Natalie Portman: Difference between revisions

Everything About Fiction You Never Wanted to Know.
Content added Content deleted
VisualWikitext
No edit summary
No edit summary
 
(11 intermediate revisions by 4 users not shown)
Line 1: Line 1:
{{creator}}
{{creator}}
{{cleanup|1: The description needs to be expanded - she's been in more than just a few space opera films, really.<br/>2: Most of the entries in the "Roles" section are missing the roles - they need to be added.}}
{{outdated}}
[[File:natalie-portman-shoes-te-casan.jpg|thumb|Natalie Portman]]
[[File:natalie-portman-shoes-te-casan.jpg|thumb|Natalie Portman]]


Born in Israel on June 9, 1981, and best known as Padmé Amidala in the ''[[Star Wars]]'' prequels, she has since moved on to other notable roles and even two [[Academy Award]] nominations—one of which she won (Best Actress for her role in ''[[Black Swan]]''). Not to be confused with [[Keira Knightley]], who looks a bit like her (and played a body double of her character in ''[[The Phantom Menace]]'').
Born in Israel on June 9, 1981, and best known for her debut film role of Mathilda in ''[[Léon: The Professional]]'' (although a smaller audience knows her better as as Padmé Amidala in the ''[[Star Wars]]'' prequels), '''Natalie Portman''' has since moved on to other notable roles and even two [[Academy Award]] nominations—one of which she won (Best Actress for her role in ''[[Black Swan]]'').

{{Needs More Info}}

Not to be confused with [[Keira Knightley]], who looks a bit like her (and played a body double of her character in ''[[The Phantom Menace]]'').
----
----
{{actorroles}}
{{actorroles}}
* ''[[Léon: The Professional]]'' (1994)
* ''[[Léon: The Professional]]'' (1994) - Mathilda
* ''[[Heat]]'' (1995)
* ''[[Heat]]'' (1995)
* ''[[Beautiful Girls]]'' (1996)
* ''[[Beautiful Girls]]'' (1996)
* ''[[Mars Attacks!]]!'' (1996)
* ''[[Mars Attacks!]]!'' (1996)
* ''[[The Phantom Menace]]'' (1999)
* ''[[The Phantom Menace]]'' (1999) - Padmé Amidala
* ''[[Where the Heart Is]]'' (2000)
* ''[[Where the Heart Is]]'' (2000)
* ''[[Zoolander]]'' (2001) (cameo)
* ''[[Zoolander]]'' (2001) (cameo)
* ''[[Attack of the Clones]]'' (2002)
* ''[[Attack of the Clones]]'' (2002) - Padmé Amidala
* ''[[Cold Mountain]]'' (2003)
* ''[[Cold Mountain]]'' (2003)
* ''[[Garden State]]'' (2004)
* ''[[Garden State]]'' (2004)
* ''[[Closer]]'' (2004)
* ''[[Closer]]'' (2004)
* ''[[Revenge of the Sith]]'' (2005)
* ''[[Revenge of the Sith]]'' (2005) - Padmé Amidala
* ''[[V for Vendetta]]'' (2006)
* ''[[V for Vendetta]]'' (2006)
* ''Goya's Ghosts'' (2006)
* ''Goya's Ghosts'' (2006)
Line 28: Line 34:
* ''[[Your Highness]]'' (2011)
* ''[[Your Highness]]'' (2011)
* ''[[Thor (film)|Thor]]'' (2011)
* ''[[Thor (film)|Thor]]'' (2011)
* ''[[Thor: The Dark World]] (2013)
* ''[[Jackie]]'' (2015)
* ''[[Vox Lux]]'' (2018)
* ''[[Avengers: Endgame]]'' (2019)
* ''[[Thor: Love and Thunder]]'' (2022)


