Natalie Portman

The Hollywood Reporter reports that Natalie Portman and Eric Bana are in final talks to join Sony/Columbia Pictures' "The Other Boleyn Girl" for Justin Chadwick to direct. Peter Morgan ("The Last King of Scotland") penned the screenplay.

Based on the novel by Philippa Gregory, the movie tells of the Boleyn sisters, Mary and Anne (Portman), who are rivals for the bed and heart of 16th century King Henry VIII (Bana).

Shooting will begin late September in Europe.

Natalie Portman

Natalie Hershlag (born June 9, 1981), better known by her stage name, Natalie Portman, is an Academy Award-nominated and Golden Globe-winning Israeli-American actress.

As a young child, Portman spent her school holidays attending theatre camps where she developed her love of acting. After some experience in an off-Broadway musical, she was cast in Léon at age twelve. During the mid-1990s, Portman had roles in films such as Heat, Everyone Says I Love You and Mars Attacks!, as well as having a major role in Beautiful Girls.

In the late 1990s, she was cast as Padmé Amidala in the Star Wars prequel trilogy. She placed a priority on her education and pursued tertiary studies at Harvard University even though it had potential to conflict with her acting career. Recent roles include Garden State, Closer, and V for Vendetta. For Closer, she received a Golden Globe and was nominated for an Academy Award.

Early life
Portman was born in Jerusalem, Israel. Her father, Avner Hershlag, is an Israeli medical doctor specializing in the research and treatment of human fertility and reproduction (reproductive endocrinology).[1] Her mother, Shelley Stevens, is a Jewish American housewife who now works as her agent (she is an artist[1] by hobby and not profession). Portman's father's family are descendants of Jewish immigrants from Poland and Romania, while her mother's family were Jewish immigrants from Austria and Russia; her paternal grandfather's parents died in Auschwitz and her Romanian-born great-grandmother was a spy for the British during World War II.[2]

Portman's parents met at a Jewish student center at Ohio State University, where Portman's mother was selling tickets. Portman's father returned to Israel, but the two corresponded and were married when Portman's mother visited Israel a few years later. When Portman was three years old, her family moved from Israel to her mother's native United States, where her father pursued his medical training. The family lived in Washington, D.C. in 1984 and then Connecticut in 1988, before finally settling down in Syosset, New York in 1990. Portman has said that although she "really love[s] the States", her "heart's in Jerusalem. That's where I feel at home."[2] Portman is an only child and very close to her parents, who are often seen with her at her film premieres; her mother always accompanied pre-adult Portman to filming locations.

13-year-old Portman as Mathilda in Léon (The Professional) (1994).Portman started taking dancing lessons at the age of four, performed in local troupes, and dreamed of dancing on Broadway. At the age of twelve Portman was discovered in a pizza parlor by an agent for Revlon, who offered her an opportunity to model. She asked to be introduced to acting talent scouts, and took "Portman", her grandmother's maiden name, as her professional stage surname.

Starting at age 13, Portman spent her school holidays attending upscale theatre camps Stagedoor Manor and Usdan Camp, where she forged her love for acting, playing roles in the camp productions such as the title character in Anne of Green Gables, Dream Laurey in Oklahoma! and Hermia in A Midsummer Night's Dream. In 1993 Portman was handed her first professional role as an understudy for the off-Broadway musical Ruthless!.

Her inaugural experience in professional theatre led her to audition for Luc Besson's 1994 film Léon (aka The Professional). She was initially turned down for the role due to her youth, but further auditioning won her the part. Soon after Portman was given the part, she took Portman as her stage name in the interest of privacy. In the film, Portman plays an orphaned girl who befriends a much older assassin. Léon opened on November 18, 1994 and marked her feature film debut at age thirteen. That same year appeared in the short film Developing which aired on television.

Natalie Portman

My Blueberry Nights (2007) (pre-production)
Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium (2007) (filming) .... Molly Mahoney
Goya's Ghosts (2006) (post-production) .... Ines/Alicia
... aka Caprichos de Goya, Los (Spain: dubbed version)


Paris, je t'aime (2006) .... Francine - segment 'Faubourg Saint-Denis'
V for Vendetta (2005) .... Evey Hammond
... aka V for Vendetta: At the IMAX (UK: IMAX version)
... aka V wie Vendetta (Germany)
Free Zone (2005) .... Rebecca
Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005) .... Padmé
... aka Revenge of the Sith (USA: short title)
... aka Star Wars III: Revenge of the Sith (USA: DVD box title)
... aka Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith (USA: promotional title)
Domino One (2005) .... Dominique Bellamy
Closer (2004/I) .... Alice
True (2004) .... Francine
Garden State (2004) .... Sam
Cold Mountain (2003) .... Sara
Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones (2002) .... Senator Padmé Amidala
... aka Attack of the Clones (USA: short title)
... aka Attack of the Clones: The IMAX Experience (USA: IMAX version (promotional title))
... aka Star Wars II (USA: promotional abbreviation)
... aka Star Wars II: Attack of the Clones (USA: video box title)
Where the Heart Is (2000) .... Novalee Nation


Anywhere But Here (1999) .... Ann August
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999) .... Queen Padmé Amidala
... aka Star Wars I: The Phantom Menace (USA: video box title)
... aka The Phantom Menace (USA: short title)
Mars Attacks! (1996) .... Taffy Dale
Everyone Says I Love You (1996) .... Laura Dandridge
Beautiful Girls (1996) .... Marty
Heat (1995) .... Lauren Gustafson
Developing (1995) .... Nina
Léon (1994) .... Mathilda
... aka Leon (UK)
... aka The Cleaner
... aka The Professional (USA)

Natalie Portman