Natalie Portman: Young beautiful actress on pose. Natalie Portman was born on June 9, 1981, in Jerusalem, Israel. The daughter of an infertility specialist and an artist, Natalie (who uses her grandmother's maiden name in order to protect her privacy) left Israel at the age of 3 and relocated with her family to Maryland, Connecticut, and finally to Long Island, New York, where her parents still reside. Natalie Portman's critically acclaimed performances in The Professional, Beautiful Girls and the Star Wars prequels as Queen Padme Amidala caught everyone's attention. However, it was her role as Alice in Closer, for which she won a Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actress and was nominated for an Academy Award in the same category, that really made her a star.
