"[18], When Portman was ten years old, a Revlon agent spotted her at a pizza restaurant and asked her to become a child model. [241][242], Portman was awarded the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Drama and the Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance in Black Swan, and the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress for Closer. Often portrays characters that are rather smart, mature and grown up for their age, Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999), Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones (2002), Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005), Dior Forever: New Generation Clean Foundation. [97] She also appeared in Paul McCartney's music video "Dance Tonight" from his album Memory Almost Full, directed by Michel Gondry.
Natalie Portman's Hairstyles Over the Years - Headcurve [19][27] She later bemoaned that her parts in The Professional and Beautiful Girls prompted a series of offers to play a sexualized youngster, adding that it "dictated a lot of my choices afterwards 'cos it scared me it made me reluctant to do sexy stuff".
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Lon: The Professional 1994 - Behind the Scenes - Natalie Portman [20][21] She auditioned for the 1992 off-Broadway Ruthless!, a musical about a girl who is prepared to commit murder to get the lead in a school play. Brown, R. (August 4, 2004). Natalie Portman, is one extremely talented actress that provides her own unique on-screen sex appeal to movie goers year after year. She was initially intimidated to take on the part of a well-known public figure,[146] and eventually researched Kennedy extensively by watching videos of her, reading books, and listening to audiotapes of her interviews. 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Natalie Portman is so chic in a little black dress during the 82nd Annual Academy Awards on Mar. "It's such a pleasure and luxury to get to be around people again," said Natalie Portman on Friday evening at the unveiling of Dior 's "Millefiori" pop-up, held in celebration of the French. Her film debut was in The Professional (1994), and she was cast as Queen Amidala in. Natalie Portman is radiant on the red carpet in 1999. The Black Swan actress was sporty-chic during the. Portman began her acting career at age twelve, when she starred as the young protge of a hitman in the action film Lon: The Professional (1994). Club. The Oscar-winning actress appeared on. She went on to star in the romantic comedy No Strings Attached (2011) and portrayed Jacqueline Kennedy in the biopic Jackie (2016), which earned her a third Academy Award nomination. ", She went on to turn down roles that would involve love/sex scenes as a result of her "defenses," explaining, "It was like, I'm not going to be seen that way, because it felt like a vulnerable position and also a less respectable position, in some way, to be characterized like that.". 2023 Getty Images. Portman starred as a young girl whose family is killed by a corrupt police officer (Gary Oldman). [116][117][118] Following her Oscar win, controversy arose over who performed the bulk of the on-screen dancing in the film. [39][40] Reviewing the production for Variety, Greg Evans disliked her portrayal, which he thought had "little of the charm, budding genius or even brittle intelligence that the diary itself reveals". [162] She then starred as a troubled pop singer in Vox Lux, sharing the part with Raffey Cassidy. [153][154] The 2017 experimental romance Song to Song marked Portman's second collaboration with Terrence Malick, which like their previous film polarized critics. But speaking to Shepard, she described how her role in "Beautiful Girls," in which she plays a. She was pregnant with her daughter Amalia at the time. By Kelly Braun. [75] Closer grossed over $115 million worldwide against a $27million budget, and the critic Peter Travers took note of Portman's "blazing, breakthrough performance", writing that she "digs so deep into the bruised core of her character that they seem to wear the same skin. [219][220] Later in 2020, Portman was announced as one of the co-founders and investors in an almost all-female group that was awarded a new franchise in the National Women's Soccer League, the top level of the women's sport in the U.S. [37], Portman was cast opposite Leonardo DiCaprio in Baz Luhrmann's Romeo + Juliet (1996), but she dropped out during rehearsals when studio executives found her too young for the role. She had her hair up and played up her eyes with dark liner. Natalie Portman appears at the 1996 premiere of Flirting With Disaster. 