Natalie Portman is an actress, producer, and director with dual Israeli and American citizenship. Portman made her film debut in Luc Besson's action thriller Léon: The Professional where she starred as a vengeful child assassin. She followed this by appearing in Michael Mann's crime thriller Heat (1995) and Ted Demme's romantic comedy Beautiful Girls.
Portman portrayed vigilante Evey Hammond in the political thriller V for Vendetta for which she won the Saturn Award for Best Actress. In 2010, Portman's performance as a mentally tortured ballerina in Darren Aronofsky's psychological horror Black Swan won her the Academy Award for Best Actress. Portman portrayed Jacqueline Kennedy in the biographical drama Jackie, for which she received nominations for Best Actress at the Academy Awards. In 2018, Portman starred in the science fiction horror film Annihilation, and the drama Vox Lux.
