15 Facts About Natalie Portman
#13 Black Widow
Natalie was considered for the role of Natasha Romanoff/Black Widow in Iron Man 2 and The Avengers when Emily Blunt dropped out of the project. However, Scarlett Johansson was cast instead. Natalie was also considered for the role of Catwoman in The Dark Knight Rises.
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Jewish Heritage
Natalie has a jewish heritage. She is a dual citizen of the United States and Israel. 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.
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Black Widow
Natalie was considered for the role of Natasha Romanoff/Black Widow in Iron Man 2 and The Avengers when Emily Blunt dropped out of the project. However, Scarlett Johansson was cast instead. Natalie was also considered for the role of Catwoman in The Dark Knight Rises.
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Inspired By Natalie...
Natalie's character, beauty, and mainly her shaven head have inspired a band to name itself after her: "Natalie Portman's Shaved Head". They now go by the name, Brite Futures.
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Natalie's Leisure Time
Natalie likes spending her free time singing at karaoke bars in NY. She also likes to travel. She visits Morocco regularly where she once lived in a tent and traveled by camel.
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Favourite Bands
Natalie listens mainly to 90s Alternative Rock, R&B, Old School Hip-Hop. Some of her favorite groups and artists are Wu Tang Clan, Portishead, A Tribe Called Quest, Radiohead, Stevie Wonder, and Nirvana.
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She's a Shorty
Natalie is only 5' 3" tall. Because of this, she is often mistaken for a child. In London's airport, the security guard asked her whether she was traveling alone or with a guardian.
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True Dedication
Natalie had to shave her head for her role in V for Vendetta. She is one of the few women that can still look beautiful with a shaven head...
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Look-alike
Keira Knightley's striking resemblance to Natalie Portman made a huge impression to the cast directors of Star Wars. They used Knightley to play Sabé, the Queen's decoy.
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Education First
Natalie had to miss the premiere of Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace. At the time she had to study for her high school final exams.
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A Good Dancer As Well
Natalie has taken dancing lessons since she is 4 years old. She has also trained ballet, jazz, and tap dancing. She continues to take ballet classes now, which is one of the reasons why she was casted for her role in Black Swan.
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Harvard Graduate
Natalie Portman is not only a beautiful woman and a millionaire Hollywood star, she is also a very intelligent woman. She graduated from Harvard in 2003 with a degree in Psychology. She is known to have an IQ score of 140.
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Natalie's Dream
Natalie desires to become a doctor. She says that when she grows up she will abandon acting as she wants to follow her father's footsteps, who is a fertility specialist.
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Polylinguist
Natalie is fluent in Hebrew and English. She also knows some conversational French, German, Japanese and Spanish.
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A Disappointment For Fans
Natalie admitted that before being cast in The Phantom Menace, she had never seen a Star Wars movie. According to her words, she didn't even know the difference between Star Wars and Star Trek.
