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| birth_place = [[Jerusalem]]<!-- Please do not add a country next to her place of birth. This has been discussed and rejected at [[Talk:Natalie Portman/Jerusalem and Israel]]. Please read the talk page and archives. -->
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'''Natalie
Portman began her acting career at age twelve, when she starred as the young protégée of a hitman in the action film ''[[Léon: The Professional]]'' (1994). While in high school, she made her [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] debut in a 1998 production of ''[[The Diary of a Young Girl]]'' and gained international recognition for starring as [[Padmé Amidala]] in ''[[Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace]]'' (1999). From 1999 to 2003, Portman attended [[Harvard University]], graduating with a bachelor's degree in psychology. She reduced her number of acting roles, but continued to act in the [[Star Wars prequel trilogy|''Star Wars'' prequel trilogy]] (2002, 2005) and in [[The Public Theater]]'s 2001 revival of [[Anton Chekhov]]'s play ''[[The Seagull]]''.
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In 2004, Portman was nominated for the [[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress]] and won a [[Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture|Golden Globe]] for playing a mysterious stripper in the romantic drama ''[[Closer (2004 film)|Closer]]''. Portman's career further advanced with her starring roles as [[Evey Hammond]] in ''[[V for Vendetta (film)|V for Vendetta]]'' (2005), [[Anne Boleyn]] in ''[[The Other Boleyn Girl (2008 film)|The Other Boleyn Girl]]'' (2008), and a troubled ballerina in the psychological thriller ''[[Black Swan (film)|Black Swan]]'' (2010), for which she won the [[Academy Award for Best Actress]]. She starred in the romantic comedy ''[[No Strings Attached (2011 film)|No Strings Attached]]'' (2011) and portrayed [[Jacqueline Kennedy]] in the biopic ''[[Jackie (2016 film)|Jackie]]'' (2016), which earned her a third Academy Award nomination. Portman has also featured as [[Jane Foster (Marvel Cinematic Universe)|Jane Foster]] in the [[Marvel Cinematic Universe]] superhero films ''[[Thor (film)|Thor]]'' (2011), ''[[Thor: The Dark World]]'' (2013), and ''[[Thor: Love and Thunder]]'' (2022), which established her as one of the world's highest-paid actresses. Co-founding the production company MountainA in 2021, Portman produced and starred in the drama ''[[May December]]'' (2023).
Portman's directorial ventures include the short film ''[[Eve (2008 film)|Eve]]'' (2008) and the biographical drama ''[[A Tale of Love and Darkness (film)|A Tale of Love and Darkness]]'' (2015).
==Early life
Natalie Hershlag<ref name=hollywoodrep21>{{cite web |last1=Feinberg |first1=Scott |date=December 2016 |title='Awards Chatter' Podcast — Natalie Portman ('Jackie') |website=The Hollywood Reporter |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/awards-chatter-podcast-natalie-portman-jackie-950574/ |access-date=May 12, 2021 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210601115037/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/awards-chatter-podcast-natalie-portman-jackie-950574/ |archive-date=June 1, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Baird |first1=Abigail A. |last2=Kagan |first2=Jerome |last3=Gaudette |first3=Thomas |last4=Walz |first4=Kathryn A. |last5=Hershlag |first5=Natalie |last6=Boas |first6=David A. |title=Frontal Lobe Activation during Object Permanence: Data from Near-Infrared Spectroscopy |url=https://www.nmr.mgh.harvard.edu/DOT/PDF/Baird_NeuroImage_16_1120_2002.pdf |access-date=May 12, 2021 |url-status=live |archive-date=May 12, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210512210112/https://www.nmr.mgh.harvard.edu/DOT/PDF/Baird_NeuroImage_16_1120_2002.pdf |journal=[[NeuroImage]] |publisher=[[Elsevier]] |volume=4 |issue=16 |date=August 2002 |pages=1120–1126 |
Portman and her family first lived in [[Washington, D.C.]], but relocated to [[Connecticut]] in 1988 and then moved to [[Long Island]]<ref name=newsday02-26-11>{{cite news |first1 = Carol |last1 = Polsky |first2=Frank | last2=Lovece |title = Portman was ever the swan growing up on LI |date = February 26, 2011 |url = http://www.newsday.com/entertainment/portman-was-ever-the-swan-growing-up-on-li-1.2715737 |work = [[Newsday]] |location = New York/Long Island |access-date = March 21, 2013 |url-status=live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20131003015745/http://www.newsday.com/entertainment/portman-was-ever-the-swan-growing-up-on-li-1.2715737 |archive-date = October 3, 2013}}</ref> in 1990.<ref name="actors">{{Cite episode |url = http://www.bravotv.com/inside-the-actors-studio/natalie-portman |title = Natalie Portman |series = Inside the Actors Studio |series-link = Inside the Actors Studio |airdate = November 21, 2004 |season = 11 |number = 1101 |network = Bravo |url-status=dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110721103815/http://www.bravotv.com/inside-the-actors-studio/natalie-portman |archive-date = July 21, 2011 }}</ref><ref name=enchanting>Thernstrom, Melanie. [https://www.nytimes.com/2004/11/07/movies/moviesspecial/07ther.html?pagewanted=2 "The Enchanting Little Princess"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150528033831/http://www.nytimes.com/2004/11/07/movies/moviesspecial/07ther.html?pagewanted=2 |date=May 28, 2015 }}, ''[[The New York Times]]'', November 7, 2004. Page 2 of online version.</ref> While living in Washington, Portman attended [[Charles E. Smith Jewish Day School]] in [[Rockville, Maryland]].<ref name="salempress">{{cite book |chapter-url = http://salempress.com/store/pdfs/jewish_lives.pdf |title = Great Lives from History: Jewish Americans |chapter = Natalie Portman |publisher = Salem Press |location = [[Ipswich, Massachusetts]] |author = Dr. Rafael Medoff |year = 2011 |page = 900 |isbn = 978-1-58765-741-2 |archive-date = August 24, 2014 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140824040914/http://salempress.com/store/pdfs/jewish_lives.pdf |url-status=dead |access-date = July 4, 2015 }}</ref> Her native language is [[Hebrew language|Hebrew]].<ref name="guardian2011" /> While living on Long Island, she attended a Jewish elementary school, the [[Solomon Schechter Day School Association|Solomon Schechter Day School of Nassau County]].<ref name="newsday02-26-11" /> She studied ballet and modern dance at the American Theater Dance Workshop, and regularly attended the [[Usdan Summer Camp for the Arts|Usdan Center for the Creative and Performing Arts]].<ref name="newsday02-26-11" /> Describing her early life, Portman has said that 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."<ref>{{Cite news |title = Natalie Portman Will Change Your Life |url = http://www.blender.com/guide/articles.aspx?id=1791 |publisher = Blender |date = November 2005 |first = Ariel |last = Levy |archive-date = December 23, 2005 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20051223034405/http://www.blender.com/guide/articles.aspx?id=1791 }}</ref>
