Natalie Portman (born Neta-Lee Hershlag, June 9, 1981) is an actress with dual American and Israeli citizenship. Her first role was in the 1994 action thriller Léon: The Professional, opposite Jean Reno. She was later cast as Padmé Amidala in the Star Wars prequel trilogy (released in 1999, 2002 and 2005).
Born in Jerusalem to an Israeli father and American mother, Portman grew up in the eastern United States from the age of three. She studied dancing and acting in New York, and starred in Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace while still at high school on Long Island. In 1999, Portman enrolled at Harvard University to study psychology, alongside her work as an actress; she completed a bachelor's degree in 2003. During her studies she starred in a second Star Wars film and opened in New York City's The Public Theater production of Anton Chekhov's The Seagull in 2001.
Portman won a Golden Globe and was nominated for an Academy Award for starring in the 2004 drama Closer, appeared in Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith the following year, and won a Constellation Award for Best Female Performance and the Saturn Award for Best Actress for her starring role in the political thriller V for Vendetta (2006). She played leading roles in the historical dramas Goya's Ghosts (2006) and The Other Boleyn Girl (2008), and also appeared in Thor (2011) and its 2013 sequel. In 2010, Portman starred in the psychological thriller film Black Swan. Her performance received widespread critical acclaim and she earned her first Academy Award for Best Actress, her second Golden Globe Award, the SAG Award, the BAFTA Award and the BFCA Award in 2011. In 2016, she portrayed First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy in the biographical drama Jackie. She was nominated for an Academy Award, a BAFTA Award, a Golden Globe Award, a Screen Actors Guild Award and won the BFCA for Best Actress. In May 2008, Portman served as the youngest member of the 61st Annual Cannes Film Festival jury. The same year she directed a segment of the collective film New York, I Love You. Her first feature film as a director, A Tale of Love and Darkness, was released in 2015.
Known For
Fountain of Youth
Charlotte Purdue
2025
Image Book
Self
2023
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Thor: Love and Thunder
Self - Jane Foster / The Mighty Thor
2022
Thor: Love and Thunder
Jane Foster / The Mighty Thor
2022
One-Tenth of a Millimeter Apart
Self (archive footage)
2021
This Changes Everything
Self
2019
Annihilation
Lena
2018
Jane Got a Gun
Jane Hammond
2015
Knight of Cups
Elizabeth
2015
A Tale of Love and Darkness
Fania Oz
2015
Thor: The Dark World
Jane Foster
2013
Illusions & Mirrors
Young Woman
2013
Thor
Jane Foster
2011
Your Highness
Isabel
2011
Black Swan: Metamorphosis
Self
2011
No Strings Attached
Emma Kurtzman
2011
Black Swan
Nina Sayers / The Swan Queen
2010
The Other Woman
Emilia Greenleaf
2010
I'm Still Here
Natalie Portman
2010
Hesher
Nicole
2010
Brothers
Grace Cahill
2009
New York, I Love You
Rifka
2008
The Other Boleyn Girl
Anne Boleyn
2008
My Blueberry Nights
Leslie
2007
Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium
Molly Mahoney
2007
Hotel Chevalier
Jack's Girlfriend
2007
The Darjeeling Limited
Jack's Ex-Girlfriend
2007
Goya's Ghosts
Inés Bilbatúa / Alicia
2006
Paris Je T'aime
Francine (Faubourg Saint-Denis)
2006
The Armenian Genocide
Aurora Mardiganian (voice)
2006
V for Vendetta
Evey
2006
Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith
Padmé Amidala
2005
Free Zone
Rebecca
2005
Domino One
Dominique Bellamy
2005
Closer
Alice
2004
Garden State
Sam
2004
True
Francine
2004
Cold Mountain
Sara
2003
Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones
Padmé Amidala
2002
Zoolander
Natalie Portman
2001
Where the Heart Is
Novalee Nation
2000
Anywhere but Here
Ann August
1999
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
Padmé Amidala
1999
Mars Attacks!
Taffy Dale
1996
Everyone Says I Love You
Laura Dandridge
1996
Heat
Lauren Gustafson
1995
Léon: The Professional
Mathilda Lando
1994
Developing
Nina
1994
Foxy Trotter
Ronnie
Garden State - The 20th Anniversary Concert
Self - Presenter
2025
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
Self
2025
Lady in the Lake
Maddie Schwartz · (7 episodes)
2024
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon: 10th Anniversary Special
Self (archive footage)
2024
Off Script with The Hollywood Reporter
Self · (1 episode)
2023
May December
Elizabeth
2023
Angel City
Self · (3 episodes)
2023
Secrets of the Elephants
Self - Narrator (voice) · (4 episodes)
2023
Beau geste
Self · (1 episode)
2023
What If...?
Jane Foster (voice) · (1 episode)
2021
Marvel Studios Legends
Jane Foster (archive footage) (uncredited) · (2 episodes)
2021
Lucy in the Sky
Lucy Cola
2019
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Self · (3 episodes)
2019
Avengers: Endgame
Jane Foster
2019
The Death & Life of John F. Donovan
Sam Turner
2019
Bluey
Whale Doco Narrator (voice) · (1 episode)
2018
Vox Lux
Celeste Montgomery
2018
Dolphin Reef
Narrator (voice)
2018
Song to Song
Rhonda
2017
L.A. Noir
Actor
2016
Jackie
Jackie Kennedy
2016
Planetarium
Laura Barlow
2016
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self · (1 episode)
2015
The Heyday of the Insensitive Bastards
Laura
2015
The Graham Norton Show
Self · (1 episode)
2007
The Beginning: Making Episode I
Self
2001
Beautiful Girls
Marty
1996
The Twits
(voice)
Bronco Belle
Raylene Jackson
The Gallerist
Good Sex
Ally
Photograph 51
Rosalind Franklin
Angie Tribeca
Christina Craft · (1 episode)
2016
The Late Late Show with James Corden
Self - Guest · (1 episode)
2015
Hot Ones
Self · (1 episode)
2015
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Self · (2 episodes)
2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self · (1 episode)
2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self · (3 episodes)
2014
Honest Trailers
Padmé Amidala (archive footage) · (1 episode)
2012
Honest Trailers
Jane Foster (archive footage) · (1 episode)
2012
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Self - Guest · (3 episodes)
2009
The One Show
Self · (1 episode)
2006
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self · (3 episodes)
2003
The Simpsons
Darcy (voice) · (2 episodes)
1989
Saturday Night Live
Self - Host · (2 episodes)
1975
Saturday Night Live
Self - Cameo (uncredited) · (1 episode)
1975
Sesame Street
Natalie · (1 episode)
1969
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Nominee & Presenter · (1 episode)
1944