{{creatortropes}}
{{creatortropes}}
Line 33: Line 44:
* [[Action Girl]]: In several of her best-known roles, including Mathilda in ''[[Léon: The Professional]]'' and Padmé in the [[Star Wars]] prequel trilogy, she proves to be really handy with a gun.
* [[Action Girl]]: In several of her best-known roles, including Mathilda in ''[[Léon: The Professional]]'' and Padmé in the [[Star Wars]] prequel trilogy, she proves to be really handy with a gun.
* [[Adorkable]]
* [[Adorkable]]
⚫
* [[Brainy Brunette]]: She has a bachelor's in psychology from Harvard and has taken graduate courses at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem. She has published two papers (one in organic chemistry from when she was in high school and one in neuropsychology from when she was in college). And she speaks six languages: she's fluent in English and Hebrew, and has studied German, French, Japanese, and Arabic.
* [[Brainy Brunette]]
⚫
** She's one of the few people in the world to have a [[wikipedia:Erd%C5%91s%E2%80%93Bacon number|Erdos-Bacon number]] -- where her scholarly work can be linked to mathematician Paul Erdos ''and'' [[Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon|her film work linked to Kevin Bacon]]. She has a Erdos-Bacon number of 7.
* [[Celebrity Resemblance]]: [[Keira Knightley]], who played Padmé's decoy in ''[[The Phantom Menace]].'' Apparently, even their mothers couldn't tell them apart with their ceremonial makeup on.
* [[Celebrity Resemblance]]: [[Keira Knightley]], who played Padmé's decoy in ''[[The Phantom Menace]].'' Apparently, even their mothers couldn't tell them apart with their ceremonial makeup on.
* [[Character Tics]]: According to the article [http://www.natalieportman.com/npcom.php?page_number=21&viewarticle=2&article_number=340 "The Beautiful Mind"], Natalie has a habit of playing with her toes during an interview.
* [[Character Tics]]: According to the article [https://web.archive.org/web/20100204124237/http://natalieportman.com/npcom.php?page_number=21&viewarticle=2&article_number=340 "The Beautiful Mind"], Natalie has a habit of playing with her toes during an interview.
* [[Cluster F-Bomb]]: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v8e6-IeQ0aw Wait, what?]
* [[Cluster F-Bomb]]: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v8e6-IeQ0aw Wait, what?]
* [[Cryptic Conversation]] / [[Hiding Behind the Language Barrier]]: Used as a joke in an ''[[Inside The Actors Studio]]'' issue, where [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=06NeSCpLhNs she said a line in Hebrew] (at around 4:43) and then, when asked of its meaning, playfully answered: "It's for me to know and you to find out". Since then, people on the Internet have been asking about it. (If you want to know, what she said is: {{spoiler|In a month, I'm going to Israel to study at the University.}}) Besides, she mentioned in an [http://www.natalieportman.com/npcom.php?page_number=21&viewarticle=2&article_number=431 interview] that she likes using Hebrew as a [[Secret Language]].
* [[Cryptic Conversation]] / [[Hiding Behind the Language Barrier]]: Used as a joke in an ''[[Inside The Actors Studio]]'' issue, where [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=06NeSCpLhNs she said a line in Hebrew] (at around 4:43) and then, when asked of its meaning, playfully answered: "It's for me to know and you to find out". Since then, people on the Internet have been asking about it. (If you want to know, what she said is: {{spoiler|In a month, I'm going to Israel to study at the University.}}) Besides, she mentioned in an [https://web.archive.org/web/20121101061901/https://www.natalieportman.com/npcom.php?page_number=21&viewarticle=2&article_number=431 interview] that she likes using Hebrew as a [[Secret Language]].
* [[Darker and Edgier]]: ''[[Black Swan]]''. And she pulls it off, winning a Golden Globe and an Oscar.
* [[Darker and Edgier]]: ''[[Black Swan]]''. And she pulls it off, winning a Golden Globe and an Oscar.
* [[Dyeing for Your Art]]: She had her head shaved on camera for ''[[V for Vendetta]]'', and lost 20 pounds to play a ballerina in [[Darren Aronofsky]]'s ''[[Black Swan]]''.
* [[Dyeing for Your Art]]: She had her head shaved on camera for ''[[V for Vendetta]]'', and lost 20 pounds to play a ballerina in [[Darren Aronofsky]]'s ''[[Black Swan]]''.
