Age: 45
female
Natalie Portman (born Natalie Hershlag, June 9, 1981) is an actress with dual American and Israeli citizenship. Her first role was in the 1994 action thriller Léon: The Professional, opposite Jean Reno. She was later cast as Padmé Amidala in the Star Wars prequel trilogy (released in 1999, 2002 and 2005). Born in Jerusalem to an Israeli father and American mother, Portman grew up in the eastern United States from the age of three. She studied dancing and acting in New York, and starred in Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace while still at high school on Long Island. In 1999, Portman enrolled at Harvard University to study psychology, alongside her work as an actress; she completed a bachelor's degree in 2003. During her studies she starred in a second Star Wars film and opened in New York City's The Public Theater production of Anton Chekhov's The Seagull in 2001. Portman won a Golden Globe and was nominated for an Academy Award for starring in the 2004 drama Closer, appeared in Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith the following year, and won a Constellation Award for Best Female Performance and the Saturn Award for Best Actress for her starring role in the political thriller V for Vendetta (2006). She played leading roles in the historical dramas Goya's Ghosts (2006) and The Other Boleyn Girl (2008), and also appeared in Thor (2011) and its 2013 sequel. In 2010, Portman starred in the psychological thriller film Black Swan. Her performance received widespread critical acclaim and she earned her first Academy Award for Best Actress, her second Golden Globe Award, the SAG Award, the BAFTA Award and the BFCA Award in 2011. In 2016, she portrayed First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy in the biographical drama Jackie. She was nominated for an Academy Award, a BAFTA Award, a Golden Globe Award, a Screen Actors Guild Award and won the BFCA for Best Actress. In May 2008, Portman served as the youngest member of the 61st Annual Cannes Film Festival jury. The same year she directed a segment of the collective film New York, I Love You. Her first feature film as a director, A Tale of Love and Darkness, was released in 2015.
Natalie Portman
Padmé Amidala
for Padmé Amidala in Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones
Suggested by stevenkelly
In this reimagined version of Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones, the story shifts its emotional focus away from a forbidden romance and instead centers on the brotherly bond between Anakin Skywalker and Obi-Wan Kenobi as the Republic edges toward civil war. During a diplomatic summit on Alderaan, political tensions between the Republic and the Separatists are shattered when the cybernetically enhanced Darth Maul launches a devastating attack, revealing that a mysterious third force is manipulating both sides. As Anakin proves his courage but loses his hand in a duel with Maul, Obi-Wan is forced to confront the grief and guilt he has carried since the death of Qui-Gon Jinn, while Palpatine uses the crisis to justify the deployment of the Clone Army and expand his political influence. Following a tracker to Geonosis, Obi-Wan discovers that Count Dooku is not the mastermind everyone believes, but a former Jedi attempting to expose the hidden Sith Lord manipulating the Republic from within. Before the truth can be revealed, Palpatine orders a massive clone assault, igniting the Clone Wars and destroying the last hope for diplomacy. As Obi-Wan, Anakin, and Padmé Amidala escape the battlefield, they realize the galaxy is being consumed by darkness, setting the stage for the tragic fall of the Jedi and Anakin's eventual transformation into Darth Vader.
