The Big Picture: Natalie Portman Career & Biographical Notes: Was born in Israel and grew up in New York Her breakout role was in The Professional, playing a 12-year-old out for revenge over the murder of her younger brother Became the subject of many a male's uncomfortable fantasy in Beautiful Girls at age 15 Has vowed never to act in front of blue screen again

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Natalie Portman Trivia Quizzes
at HowWellDoYouKnow.com:

• 1/14/11-1/20/11
• 1/28/11-2/3/11
• 12/24/10-12/30/10
• 2/18/11-2/24/11
• 2/24/12-3/1/12
• 3/18/11-3/24/11
• 3/25/11-3/31/11
• 3/4/11-3/10/11
• 7/1/11-7/7/11
• 7/8/11-7/14/11
• Black Swan
• Cold Mountain
• Leon (The Professional)
• No Strings Attached
• People Working Together
• Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace
• Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones
• Thor

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Recent Movies:

Film	Date	Rating	Screens	Opening	Total	Box Office
Thor	5/6/11	N/A
Your Highness	4/8/11	N/A
Brothers (I)	12/4/09	N/A
The Other Boleyn Girl	2/29/08				23.38	Info
My Blueberry Nights	2/13/08	N/A
Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium	11/16/07				22.44	Info
Goya's Ghosts	7/20/07	N/A
V for Vendetta	3/17/06	R	3365	25.64	70.38	Info
Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith	5/19/05	PG-13	3661	108.44	380.21	Info
Closer	12/3/04	R	476	7.71	33.99	Info
Garden State	7/28/04	R	9	0.20	26.78	Info
Cold Mountain	12/25/03	R	2163	14.57	95.63	Info
Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones	5/16/02	PG	3161	80.03	310.67	Info

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Awards:

2010
Black Swan

• Runner-Up: Best Actress, Screen Actors' Guild

2004
Closer

• Runner-Up: Best Supporting Actress, Academy Awards
• Win: Best Supporting Actress, Golden Globes
• Win: Best Supporting Actress, San Diego Film Critics Association
• Runner-Up: Best Supporting Actress, Broadcast Film Critics Association
• Runner-Up: Best Supporting Actress, Online Film Critics Association
• Runner-Up: Best Supporting Actress, BOP's Calvin Awards
• Runner-Up: Best Actress, BOP's Calvin Awards

1999
Anywhere But Here

• Runner-Up: Best Supporting Actress, Golden Globes

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