Natalie Portman (born Neta-Lee Hershlag; Hebrew: נטע-לי הֵרְשְׁלַג) is an Israeli-born American actress, producer, writer, director, and model. She is the first role on 1994 Luc Besson's movie Léon: The Professional.
She is best known for portraying Padmé Amidala in the Star Wars prequel trilogy before Lucasfilm was bought by Disney in 2012. She also plays Jane Foster in the Marvel Cinematic Universe film Thor, in the 2013 film Thor: The Dark World, and footage of her was used to depict the character in the 2019 film Avengers: Endgame. She reprised her role as Jane Foster in the What If...? series and in the 2022 film Thor: Love and Thunder.
In addition, she was mentioned, though unseen in The Muppets episode "Walk the Swine". She also narrated the Disneynature documentary Dolphin Reef and played Lucy Cola in Lucy in the Sky.
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- Portman was originally considered for the role of Black Widow in Iron Man 2,[1] but at the end, Scarlett Johansson was cast instead. However, she ended up being cast as Jane Foster in Thor.
- She was also considered to voice Rapunzel in Tangled before the role was given to Mandy Moore.[2]
