Natalie Portman

Turned down a role in The Horse Whisperer to act in "The Diary of Anne Frank" on Broadway.

Graduated from Syosset High School in Syosset, New York in June 1999.

Has taken dance lessons since the age of 4. Still takes ballet classes.

Stated in a TV interview that with the exception of the Star Wars prequels, she will not act for the next four years in order to concentrate on studying at Harvard University.

Can speak two languages, Hebrew and English (her native languages), fluently. Also knows some conversational French, German, Japanese and Spanish.

Originally turned down the role of Ann August in the film Anywhere But Here because of the love scene between herself and Corbin Allred that required nudity. Susan Sarandon , who had co-star approval, said she couldnt continue the movie without Portman, so the script was re-written without the scene and she accepted the role.

Was a member of the environmental song and dance troupe The World Patrol Kids under her real name, Natalie Hershlag.

She is an only child.

She went to Stagedoor Manor Performing Arts Camp in 1994 and 1995 where she was Anne in "Anne of Green Gables" in 1994 and "Tapestry" in 1995.

She was discovered in a pizza parlor and was originally turned down for the role of Mathilda in Lon because she was too young.

David Letterman and Harpers and Queen magazines said that she is "the new Audrey Hepburn ".

Turned down the title role in Adrian Lyne s Lolita , due to her feelings about young adult actors/actresses being exposed to sex in films.

Before she was cast in Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace , she had never seen the original Star Wars trilogy. She admitted to James Lipton on "Inside the Actors Studio" , in 2004, that, before being cast, she didnt know the difference between "Star Wars" and "Star Trek".

Moved to the United States when she was 3 years old.

Turned down the role of Wendy Hood in The Ice Storm because she felt the material was "too dark". The role went to Christina Ricci , who has said she often gets the projects Natalie turns down.

Said would never be in a horror movie or any other "Jennifer Love Hewitt type" film

Has said in interviews that when she gets older, she would like to be a doctor like her father.

Was reportedly caught using a fake ID trying to sneak into Boston club called the Roxy. The performer Moby insisted that she was invited by him and refused to perform unless she was admitted. She was admitted, and security watched her as she stood in the back, watched the show, and didnt drink. She later stated in an online interview that the story about sneaking into the Roxy club in Boston was not true and that she and her friends went home after they were denied entrance.

Takes pride in the fact that she is a role model for girls and chooses roles that are positive so that they will have a positive role model to look up to.

Her father is a fertility specialist and gynecologist.

Auditioned for the role of young Amy March in Little Women , which went to Kirsten Dunst.

Became interested in acting after spending three summers at the prestigious (and expensive) Stagedoor Manor Performing Arts Camp.

Is very close to her parents and says, "The best part about being friends with your parents is that no matter what you do, they always love you.".

Grew up in Syosset, Long Island, New York, where she still resides.

Named one of People magazines 50 Most Beautiful People in the World .

One of Teen People magazines 25 Hottest Stars under 25.

Went to Usdan Camp for the arts as a child.

The makeup brand Stila has a lip gloss named after her.

As of November 2010, she has appeared on "Late Show with David Letterman" 15 times.

(September 2002) Voted the 15th Sexiest Female Movie Star in the Australian Empire Magazine.

Graduated from Harvard College in Cambridge, Massachusetts in 2003 with a Artium Baccalaureus degree in Psychology.

Has a passion for travel. In late 2003 and early 2004, she traveled alone to Morocco and Guatemala.

Favorite actor is Ben Kingsley.

Is trained in ballet, jazz, and tap dancing.

She has worked with or appeared with several of her co-stars twice: Ashley Judd in Heat and Where the Heart Is ; Lukas Haas in Mars Attacks! and Everyone Says I Love You ; Julia Roberts in Everyone Says I Love You and Closer ; Philip Seymour Hoffman in the play "The Seagull" and Cold Mountain ; John Carroll Lynch in Beautiful Girls and Anywhere But Here ; Stellan Skarsgrd in Goyas Ghosts and Thor ; Olivia Thirlby in New York, I Love You and No Strings Attached (2011/I) . She has also worked with director Mike Nichols on two occasions: for the play "The Seagull" and Closer . She has also appeared alongside Jude Law three times in Cold Mountain , Closer and My Blueberry Nights , and with Hayden Christensen three times in the Star Wars prequels and New York, I Love You .

