Natalie Portman: Snapshot
- Name
- Natalie Portman
- Date of Birth
- June 09, 1981
- Birth Place
- Jerusalem, Israel
While Portman has been linked to actors Gael García Bernal and Jake Gyllenhaal, she continues to keep her offscreen life relatively private. In 2007, the busy actress filmed five films in less than two years, including The Other Boleyn Girl with Scarlett Johansson.
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Natalie Portman: Five Fun Facts
- At age 9, Natalie Portman was discovered by a Revlon scout at a pizza parlor. "I kept my cool," she told the AP in 1999. "I told him that I wanted to act."
- Although they seemed an unlikely pair, Natalie Portman and Britney Spears rang in 2003 together, cohosting a New Year's Eve party for 40 friends – including Keri Russell and Sam Rockwell – at Manhattan's Hudson Hotel.
- In addition to speaking English, Natalie Portman is fluent in Hebrew and French.
- Natalie Portman has been a vegetarian since childhood. "My mom dropped the turkey one Thanksgiving," the actress told PEOPLE. "It was sad. We all had to do so much work to keep her from crying, but it wasn't a big deal for me. I was like, 'See, if you were a vegetarian...'"
- Natalie Portman lost the role of Juliet in William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet to Claire Danes because producers thought she seemed too young to star opposite Leonardo DiCaprio.
Natalie Portman: Biography 
- 1994


The Young Professional
"She was camera-ready when she arrived," Todd Thaler, casting director for The Professional, tells PEOPLE. Portman lands the role of a kid who charms a middle-aged hit man. "They literally could have gone into production without a stitch of rehearsal."
- 1997


Taking on Anne Frank
Portman tackles the title role in The Diary of Anne Frank on Broadway. The actress earns critical praise in the $1.6 million revival. "There is ineffable grace in her awkwardness, and her very skin seems to glow with the promise of miraculous transformations," writes The New York Times critic Ben Brantley.
- 1999


Star Wars Calling
Portman wins the role of Queen Amidala in the blockbuster Star Wars prequel and worries about the attention she'll get from avid fans. "I thought it would be awful," Portman says to PEOPLE after the first installment, Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace. "But I can still walk down the street alone and not worry about anyone accosting me."
Photo Credits
Top Left: Dimitrios Kambouris/WireImage
BIOGRAPHY (top to bottom): Patrick Camboulive/Columbia Pictures; Joan Marcus; Photofest
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