Israeli-American actress Natalie Portman was born on June 9, 1981. Since she was a teenager, she has had a successful cinematic career. She has starred in both blockbusters and independent films, and she has won numerous awards, including two Golden Globes and an Academy Award.
At the age of twelve, Portman made her acting debut in the action movie Léon: The Professional (1994), playing the young protege of a hitman. She made her Broadway debut in a 1998 production of The Diary of a Young Girl while still in high school, and in 1999, she won worldwide acclaim for her role as Padmé Amidala in Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace. Portman studied at Harvard University from 1999 to 2003, where she earned a bachelor’s degree in psychology.
Natalie Portman Parents: Meet Avner Hershlag and Shelley Stevens
Natalie Hershlag was born to Jewish parents with ancestry in Poland, Austria, and Russia on June 9, 1981 in Jerusalem. She is the only child of Israeli-born doctor Avner Hershlag and American housewife Shelley (née Stevens), who also serves as Portman’s agent. Her paternal grandparents were Jewish immigrants to Israel, while her maternal grandparents were Jews from the United States.