Line 47: Line 59:
* [[The Ladette]]: See [[Cluster F-Bomb]] above.
* [[The Ladette]]: See [[Cluster F-Bomb]] above.
* [[Like Is, Like, a Comma]]: She often [[Verbal Tic|punctuates her sentences]] with "like".
* [[Like Is, Like, a Comma]]: She often [[Verbal Tic|punctuates her sentences]] with "like".
* [[One of Us]]{{context}}
⚫
* [[One of Us]]: She has a bachelor's in psychology from Harvard and has taken graduate courses at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem. She has published two papers (one in organic chemistry from when she was in high school and one in neuropsychology from when she was in college). And she speaks six languages: she's fluent in English and Hebrew, and has studied German, French, Japanese, and Arabic.
⚫
* [[Pretty in Mink]]: Has occasionally [https://web.archive.org/web/20130828090941/http://www.natalie-p.org/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=172 worn fur], [[It's Fake Fur, It's Fine|although fake]] (and [[Precious Puppies|she has a puppy in that gallery]]).
⚫
** She's one of the few people in the world to have a [[wikipedia:Erd%C5%91s%E2%80%93Bacon number|Erdos-Bacon number]] -- where her scholarly work can be linked to mathematician Paul Erdos AND her film work linked to [[Kevin Bacon]]. She has a Erdos-Bacon number of 6.
* [[Romance on the Set]]: During the making of ''[[Black Swan]]'', Natalie started a relationship with film's choreographer Benjamin Millepied. Currently{{when}} they're engaged and have a child together.
⚫
* [[Pretty in Mink]]: Has occasionally [http://www.natalie-p.org/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=172 worn fur], [[It's Fake Fur, It's Fine|although fake]] (and [[Precious Puppies|she has a puppy in that gallery]]).
* [[Romance on the Set]]: During the making of ''[[Black Swan]]'', Natalie started a relationship with film's choreographer Benjamin Millepied. Currently they're engaged and have a child together.
** Which is [[Hilarious in Hindsight]] once you see ''[[Black Swan]]'', as he's the "would you **** this girl" guy.
⚫
* [[Slasher Smile]]: Ha! A cute actress like Natalie can't possibly do th... [https://web.archive.org/web/20130821155111/http://www.n-portman.org/gallery/displayimage.php?pid=39951&fullsize=1 OH] [https://web.archive.org/web/20130821222017/http://www.n-portman.org/gallery/displayimage.php?pid=40208&fullsize=1 MY] GOD...
** Which is [[Hilarious in Hindsight]] once you see [[Black Swan]], as he's the "would you **** this girl" guy.
⚫
* [[Slasher Smile]]: Ha! A cute actress like Natalie can't possibly do th... [http://www.n-portman.org/gallery/displayimage.php?pid=39951&fullsize=1 OH] [http://www.n-portman.org/gallery/displayimage.php?pid=40208&fullsize=1 MY] GOD...
** Well, seeing as she was praised for her performance in ''[[Black Swan]]'', this probably shouldn't come as much of a surprise.
** Well, seeing as she was praised for her performance in ''[[Black Swan]]'', this probably shouldn't come as much of a surprise.
* [[Stage Name]]: Her original name is Natalie Hershlag. Portman was her grandmother's maiden name.
* [[Stage Name]]: Her birth name is Natalie Hershlag. Portman was her grandmother's maiden name.


{{reflist}}
{{reflist}}
{{Academy Award Best Actress}}
{{Golden Globe Award Best Actress Drama}}
{{Golden Globe Award Best Actress Drama}}
⚫
[[Category:Actors]]
[[Category:{{PAGENAME}}]]
[[Category:{{PAGENAME}}]]
⚫
[[Category:Actors]]
[[Category:Pages with working Wikipedia tabs]]
[[Category:Pages with working Wikipedia tabs]]

Latest revision as of 14:56, 28 September 2021

/wiki/Natalie Portmancreator
Natalie Portman

Born in Israel on June 9, 1981, and best known for her debut film role of Mathilda in Léon: The Professional (although a smaller audience knows her better as as Padmé Amidala in the Star Wars prequels), Natalie Portman has since moved on to other notable roles and even two Academy Award nominations—one of which she won (Best Actress for her role in Black Swan).

Not to be confused with Keira Knightley, who looks a bit like her (and played a body double of her character in The Phantom Menace).

Natalie Portman has performed in the following roles:
Natalie Portman provides examples of the following tropes:
Retrieved from "https://allthetropes.org/wiki/Natalie_Portman?oldid=1931578"