Natalie Portman is an Academy Award-winning actress, producer, and director. She was born in Jerusalem, Israel, on June 9, 1981. Her parents, Avner Hershlag and Shelley Stevens, are both Israeli citizens. Her father is a doctor and her mother is an artist. Portman moved to the United States when she was three years old. She attended Hebrew school and had a Bat Mitzvah ceremony.
Portman began her acting career in 1994, when she starred in the film “Leon.” She gained international fame for her role as Queen Amidala in the “Star Wars” prequels. Portman won an Academy Award for her role in the film “Black Swan.” She has also starred in films such as “Closer,” “V for Vendetta,” “Thor,” and “Avengers: Infinity War.”
In addition to her acting career, Portman is a successful producer and director. She has produced films such as “New York, I Love You” and “A Tale of Love and Darkness.” She made her directorial debut with the film “A Tale of Love and Darkness.”
Portman is a vocal advocate for animal rights and environmental causes. She is a supporter of the Humane Society and PETA.
Table of Contents:
1. Early Life
2. Acting Career
3. Producer and Director
4. Animal Rights and Environmental Causes
5. Personal Life
6. Awards and Honors
7. Top Natalie Portman Qutoes
Early Life
Natalie Portman was born in Jerusalem, Israel, on June 9, 1981. Her parents, Avner Hershlag and Shelley Stevens, are both Israeli citizens. Her father is a doctor and her mother is an artist. Portman moved to the United States when she was three years old. She attended Hebrew school and had a Bat Mitzvah ceremony.
Acting Career
Portman began her acting career in 1994, when she starred in the film “Leon.” She gained international fame for her role as Queen Amidala in the “Star Wars” prequels. Portman won an Academy Award for her role in the film “Black Swan.” She has also starred in films such as “Closer,” “V for Vendetta,” “Thor,” and “Avengers: Infinity War.”
Producer and Director
In addition to her acting career, Portman is a successful producer and director. She has produced films such as “New York, I Love You” and “A Tale of Love and Darkness.” She made her directorial debut with the film “A Tale of Love and Darkness.”
Animal Rights and Environmental Causes
Portman is a vocal advocate for animal rights and environmental causes. She is a supporter of the Humane Society and PETA.
Personal Life
Portman has been married to French dancer Benjamin Millepied since 2012. They have two children together.
Awards and Honors
Portman has won numerous awards and honors throughout her career. She won an Academy Award for Best Actress for her role in “Black Swan.” She has also won a Golden Globe Award, a BAFTA Award, and a Screen Actors Guild Award.
Top Natalie Portman Quotes
“Accept your lack of knowledge and use it as your asset.”— Natalie Portman
“We live in a small world, and we all are affected by everything that happens everywhere. And to look at it less selfishly, we also need to be grateful for the luck of where we’re born and how we ended up where we ended up.”— Natalie Portman
“I don’t believe in the afterlife. I believe this is it, and I believe it’s the best way to live.”— Natalie Portman
“Jasmine is just the most delicate and beautiful scent.”— Natalie Portman
“As I get older, I’m more relaxed and less concerned with what people think of me.”— Natalie Portman
“I don’t mean to criticize anyone in any way that I wouldn’t criticize myself. I think people should have fun, and have a good time, and enjoy the luck that we have to be lazy and dwell in consumerism. But I think that it’s a balance. And our job as actors is empathy.”— Natalie Portman
“I’ve always tried to separate my looks from all the other aspects of myself. I think girls are taught so much to focus on their looks that they tend to have their personality and intelligence develop slower than boys.”— Natalie Portman
“I’m afraid of everything. But maybe when you’re afraid of everything, it sort of seems like you’re scared of nothing.”— Natalie Portman
“I just stay away from the news and try and find people around me who are doing positive things and look to them.”— Natalie Portman
“I don’t know if acting is what I want to do for the rest of my life, it’s just what I’ve, you know, ended up doing when I was little, and I’ve kinda grown up with it.”— Natalie Portman
“If you can’t laugh at yourself, life is going to seem a whole lot longer than you’d like.”— Natalie Portman
“I’d rather be smart than a movie star.”— Natalie Portman
“As I look back on it, I’m glad that I had this false image. I was who everyone else – my parents, my friends, society – wanted me to be. I was a pleaser, someone who wanted to make everyone happy, to not let anyone down. Now, I’m not like that.”— Natalie Portman
“I think the New York Public Library is so, so amazing. It’s literally the coolest place – It’s good shelter from the sun and it’s the most beautiful building. It’s really, really fun.”— Natalie Portman
“Our generation has the ability and the responsibility to make our ever-more connected world a more hopeful, stable and peaceful place.”— Natalie Portman
