• Born June 9, 1981 in Jerusalem, Israel
• Moved to Washington, DC, when she was 3, and then to Connecticut at age 7. She now lives in a New York.
• Her father a Fertility Specialist and she is an only child
• Portman isn't her real last name, it's her grandmother's maiden name.
• She was discovered by a Revlon representative a pizza parlor in Long Island when she was 10.
• Natalie ia a strict vegetarian
• Natalie is fluent in Hebrew and knows French and Japanese.
• She has been accepted to Yale and Harvard.
• Natalie hates the word "coconut". But she likes the way the word "clutter" sounds.
• She's into ballet, watching Friends, and listening to Bj�rk.
• Was the first choice to play Juliet in Romeo + Juliet (1996) movie but turned it down because of the scenes, and the age difference, between her and Leonardo DeCaprio
• Turned down the title role in Adrian Lyne's Lolita (1997), due to her feelings for young adult actors/actresses being exposed to sex in films
• She almost didn't take the role in Anywhere But Here (1999) because it called for a sex scene. But the director changed the script just for her.

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