As a young girl, she was an understudy for the lead character in the off-Broadway show "Ruthless", alongside Britney Spears. They still keep in touch, and recently threw a party together in New York City.

Fashion designer Zac Posen refers to her as his "muse".

Both she and Sofia Coppola have played the daughter of a character played by Al Pacino , and also both appeared in a film featuring Pacino and Robert De Niro. Sofia Coppola was in all three Godfather films (though she had only an uncredited part in the second), and Portman was in Heat . Portman and Coppola appeared together in Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace .

Close friends with Jake Gyllenhaal , Mila Kunis and Bryce Dallas Howard.

Her comedic influences are Lily Tomlin and Diane Keaton. She said in an interview, "I love Lily Tomlin and I love Diane Keaton. Theyre sort of my heroes. Diane Keaton can do anything. Shes just the best there is."

Has a song named after her by the band TeamSleep.

She and director Tom Tykwer became good friends after working together on True .

She spoofed her role in Star Wars before becoming involved in the series. In Mars Attacks! , she gives a medal to Lukas Haas in a scene resembling the award ceremony at the end of Star Wars . The medals were given out by Princess Leia, the daughter of Portmans future character, Queen Amidala. In addition, the recipients of those medals, Haas and Harrison Ford , appeared together in Witness .

Was considered for a role in Elizabethtown .

Has a CD named after her by Chicago-based DJ Intel One. The CD was done for charity, given away, and titled "Love: A Tribute to Natalie Portman". It featured songs by Shelley Duvall , Common , The Roots and others.

She has worked with two Draculas as well as two Frankenstein monsters. In Lon , she worked with Gary Oldman , who played Dracula for Francis Ford Coppola. In Heat , she appeared with Robert De Niro , who played The Creature for Kenneth Branagh. In Star Wars, she works with Christopher Lee , who played both roles for Hammer Film Productions.

Had to miss the premiere of Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace so she could study for her high school final exams.

Has a song named after her by the band Ozma.

Bears a striking resemblance to Keira Knightley. Knightley played Sab, the Queens decoy, in Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace . When in makeup, not even the mothers of the actresses could tell them apart.

She hesitantly shot an explicit nude scene for Closer , in the scene where Alice (Portman) strips for Larry (Clive Owen ). Ultimately, Portman and director Mike Nichols agreed not to use it, as the scene was effective enough without it.

Shaved her head for V for Vendetta .

Worked with a vocal coach to learn how to speak with an English accent for V for Vendetta .

Learned how to play the piano and conduct for Mr. Magoriums Wonder Emporium .

Named #42 on Maxim magazines Hot 100 Women of 2005 list.

Named #49 in FHMs "100 Sexiest Women in the World 2005" special supplement.

Says her performances in Everyone Says I Love You is her worst. Her failure, she believes, is her inability to improvise.

Several months after shaving her head, she was traveling through Ireland and stopped for directions at a bed and breakfast. The owners refused to allow her even onto their porch. However, they did give her directions.

Voted Petas Sexiest Female Vegetarian in 2002.

A radio station once had a contest to find out where she went to school; Backstreet Boys tickets were the prizes.

Natalie is entirely of Ashkenazi Jewish descent. Natalies father was born in Israel and Natalies mother was born in Ohio, in the United States. Natalies paternal grandparents, Zvi Yehuda Hershlag (a member of the tribe of Naftali) and Mania Portman, were from Rzeszw, Poland, and Romania, respectively. Natalies maternal grandfather, Arthur Edelstein, was born in New York, to a family of immigrants from Austria, Ukraine, and Russia, while Natalies maternal grandmother, Bernice Hurwitz, was born in Maryland, the granddaughter of immigrants from Lithuania/Russia.