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==Career==
===1994–1998: Early work===
Six months after ''Ruthless!'' ended,
{{Quote box|width=25em|align=right|bgcolor=#E0E6F8|quote="[T]here's a surprising preponderance of that kind of role for young girls. Sort of being fantasy objects for men, and especially this idealised purity combined with the fertility of youth, and all this in one. ... It was definitely interesting to think about – why men write the female characters they do. Just like the way they write the male character. How much is wish-fulfilment fantasy, and why."|source={{mdash}}Portman on playing sexualized youngsters as a child, 2007<ref name="Hatt" />}}
After filming ''The Professional'', Portman went back to school and during the summer break of 1994, she filmed a part in [[Marya Cohn]]'s short film ''[[Developing (film)|Developing]]''. In it she played a young girl coping with her mother's (played by [[Frances Conroy]]) cancer.{{sfn|Dickerson|2002|p=52–53}} She also enrolled at the [[Stagedoor Manor]] performing arts camp, where she played [[Anne Shirley]] in a staging of ''[[Anne of Green Gables]]''.{{sfn|Dickerson|2002|p=53}} [[Michael Mann]] offered her the small part of the suicidal stepdaughter of [[Al Pacino]]'s character in the action film ''[[Heat (1995 film)|Heat]]'' (1995) for her ability to portray dysfunction without hysteria.{{sfn|Dickerson|2002|p=61}}<ref>{{cite magazine |last = Russo |first = Tom |title = Major praise for Natalie Portman |url = https://ew.com/article/1996/01/26/major-praise-natalie-portman/ |magazine = [[Entertainment Weekly]] |date = January 26, 1996 |access-date = August 8, 2019 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190808100248/https://ew.com/article/1996/01/26/major-praise-natalie-portman/ |archive-date = August 8, 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref> Impressed by her performance in ''The Professional'', the director [[Ted Demme]] cast her as a precocious teenager who flirts with her much-older neighbor (played by [[Timothy Hutton]]) in the ensemble comedy-drama ''[[Beautiful Girls (film)|Beautiful Girls]]'' (1996).<ref name="latimes96"/> [[Janet Maslin]] of ''[[The New York Times]]'' wrote, "Portman, a budding knockout, is scene-stealingly good even in an overly showy role."<ref>{{cite news |last = Maslin |first = Janet |author-link=Janet Maslin |title = Film Review; Of Beauty, in the Ideal And Only Skin Deep |url = https://www.nytimes.com/1996/02/09/movies/film-review-of-beauty-in-the-ideal-and-only-skin-deep.html |work = The New York Times |date = February 9, 1996 |access-date = August 8, 2019 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190808095115/https://www.nytimes.com/1996/02/09/movies/film-review-of-beauty-in-the-ideal-and-only-skin-deep.html |archive-date = August 8, 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref> She subsequently went back to Stagedoor Manor to appear in a production of the musical ''[[Cabaret (musical)|Cabaret]]''.{{sfn|Dickerson|2002|p=77}} Also in 1996, Portman had brief roles in [[Woody Allen]]'s musical ''[[Everyone Says I Love You]]'' and [[Tim Burton]]'s comic science fiction film ''[[Mars Attacks!]]''
Portman was cast opposite [[Leonardo DiCaprio]] in [[Baz Luhrmann]]'s ''[[Romeo + Juliet]]'' (1996), but she dropped out during rehearsals when studio executives found her too young for the role.<ref name="nytimes_real_name" /> Luhrmann said "Natalie was amazing in the footage, but it was too much of a burden for her at that age".<ref name="dowd20220522">{{Cite news |last=Dowd |first=Maureen |date=May 22, 2022 |title=A Larger-Than-Life Look at a Larger-Than-Life Star |pages=ST10 |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/21/style/baz-luhrmann-elvis.html |access-date=May 22, 2022 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=May 21, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220521230629/https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/21/style/baz-luhrmann-elvis.html |url-status=live }}</ref> She was also offered [[Adrian Lyne]]'s ''[[Lolita (1997 film)|Lolita]]'', based on the [[Lolita|novel of the same name]], but she turned down the part due to its excessive sexual content.<ref name="nytimes_real_name" /><ref name="latimes96"/> She later bemoaned that her parts in ''The Professional'' and ''Beautiful Girls'' prompted a series of offers to play a sexualized youngster, adding that it "dictated a lot of my choices afterwards 'cos it scared me ... it made me reluctant to do sexy stuff".<ref name="Hatt">{{cite news |last1 = Hattenstone |first1 = Simon |title = All things to all men |url = https://www.theguardian.com/film/2007/apr/20/2 |work = The Guardian |access-date = October 26, 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20161027061342/https://www.theguardian.com/film/2007/apr/20/2 |archive-date = October 27, 2016}}</ref>
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[[File:Natalie Portman Cannes 2008.jpg|thumb|left|upright|alt=Portman in 2008|Portman at the [[2008 Cannes Film Festival]], where she served as a jury member]]
Portman began 2007 by replacing [[Jodie Foster]] in [[Wong Kar-wai]]'s romantic drama ''[[My Blueberry Nights]]'', which was his first English-language film. For her role as a gambler, she trained with a poker coach.<ref name="elle08">{{cite news|url=https://www.elle.com/culture/celebrities/a9139/the-natural-19082/|title=The Natural|last=Levy|first=Ariel|date=March 5, 2008|work=Elle|access-date=August 7, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190807102705/https://www.elle.com/culture/celebrities/a9139/the-natural-19082/|archive-date=August 7, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Richard Corliss]] of ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'' magazine believed that "for once she's not playing a waif or a child princess but a mature, full-bodied woman" and commended her "vibrancy, grittiness and ache, all performed with a virtuosa's easy assurance".<ref>{{Cite magazine |url = http://www.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,1621755,00.html |title = Blue Skies and Blueberry Nights |magazine = [[Time (magazine)|Time]] |first1=Richard | last1=Corliss |author-link=Richard Corliss |first2=Mary | last2=Corliss |date = May 16, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100624122901/http://www.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,1621755,00.html |archive-date = June 24, 2010}}</ref> Her next appearance was in ''[[Hotel Chevalier]]'', a short film from [[Wes Anderson]], which served as a prologue to his feature ''[[The Darjeeling Limited]]'' (in which Portman had a cameo).<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB119059131017936814 |title=Coming soon: a new take on the old double bill |first=Peter |last=Sanders |date=September 24, 2007 |access-date=July 30, 2010 |work=[[The Wall Street Journal]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160121174930/http://www.wsj.com/articles/SB119059131017936814 |archive-date=January 21, 2016 |url-status=live |url-access=subscription}}</ref> In the short, she and [[Jason Schwartzman]] play former lovers who reunite in a Paris hotel room. For the first time, Portman performed an extended nude scene; she was later disappointed at the undue focus on it and she subsequently swore off appearing nude again.<ref name="guardian07"/><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/
