Natalie Portman Trivia

1. Natalie Portman, the truth seeker, says "We'd be living a lie. One we couldn't keep, even if we wanted to." in which of her appearances?

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Answer: Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones (2002)

"Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones" is the continuing saga of Anakin Skywalker's quest to become a jedi. Jedis have a strict code of laws they must follow, one of which is to refrain from becoming emotionally attached. Anakin, played by Hayden Christensen, falls in love with the senator from Naboo, Padme Amidala, played by Natalie Portman, and they form a romantic relationship. He believes they can have a secret marriage. Padme says the line to Anakin when he presses her on the marriage issue.

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Answer: Jean Reno

"Léon - The Professional" was directed by Luc Besson, with Jean Reno in the title role. Reno, also known from "The Da Vinci Code" and "Ronin", plays a cold-hearted assassin with an obsession for milk. Gary Oldman plays the corrupt policeman Stansfield who, together with his team, kills Mathilda's family. Mathilda seeks help from the neighbour next door, the assassin Léon. Natalie Portman does an amazing job in this movie.

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Answer: June 9, 1981

Natalie was born Natalie Hershlag in Jerusalem, Israel on June 9, 1981 to Avner and Shelley Hershlag. She shares a birthday with my favorite actor, Johnny Depp (1963) as well as Michael J. Fox (1961). Her family moved to Washington, D.C. when Natalie was three years old and then to New York, where she spent her childhood.

From Quiz Natalie Portman Says What?

Answer: Cold Mountain (2003)

Natalie makes a brief appearance in this Civil War era film. Jude Law's Inman escapes from a battle and is making his way back home to his one true love. Along the way he takes shelter at the home of a young mother, played by Portman. She will not permit him to enter, saying this line. He tries to offer his gun to her for protection, to which she replies "I don't want it. If I had my way they'd take metal altogether out of this world. Every blade, every gun."

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Answer: Timothy Hutton

Timothy Hutton plays Willie, a dysfunctional man who returns to his home town after a long absence, in this film about finding oneself. He finds himself developing a crush on the girl next door, Marty, a 13-year old. Portman is great as the smart and ahead-of-her-age Marty.

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Answer: Harvard University

Natalie graduated from Harvard in 2003, with a Bachelor's degree in psychology. In 2005, Natalie pursued graduate studies at Hebrew University in Jerusalem, Israel. She was credited as a research assistant for Harvard professor Alan Dershowitz's "The Case for Israel". In March of 2006, she made an appearance as a guest lecturer for the Terrorism and Counter-terrorism course at Columbia University where she discussed themes from her 2006 film, "V for Vendetta". In addition to speaking English and Hebrew, Natalie also studied and/or can speak (to some degree) French, Japanese, German and Arabic.

From Quiz Natalie Portman Says What?

Answer: Paris, I Love You (2006)

"Paris, I Love You" is a collection of short love stories. Natalie's character is talking over the phone to her blind boyfriend in the 'True' short. The short recalls the whole of their relationship, as she's apparently breaking up with him. This line comes after she stated that, in the beginning, everything was warm and new, but over the time things have grown cold, a reference to the seasons and relationships.

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Answer: Glenn Close

Natalie Portman plays Taffy Dale, the daughter of the President and First Lady of the United States. Jack Nicholson portrays the President. Tim Burton put together a starry cast in this flick, where Martians attack Earth in order to destroy everything.

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Answer: Mathilda

Originally, Natalie was turned down for the role of Mathilda (a young girl who seeked the help of a professional assassin in getting revenge for her brother, who was killed by a crooked cop) for being too young, but after she gave a brilliant performance in auditions, Luc Besson (director) decided to cast Natalie in the role.

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Answer: Closer (2004)

My favorite Portman film, "Closer", a very risque and controversial film about relationships, follows two separate couples who, through the course of the film, have issues of fidelity. In this quote, Portman's Alice is confronting Jude Law's character about his "I love you", trying to trust him when he's not around. To her, he talks a good game, but doesn't always walk the talk.

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Answer: Keira Knightley

When the two talented young actresses were both dressed up in their costumes, it was allegedly almost impossible to tell them apart. Episodes I-III of "Star Wars" are about how Anakin Skywalker grew from being a naive little boy to the most feared Sith lord of all. These movies didn't do justice to Portman's talent. For Knightley's sake, she only has a small supporting role in "Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace".

From Quiz Natalie Portman Says What?

Answer: Leon: The Professional (1994)

This was Natalie's breakout role, playing a preteen who befriends a "cleaner", Leon. She decides to become a hit (wo)man, with Leon's help, so that she can go after the man who killed her family in a drug sting. Mathilda is just getting to know Leon at the point she makes this comment. The soft spoken Leon (Jean Reno) replies simply, "always like this".

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Answer: Inman, played by Jude Law

Portman's part in this movie is rather small. She delivers as always, though, as the young mother who welcomes Law's Inman, a wounded Confederate soldier, into her cabin. Inman is on his way back to his native Cold Mountain where he will be reunited with his love, Ada, played by Nicole Kidman. The journey proves to be difficult and dangerous.

From Quiz Natalie Portman Says What?

Answer: Mars Attacks! (1996)

Most people probably don't even remember that Natalie was in this Tim Burton spoof about Martians coming to Earth and destroying everything. But that is a young Natalie Portman as the president's daughter. After the day is saved, Taffy is the lone surviving member of the administration, so it's her job to bestow the medals to the heroes. These are the last few lines from the film, which she says to the young Lucas Haas character as she puts the medal around his neck. He gets the last line in the film, a simple "No" in reply.