In 1999, magazines reported that Portman started a new trend - wearing logo T-shirts - when they snapped photos of her at her 18th birthday wearing a snug Nesquik shirt. (However, logo T-shirts had already been popular since at least the 1970s) She had borrowed the shirt from her best friends eight-year-old brother; he was appalled.

In 2005, she spent a few months in Madrid partying with Javier Bardem and friends. She was mostly unrecognizable to fans because of her Mohawk.

Occasionally shelters dogs.

Once during an interview, she offered a metaphor for the Israeli-Palestinian conflict from the David Hare play "Via Dolorosa". Its about a man who jumps out of a burning building and lands on a passerby, breaking the passerbys leg. The passerby says, "You broke my leg", and the man breaks his other leg to shut him up.

Said that it was while working on The Seagull that she became aware that acting is much more about the process than the product. Most helpful was when she would peek over Philip Seymour Hoffman s shoulder at the notebook he kept, in which he wrote questions and then answers about his characters feelings.

She became the first client of Artists Management Group to land representation at the powerhouse Creative Artists Agency. CAA refused to work with clients of its former founder Michael Ovitz s AMG; as soon as the one-time super-agent sold out his interest in the management firm, CAA went straight after Portman.

Was surprised and amused to discover that her apartment in the heart of Kings Cross, London, was across the street from a brothel.

Took diving courses in Eilat, Israel. Diving is one of her favorite hobbies.

For her 2003 New Years party, she wore a Zac Posen dress that had more than $10,000 worth of crystals sewn onto it. She also attended Moby s much-hyped secret Naked NYE party.

As the first day of Cold Mountain filming fell on Halloween, Portman came to set dressed as Dorothy Gale in "The Wizard of Oz", only to realize she was the only one who had dressed up.

Her years at Harvard resulted in the phenomenon of The Natalies, in which every underclasswoman with that first name received numerous e-mails and phone messages from fans.

When she arrived at a London airport to do reshoots for the third Star Wars prequel, a customs official--going by her size--asked Natalie if she was traveling with a guardian.

Is close friends and well-known customer of Zac Posen , friends with Jeanine Lobell and her husband Anthony Edwards , as well as Jonathan Safran Foer. Portman has also been friends with Isaac Mizrahi since she was 14, and friends with Mike Nichols and his wife Diane Sawyer since she was 15.

Attended a soccer game in Madrid with Stellan Skarsgrd. Afterwards, the team gave her her own jersey.

While in northern Iraq in 2004, the 1st Battalion 5th Infantry hung a giant poster of her in their command hanger after discovering that most of the men in the unit were big fans.

Was considered for the role of Jane Austen in Becoming Jane , which went to Anne Hathaway.

Her parents met at Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio.

Her father Avner was born on September 12, 1951, and her mother Shelley was born on June 9, 1952. Natalie was born on her mothers 29th birthday.

Has a slight indentation on her head, that was visible during the time she had her head shaved. The indentation was the result of being delivered by vacuum extraction.

Named #61 in FHM magazines "100 Sexiest Women in the World 2006" supplement.

Director Milos Forman sought her out for an audition after seeing her on the cover of Vogue. He said that she looked like a Goya painting.

She currently lives on Long Island, New York, and also shares a home in London, England. She has lived on Long Island, New York since she was a child.

Listens mostly to R&B, old school hip-hop and 1990s alternative rock. Some of her favorite groups and artists are A Tribe Called Quest , Radiohead , Stevie Wonder , Portishead , Wu-Tang Clan and Nirvana.

Footage of her and Leonardo DiCaprio as Juliet and Romeo in Baz Luhrmann s Romeo + Juliet was actually shot before executives had her replaced with Claire Danes due to the age difference between Natalie and Leonardo.

Unwinds by singing karaoke at Winnies, a New York City bar in Chinatown.

While in Morocco, she lived in a tent and traveled by camel. She visits Morocco regularly.

There is a band named after her: Natalie Portmans Shaved Head.

Named #2 on Empire magazines 100 Sexiest Movie Stars and was ranked #2 on Entertainment Weeklys 30 Under 30 the actress list .

