Natalie Portman

Natalie Portman: Biography in Details

Who is Natalie Portman? 

Natalie Portman is an actress, producer, and director. She started modeling at the age of 11.

Portman made her movie debut in Leon: The Professional and was cast in the Star Wars prequels.

Portman’s other big move was a role in Black Swan which won both the Golden Globe and Academy Award for Best Actress.

She served as the youngest member of the 61st Annual Cannes Film Festival jury in 2008.

Natalie Portman: Age, Parents, Ethnicity

Portman was born on June 9, 1981, in Jerusalem, Israel. Her nationality is American & Israeli and her ethnicity is Ashkenazi Jewish.

Her birth name is Neta-Lee Hershlag which is a Hebrew name. She is the single child of the family.

Natalie Portman’s parents are Shelley and AvnerHershlag. Portman lived in Washington, D.C., relocated to Connecticut, and then moved to Jericho, New York in 1990.

Education

While she stays in D.C., she studied at Charles E. Smith Jewish Day School in Maryland. Later she attended Jewish Elementary School and learned Hebrew. She studied ballet and modern dance at the American Theater Dance Workshop.

Portman graduated with a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) degree in psychology from Harvard University. Portman returned to Israel and took graduate courses at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem in the spring of 2004.

She was invited as a guest lecturer at a Columbia University course in terrorism and counterterrorism  Portman co-authored two research papers as a student that were published in a scientific journal.

Natalie Portman: Professional Life and Career

A Revlon agent asked Portman to become a child model at the age of 10. Her debut on the big screen was Leon: The Professional in 1993. Movies like  Heat, Beautiful Girls, Mars Attacks! And everyone says I love You were her movie in the mid-1990s.

Natalie Portman also did the short film Developing. Her career carries a huge list of successful movies and series like Star Wars Episode III – III, Where the Heart Is, and Zoolander.

Cold Mountain, Garden State, Closer, V for Vendetta. She also shaved her head for a character in the movie. My Blueberry Nights, Hotel Chevalier, The Darjeeling Limited.

Natalie Portman served as the youngest member of the 61st Annual Cannes Film Festival jury in 2008. She made her directorial debut at the Venice Film Festival with the movie Eve.

In 2011 she played in the movies, No Strings Attached, Your Highness, and Thor. Last year she also played in Jane Got A Gun, Pride and Prejudice Zombies, and Planetarium. Some movies of Portman are in postproduction, and will possibly release this year.

Natalie Portman: Salary, Net Worth

She has a net worth of $90 Million but her salary is not revealed yet.

Natalie Portman: Rumors, Controversy/Scandal 

After Portman took the Oscar award for her portrayal of a prima ballerina in Black Swan, controversy erupted regarding whether she had performed the dances in the film.

Sarah Lane claimed that the majority of the dancing was performed by professionals.

Body Measurements: Height, Weight

Natalie Portman has a height of 5 feet 2 inches. Her body weighs 53kg.

She has Light Brown hair and Light Brown eyes. Further, her body measurements are 34-25-34 inches.

Besides these, her bra size is 32B, her shoe size is 8 US and her dress size is 4 US.

Social Media

Natalie Portman is active on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter.

She has 217.4k followers on Facebook, 7.4 million followers on Instagram, and 57.5k followers on Twitter.

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