Natalie Portman started to work on films and her initial appearing was in Léon: the Professional in 1994. While she was performing in cinema industry, she wanted to study psychology, this made her to enroll her with the University of Harvard and she successfully completed her degree in the year of 2003.
Apart from the contribution she has been made to the cinema industry, Portman has become an advocator for the rights of animal. Since her childhood, she has been interested in vegetarian and in 2009; she fully made her a vegan .The book that was written by Jonathan Safran Foer in regard to Eating Animals, somehow convinced her to take decision to become vegan. Portman even not wearing animal wear feathers and leather. She wants to promote the brand of her own of vegan footwear as she loves animal much. Furthermore, Portman is also interested in the environmental issues from her childhood. She had joined in the singing for a cause for environmental safety and the dancing troupe that is known as World Patrol Kids. Portman also received membership with the She is One Voice movement. She supported the initiatives by the Hope for FINCA International which is endeavoring for the life saving project from poverty, she made traveling to Guatemala, Uganda and Ecuador and had a role as Ambassador to the activities that the FINCA International does for the betterment of the starving children in these countries through the projects of Micro credit financing female headed house hold businesses initiatives. Portman and her husband Benjamin Millepied joined with the signers who made a petition to President of States, Obama in support of marriages that are occurring between same-sex individuals. They also joined in election campaign during the Obama’s re-election.
Filomography : Natalie Portman
Year
Awards
Movies
1994
Nil
Léon: The Professional
1994
Nil
Developing
1995
Nil
Heat
1996
Nil
Beautiful Girls
1996
Nil
Everyone Says I Love You
1996
Nil
Mars Attacks!
1999
Nil
Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace
1999
Nil
Anywhere but Here
2000
Nil
Where the Heart Is
2001
Nil
Zoolander
2002
Nil
Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones
2003
Nil
Cold Mountain
2004
Golden Globe Award , Independent Spirit Awards.
Garden State
2004
Golden Globe Award
Closer
2005
Nil
Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith
2005
Nil
Free Zone
2006
Constellation Award for Best Female Performance, Saturn Award for Best Actress
V for Vendetta
2006
Nil
Paris, je t’aime
2006
Nil
Goya’s Ghosts
2007
Nil
My Blueberry Nights
2007
Nil
The Darjeeling Limited
2007
Nil
Hotel Chevalier
2007
Nil
Mr. Magorium’s Wonder Emporium
2008
Nil
The Other Boleyn Girl
2009
Nil
The Other Woman
2009
Nil
New York, I Love You
2009
Nil
Brothers
2010
Nil
Hesher
2010
Golden Globe Award, Screen Actors Guild Award, BAFTA Award, Broadcast Film Critics Association Award , Academy Award for Best Actress