[[Scarlett Johansson]] and Portman portrayed rival sisters [[Mary Boleyn|Mary]] and [[Anne Boleyn]], respectively, in the period film ''[[The Other Boleyn Girl (2008 film)|The Other Boleyn Girl]]'' (2008). She was excited by the opportunity to work opposite another actress her age, bemoaning that such casting was rare in film.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/features/natalie-portman-more-than-a-woman-789103.html |title=Natalie Portman – more than a woman |first=Gill |last=Pringle |work=[[The Independent]] |date=February 26, 2008 |access-date=August 7, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190807153055/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/features/natalie-portman-more-than-a-woman-789103.html |archive-date=August 7, 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref> Derek Elley of ''Variety'' was critical of Portman's English accent and wrote that she "doesn't quite bring the necessary heft to make Anne a truly dominant power player".<ref>{{cite news |title=The Other Boleyn Girl |first=Derek |last=Elley |work=Variety |date=February 15, 2008 |url=https://variety.com/2008/film/markets-festivals/the-other-boleyn-girl-4-1200547995/ |access-date=August 7, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190807141123/https://variety.com/2008/film/markets-festivals/the-other-boleyn-girl-4-1200547995/ |archive-date=August 7, 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref> The film had modest box-office earnings.<ref>{{cite web | title = The Other Boleyn Girl (2008) | publisher = Box Office Mojo | url = https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?page=main&id=otherboleyngirl.htm | access-date = August 7, 2019 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170907172605/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?page=main&id=otherboleyngirl.htm | archive-date = September 7, 2017 | url-status=live }}</ref> She served as a jury member of the [[2008 Cannes Film Festival]] and also launched her own production company, named handsomecharlie films, after her late dog.<ref name="elle08"/><ref>{{cite magazine |title=Can Cannes Still Do It? |first1=Richard |last1=Corliss |first2=Mary |last2=Corliss |magazine=Time |date=May 14, 2008 |url=http://content.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,1779399,00.html |access-date=August 7, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190807141124/http://content.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,1779399,00.html |archive-date=August 7, 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref> Portman's directorial debut, the short film ''[[Eve (2008 film)|Eve]]'', opened the short-film screenings at the [[65th Venice International Film Festival]].<ref name="Eve2">{{cite news |first=Eric J. | last=Lyman |date = September 1, 2008 |url = https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/news/e3i70662f7dd9d6f3c4f7b7701a654be195 |title = Venice festival all about 'Eve' on Monday |work = [[The Hollywood Reporter]] |access-date = September 3, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080906010934/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/news/e3i70662f7dd9d6f3c4f7b7701a654be195 |archive-date = September 6, 2008 }}</ref> It is about a young woman who goes to her grandmother's romantic date, and Portman drew inspiration for the older character (played by Lauren Bacall) from her own grandmother.<ref name="Eve">{{cite news |first=Silvia | last=Aloisi |url = https://www.reuters.com/article/us-venice-portman-idUSL23720720080902 |title = Portman makes directorial debut in Venice |work = Reuters |date = September 2, 2008 |access-date = August 7, 2019 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190807141122/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-venice-portman-idUSL23720720080902 |archive-date = August 7, 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref>
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A poorly received adaptation of [[Ayelet Waldman]]'s novel ''[[Love and Other Impossible Pursuits]]'', entitled ''[[The Other Woman (2009 film)|The Other Woman]]'', marked Portman's first film role of 2009.<ref>{{cite news |first=Kevin | last=Jagernauth |url = https://www.indiewire.com/2010/12/natalie-portmans-love-and-other-impossible-pursuits-now-titled-the-other-woman-121327/ |title = Natalie Portman's 'Love And Other Impossible Pursuits' Now Titled 'The Other Woman' |publisher = IndieWire |date = December 14, 2010 |access-date = August 7, 2019 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190807143303/https://www.indiewire.com/2010/12/natalie-portmans-love-and-other-impossible-pursuits-now-titled-the-other-woman-121327/ |archive-date = August 7, 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref> She appeared in a faux perfume commercial called ''Greed'', directed by [[Roman Polanski]], and in the anthology film ''[[New York, I Love You]]'', she directed a segment and also starred in a different segment directed by [[Mira Nair]].<ref>{{cite news |url = http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/culturemonster/2011/03/moca-finds-star-power-in-greed-by-franceso-vezzoli-.html |date = March 18, 2011 |title = MOCA gets its hands on Francesco Vezzoli's 'Greed,' starring Natalie Portman and Michelle Williams |work = Los Angeles Times |access-date = January 24, 2018 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180124141102/http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/culturemonster/2011/03/moca-finds-star-power-in-greed-by-franceso-vezzoli-.html |archive-date = January 24, 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2009-10-16/entertainment/0910150629_1_natalie-portman-bradley-cooper-shia-labeouf|title='New York, I Love You' review: Movie stars Natalie Portman, Bradley Cooper, Shia LaBeouf, Julie Christie|work=Chicago Tribune|date=October 16, 2009|access-date=October 2, 2015|last=Phillips|first=Michael|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140102195416/http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2009-10-16/entertainment/0910150629_1_natalie-portman-bradley-cooper-shia-labeouf|archive-date=January 2, 2014|url-status=live}}</ref> Portman next took on a role opposite [[Tobey Maguire]] and [[Jake Gyllenhaal]] in the drama film ''[[Brothers (2009 film)|Brothers]]'', a remake of the 2004 Danish [[Brothers (2004 film)|film of the same name]]. Her role was that of a war widow, for which she spoke with military wives to prepare. The film was shot during the [[2007–08 Writers Guild of America strike]], and Portman found it challenging to shoot certain scenes without a written script.<ref>{{cite news |first=Peter | last=Debruge |url = https://variety.com/2009/film/awards/natalie-portman-between-brothers-1118012281/ |title = Natalie Portman between 'Brothers' |work = Variety |date = December 4, 2008 |access-date = August 7, 2019 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190807143301/https://variety.com/2009/film/awards/natalie-portman-between-brothers-1118012281/ |archive-date = August 7, 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Claudia Puig]] of ''[[USA Today]]'' found her to be "subdued and reactive in a part that doesn't call for her to do much else".<ref>{{cite news |first=Claudia | last=Puig |url = https://usatoday30.usatoday.com/life/movies/reviews/2009-12-04-brothers04_ST_N.htm |title = Natalie Portman between 'Brothers' |work = [[USA Today]] |date = December 4, 2009 |access-date = August 7, 2019 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171209024131/https://usatoday30.usatoday.com/life/movies/reviews/2009-12-04-brothers04_ST_N.htm |archive-date = December 9, 2017 |url-status=live }}</ref>