“I’m tough on myself in terms of the standards I want to live up to, but that’s also part of my pleasure: Knowing you are being your fullest self. Being your fullest self is a lot of work.”— Natalie Portman
“No one will ever love you as much as I do. Why isn’t love enough?”— Natalie Portman
“We live in a real world. Come back to it.”— Natalie Portman
“I can sleep a whole day. If no one woke me up, I would sleep for 24 hours. I think it’s a combination of my age and my appreciation for sleep. Sleep is so wonderful. Sometimes you can oversleep and feel like you’ve waster your time, but I think it’s one of the bestways to spend your time.”— Natalie Portman
“I’m going to college. I don’t care if it ruins my career. I’d rather be smart than a movie star.”— Natalie Portman
“There’s always pressure, from other people and yourself. If you’re happy with the looks you’re born with, then what are you going to do your whole life? We keep thinking up new things and finding better ways of doing things because we’re not happy with what we’re given.”— Natalie Portman
“If we can find ways to love life and be joyful without being wasteful or destructive – that’s what’s important.”— Natalie Portman
“I don’t love studying. I hate studying. I like learning. Learning is beautiful.”— Natalie Portman
“I love being a mum, but it’s much more intensive work than being an actress – going to work feels like you’ve got a day off. Not that I want a day off from being a mum; it’s just perhaps I had this impression before that mums don’t work. But they work more than anyone.”— Natalie Portman
“Committing yourself to one person is sacred.”— Natalie Portman
“It doesn’t matter if you mean to do the right thing – if you only do bad things. You need to learn how to do right things. Doing is what affects people…”— Natalie Portman
“Breast implants gross me out. I don’t think they’re attractive at all.”— Natalie Portman
“I wonder how people decided that women were supposed to shave their legs and armpits.”— Natalie Portman
“I’m not a perfectionist but I’m definitely, or well, I like discipline. I’m obedient. I’m not a perfectionist.”— Natalie Portman
“Microcredit is about giving hope.”— Natalie Portman
“I speak fluent Hebrew and even dream in Hebrew when we visit there, once or twice a year.”— Natalie Portman
“Social networking is playing a huge role in creating awareness and mobilizing support for all kinds of common interests. What better way to use this remarkable tool than to change the world?”— Natalie Portman
“People who take everything to heart trivia – the most capable of genuinely love.”— Natalie Portman
“I really hate being self-conscious – and being conscious of being self-conscious.”— Natalie Portman
“I love milk so much! I make a point of drinking a glass of milk every day. So now anyone who did those milk ads with the milk mustaches, they’re my heroes.”— Natalie Portman
“Smart women love smart men more than smart men love smart women.”— Natalie Portman
“Grab the good people around you. Don’t let them go.”— Natalie Portman
“Awards are so unnecessary because I think we get so much out of our work just by doing it. The work is a reward in itself.”— Natalie Portman
“I’ve been really, lucky and sometimes you think, ‘Why? How did this happen to me – what did I do to deserve this?’ And you realize how much it’s just luck. And then you see that there’s a lot of people who are not as lucky as you are, and I want to like share that luck, you know?”— Natalie Portman
“Pointe shoes are torture devices. I mean, ballerinas get used to it, but it was definitely a new experience for me. They feel medieval. I was very happy to stop wearing them.”— Natalie Portman
“Lying is the most fun a woman can have without taking her clothes off.”— Natalie Portman
“I studied psychology in school, and the best psychology is in literature. It’s so much easier to understand a character than a theory. You can recognize yourself – or other people – in a different way.”— Natalie Portman
“When you get older, you realize it’s a lot less about your place in the world but your place in you. It’s not how everyone views you, but how you view yourself.”— Natalie Portman
“I’m a Gemini, so I change my mind every day.”— Natalie Portman
“I’m really good at mini-golf. You know, maybe not big person golf, but little person golf.”— Natalie Portman
“I think losing a child is unimaginable. It’s every person’s worst nightmare. It’s unimaginably difficult. It shakes your faith in the world. It tests your optimism.”— Natalie Portman
“I am more a teenager than anyone else I know. One minute I feel really adult and the next minute I say, ‘Let’s play hide-and-seek.’”— Natalie Portman
“I mean the Internet is like the luckiest thing – we have everything at our fingertips right now.”— Natalie Portman
“But I love you I’m totally and completely in love with you and I don’t care if you think it’s too late. I’m telling you anyway.”— Natalie Portman
“I don’t want to sound superficial, but when I go see a movie myself, I’d rather look at Tom Cruise than some shmo with a beer belly.”— Natalie Portman