During the royal premiere of Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace , she met Prince Charles. The prince asked her whether she had also been in Star Wars , which had been released four years before her birth.

Was listed as a potential nominee for the 2008 Razzies for Worst Actress, for her performances in Goyas Ghosts and Mr. Magoriums Wonder Emporium . She didnt make the final ballot.

Was a member of the jury at the Cannes Film Festival in 2008.

Replaced Eva Green in Closer .

Sold her 2,088-square-foot house in Sea Cliff, New York for $1.750 million. She had purchased it in 2002 for $1.375 million.

Sold her two-bedroom loft in Manhattans West Village for $6.55 million. She purchased the property in 2005 for $5.7 million.

She paid $3.25 million to purchase a four-bedroom, 4,866-sq.-ft. home in Los Angeless Hollywood Hills area. Previous owners were Dermot Mulroney and Catherine Keener.

(September 13, 2009) Was in attendance at the wedding of her Your Highness co-star Zooey Deschanel to Benjamin Gibbard.

Best friends with Rashida Jones. Also close friends with Jake Gyllenhaal , Bryce Dallas Howard , Britney Spears , Mila Kunis , Robert Pattinson , and Julia Roberts.

Was originally cast as Catherine Earnshaw in Wuthering Heights , but was replaced by Gemma Arterton , who was later replaced by Kaya Scodelario , after dropping out of the project.

Was considered for the role of Natasha Romanoff/Black Widow in Iron Man 2 after Emily Blunt dropped out of the project, but Scarlett Johansson was cast instead.

(December 28, 2010) Engaged to Black Swan choreographer Benjamin Millepied , with whom she is expecting their first child.

(March 6, 2009) In New York, she led a viewing of A Powerful Noise , a documentary about women fighting adversity. Actress Sarah Michelle Gellar held another viewing in Los Angeles, California.

Was considered for the role of Selina Kyle/Catwoman in The Dark Knight Rises , but Anne Hathaway was cast instead.

Is one of 14 actresses to have won the Academy Award, BAFTA Award, Critics Choice Award, Golden Globe Award and SAG Award for the same performance. The others in chronological order are Julia Roberts for Erin Brockovich , Rene Zellweger for Cold Mountain , Reese Witherspoon for Walk the Line , Helen Mirren for The Queen , Jennifer Hudson for Dreamgirls , Kate Winslet for The Reader , MoNique for Precious (2009/II) , Octavia Spencer for The Help , Anne Hathaway for Les Misrables , Cate Blanchett for Blue Jasmine , Patricia Arquette for Boyhood , Julianne Moore for Still Alice and Brie Larson for Room .

She has said one of the most difficult challenges of filming Black Swan was her speaking voice. She stated throughout her career, so far, director Mike Nichols has given her consistent criticism on how childish her voice normally sounds and encouraged her to work with vocal coaches to make it sound deeper and more adult. The role of Nina required her to regress backwards to make her voice more child-like. She felt it was taking her back to a point she worked hard to leave behind.

Was briefly referenced in The Social Network . Portman was approached by writer Aaron Sorkin when writing the screenplay to the film to get insider information on Harvard University at that time because she was a fellow student of Facebook co-founders Mark Zuckerberg and Eduardo Saverin, and also Divya Narendra and Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss.

In spring 2004, she completed one semester of graduate courses at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem in Jerusalem, Israel.

She entered a project into the Intel Science Talent Search in the late 1990s while at Syosset High School. Her project, titled "A Simple Method to Demonstrate the Enzymatic Production of Hydrogen from Sugar", took her to the semi-finals of the Intel contest. She graduated Valedictorian of Syosset High School in 1999 and went on to study Psychology and Neuroscience at Harvard University, graduating in 2003.

In 2006, she appeared as a guest lecturer at Columbia University in a political science course titled "Terrorism & Counterterrorism". She led the class in a discussion about politically infused violence referencing her most recent film at the time, V for Vendetta . Her appearance was part of an MTV short-series, "Stand-Ins", where college professors were replaced with a celebrity instructor for one day.