After producing and co-starring alongside [[Joseph Gordon-Levitt]] in the black comedy ''[[Hesher (film)|Hesher]]'' (2010),<ref>{{cite news|last=Jagernauth|first=Kevin|url=https://www.indiewire.com/2011/05/review-even-joseph-gordon-levitt-natalie-portman-cant-save-the-oddly-off-hesher-118712/|title=Review: Even Joseph Gordon-Levitt & Natalie Portman Can't Save The Oddly Off 'Hesher'|publisher=IndieWire|date=August 7, 2019|access-date=August 6, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190807144833/https://www.indiewire.com/2011/05/review-even-joseph-gordon-levitt-natalie-portman-cant-save-the-oddly-off-hesher-118712/|archive-date=August 7, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> Portman played a ballerina overwhelmed with the prospect of performing ''[[Swan Lake]]'' in [[Darren Aronofsky]]'s psychological horror film ''[[Black Swan (film)|Black Swan]]''. She was trained by the professional ballerina [[Mary Helen Bowers]], and in preparation, she trained for five to eight hours daily for six months and lost {{convert|20|lb|kg|0}}.<ref>Buck, Joan Juliet. [http://www.vogue.com/magazine/article/natalie-portman-january-2011-cover/ "Natalie Portman: Spreading Her Wings"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110106212538/http://www.vogue.com/magazine/article/natalie-portman-january-2011-cover/ |date=January 6, 2011 }}, Vogue.com, January 2011; retrieved January 12, 2011.</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.google.com/hostednews/ukpress/article/ALeqM5hUfd9gtRDupGxtcodelz8ZG_MfsA |title=Portman's "hyper" ballet training |publisher=[[Press Association]] |date=September 1, 2010 |archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/5sQPxNTef?url=http://www.google.com/hostednews/ukpress/article/ALeqM5hUfd9gtRDupGxtcodelz8ZG_MfsA |archive-date=September 1, 2010 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.wwd.com/eye/lifestyle/mary-helen-bowers-on-ballet-beautiful-5955593 |title = Mary Helen Bowers on 'Ballet Beautiful' |newspaper = [[Women's Wear Daily]] |date = June 12, 2012 |access-date = November 20, 2013 |url-status=live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140409131814/http://www.wwd.com/eye/lifestyle/mary-helen-bowers-on-ballet-beautiful-5955593 |archive-date = April 9, 2014}}</ref> Her performance was acclaimed;<ref>{{cite news|last=Collett-White |first=Mike |url=https://abcnews.go.com/print?id=11543983 |title=Natalie Portman Earns Early Awards Buzz for Ballet Drama |publisher=ABC |agency=Reuters |date=September 2, 2010 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20210518184219/https://www.webcitation.org/5sS8cunbN?url=http://abcnews.go.com/print
[[File:Natalie Portman AA 2011.jpg|thumb|upright|alt=Portman in 2011|Portman at the [[83rd Academy Awards]] in 2011, where she won the [[Academy Award for Best Actress]]]]
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In 2015, Portman appeared alongside an ensemble cast, including [[Christian Bale]], in [[Terrence Malick]]'s experimental drama film ''[[Knight of Cups (film)|Knight of Cups]]'', which marked her first project after giving birth. She shot for it within a week of returning to work and she did not receive a traditional script or dialogues, improvising most of her scenes with Bale.<ref name="malick">{{cite news|last=Siegal|first=Miranda|url=https://www.vulture.com/2015/02/bale-portman-on-malicksknight-of-cups.html|title=Christian Bale and Natalie Portman on 'Embracing the Unknown' in Terrence Malick's Knight of Cups|work=Vulture|date=February 9, 2015|access-date=August 6, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181023114316/http://www.vulture.com/2015/02/bale-portman-on-malicksknight-of-cups.html|archive-date=October 23, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Warner|first=Kara|url=https://people.com/movies/natalie-portman-on-working-with-christian-bale-for-knight-of-cups/|title=Natalie Portman: Why Working with Christian Bale on Her New Movie Was 'So Fun' and 'Sometimes Scary'|work=People|date=March 16, 2016|access-date=August 6, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190806190146/https://people.com/movies/natalie-portman-on-working-with-christian-bale-for-knight-of-cups/|archive-date=August 6, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> She said that shooting with Malick influenced her own directorial venture, ''[[A Tale of Love and Darkness (film)|A Tale of Love and Darkness]]'' which was released in the same year.<ref name="malick"/> Based on Israeli author [[Amos Oz]]'s autobiographical [[A Tale of Love and Darkness|novel of the same name]] which is set in Jerusalem during the last years of the [[Mandatory Palestine|British Mandate of Palestine]], the Hebrew-language film starred Portman who also produced and co-wrote it.<ref>{{cite news |first = Eran |last = Suissa |title = Natalie Portman heads to Israel to scout film locations |url = http://www.israelhayom.com/site/newsletter_article.php?id=10865 |access-date = August 16, 2013 |newspaper = Israel HaYom |date = July 22, 2013 |url-status=live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130820142610/http://www.israelhayom.com/site/newsletter_article.php?id=10865 |archive-date = August 20, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url = https://deadline.com/2015/04/cannes-film-festival-lineup-2015-official-selection-1201410687 |title = Cannes Film Festival 2015 Lineup |website = Deadline Hollywood |access-date = April 16, 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150416214015/https://deadline.com/2015/04/cannes-film-festival-lineup-2015-official-selection-1201410687/ |archive-date = April 16, 2015}}</ref> She had wanted to adapt the book since she first read it a decade ago, but postponed it until she was old enough to play the leading role of a mother herself. She collaborated closely with Amos, showing him drafts of her script as she adapted the book.