Natalie Portman

Natalie Portman, born as Natalie Hershlag June 9, 1981 in Jerusalem. She is the only child of an Israeli doctor, Avner Hershlag and an American homemaker, Shelley Stevens.

In 1994 she played in Leon and took her maternal grandma's maiden name Portman, as her stage name, due to privacy. After the Leon opened, she said that her character was too mature and she regretted it. She was only 13 years old when she played the character and became one of The Hollywood's Sex Symbol.

Life

At the age of 3, she left Jerusalem for The States, and after experienced several moves she finally lived in New York. She is a vegetarian since she was 8 .

She has a big crush on her homeland, Jerusalem. She once quotes ," I really love The States but my heart's in Jerusalem, that's where I just feel at home".

She now lives in Soho, NYC. and directing a movie , "New York, I love you" to express her love to her present town, New York.

Education

Everyone on earth knows she's not just an average actress who only cares about the career. Natalie once said that she would rather be smart than a movie star. Maybe, due to her well-educated background she prefers to play in many high-class movies.

Despite saying her family wasn't religious, she attended a Jewish Elementary school. Portman graduated from a Public High School, Syosset High School. She said her favorite subject in school is mathematics because "there always be an answer" in math,

She attended Harvard University and graduated with a bachelor's degree in psychology. In the spring of 2004 she came back to her native, Jerusalem, and took courses in Hebrew University of Jerusalem. In Jerusalem she studied Arabic language and History of Islam of Israel.

Movie Career

She widely known as Padme Amidala in Star Wars. In 2004 she played in Closer movie as a striptease. Many fans of her said her best acting is in V for Vendetta as Evey Hammond, the movie itself is about a proto-terrorist, she said in her native country, Israel, tons of people were hurt due to terrorist attack.

In 2006 she played in Goya's Ghost, the movie is about Spanish Inquisition, and in 2008 she played as Anne Boleyn the mother of Elizabeth I in The Other Boleyn Girls.

She once played as Anne Frank in a theater. The role is one of her best role ever.

pic: V for Vendetta 's scene

Interesting facts

1. She is a vegan (strict vegetarian) since she was 8.

2. She skipped the premiere of Star Wars: Episode I, so she could study for her high school final exam.

3.She is a short girl compared to average height of western women, some people who had seen her directly said she's less than 160 cm.

4.She loves Julia Roberts.

5.Her favorite country is Israel and her favorite city is Paris

6.She famously had her head shaved in V for Vendetta

7.She doesn't like high-heels

8.She wants a lesbian relationship , she said"Why you close your self off to 50 percents of people?"

9.She is fluent in English and Hebrew (her mother tongue) and has studied French, Japanese, German, and Arabic

Pictures

Left to right

1.Natalie Portman and Queen Rania Al-Abdullah of Jordan, both of them was chosen as Ambassadors of Micro Capital by United Nations.

2.Famous of her short hair-cut.

3.Wearing the most famous dress in the world. Audrey Hepburn wore the dress in Breakfast at Tiffany's.