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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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15 Jun, 2015

Ginsburg: Portman wants female director

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Ginsburg reveals that producing her biopic was delayed because Portman has been holding out for a female director.

Natalie Portman came to talk to me about [the film landing a female director], and we had a very good conversation. And one thing, interesting, that she insisted on, it held up the project for a while. She said, ‘I want the director to be a woman. There are not enough women in this industry. There are many talented out there.’ And now they do have a woman director.

Marielle Heller (Diary of a Teenage Girl) is in talks to direct the film.