When Mathilda returns, she realizes what has happened just in time to continue down the hall to Léon's apartment; he hesitantly gives her shelter. The first film of the series, Episode I – The Phantom Menace was released in 1999, when she was in her final year of high school. Natalie Portman is a famous American theater and film actress. Natalie Portman was born on June 9, 1981, as Neta-Lee Hershlag. Then there were “Proximity”, “Star Wars” and many more other roles. 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She is vocal about the politics of America and Israel, and is an advocate for animal rights and environmental causes. The movie was released two years later in 1999 when Portman was 18 years old. Portman was shown a new draft, and she decided to accept the role. [63] She was excited by the opportunity to play a confident young woman who did not depend on the male lead. "Natalie Portman wants French citizenship for Paris move", "Natalie Portman on Dior's Celebration of Women", "Natalie Portman and Other Celebs in Banned Advertisements", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Natalie_Portman&oldid=986090020, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 29 October 2020, at 18:48. To prepare, she studied at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and read memoirs of Yitzhak Rabin, which she said allowed her to explore both the role and her own heritage. Natalie Portman Portman was speaking at the Los Angeles leg of the Women’s March 2018 when she opened up about her experiences after appearing in first film Léon: The Professional in 1994. I was more ambitious. She collaborated closely with Amos, showing him drafts of her script as she adapted the book. [198][197] The following April, Portman announced that she did not plan to attend the award ceremony scheduled for June, due to "recent events in Israel" that left her feeling uncomfortable attending public events there. Celebrity Natalie Portman became a girl, talented in the film “Leon”. Her parents were reluctant to let her do the part due to the explicit sexual and violent nature of the script, but agreed after Besson took out the nudity and killings committed by Portman's character. [108], After producing and co-starring alongside Joseph Gordon-Levitt in the black comedy Hesher (2010),[109] Portman played a young ballerina overwhelmed with the prospect of performing Swan Lake in Darren Aronofsky's psychological horror film Black Swan. [158] Benjamin Lee of The Guardian took note of Portman's "strong, fiercely compelling presence" and commended her for playing the part without unnecessary sentimentality. [45] Portman was unfamiliar with the franchise when she was cast, and watched the original Star Wars trilogy before filming began. How much is wish-fulfilment fantasy, and why. She liked the idea of Kenneth Branagh directing a big-budget film that emphasized character; she signed on to it before receiving a script, and helped develop her part by reading the biography of scientists such as Rosalind Franklin. In 2007, she launched her own brand of animal-friendly footwear with no fur, leather, or feathers. During World War II, Natalie’s great-grandfather and great-grandmother died in the Auschwitz concentration camp, while another great-grandmother served in British intelligence, according to Wikipedia’s Natalie Portman biography. [75] She won the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. [14] Sony Pictures released it in the United States in November 2009. Natalie Portman (born Neta-Lee Hershlag; June 9, 1981) is an actress and filmmaker with dual Israeli and American citizenship. (Left to right) Hayden Christensen, Producer Rick McCallum, Writer-Director George Lucas, Natalie Portman, and Ewan Gordon McGregor OBE gather on the first day of shooting of Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith. [1] In France overall, it sold 3,330,703 tickets. For the first time, Portman performed an extended nude scene; she was later disappointed at the undue focus on it and she subsequently swore off further nude appearances. "[203] She drew attention to the #MeToo movement stating her first ever piece of fan mail, was a rape fantasy between her and a male fan, and that her local radio station created a countdown until her 18th birthday (when she would be of legal age to consent to participation in sexual activity). [156][157] She was pleased to headline a rare female-led science fiction film, and she moved her family near Pinewood Studios during filming. 2017). Besson described Léon as "Now maybe Jean is playing the American cousin of Victor. Portman's career progressed with her starring roles as Evey Hammond in V for Vendetta (2005), Anne Boleyn in The Other Boleyn Girl (2008), and a troubled ballerina in the psychological horror film Black Swan (2010), for which she won the Academy Award for Best Actress. [75] She won the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. Director Aronofsky defended the actress, insisting that Portman performed 80% of the dance. [204], In 2020, Portman endorsed the "defund the police" movement. In the film almanac “Paris, I Love You” (2006), Natalie played in the fragment “Faubourg Saint-Denis”. Natalie Portman was awarded the Oscar, two Golden Globe awards, and the Israeli Genesis Prize. Natalie Portman's first acting role was as 'Mathilda Lando' in Leon: The Professional, released in 1994 when she was 13. The ASA ruled that the photographs of Portman "misleadingly exaggerated the likely effects of the product". [18], Mark Salisbury of Empire magazine awarded the film a full five stars. [126][127][128] Richard Kuipers of Variety commended Portman's "sterling work in a thinly written role" for adding dimension to the film's romantic subplot. [28] Portman herself opined that after those scenes were removed, she found nothing objectionable about the content. [64] When asked about balancing her career and education, she said, "I don't care if [college] ruins my career.