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Natalie Portman

Benjamin Millipied (R) as Natalie Portman arrives for the 2013 Vanity Fair Oscar Party on February 24, 2013 in Hollywood, California following the 85th Academy Awards ceremony.

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About Natalie Portman

Natalie Hershlag (Hebrew: נטלי הרשלג‎; born June 9, 1981), better known by her stage name Natalie Portman, is an actress with dual American and Israeli citizenship. Her first role was as an orphan taken in by a hitman in the 1994 French action film Léon, but mainstream success came when she was cast as Padmé Amidala in the Star Wars prequel trilogy (released in 1999, 2002 and 2005). In 1999, she enrolled at Harvard University to study psychology while still working as an actress. She completed her bachelor's degree in 2003.

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