- 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 Björk.
- 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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