Natalie Portman

Natalie Portman Basic Information

Stage Name:	Natalie Portman
Real Name:	Natalie Hershlag
Occupation:	Actress, Director, Producer
Date Of Birth/Age:	June 9, 1981 (42 Years Old)
Place of Birth:	Jerusalem
Gender:	Female
Nationality:	Israeli American
Marital Status:	Benjamin MMillepie ​(m. 2012; sep. 2023)
Education:	Harvard University (AB)
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Natalie Portman Biography

Natalie Portman (born Natalie Hershlag) is an Israeli-born American actress. Since her teenage years, Portman has had a successful career in film. She has starred in various blockbusters and independent films and received multiple accolades for her performances, including an Academy Award and two Golden Globe Awards.

 

She began her acting at the age of twelve, starring as the young protégée of a hitman in the action film Léon: The Professional in 1994. She made her Broadway debut in a 1998 production of The Diary of a Young Girl while in High School. Portman gained international recognition in 1999 for starring as Padmé Amidala in Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace. Portman was accepted at Harvard University in 1999 and graduated with a bachelor’s degree in psychology in 2003. She starred in the Star Wars prequel trilogy (2002, 2005) and The Public Theater’s 2001 revival of Anton Chekhov’s play The Seagull. For her performance as a mysterious stripper in the romantic drama Closer, she was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress and won a Golden Globe Award. For her performance as a troubled ballerina in the psychological horror film Black Swan in 2010, she won the Academy Award for Best Actress. Her features in Marvel’s superhero films established her as one of the world’s highest-paid actresses.

Family

Portman’s family lived in Jerusalem when she was born. Portman’s maternal grandparents were American Jews. Her paternal grandparents were Jewish immigrants to Israel. Her family first lived in Washington, D.C., when they moved from Jerusalem. They later relocated to Connecticut in 1988 and then moved to Long Island in 1990.

Parents

Portman was born to Jewish parents with roots in Poland, Austria, and Russia. She is the only child of her parents.

Father

Her father is Avner Hershlag, an Israeli-born gynecologist.

Mother

Her mother is named Shelley (née Stevens). She is an American homemaker who works as her agent.

Siblings

Portman was born an only child. She does not have siblings.

Brother(s)

Portman does not have brothers.

Sister(s)

Portman does not have sisters.

Children

Portman and Benjamin Millepied have two children named Aleph and Amalia. She opened up about raising her kids Jewish, “A priority for me is definitely that I’d like to raise my kids Jewish, but the ultimate thing is to have someone who is a good person and who is a partner.”

Husband

Portman began dating French dancer and choreographer Benjamin Millepied in 2009 after having met while working together on the set of Black Swan. The couple wed in a Jewish ceremony held in Big Sur, California, on August 4, 2012. They moved their family to Paris and lived there for some time. This was after Millepied accepted the dance director position with the Paris Opera Ballet. Portman also expressed a desire to become a French citizen. In January 2014, Millepied revealed he was in the process of converting to Judaism.

The couple’s marriage dominated the news in August 2023 after Millepied had an affair with a 25-year-old climate activist named Camille Etienne. According to a source for Dailymail.com, “[Natalie] hates that [Benjamin’s] infidelity has made her feel powerless. She doesn’t know if she can regain her power by staying with him or leaving him. It is really a struggle to have to continue to deal with it.” Portman was spotted in Australia without her wedding ring.

Lifestyle

Portman has said she felt more Jewish in Israel. And also stated she was raising her kids Jewish.

She signed with Dior in 2010 and appeared in several of the company’s advertising campaigns.

Portman is an advocate for animal rights. She became a vegetarian at age eight.

Net Worth

According to Celebrity Net Worth, Natalie Portman has a net worth of $90 million.

Cars

Portman owns a Honda Civic, Mercedes S-class 400, Toyota Prius, and Lexus RX in her garage.

House

In 2013, Portman was living in Los Angeles. She bought a Montecito mansion in 2017. She sold it in 2021 for $8 million.

Movies

Apart from her features in the films mentioned above, Portman also performed as Evey Hammond in V for Vendetta in 2005, Anne Boleyn in The Other Boleyn Girl in 2008, and a troubled ballerina in the psychological horror film Black Swan in 2010. She starred in the romantic comedy No Strings Attached in 2011 and played Jacqueline Kennedy in the biopic Jackie in 2016. Her performance in the film earned her a third Academy Award nomination. She has also featured as Jane Foster in the Marvel Cinematic Universe superhero films Thor in 2011, Thor: The Dark World in 2013, and Thor: Love and Thunder in 2022.

Portman directed the short film Eve in 2008 and the biographical drama A Tale of Love and Darkness in 2015.

Education

Describing her early life, Portman said she was “different from the other kids. I was more ambitious. I knew what I liked and what I wanted, and I worked very hard. I was a very serious kid.”

Portman attended Charles E. Smith Jewish Day School in Rockville, Maryland, and later, a Jewish elementary school, the Solomon Schechter Day School of Nassau County. She also studied ballet and modern dance at the American Theater Dance Workshop and regularly attended the Usdan Center for the Creative and Performing Arts.

From 1999 to 2003, Portman studied at Harvard University and graduated with a bachelor’s degree in psychology.