<ref>{{cite news|last=Sagansky|first=Gillian|url=https://www.wmagazine.com/story/natalie-portman-on-directing-her-first-film-interview|title=Natalie Portman on Directing Her First Film, Nearly 10 Years in the Making|work=W|date=August 18, 2016|access-date=August 6, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190806191500/https://www.wmagazine.com/story/natalie-portman-on-directing-her-first-film-interview|archive-date=August 6, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.npr.org/2016/08/18/490196034/it-took-a-decade-but-portman-just-had-to-make-her-latest-film|title=It Took A Decade, But Portman 'Just Had To Make' Her Latest Film|publisher=NPR|date=August 18, 2016|access-date=August 6, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190806191500/https://www.npr.org/2016/08/18/490196034/it-took-a-decade-but-portman-just-had-to-make-her-latest-film|archive-date=August 6, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> A. O. Scott of ''The New York Times'' found it to be a "conscientious adaptation of a difficult book" and was appreciative of Portman's potential as a filmmaker.<ref>{{cite news|last=Scott|first=A. O.|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/19/movies/a-tale-of-love-and-darkness-review-natalie-portman-amos-oz.html|title=Review: From Natalie Portman, Israel's Birth Distilled in Mood and Memory|work=The New York Times|date=August 18, 2016|access-date=August 6, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190806191840/https://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/19/movies/a-tale-of-love-and-darkness-review-natalie-portman-amos-oz.html|archive-date=August 6, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> She next produced and starred in the [[Western (genre)|western]] film ''[[Jane Got a Gun]]'' about a young mother seeking vengeance. Initially scheduled to be directed by [[Lynne Ramsay]], the production was plagued with numerous difficulties. Ramsay did not turn up on set for the first day of filming and was eventually replaced with [[Gavin O'Connor (director)|Gavin O'Connor]]. [[Michael Fassbender]], [[Jude Law]], and [[Bradley Cooper]] were all cast as the male lead, before [[Ewan McGregor]] played the part.<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Sullivan|first=Kevin P.|url=https://ew.com/article/2016/01/25/jane-got-a-gun-production-trouble/|title='Jane Got a Gun': A brief look at the Western's long, troubled history|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|date=January 25, 2016|access-date=August 6, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190806194444/https://ew.com/article/2016/01/25/jane-got-a-gun-production-trouble/|archive-date=August 6, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Peter Bradshaw]] of ''[[The Guardian]]'' reviewed that Portman's "stately performance" was not enough to save the "laborious and solemn western", and it grossed less than $4 million against its $25 million budget.<ref>{{cite news|last=Bradshaw|first=Peter|author-link=Peter Bradshaw|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/apr/21/jane-got-a-gun-review-laborious-and-solemn-western-with-absurd-finale|title=Jane Got a Gun review – laborious and solemn western with absurd finale|work=The Guardian|date=April 21, 2016|access-date=August 6, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190330192255/https://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/apr/21/jane-got-a-gun-review-laborious-and-solemn-western-with-absurd-finale|archive-date=March 30, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Jane-Got-a-Gun#tab=summary |title=''Jane Got a Gun'' (2016) |publisher=[[The Numbers (website)|The Numbers]] |access-date=October 28, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180701083205/https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Jane-Got-a-Gun#tab=summary |archive-date=July 1, 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref>
===2016–present: ''Jackie'' and
[[File:Planetarium 03 (29798340905) (cropped).jpg|thumb|upright|alt=Portman in 2016|Portman attending the premiere of ''[[Planetarium (film)|Planetarium]]'' at the [[2016 Toronto International Film Festival]]]]
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[[File:May December Cannes Film Festival.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.2|Portman (left) at a press conference for ''[[May December]]'' at the [[2023 Cannes Film Festival]]]]
Portman and her producing partner, Sophie Mas, founded the production company MountainA in 2021, and signed a first-look television deal with [[Apple TV+]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Kroll |first1=Justin |title=Natalie Portman And Producing Partner Sophie Mas Sign Apple First-Look TV Deal |url=https://deadline.com/2021/03/natalie-portman-sophie-mas-apple-1234716126 |website=[[Deadline Hollywood]] |access-date=April 6, 2021 |date=March 17, 2021 |archive-date=April 13, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210413205851/https://deadline.com/2021/03/natalie-portman-sophie-mas-apple-1234716126/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The company's first project was ''[[May December]]'', a drama from filmmaker [[Todd Haynes]], starring Portman and [[Julianne Moore]], which premiered at the [[2023 Cannes Film Festival]].<ref name="thr23">{{Cite news |last=Keegan |first=Rebecca |date=May 10, 2023 |title=Natalie Portman at Cannes: "I Need to Leave the Drama for the Screen"|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/feature/natalie-portman-cannes-may-december-times-up-1235483130/ |access-date=September 14, 2023 |work=The Hollywood Reporter}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Rubin |first=Rebecca |date=July 11, 2023 |title='May December,' Starring Natalie Portman and Julianne Moore, to Open New York Film Festival|url=https://variety.com/2023/film/news/may-december-natalie-portman-julianne-moore-new-york-film-festival-opening-night-1235665911/ |access-date=July 31, 2022 |work=Variety}}</ref> Portman played an actress researching
MountainA's third project
==Political views and activism==
Portman, who is an advocate for [[animal rights]], became a [[Vegetarianism|vegetarian]] at age eight, a decision which came after she witnessed a demonstration of laser surgery on a chicken while attending a medical conference with her father.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Brady |first1=Tara |title=Natalie Portman on Jackie O: 'All the people in her life knew different versions of her' |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/film/natalie-portman-on-jackie-o-all-the-people-in-her-life-knew-different-versions-of-her-1.2930472 |newspaper=[[The Irish Times]] |date=January 13, 2017}}</ref><ref name="observer07">{{Cite news |title = More than meets the eye |url = https://www.theguardian.com/film/2007/nov/25/1 |work = The Observer |date = November 25, 2007 |first = Craig |last = McLean |location = London, UK |url-status=live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170227165019/https://www.theguardian.com/film/2007/nov/25/1 |archive-date = February 27, 2017}}</ref> She became a [[Veganism|vegan]] in 2009 after reading [[Jonathan Safran Foer]]'s ''[[Eating Animals]]'' and later produced a documentary on factory farming systems in the U.S. by the same title.