Natalie Portman

Despite everything, the actress continues to have an image of innocence and fragility, which has led to her comparison with Audrey Hepburn on numerous occasions . But the actress with brown eyes, similar to those of the protagonist of Roman Holiday , has begun to play darker girls, like the stripper with no vital horizons in Closer , and Goya’s muse, who becomes pregnant in the dungeons of The Inquisition, in Goya’s Ghosts. “I think I’m still as naive as ever,” says the actress. “It is true that I play more adult characters, but for example, I had never seen a dose of cocaine, until I shot in Spain, a short time ago. Someone offered me, but of course drugs do not interest me,” explains Portman, who continues to leading a more or less normal life, without the scandals that other Hollywood stars star in.

Natalie Portman has spent a few months filming in the Madrid town of Boadilla del Monte and in the Retiro Park, in the capital of Spain, under the orders of the prestigious Milos Forman . He only has praiseworthy words for Javier Bardem , who plays an inquisitor. “He is the best actor in the world,” says the actress. As soon as the film was finished, she had no time to put herself under the command of newcomer Zach Helm , who runs Mr. Magorium and his magical shop From him. In this original family film, Natalie Portman plays Molly Mahoney, the insecure director of the company alluded to in the title, to be exact, the strangest toy store in the world. This project was chained with My Blueberry Nights, the first American film by Wong Kar Wai , the prestigious Hong Kong director who shot In The Mood For Love . Although at this time she is not for herself, the actress had spent a few years more focused on her studies than on her film career, choosing the films in which she appeared with great care. She normally only shot during summer vacations. And finally, Natalie Portman has graduated in Psychology from the prestigious Harvard University. As curious as she may seem, she does not rule out leaving the cinema and working as a psychologist, for a matter of personal development, since her acting career is going from strength to strength, under full sail.

Of proven versatility, he does not hesitate to shave his hair, if necessary, as in V for Vendetta . “I don’t think the film justifies terrorism, far from it. But I hope it launches a vision of the problem from a new perspective. It’s about getting into the terrorist’s shoes, to find out why he behaves like that, and open a debate”, explains the actress.

Born in Israel in 1981, in the city of Jerusalem, Natalie Portman is committed to the Jewish cause. While studying for a few months at the university in her hometown, she embarked on a project by Amos Gitai , the most illustrious representative of Israeli cinema. In Free Zone she played an American who accompanies an Israeli taxi driver to go to Jordan, where she must collect a large sum of money. Being very young, she played a Jewish girl, the famous protagonist of ‘The Diary of Anne Frank’, on the Broadway stage.

At 26, the actress has spent more than half her life dedicated to acting, as Natalie Hershlag, her real name, was discovered in a New York pizzeria by a talent scout when she was 11 years old. Although he wanted to make her a model, the young Natalie ended up getting a contract for The Professional (Léon) , filmed in 1994 by Luc Besson . At that time, he decided to give himself a stage name, opting for Portman, his mother’s maiden name, to protect his family from bad reviews, if the film turned out badly, or to keep his relatives anonymous if it was overdone. famous.

She was already a teenager when she filmed Beautiful Girls . A student who has always gotten high grades, for her the most important thing was to do well in high school, so she barely rolled. To count on her, George Lucas came to delay the filming of The Phantom Menace , the first installment of the new Star Wars trilogy , which made Natalie Portman, interpreter of Queen Amidala, a celebrity. “I accept that this has happened, but I would have preferred it not to be so. I am a very discreet girl, and I would have preferred to have spent many years in interesting secondary characters, and thus be able to lead a normal life,” explained the actress.