Israeli-American actress Natalie Portman feature on US Vogue January 2011

Natalie Portman (Hebrew: נטלי פורטמן‎, born Natalie Hershlag; June 9, 1981) is an Israeli-American actress. Her first role was as an orphan taken in by a hitman in the 1994 French action film Léon (known in the United States as The Professional).