Natalie Portman (born Neta-Lee Hershlag; Hebrew: נטע-לי הרשלג;
June 9, 1981) is an actress, film producer and film director with dual American
and Israeli citizenship. Her first role was in the 1994 action thriller Léon:
The Professional, opposite Jean Reno, but mainstream success came when she was
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 Public Theater production of Anton Chekhov's The Seagull in 2001.
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