Thursday, June 9, 2022

Happy Birthday Natalie Portman!

Happy Birthday Natalie Portman!  Her first role was as Mathilda in Luc Besson’s  Leon: The Professional (1994).  One of her first genre roles was in Tim Burton’s Mars Attacks! (1996).  She played Anne Frank on Broadway in The Diary of Anne Frank (1997).  Portman’s next film was as Queen Padme Amidala Naberrie in Star Wars: The Phantom Menace (1999).  In the comedy, Zoolander (2001), Portman played a fictional version of herself.  She returned as Padme as senator in Star Wars: Attack of the Clones (2002) and Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith (2005).  Natalie’s interesting role was as Evie in V for Vendetta (2005) based on the Alan Moore and David Lloyd comic books.  Next, she was in the fantasy, Mr. Magorium’s Wonder Emporium (2007).  Her most recognized part was as Nina Sayers in Darren Aronofsky’s Black Swan winning her the Academy Award for best actress.  

Natalie Portman was in the fantasy comedy, Your Highness (2011) as Isabel, an archer and huntress.  Then, she entered the MCU as Jane Foster in Kenneth Branagh’s Thor (2011).  Portman returned as Jane Foster in Thor: The Dark World (2013).  Next, Terence Malick's film, Knight of Cups (2015), had Portman as Elizabeth.  She directed her first film in A Tale of Love and Darkness (2015).  The Western, Jane Got a Gun (2015) starred Portman as Jane Hammond.  Portman took the lead role as First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy in Jackie (2016) with more award recognition.  Then, she was in the Alex Garland sci fi film, Annihilation (2018).  Lucy in the Sky (2019), featured Portman as astronaut Lucy Cola, disturbed by her trip to space. She returned as Jane Foster in the alternate world of “What If… Thor Were an Only Child?” (2021).  This year, she is back in the MCU as Jane Foster who is also the Mighty Thor in Thor: Love and Thunder!  Happy Birthday Natalie Portman!   


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