Super Eco

Born Natalie Hershlag, on June 9, 1981, in Jerusalem, Israel, she moved with her family to Washington D.C. when she was 3 years old. She decided to take her grandmother's maiden name of Portman so as not to embarass her physician father and family in the event that she did not perform well in her first movie, "The Professional". She decided to keep the name to maintain her privacy and protect her family. Portman remained on the East coast, last residing in Long Island, New York, until she moved to Boston in order to attend Harvard University, where she obtained a degree in Psychology. While at Harvard, she was Alan Dershovitz's research assistant. In 2004, she attended graduate school at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem in Israel. She is fluent in Hebrew and has studied French, Japanese, German and Arabic.

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Notable Eco Activity

Portman is an animal advocate and has been a strict vegetarian since childhood. She will not wear fur, leather or feathers. She is closely involved with FINCA (The Foundation for International Assistance), an organization which provides microloans to women in developing countries, and has traveled to Guatemala, Uganda and Ecuador to see how the program works personally. Portman is also involved with PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals), supporting their anti-fur campaign. She traveled to Rwanda in 2007 with Jack Hanna to film a documentary, "Gorillas on the Brink", about the plight of the rare Mountain gorilla.

• Natalie Portman Details

  • Birth Date

    June 9, 1981

  • Born In

    Israel

  • Home Page

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  • Lives In

    United States

  • Organizations

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  • Occupation

    Actress/Activist