She often broke down and cried offstage while part of the Broadway adaptation of "The Diary of Anne Frank" in 1997, where she portrayed Anne Frank, because of her personal connections to the events. Her grandparents lost most of their family members in the Holocaust including her paternal great grandparents who were killed at the Auschwitz concentration camp in Poland.

Was a resident of Lowell House during her first year at Harvard University.

Did not have a Bat Mitzvah due to her parents being more secular than religious Jews. She attended a Conservative Jewish day school through seventh grade more to preserve her sense of Israel and her Hebrew than a religious motivation.

Is a dual citizen of the United States and Israel.

Was voted "Most Likely to be on Jeopardy" in the senior superlatives at Syosset High School.

In January 2011, she became the new face of Dior in the Miss Dior Cherie ad campaign. On February 27, 2011, a video of top Dior designer, John Galliano , going on an anti-Semitic rant in Paris surfaced online. Portman released a statement condemning Gallianos actions, specifying she was "shocked and disgusted," and as a proud Jewish woman refused to associate herself with him from that point on. Since the Miss Dior Cherie ad campaign was set to officially launch two days after the video surfaced, Dior was forced to take legal action to work out a settlement in order to keep Portman as a spokesperson. Galliano was fired on March 1, 2011 and the ad campaign launched as originally planned.

Paid for all of her own ballet training to prepare for the role of Nina Sayers in Black Swan .

Where the Heart Is contains her first on-screen love scene.

One month before filming began for The Other Boleyn Girl , Portman began taking daily classes to master the English accent under dialect coach Jill McCullough.

Was considered for the role of Dr. Ryan Stone in Gravity , which went to Sandra Bullock.

Was ranked #8 on Maxim magazines Hot 100 Women of 2011 list.

Is a spokeswoman for FINCA, a financial charity who gives and recycles small loans to women in poverty stricken countries so they can start small businesses. FINCAs president Rupert Scofield has spoken about feeling lucky to have Portman as a celebrity spokeswoman because she is, "extremely intelligent and committed." Portman has traveled to several countries as a FINCA ambassador and worked with many of the women FINCAs donations have helped.

Was the one who led her Brothers co-star Bailee Madison to Guillermo del Toro for a role in Dont Be Afraid of the Dark . Portman spoke about her young co-star with Alfonso Cuarn , who is a good friend of Guillermo del Toro, and then recommended Madison for a role. She ultimately was cast as a lead character, Sally Hirst. In July 2011, Guillermo del Toro spoke in an interview about how Bailee Madison was "a miracle" and that they had Portman to thank for it.

Was one of the first actresses offered the role of Lisbeth Salander in The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo along with Carey Mulligan and Ellen Page , but Portman declined due to exhaustion. The role ultimately went to Rooney Mara.

In September 2011, she traveled to Paris, France with fianc Benjamin Millepied and their son Aleph to celebrate Millepieds retrieval of an award from the French Minister of Culture. Millepied was awarded the "Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres".

Owns and operates her own film production company, Handsomecharlie Films, with Annette Savitch. As of 2011, every film produced by the company (except for the short film "Eve", which Portman wrote and directed) has featured Natalie in a lead or supporting role. As well as acting in the films produced by Handsomecharlie Films, she is also credited as an executive producer.

Is a huge fan of professional wrestling.

On October 18, 2011, she added a fan-voted Spike TV Scream Award for Best Actress in the film Black Swan to the collection of other awards she received for the same film and category.

Favorite actresses include Audrey Hepburn , Jane Fonda , Meryl Streep and Diane Keaton.

Participated in a live reading of the 1960 film The Apartment where she read the part of Fran Kubelik originally portrayed by Shirley MacLaine. The sold out reading directed by Jason Reitman was held on November 17, 2011 at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Portman read alongside J.K. Simmons , Ken Jeong , Nick Kroll , and her No Strings Attached (2011/I) co-star Mindy Kaling.

Was a vegetarian from 1989 until 2009 when after reading the book Eating Animals she opted to become a vegan. However she resumed vegetarianism after falling pregnant with her son Aleph to give him the necessary supplements and also due to her insatiable craving for eggs and cheese. Following her sons birth she resumed veganism once again.

