Photo SpecialBecoming ... Natalie Portman
See how the freshly shorn Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith actress went from bookish girl to elegant fashion muse. By Lucy Maher and Caryn Midler
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For the Mike Nichols-directed Closer, in which she played a stripper caught in a web of sex, love and lies, Portman garnered a Golden Globe and her first Oscar nod for Best Supporting Actress. "It was my first time and, I don't know, it was weird," the actress told W magazine about the Academy Awards ceremony. "I was really honored and grateful to be there, but it was a lot less glamorous than I thought it would be ... It's sort of like the prom."