<ref name="vegan">{{cite news |url = https://www.huffpost.com/entry/jonathan-safran-foers-iea_b_334407 |title = Jonathan Safran Foer's Eating Animals Turned Me Vegan |first = Natalie |last = Portman |work = [[The Huffington Post]] |date = October 28, 2009 |access-date = October 28, 2009 |url-status=live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20091029032435/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/natalie-portman/jonathan-safran-foers-iea_b_334407.html |archive-date = October 29, 2009 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url = https://deadline.com/2017/09/telluride-film-festival-natalie-portman-eating-animals-1202160237/ |title = Natalie Portman-Narrated Documentary 'Eating Animals' Is A Harrowing Warning Shot About Our Food – Telluride |last = Hammond |first = Pete |date = September 3, 2017 |work = Deadline |access-date = September 28, 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170929005214/http://deadline.com/2017/09/telluride-film-festival-natalie-portman-eating-animals-1202160237/ |archive-date = September 29, 2017}}</ref> In September 2017, she was recognized for her work on the film by the [[Environmental Media Association]] Awards with the Ongoing Commitment Award.<ref>{{Cite news |url = https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/natalie-portman-russell-simmons-michael-bloomberg-honored-at-ema-awards-1042733 |title = Natalie Portman, Russell Simmons and Michael Bloomberg Honored at EMA Awards |author=Herman, James Patrick|work = The Hollywood Reporter |access-date = September 28, 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170925220228/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/natalie-portman-russell-simmons-michael-bloomberg-honored-at-ema-awards-1042733 |archive-date = September 25, 2017}}</ref> She does not wear animal products and has praised animal-friendly products designed by [[Stella McCartney]] and [[Target Corporation|Target]]. In 2007, she launched her own brand of animal-friendly footwear.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.eonline.com/news/57108/portman-kicks-back-with-vegan-shoe-line|title=Portman Kicks Back with Vegan Style Shoeline|author=Serpe, Gina|work=eonline.com|date=January 3, 2008|access-date=September 15, 2020|archive-date=September 26, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220926184645/https://www.eonline.com/news/57108/portman-kicks-back-with-vegan-shoe-line|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2007, Portman traveled to [[Rwanda]] with [[Jack Hanna]] to film the documentary ''Gorillas on the Brink''.<ref>{{Cite news |title = Natalie Portman Braves the Jungle's Species |url = https://www.tvguide.com/news/natalie-portman-gorillas-41669.aspx |first = Ileane |last = Rudolph |work = TV Guide |date = October 26, 2007 |url-status=live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110812012733/http://www.tvguide.com/news/natalie-portman-gorillas-41669.aspx |archive-date = August 12, 2011}}</ref> Portman has been an advocate of [[environmentalism|environmental causes]] since childhood, when she joined an environmental song and dance troupe known as World Patrol Kids.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Holub |first1=Christian |title=Natalie Portman Relives Her Past as an Environmental Pop Singer |url=https://ew.com/article/2016/12/15/natalie-portman-world-patrol-kids/ |website=ew.com |publisher=Entertainment Weekly |date=December 15, 2016 |access-date=September 25, 2022 |archive-date=September 25, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220925195845/https://ew.com/article/2016/12/15/natalie-portman-world-patrol-kids/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
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In 2006, Portman served as a guest lecturer at [[Columbia University]] for a course in [[terrorism]] and [[counterterrorism]], where she spoke about her film ''V for Vendetta''.<ref name="Columbia">{{cite news |publisher = Columbia University |title = Hollywood Star Leads Columbia Class in Discussion of Political Violence |url = http://www.columbia.edu/cu/news/06/03/nataliePortman.html |access-date = April 25, 2006 |first=Mary-Lea | last=Cox |date = March 31, 2006 |url-status=live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20060404180312/http://www.columbia.edu/cu/news/06/03/nataliePortman.html |archive-date = April 4, 2006}}</ref> In February 2015, Portman was among other alumni of Harvard University including [[Robert F. Kennedy Jr.]], [[Darren Aronofsky]] and [[Susan Faludi]] who wrote an open letter to the school demanding it [[Fossil fuel divestment|divest]] its $35,900,000,000 endowment from coal, gas, and oil companies.<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=http://time.com/3716410/natalie-portman-harvard-divest-stocks-energy/|title=Natalie Portman Joins Calls for Harvard to Sell Off Stocks in Big Energy Firms|first=Charlotte|last=Alter|magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]]|date=February 20, 2015|access-date=April 24, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170520163858/http://time.com/3716410/natalie-portman-harvard-divest-stocks-energy/|archive-date=May 20, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> Later that year in May, she spoke at the annual Harvard Class Day to the graduating class of 2015.<ref>{{cite news |last1 = Pazzanese |first1 = Christina |title = Portman: I, too, battled self doubt |url = http://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2015/05/portman-i-too-battled-self-doubt |access-date = May 28, 2015 |work = [[The Harvard Gazette]] |date = May 27, 2015 |url-status=live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150528135909/http://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2015/05/portman-i-too-battled-self-doubt/ |archive-date = May 28, 2015}}</ref>
At Harvard, Portman wrote a letter to ''[[The Harvard Crimson]]'' in response to an essay critical of [[Human rights violations against Palestinians by Israel|Israeli actions toward
In January 2018, she donated $50,000 to the [[Time's Up (organization)|Time's Up]] initiative.<ref>{{Cite news|first=Alice|last=Vincent|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/films/2018/01/02/meryl-streep-steven-spielberg-big-spenders-donating-timesup/|title=Celebrities support Time's Up|newspaper=[[The Daily Telegraph]]|date=January 2, 2018|access-date=December 12, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181215230150/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/films/2018/01/02/meryl-streep-steven-spielberg-big-spenders-donating-timesup/|archive-date=December 15, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> Portman took part in the [[2018 Women's March]] in Los Angeles, where she spoke about the "sexual terrorism" she experienced at age thirteen after the release of her film ''Léon: The Professional''. She told the crowd, "I understood very quickly, even as a 13-year-old, that if I were to express myself sexually I would feel unsafe and that men would feel entitled to discuss and objectify my body to my great discomfort."