Natalie Portman

Natalie Hershlag (born June 9 1981 in Jerusalem), better known under her stage name Natalie Portman, is an Israeli-American actress.

Personal life

Education

Portman graduated Syosset High School in Syosset, New York; June of 1999 and was a straight-A honors student. After high school she continued to maintain straight-A's through her time at Harvard where she graduated with a Bachelor's degree in Psychology June 5 2003. She is credited as a research assistant to Harvard Professor Alan Dershowitz's Case For Israel. As of 2005 Portman is pursuing graduate studies at Hebrew University in Jerusalem, Israel.

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Syosset High School - Syosset, New York - June - 1999 - Bachelor's degree - Psychology - June 5 - 2003 - Alan Dershowitz - Case For Israel - As of 2005 - Hebrew University - Jerusalem - Israel

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In addition to her native Hebrew and English, Portman can also speak (to some degree) French, German, Japanese, and even a little Spanish, and she is learning right now to speak Arabic.

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Hebrew - English - French - German - Japanese - Spanish - Arabic

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Ideology

Portman has been a vegetarian since she was eight years old. Portman spends some of her free time involved in causes such as financing small-scale women's projects in Africa and the Democrats' 2004 U.S. presidential campaign.

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Vegetarian - Africa - Democrats' - 2004 U.S. presidential campaign

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