210 Young Natalie Portman Photos and Premium High Res Pictures - Getty Images Editorial FILTERS CREATIVE EDITORIAL VIDEO 210 Young Natalie Portman Premium High Res Photos Browse 210 young natalie portman stock photos and images available, or start a new search to explore more stock photos and images. Natalie Portman was just 11 years old when she was cast in "Lon: The Professional " by director Luc Besson, and her child stardom quickly rose thanks to films like "Heat," " Beautiful Girls ,". [28][29], "[T]here's a surprising preponderance of that kind of role for young girls. The royal treatment! [48] Critics disliked the film but with earnings of $924million worldwide it was the second highest-grossing film of all time to that point, and it established Portman as a global star. "[217] She drew attention to the MeToo movement, revealing that her first fan letter was a "rape fantasy" from a man and that her local radio station created a countdown until her eighteenth birthday (when she would reach legal age to consent to have intercourse). Directed by Amos Gitai, the film follows Rebecca (Portman), an American living in Jerusalem, who gets into a cab with Hanna (Hana Laszlo), an Israeli woman on her way to Jordan known as "the. [201], In January 2011, Portman was appointed an ambassador of WE Charity (formerly known as Free The Children), an international charity and educational partner, spearheading their Power of a Girl campaign. There are just the most beautiful walks and beaches and nature, and, yes, birds. She is married to dancer and choreographer Benjamin Millepied, with whom she has two children. The film is highly controversial and documents an unusual relationship between a professional hitman and his 12-year-old protg as the latter learns the hitman's skills. [125][126] In her final film release of 2011, Portman took on the part of Jane Foster, a scientist and love-interest of the titular character (played by Chris Hemsworth) in the Marvel Cinematic Universe superhero film Thor. [171][172] She agreed to return to the franchise after meeting with director Taika Waititi, who offered to portray her character in an "adventurous and fun and funny" way. Natalie Portman arrives for the opening of the Beijing International Film Festival at the Beijing Yanqi Lake International Convention and Exhibition Center in Beijing, China on Apr. [203] During WE Day California 2019 Portman gave a pro vegan speech in front of the student audience, linking vegan lifestyle and feminism. There Are Unframed to Choose. The Getty Images design is a trademark of Getty Images. Natalie Portman showed off her sultry side as she posed topless for a new Dior Forever Foundation campaign. She was trained by the professional ballerina Mary Helen Bowers, and in preparation, she trained for five to eight hours daily for six months and lost 20 pounds (9kg). Israeli-born American actress (born 1981). She has had a prolific film career since her teenage years and has starred in various blockbusters and independent films, receiving multiple accolades, including an Academy Award and two Golden Globe Awards. Natalie Portman's first-ever film role still stands as one of her best and most memorable. Natalie Portman attends a screening of The Professional on November 3, 1994 in Los Angeles. I was more ambitious. The actress frequently plays with interesting textures, shapes, and silhouettes in her wardrobe. 16, 2016. Natalie Portman, 40, looked stunning as ever as she enjoyed a cool beach day in the Sydney, Australia suburb of Bronte on Wednesday, Feb. 23. [212][211] The following April, Portman announced that she did not plan to attend the awards ceremony scheduled for June, citing "recent events in Israel" that left her feeling uncomfortable attending public events there. 210 Young Natalie Portman Photos and Premium High Res Pictures - Getty Images Images Editorial Video Editorial FILTERS CREATIVE EDITORIAL VIDEO 210 Young Natalie Portman Premium High Res Photos Browse 210 young natalie portman stock photos and images available, or start a new search to explore more stock photos and images. [98], Scarlett Johansson and Portman portrayed rival sisters Mary and Anne Boleyn, respectively, in the period film The Other Boleyn Girl (2008). The mother of two had recently noticed that her son, Aleph. Portman agreed to her first sexually explicit adult role after turning down such parts in the past, saying it reflected her own maturity as a person. [78][79], Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith, the final installment of the Star Wars prequel trilogy, was Portman's first film release of 2005. From 1999 to 2003, Portman attended Harvard University, graduating with a bachelor's degree in psychology.
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