Natalie Portman is an Israeli-born American actress. She has received various accolades including an Academy Award, a British Academy Film Award, two Critics' Choice Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, and an Actor Award.
Portman's first notable awards nomination came for her role as Ann in the coming-of-age film Anywhere but Here (1999), for which she was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress â Motion Picture. Portman's performance as a mysterious stripper in the Mike Nichols directed romantic drama Closer (2004) earned her the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress â Motion Picture, and nominations for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role, She portrayed Evey Hammond in dystopian political thriller V for Vendetta (2005) earning nominations for a Saturn Award, and a Scream Award.
She won the Academy Award for Best Actress for her role as Nina Sayers, a mentally tortured ballet dancer in Darren Aronofsky's psychological horror Black Swan (2010). The role also earned her the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role, the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture â Drama and the Actor Award for Outstanding Actress in a Leading Role. For her portrayal of Jacqueline Kennedy in Pablo LarraÃÂn's biographical drama Jackie (2016) she received the Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Actress. The performance also earned her nominations for the Academy Award, BAFTA Award, Golden Globe Award, and Actor Award.
In 2023 she portrayed an actress, who is studying to portray a controversial woman for an upcoming project, in the Todd Haynes directed Netflix black comedy drama May December which earned her nominations for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture â Musical or Comedy and the Independent Spirit Award for Best Lead Performance. For her philanthropic activism she honored with the Ongoing Commitment Award given by the Environmental Media Association in 2011.