Served on the jury at the 2011 Gotham Independent Film Awards alongside Nicole Kidman and Jodie Foster.

Voted #21 on Ask mens top 99 "most desirable" women of 2012.

Returned to work 10 months after giving birth to her son Aleph in order to begin filming Song to Song .

Gave birth to her 1st child at age 30, a son named Aleph Portman-Millepied on June 14, 2011. Childs father is her fianc (now husband), Benjamin Millepied.

(August 4, 2012) Married her boyfriend of three years and father of her 13-month-old son Aleph Benjamin Millepied. It was a private ceremony in Big Sur, California.

When Roman Polanski was arrested in Switzerland in September 2009 and awaiting extradition to the United States for having raped a 13-year-old girl back in 1975, Portman (along with Harrison Ford , Monica Bellucci , Tilda Swinton , Adrien Brody and many others) signed a petition to free him, even though Polanski did admit that he did have sex with the 13-year-old, committing statutory rape.

Named as one of the "most desirable" famous women for 2013 by Ask mens list of the Top 99 "most desirable" women.

She holds the record for third-largest "Best Actress" award sweep (38 wins) for her role as Nina Sayers in Black Swan , following Helen Mirren (40 wins) for her performance as Queen Elizabeth II in The Queen and Cate Blanchett (41 wins) for her performance as Jasmine French in Blue Jasmine .

(July 2005) Does humanitarian work with FINCA International.

(February 2011) Los Angeles, California: Attended the 83rd annual Academy Awards with fianc, Benjamin Millepied , and her parents, Avner and Shelley.

Named after Natalie Wood.

Is one of 6 actresses to have been pregnant at the time of winning the Academy Award; the others are Eva Marie Saint , Patricia Neal , Meryl Streep , Catherine Zeta-Jones and Rachel Weisz. Neal is the only one to have not accepted her award in person as a result of her pregnancy. Portman was 5 months pregnant with her son Aleph when she won the Best Actress Oscar for Black Swan . She was pregnant again when she was nominated for Best Actress in 2017.

Was the 138th actress to receive an Academy Award; she won the Best Actress Oscar for Black Swan at The 83rd Annual Academy Awards on February 27, 2011.

Has starred in two film franchises in which she stars as a woman who falls in love with a warrior. The Star Wars prequels as Padme Amidala and Thor and its sequel Thor: The Dark World as Jane Foster.

One of only four actors with an Erdos-Bacon number - 7 for Portman. This represents sum of the degrees of separation from Kevin Bacon and degrees of separation from co-authoring a paper with famed mathematician Paul Erdos (5) having co-authored the peer-reviewed paper "Frontal Lobe Activation during Object Permanence: Data from Near-Infrared Spectroscopy" while a student at Harvard.

She has made four films with Samuel L. Jackson : Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace , Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones , Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith and Thor .

She lost 20 pounds for her role as "Nina Sayers" in Black Swan .

She has the same Erds-Bacon-Number, as Albert Einstein , with an 11.

Lived in Connecticut from 1988-90.

She has appeared in two films with "I Love You" in the title: Everyone Says I Love You and New York, I Love You .

She appeared in two films with Lukas Haas in 1996: Mars Attacks! and Everyone Says I Love You .

Portrays Jane Foster, the title characters love interest in Thor . In 2014, Jane took over the Mjolnir and assumed the mantle of Thor, replacing him in his monthly comic book title.

Inspired the Wachowskis to adapt David Mitchell s novel, "Cloud Atlas", into a film.

Named "The Most Beautiful Face of 2008" by TC Candlers list of the "100 Most Beautiful Famous Faces From Around the World", and ranked on their list for 19 consecutive years (1998-2016). She was ranked #44 in 2016, #37 in 2015, #34 in 2014, #33 in 2013, #30 in 2012, #19 in 2011, #14 in 2010, #2 in 2009, #1 in 2008.

