: La Red Invisible
2012 · Thanks
Thor
2011 · Jane Foster
Una loca aventura medieval
2011 · Isabel
Black Swan: Metamorphosis
2011 · Self
Amigos con derechos
2011 · Emma Kurtzman, Executive Producer
El cisne negro
2010 · Nina Sayers / The Swan Queen
Un Amor Equivocado
2010 · Emilia Greenleaf, Executive Producer
I'm Still Here
2010 · Natalie Portman, Thanks
Hesher
2010 · Nicole, Producer
Plan B
2010 · Thanks
Hermanos
2009 · Grace Cahill
Nueva York, te amo
2008 · Rifka, Director, Writer
Eve
2008 · Director, Writer
La otra Reina
2008 · Anne Boleyn
Noches púrpuras
2007 · Leslie
El mundo mágico de Magorium
2007 · Molly Mahoney
Hotel Chevalier
2007 · Jack's Girlfriend
Viaje a Darjeeling
2007 · Jack's Ex-Girlfriend
Los fantasmas de Goya
2006 · Inés Bilbatúa / Alicia
Paris Je T'aime
2006 · Francine (Faubourg Saint-Denis)
The Armenian Genocide
2006 · Aurora Mardiganian (voice)
V for Vendetta: Unmasked
2006
V de Venganza
2006 · Evey
Free Zone
2005 · Rebecca
Star Wars: Episodio III - La Venganza de los Sith
2005 · Padmé Amidala
Domino One
2005 · Dominique Bellamy
Closer: Llevados por el deseo
2004 · Alice
Tiempo de volver
2004 · Sam
Sesame Street: Elmo's World: The Street We Live On!
2004 · Self (uncredited)
True
2004 · Francine
Regreso a Cold Mountain
2003 · Sara
Star Wars: Episodio II: El Ataque de los Clones
2002 · Padmé Amidala
The Beginning: The Making of Star Wars Episode I
2001 · Self
Zoolander
2001 · Natalie Portman
¿Dónde quedó el amor?
2000 · Novalee Nation
Cambio de vida
1999 · Ann August
Star Wars: Episodio I - La amenaza fantasma
1999 · Padmé Amidala
¡Marcianos al ataque!
1996 · Taffy Dale
Todos Dicen que Te Amo
1996 · Laura Dandridge
Chicas hermosas
1996 · Marty
Fuego contra Fuego
1995 · Lauren Gustafson
Developing
1995 · Nina
Léon: The Professional
1994 · Mathilda Lando
Foxy Trotter
· Ronnie, Producer
Bronco Belle
· Raylene Jackson
Good Sex
· Ally, Producer
Photograph 51
· Rosalind Franklin
Hippies
· Margaret Fuller
Pumping Black
· Dr. Andrea Lathe, Producer
TV shows (34)
Good Hang with Amy Poehler
2025 · Self - Guest
La mujer en el lago
2024 · Maddie Schwartz, Executive Producer
Off Script with The Hollywood Reporter
2023 · Self
Angel City
2023 · Self, Executive Producer
Secretos de los Elefantes
2023 · Self - Narrator (voice)
Beau geste
2023 · Self
What If...?
2021 · Jane Foster (voice)
Leyendas de Marvel Studios
2021 · Jane Foster (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Drew Barrymore Show
2020 · Self - Guest
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019 · Self
Bluey
2018 · Whale Doco Narrator (voice)
Quotidien
2016 · Self - Guest
Angie Tribeca
2016 · Christina Craft
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015 · Self - Guest
The Late Late Show with James Corden
2015 · Self - Guest
Hot Ones
2015 · Self
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
2014 · Self
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014 · Self - Guest
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014 · Self - Guest
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009 · Self - Guest
El show de Graham Norton
2007 · Self
The One Show
2006 · Self
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003 · Self - Guest
The Apartment
2001
The Jon Stewart Show
1993 · Self - Guest
Late Show with David Letterman
1993 · Self - Guest
Los Simpson
1989 · Darcy (voice)
Saturday Night Live
1975 · Self - Host
People's Choice Awards
1975 · Self - Presenter
Sesame Street
1969 · Natalie
Omnibus
1967
Today
1952 · Self - Guest
Golden Globe Awards
1944 · Self - Nominee & Presenter
We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves
· Executive Producer