<ref name="womensmarch">{{cite news|last=Sanchez|first=Ray|url=https://edition.cnn.com/2018/01/20/us/women-march-natalie-portman-trnd/index.html|title=Natalie Portman, at 13, experienced 'sexual terrorism'|publisher=CNN|date=January 21, 2018|access-date=January 23, 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180123050004/https://edition.cnn.com/2018/01/20/us/women-march-natalie-portman-trnd/index.html|archive-date=January 23, 2018}}</ref> She drew attention to the [[MeToo movement]], revealing that her first fan letter was a "rape fantasy" from a man and that her local radio station created a countdown until her eighteenth birthday (when she would reach [[Age of consent|legal age to consent]] to have intercourse).<ref name="womensmarch"/> In September 2023, Portman spoke at an event for the United Nations Spotlight Initiative to eliminate violence against women and girls, where she urged member states to reinvest in the Initiative and ending gender-based violence.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.spotlightinitiative.org/news/cecilia-suarez-natalie-portman-urge-un-member-states-re-invest-spotlight-initiative |title=Cecilia Suárez, Natalie Portman urge UN Member States to re-invest in Spotlight Initiative |date=2023-09-17 |access-date=2023-10-12 |website=Spotlight Initiative}}</ref>
In 2020, Portman endorsed the "[[defund the police]]" movement.<ref>{{Cite web|first=Cydney|last=Henderson|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/celebrities/2020/06/09/natalie-portman-calls-out-white-privilege-supports-defunding-police/5329429002/|title=Natalie Portman calls out her own 'white privilege,' supports defunding the police|work=[[USA Today]]|date=June 9, 2020|access-date=June 10, 2020|archive-date=June 11, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200611065339/https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/celebrities/2020/06/09/natalie-portman-calls-out-white-privilege-supports-defunding-police/5329429002/|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2020, Portman collaborated with [[JusticeLA]] to create a public service announcement #SuingToSaveLives about the health of people in L.A. County jails amid the [[COVID-19 pandemic]].<ref>{{Cite news|last=Moniuszko|first=Sara M.|title=Natalie Portman, Gabrielle Union and Joaquin Phoenix join all-star PSA for jail reform amid COVID-19|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/celebrities/2020/09/24/gabrielle-union-natalie-portman-join-covid-psa-jail-reform/3518083001/|date=September 24, 2020|access-date=June 16, 2021|newspaper=[[USA Today]]|archive-date=June 28, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210628051132/https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/celebrities/2020/09/24/gabrielle-union-natalie-portman-join-covid-psa-jail-reform/3518083001/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=":4">{{Cite magazine|last=Perez|first=Lexy|date=September 24, 2020|title=Natalie Portman, Gabrielle Union, Joaquin Phoenix Lead #SuingToSaveLives PSA for COVID-19 Response Coalition (Exclusive)|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/natalie-portman-gabrielle-union-joaquin-phoenix-lead-suingtosavelives-psa-for-covid-19-response-coalition-4066236/|access-date=June 16, 2021|magazine=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|archive-date=June 27, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210627194209/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/natalie-portman-gabrielle-union-joaquin-phoenix-lead-suingtosavelives-psa-for-covid-19-response-coalition-4066236/|url-status=live}}</ref> Later in 2020, Portman was announced as one of the co-founders and investors in an almost all-female group that was awarded a new franchise in the [[National Women's Soccer League]], the top level of the [[Women's soccer in the United States|women's sport in the U.S.]] The new team, since unveiled as [[Angel City FC]], began play in the [[2022 NWSL season]].<ref>{{cite press release |url=https://www.nwslsoccer.com/news/article/national-womens-soccer-league-awards-expansion-team-rights-to-los-angeles |title=National Women's Soccer League awards expansion team rights to Los Angeles |publisher=National Women’s Soccer League |date=July 21, 2020 |access-date=July 21, 2020 |archive-date=July 21, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200721191247/https://www.nwslsoccer.com/news/article/national-womens-soccer-league-awards-expansion-team-rights-to-los-angeles |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2022/mar/18/natalie-portman-wanted-to-shift-football-culture-so-she-founded-angel-city-fc|title=Natalie Portman wanted to shift football culture. So she founded Angel City FC|date=March 18, 2022|access-date=July 12, 2022|work=[[The Guardian]]|author=Adam Elder|archive-date=July 12, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220712111130/https://www.theguardian.com/football/2022/mar/18/natalie-portman-wanted-to-shift-football-culture-so-she-founded-angel-city-fc|url-status=live}}</ref>
On November 12, 2023, she took part in the ''[[March for the Republic and Against Antisemitism]]'' in Paris in response to the [[Antisemitism in 21st-century France|rise in antisemitism]] since the start of the [[Israel–Hamas war]].<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Bajos |first1=Par Sandrine |last2=Balle |first2=Catherine |last3=Bérard |first3=Christophe |last4=Berrod |first4=Nicolas |last5=Bureau |first5=Éric |last6=Choulet |first6=Frédéric |last7=Collet |first7=Emeline |last8=Souza |first8=Pascale De |last9=Doukhan |first9=David |date=2023-11-11 |title=Marche contre l'antisémitisme : François Hollande, Marylise Léon, Agnès Jaoui... pourquoi ils s'engagent |url=https://www.leparisien.fr/societe/marche-contre-lantisemitisme-francois-hollande-marylise-leon-agnes-jaoui-pourquoi-ils-sengagent-11-11-2023-WREACIPV4BEOZEDCWAGRM5ZNRA.php |website=leparisien.fr |language=fr-FR}}</ref>
==Personal life and endorsements==
[[File:Natalie Portman - Golden Globes 2012 (cropped 2).jpg|upright|thumb|alt=Portman in 2012|Portman with her then-husband [[Benjamin Millepied]] in 2012]]
Portman was married to French dancer and choreographer [[Benjamin Millepied]], with whom she has two children.<ref>{{cite news |url = http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20498509,00.html |title = It's a Boy for Natalie Portman! |work = [[People (magazine)|People]] |date = June 14, 2011 |access-date = June 14, 2011 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110616131916/http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20498509,00.html |archive-date = June 16, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://people.com/parents/aleph-natalie-portman-sons-name/|title=Natalie Portman's Baby Name Revealed|work=People|date=July 6, 2011|access-date=August 27, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180827075320/https://people.com/parents/aleph-natalie-portman-sons-name/|archive-date=August 27, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.eonline.com/news/821613/natalie-portman-gives-birth-to-daughter-amalia-millepied |title = Natalie Portman Gives Birth to Daughter Amalia Millepied |publisher = [[E! News]] |first1 = Corinne |last1 = Heller |first2 = Holly |last2 = Passalaqua |date = March 3, 2017 |access-date = March 3, 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170303231548/http://www.eonline.com/news/821613/natalie-portman-gives-birth-to-daughter-amalia-millepied |archive-date = March 3, 2017}}</ref> The couple began dating in 2009 after having met while working together on the set of ''Black Swan'',<ref name="Millepied">{{cite web |title = Benjamin Millepied: Lord of the Dance |url = http://www.details.com/celebrities-entertainment/men-of-the-moment/201006/benjamin-millepied-nyc-ballet-choreographer-natalie-portman-boyfriend?currentPage=2 |date = May 1, 2010 |work = [[Details (magazine)|Details]] |access-date = May 1, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100606031357/http://www.details.com/celebrities-entertainment/men-of-the-moment/201006/benjamin-millepied-nyc-ballet-choreographer-natalie-portman-boyfriend?currentPage=2 |archive-date = June 6, 2010 }}</ref> and wed in a Jewish ceremony held in [[Big Sur|Big Sur, California]], on August 4, 2012.