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Natalie Portman

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Natalie Portman is an actress and filmmaker with dual Israeli and American citizenship, born in Jerusalem and raised in the United States. She began acting at thirteen in Léon: The Professional, became widely known as Padmé Amidala in the Star Wars prequel films, and won the Academy Award for Best Actress for Black Swan. She holds a psychology degree from Harvard University. As a filmmaker she directed the short film Eve in 2008 and the biographical drama A Tale of Love and Darkness in 2015, in which she also starred, and in 2021 she co-founded the production company MountainA, which produced the film May December and the miniseries Lady in the Lake.

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1981 1
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Golden Globe Award 1
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Academy Award for Best Actress 1
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is an actress and filmmaker with dual Israeli and American citizenship
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    Natalie Hershlag (born June 9, 1981), known professionally as Natalie Portman
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    Black Swan (2010), for which she won the Academy Award for Best Actress
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    she won a Golden Globe and received an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress for Closer
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    is an actress and filmmaker with dual Israeli and American citizenship
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    Natalie Hershlag (born June 9, 1981), known professionally as Natalie Portman, is an actress and filmmaker with dual Israeli and American citizenship.
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    Portman directed the short film Eve (2008) and the biographical drama A Tale of Love and Darkness (2015), in which she also starred.
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