Has worked with three of the same directors as Carrie Fisher. Firstly, they played on-screen mother-and-daughter Padme and Leia in George Lucas s Star Wars films. Secondly, Woody Allen cast them in Hannah and Her Sisters and Everyone Says I Love You . Thirdly, Mike Nichols directed Fishers first film, Shampoo , and Portman in Closer . Portman credits that film with reviving her career after Star Wars. Fishers career as a writer and script doctor took off after Nicholss film adaptation of Fishers novel Postcards from the Edge .

Is one of five actresses to be nominated for an Academy Award for playing a first lady of the United States (Jackie Kennedy). Previous nominees were Beulah Bondi (Rachel Jackson), Greer Garson (Eleanor Roosevelt), Joan Allen (Pat Nixon), and Sally Field (Mary Todd Lincoln).

Natalie is the first person born in the 1980s (and thus could be considered the first millennial) to have won the Academy Award for Best Actress (for Black Swan, 2010). Eddie Redmayne is the first person born in that decade to win Best Actor (for The Theory of Everything ). Catalina Sandino Moreno and Ryan Gosling are the first persons born in the 1980s to have been nominated in those two respective categories.

Gave birth to her 2nd child at age 35, a daughter named Amalia Millepied on February 22, 2017. Childs father is her husband, Benjamin Millepied.

Was 4 months pregnant with her daughter Amalia when she completed filming The Death and Life of John F. Donovan (????) .

On acting: I started to do this at age 11. At age 20, I might say, this,is enough.

I want to use college to explore what other careers I might be,interested in.

I think school is so much harder than real life. People are so much more,accepting when they are adults.

I was in a relationship recently with someone who yelled at me for being,too much in my head, you know? He said "I was thinking too much about,everything. ".

On traveling through Morocco with a guide and sleeping in tents: They,knew that I am Israeli, and yet they still opened the doors of their,houses for me, offering me tea. They all were nice and hospitable.

My grandfather was a Polish Jew and a socialist, and as a youngster he,helped to organize special camps to teach agriculture to all the young,men that were moving to Israel, where in 1930, they created the first,kibbutz.

At college I began to do research for a professor and so I became part,of the organization promoted by the Queen of Jordon: the Foundation for,International Community Assistance. That offers microcredits, offering,small loans of money to women who want to start their own businesses.

The interest is very low and the results are extraordinary.

I see that my girlfriends, already at 23, are thinking, "What career can,I choose that will also suit having children?" And it is limiting.

Absences are crucial.

That question only provides irony if you prematurely die.

[Morocco] When I finished V for Vendetta (2005) , I went for a few,days as sort of a birthday present for myself. I went out into the,desert and an amazing storm was taking place, which is so unusual in,the desert. I ended up in a tent with the six strangers whom I had just,met, and had traveled with earlier on camel back. There we were,watching this amazing lightening in the middle of the desert. The tent,was shaking and it was a really exciting experience.

I aspire to make more comedies because we never see enough good ones.

[on preparing for her role as Queen Amidala] George worked with me a,lot, on changing my voice and my movement and the way I carried myself.

Overall, to get a real deep, nuanced understanding of human behaviour,art is the best way.

And also that it can be used afterwards for different purposes.

Misappropriated.

[on her role in Black Swan (2010) ] - There were some nights that,I thought I literally was going to die. It was the first time I,understood how you could get so wrapped up in a role that it could sort,of take you down.

[on her pregnancy and engagement] I have always kept my private life,private, but I will say that I am indescribably happy and feel very,grateful to have this experience.

[on doing her own dancing for Black Swan (2010) ]: I do have a,double for the complicated turning stuff, but anything I could do,myself saved the budget hundreds of thousands of dollars in special,effects.

I would say my friends and family are a passion, as I spend most of my,time with them. I love dancing, not necessarily ballet, and I love,watching dance as well. Those are definitely passions of mine.

I love being home. My work takes me away so much that it really feels,like a vacation being at home and being able to stay in bed all day and,not get up. However, I also love traveling and have had amazing trips,to many parts of the world.

Going to a party, for me, is as much a learning experience as, you know, sitting in a lecture.

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