Natalie Portman

Born: Natalie Hershlag
June 9, 1981,
Jerusalem, Israel
Born on her mother's birthday.

Portman is her grandmother's maiden name. She avoids revealing her real name so her family can have more privacy.

Raised in Syosset, Long Island, New York, USA

Height: 5' 3"

Mother: Shelley, an artist, also acts as Natalie's agent

Father: Avner, a doctor, infertility specialist

Signigicant Other: Gael Garcia Bernal, actor.

Natalie speaks fluent Japanese, French, and Hebrew

Education:
Syosset High School, Syosset, NY, 1999;
Harvard University, psychology, 2003

Pet dog: a female Poodle-Schnauzer mix called Noodles.

Natalie Portman, born in Jerusalem, Israel, moved to Washington at age three, then to Connecticut, and finally to Syosset, Long Island, New York, where her parents still live today.

At the age of 11, she was discovered at a pizza parlor by a Revlon agent, but she opted to pursue an acting career instead. Shortly after, she began working with the Usdan Theatre Arts Camp, where she appeared in a number of local productions.

Portman made her film debut in Luc Besson’s memorable 1994 feature, The Professional. The demanding role, which featured her as hitman’s apprentice, caught the attention of critics and audiences.

Portman has appeared in numerous movies alongside Hollywood's A list actors, and in 1997, she spent a year on Broadway in the title role of The Diary of Anne Frank.

She became internationally known when she played Queen Amidala in three Star Wars films. Afterwards, she starred in two critically acclaimed comedy dramas, Anywhere But Here (1999), Where the Heart Is (2000), and Closer (2004), for which she received a Golden Globe and an Oscar nomination.

Portman graduated from Harvard University with a degree in psychology in 2003.