American actress Natalie Portman quickly became famous, playing in the movie “Leon”. Since then, several decades have passed, and she took part in many other projects, continuing to prove her talent in the field of acting. However, her life itself is interesting, it is replete with little-known facts, which are so eager for fans of celebrities.
The real name of the actress is Hershlag, since she has Israeli origin. By the way, she also has Russian roots – in the line of her mother, her ancestors come from a family of Jews who lived in the Russian Empire. At the age of four, Natalie Portman began practicing in a dance club, and soon performing at amateur events. At eleven, she was casting and became a fashion model for a perfume agency. World fame came to her after the release of the film “Leon”. She was then only thirteen years old. Natalie Portman graduated with honors from Harvard. She studied at the faculty of psychology. In the role of the actress’s agent is her mother.
For the role in the film V for Vendetta, Natalie Portman learned to speak with a British accent and shaved her head. The premiere of the movie “Star Wars: Episode I”, where she played a minor role, the actress missed as she was preparing for the final exams at that time. When George Lucas suggested she play in his famous saga, he was very surprised when he learned that she had not watched any of his films. In the aforementioned movie, the twin of the heroine, Natalie Portman, played Keira Knightley.
The actress was offered a role in the film adaptation of Romeo and Juliet, where she was supposed to play with Leonardo DiCaprio, but she refused it because the shooting would have prevented her learning process. Natalie Portman received the first nomination for an Oscar for the role of a stripper, but she was presented with a cherished golden statuette for the role of a ballerina in a completely different film.
In addition to English, she is fluent in Hebrew, Japanese, French and German. Natalie Portman has repeatedly publicly criticized plastic surgery. The actress is a staunch vegetarian. She has not eaten meat almost all her life since she was eight years old. Natalie Portman has two passports, American and Israeli. She herself says that she loves the United States very much, but still, only in Jerusalem does she feel at home. She takes an active part in the activities of various charitable organizations. In 2009, in Rwanda, she shot her own documentary, designed to draw public attention to the threat of extinction of gorillas. Natalie Portman is always annoying when editors of fashion magazines clean up a noticeable mole in graphic editors.