<ref>[http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20618347,00.html "Natalie Portman Marries Benjamin Millepied"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140807134003/http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20618347,00.html |date=August 7, 2014 }}, people.com, August 5, 2012.</ref> The family lived in Paris for a time<ref>{{cite web |author1=Jimmy Kimmel Live |title=Natalie Portman on Etiquette in France |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1luQazgw6jo |website=YouTube |date=August 26, 2016 |access-date=September 26, 2022 |archive-date=July 13, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220713181331/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1luQazgw6jo |url-status=live }}</ref> after Millepied accepted the position of director of dance with the [[Paris Opera Ballet]],<ref>{{Cite news |title = Paris Opera Ballet Picks Outsider for New Director |first = Roslyn |last = Sulcas |date = January 24, 2013 |work = [[The New York Times]] |url = https://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/24/arts/dance/benjamin-millepied-to-be-paris-opera-ballet-director.html?pagewanted=all |access-date = December 15, 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20131210023602/http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/24/arts/dance/benjamin-millepied-to-be-paris-opera-ballet-director.html?pagewanted=all |archive-date = December 10, 2013}}</ref> and Portman has expressed a desire to become a French citizen.<ref>[http://blog.sfgate.com/dailydish/2013/09/10/natalie-portman-wants-french-citizenship-for-paris-move/ "Natalie Portman wants French citizenship for Paris move"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131016050650/http://blog.sfgate.com/dailydish/2013/09/10/natalie-portman-wants-french-citizenship-for-paris-move/ |date=October 16, 2013 }}, ''San Francisco Chronicle'', September 10, 2013.</ref> In 2013, she was living in Los Angeles.<ref>{{cite web |title=Natalie Portman finds Los Angeles better than New York |url=https://www.dnaindia.com/entertainment/report-natalie-portman-finds-los-angeles-better-than-new-york-1317122 |website=DNA India |date=November 19, 2013}}</ref> In 2017 she bought a [[Montecito, California|Montecito]] mansion, which she sold in 2021 for $8 million.<ref>{{cite web |title=Natalie Portman Sells Modern Montecito Estate for $8 Million |url=https://www.architecturaldigest.com/story/natalie-portman-sells-modern-montecito-estate |website=Architectural Digest |date=February 4, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://people.com/natalie-portman-benjamin-millepied-finalize-divorce-exclusive-7503117|title=Natalie Portman and Benjamin Millepied Finalize Divorce After Quietly Separating Last Year (Exclusive)|work=People|first=Elizabeth|last=Leonard|date=8 March 2024|access-date=8 April 2024}}</ref>
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In 2010, Portman signed on with [[Dior]] and appeared in several of the company's advertising campaigns.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.vogue.co.uk/article/natalie-portman-miss-dior-campaign-2017|title=Natalie Portman on Dior's Celebration of Women|last=Niven|first=Lisa|date=August 31, 2017|work=[[Vogue (magazine)|Vogue]]|access-date=April 24, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180425115122/http://www.vogue.co.uk/article/natalie-portman-miss-dior-campaign-2017|archive-date=April 25, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> In October 2012, Britain's Advertising Standards Authority banned a Dior advertisement that featured Portman wearing Dior mascara after a complaint from Dior's competitor, [[L'Oreal]], saying that the advert "misleadingly exaggerated the likely effects of the product". The ASA ruled that "the ad was likely to mislead".<ref>{{cite news |title=Christian Dior mascara ad banned for airbrushing Natalie Portman eyelashes |url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2012/oct/24/dior-mascara-natalie-portman-ad-ban |work=[[The Guardian]] |date=October 23, 2012}}</ref> Portman is the face of one of the company's fragrances, Miss Dior, inspired by [[Catherine Dior]].<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=March |first1=Bridget |title=Natalie Portman on Miss Dior, seeking joy and falling back in love with beauty |url=https://www.harpersbazaar.com/uk/beauty/fragrance/a37394963/natalie-portman-beauty-interview/ |magazine=[[Harper's Bazaar]] |date=September 6, 2021 |access-date=October 29, 2021 |archive-date=October 29, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211029055746/https://www.harpersbazaar.com/uk/beauty/fragrance/a37394963/natalie-portman-beauty-interview/ |url-status=live }}</ref> She has starred in campaign videos for the fragrance, and promoted a new version of the fragrance, Rose N'Roses, in 2021.<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Kell |first1=Laura |title=Wake Up For Love: Natalie Portman Stars In The New Miss Dior Campaign |url=https://www.harpersbazaararabia.com/beauty/beauty-featured-news/wake-up-for-love-natalie-portman-stars-in-the-new-miss-dior-campaign |magazine=[[Harper's Bazaar]] |date=August 25, 2021 |access-date=October 29, 2021 |archive-date=October 29, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211029055746/https://www.harpersbazaararabia.com/beauty/beauty-featured-news/wake-up-for-love-natalie-portman-stars-in-the-new-miss-dior-campaign |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Christian Dior Miss Dior Rose N'Roses Fragrance Film Starring Natalie Portman |url=https://lesfacons.com/2020/02/03/christian-dior-miss-dior-rose-nroses-fragrance-film-starring-natalie-portman/ |website=Les Façons |date=February 3, 2020 |access-date=September 25, 2022 |archive-date=July 26, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210726052309/https://lesfacons.com/2020/02/03/christian-dior-miss-dior-rose-nroses-fragrance-film-starring-natalie-portman/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
Portman is a [[polyglot]], and speaks English, Hebrew, French, German, Japanese and Arabic, to various degrees.<ref name="multilingual"/>
==Filmography and awards==
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