Natalie Portman: Difference between revisions

 

==Early life and background==

doi=10.1006/nimg.2002.1170}}</ref><!--See discussion at [[Talk:Natalie Portman/Archive 5#"Neta-Lee Hershlag"]]--> was born on June 9, 1981, in <!-- 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. -->[[Jerusalem]], to [[Jew]]ish parents with roots in Poland, Russia, Austria, and Romania.<ref name="cbsnews-Hershlag">{{cite news |publisher = [[CBS News]] |title = A 'Garden State' Of Mind |first = Ellen |last = Crean |url = https://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/07/30/earlyshow/leisure/celebspot/main633153.shtml |access-date = October 18, 2007 |date = July 30, 2004 |archive-date = August 11, 2011 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110811194145/https://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/07/30/earlyshow/leisure/celebspot/main633153.shtml |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="guardian2011">{{cite web |last=Collins |first=Andrew |date=January 1, 2011 |title=Natalie Portman: The prodigy comes of age |website=[[The Guardian]] |url=https://www.theguardian.com/theobserver/2011/jan/02/observer-profile-natalie-portman |access-date=November 5, 2012 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131019100751/http://www.theguardian.com/theobserver/2011/jan/02/observer-profile-natalie-portman |archive-date=October 19, 2013}}</ref><ref name="salempress"/><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.jta.org/2007/07/19/arts-entertainment/why-jewish-guys-dig-natalie-portman|title=Why Jewish guys dig Natalie Portman|access-date=June 10, 2018|date=July 19, 2007|last=Gross|first=Max|work=[[Jewish Telegraphic Agency]]|quote=Natalie Portman, who played Queen Amidala of the planet Naboo, was born in Jerusalem to an Israeli father and American Jewish mother.|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612142715/https://www.jta.org/2007/07/19/arts-entertainment/why-jewish-guys-dig-natalie-portman|archive-date=June 12, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.standard.co.uk/showbiz/natalie-portman-names-son-alef-6419397.html|title=Natalie Portman names son Alef|date=July 7, 2011|work=[[Evening Standard]]|access-date=June 10, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612163307/https://www.standard.co.uk/showbiz/natalie-portman-names-son-alef-6419397.html|archive-date=June 12, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> She is the only child of Shelley ({{née|Stevens}}),<ref name="stevens-obit">{{cite web |url = http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/cincinnati/obituary.aspx?pid=172772416 |title = Bernice (Hurwitz) Stevens Obituary |work=[[The Cincinnati Enquirer]] |via=Legacy.com |date = October 12, 2014 |access-date = November 23, 2014 |archive-date = May 3, 2015 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150503050627/http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/cincinnati/obituary.aspx?pid=172772416 |url-status=live }}</ref> an American homemaker who works as Portman's agent, and Avner Hershlag, an [[Sabra (person)|Israeli-born]] gynecologist.<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 |work = [[The Independent]] |location = UK |first = Gill |last = Pringle |date = February 29, 2008 |access-date = March 8, 2011 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20141006114358/http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/features/natalie-portman--more-than-a-woman-789103.html |archive-date = October 6, 2014 |url-status=live }}</ref> Her maternal grandparents were [[American Jews]], whereas her paternal grandparents were [[Aliyah|Jewish immigrants]] to Israel.<ref name="etinaceht">{{Cite news |last= Bloom |first = Nate |title = Jewz in the Newz: The Oscars, Part II |work = [[The American Israelite]] |date = February 24, 2011 |url = http://americanisraelite.com/archives/1672 |archive-url = https://archive.today/20130101200026/http://americanisraelite.com/archives/1672 |url-status=dead |archive-date = January 1, 2013 |access-date = March 10, 2011 }}</ref><ref name="salempress" /><ref name="whosw1">{{cite book |url = https://books.google.com/books?id=ISRbAAAAIAAJ&q=%22HERSHLAG,+Zvi+Yehuda%3B+Prof.,+T.A.+U.%3B+Dir.,+Horovitz+Inst.+f.+Res.+of+Devel.+Countr.%22 |title = Who's who in Israel and in the work for Israel abroad |publisher = Bronfman & Cohen Publications |year = 1978 |access-date = November 20, 2013 |archive-date = February 18, 2022 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220218092838/https://books.google.com/books?id=ISRbAAAAIAAJ&q=%22HERSHLAG,+Zvi+Yehuda%3B+Prof.,+T.A.+U.%3B+Dir.,+Horovitz+Inst.+f.+Res.+of+Devel.+Countr.%22 |url-status = live }}</ref> Portman is a dual citizen of Israel and the United States.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Kershner |first=Isabel |last2=Specia |first2=Megan |date=2018-04-20 |title=Natalie Portman Backs Out of Israeli Award Ceremony |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/20/world/middleeast/natalie-portman-genesis-prize.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180430181157/https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/20/world/middleeast/natalie-portman-genesis-prize.html |archive-date=2018-04-30 |access-date=2024-04-30 |work=[[The New York Times]] |language= |issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Deitch |first=Ian |date=2018-04-20 |title=Natalie Portman addresses snub of 'Jewish Nobel,' backlash |url=https://apnews.com/article/e0f3cf67b58c43c09bfadac9aa2cf8f0 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231124224933/https://apnews.com/article/e0f3cf67b58c43c09bfadac9aa2cf8f0 |archive-date=2023-11-24 |access-date=2024-04-30 |website=[[Associated Press]] |language=}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |title=Britannica Book of the Year 2012 |publisher=[[Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.]] |year=2012 |isbn=9781615356188 |editor-last=Sparks |editor-first=Karen Jacob |pages=102 |editor-last2=Shepherd |editor-first2=Melissa C.}}</ref>