Natalie Portman was born Natalie Hershlag on June 9th 1981. Natalie is an Isralei-American actress. In 1994 Natalie played her first role in the independent film the Professional, also known as Leon. It was her role in the Star Wars movies as Padme Amidala that shot Natalie to international fame. While shooting the Star Wars Trilogy she completed a bachelor degree in psychology at Harvard College. She missed the premiere of Star Wars to study for her final high school exams. While at Harvard College Natalie was the research assistant to Alan Dershowitz. She wrote a letter to the Harvard Crimson in response to an anti-Israeli essay while there, actively taking a role in the community of the College. After completing her degree Natalie went on to take graduate courses at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem during 2004 and in March 2006 appeared as the guest lecturer at a Columbia University course in terrorism and counterterrorism. She spoke to the students about her film V or Vendetta. Natalie is fluent in Hebrew and English and has studied French, Japanese and German and Arabic. While a student she co-authored two research papers that were published in professional scientific journal.

2001 saw Natiale open in the New York City’s Public Theatre Production of Chekhov’s the Seagull. She starred alongside Meryl Streep and Kevin Kline. Natalie received a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress for her work in the movie drama Closer in 2005. During the 61st annual Cannes Film Festival in 2008 Natalie was the youngest ever member of the Cannes jury. Her own directorial debut was at the end of 2008 for the short film Eve which opened at the 65th Venice International Film Festival for their shorts competition. Natalie has won many awards over the years including the 2002 Teen Choice Awards for Star Wars II. She won a Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actress for Closer, 2005. 2007 Best Female Performance in Science Fiction for the Constellation Awards for V for Vendetta and also in 2007 also for V for Vendetta was the Saturn Award Best Actress Category.