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Natalie Portman is an American actress noted for her roles as Queen Padmé Amidala in Star Wars and Dr. Jane Foster in Thor. She was born in Jerusalem, Israel in 1981 and later moved to Long Island, New York where she grew up. She studied at Harvard University where she earned a degree in psychology, and in 2010 she received the Academy Award for Best Actress for her role as the Swan Queen in Black Swan. She and her husband, dancer Benjamin Millepied have a son.

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4 Aug, 2012

Portman, Millepied marry

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Portman weddingAfter a two-year engagement, the actress marries French dancer Benjamin Millepied in a Jewish ceremony in Big Sur, California. Among the guests are friends Ivanka Trump and Macaulay Culkin. The couple met on the set of Black Swan where Millipied choreographed the ballet sequences.

Being with a Frenchman, I can now obtain French nationality, which wasn’t an option for me. It would be the fulfillment of our Francophile dreams, my father and myself.