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Answer: Julia Roberts and Clive Owen

In this romantic drama directed by Mike Nichols, the four main characters get involved in problematic relationships with each other. The problem starts when the man from one couple (Law) meets the woman from another (Roberts), and everything turns into a big mess. Natalie Portman and Clive Owen were nominated for Best Supporting Actress and Actor Oscars for "Closer", and both won the Golden Globes for the same categories.

From Quiz Natalie Portman Says What?

Answer: Hotel Chevalier (2007)

In the short before "The Darjeeling Limited", a man holds a conversation with a former lover, who shows up in Paris, following him. It turns out that she's on her way up to his room, and he struggles with allowing her back into his life, before giving in. They are getting ready to make love when Natalie's character makes this statement. Jason Schwartzman's character replies with a very funny "I promise, I will never be your friend. No matter what. Ever."

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Answer: Zach Braff

Natalie is great as the goofy, but smart Sam, and again she plays the girl-next-door type who the lead character gets a crush on. Zach Braff, from TV's "Scrubs", wrote and directed a terrific film about a struggling actor who has been under a constant influence of drugs since he was a little boy. When he returns home for his mother's funeral, he decides to take a pause from the drugs and see life through unmedicated eyes.

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Answer: Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones

Once again, Natalie was nominated for a number of awards for her performance as Senator Padmé Amidala in this 2002 film. The Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror (2003) nomination was for Best Actress. (She was no longer relegated to the category of "younger actress".) Other than the one Teen Choice Award that Natalie won for her role, she was also nominated that year (2002) in the category of Choice Chemistry in a Film with co-star Hayden Christensen (Anakin Skywalker). The people behind the Razzie Awards obviously didn't agree and nominated Natalie and Christensen for Worst Screen Couple (2003). Natalie picked up another nomination at the Razzies that year for Worst Supporting Actress.

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Answer: Vendetta

"V For Vendetta" was directed by James McTeigue, and produced by the Wachowski brothers and Joel Silver. The plot takes place in a totalitarian Britain, where the government oppresses the people and takes away their freedoms. A man in disguise, known only as V, goes on a personal vendetta against the government. V rescues Evey, played by Natalie Portman, and she sees him as sort of a father figure. Natalie had to go bald for her role in this movie.

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Answer: Ada

Natalie appeared in "Cold Mountain" as Sara, a supporting character that Inman (Jude Law) met when he traveled home to Cold Mountain. Though she originally auditioned for the role of Ada Monroe (the woman who Inman left behind when he went to fight in the Civil War), the role was given to Nicole Kidman. Renée Zellweger played Ruby Thewes. Though Natalie was not nominated for any awards for her performance in this film, the movie itself picked up Best Film nominations at the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Film Awards, BAFTA Awards, Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards, Empire Awards, Golden Globe Awards and the PGA Golden Laurel Awards (all in 2004).

From Quiz Natalie Portman Says What?

Answer: Beautiful Girls (1996)

In her 3rd film, Natalie plays a young girl in a small town. In the film, Timothy Hutton plays a man returning for his high school reunion. He's reached a lull in his life, between his job and his relationship; he's not who he used to be. When Willie returns to his town, all his friends are basically the same, just older. He finds solace in the only mature person he finds, twelve year old Marty (Portman). He is ridiculed for this connection with a Lolita, but it is a very gripping friendship the two develop in the course of the film. Through the innocence of the young child, he learns that he doesn't have to be like his friends, nor does he have to completely grow up, just because he's older. The quote comes when Willie inquires what Marty and her friends do for fun at her age as he's getting to know her. Her straightforward replay has him taken aback before she assures him that it is a joke, and he should lighten up.

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Answer: Norah Jones

Kai War Wong directed this flick, which features Norah Jones in her first lead role. Jones's Elizabeth finds out she is being cheated on by her boyfriend, and decides to go on a soul-searching trip across America. On her way she encounters some peculiar people. Natalie Portman plays a woman she meets up with on her journey across America.

From Quiz Natalie Portman Says What?

Answer: Where the Heart Is (2000)

This film follows Novalee as she's abandoned, pregnant and penniless, by her boyfriend in nowhere Oklahoma. She has the baby in Wal-Mart and becomes a little famous. She makes a few good friends and moves into the town, where she tries to care for her child and make the best of her life. All through her struggles and triumphs, the town librarian, Forney, becomes her best friend. Eventually they have a night together in which he professes his love for her and asks if she loves him too. She says no, and heartbroken, he heads to Boston to get his degree. Eventually she realizes what she's lost and Novalee goes across the country trying to apologize to Forney and get him to come back home, which is when this quote comes into play.

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Answer: Jason Schwartzman

Natalie only has a very short cameo in this film, which features three brothers played by Jason Schwartzman, Owen Wilson and Adrien Brody traveling by train through India. They examine their relationship to each other, and to their mother. Scwartzman has earlier starred in "Marie Antionette", "Rushmore" and "I Heart Huckabees". Portman stars in the short "Hotel Chevalier" which acts as a prologue to "The Darjeeling Limited". This short is a love story, in which Natalie has some controversial nude scenes.

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Answer: Closer

"Closer" (2004) starred Julia Roberts, Jude Law and Clive Owen as well, and was directed by Mike Nichols, who also directed Natalie in the stage play "The Seagull." The movie was about two London couples and their adventures in swapping partners. Law played Dan, a mediocre obituary writer who met Alice (Natalie) when he saved her life on a busy London street one day. After moving in together, Alice inspired Dan to write a book and while being photographed for the book jacket, Dan met Anna (Roberts) and instantly developed feelings for her. Upon being rejected, Dan tried to play a cruel joke on her, unknowingly setting her up with a dermatologist names Larry (Owen). At the 2005 Golden Globe Awards, Natalie picked up the award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture. Her co-star, Clive Owen, picked up a Golden Globe in the supporting actor category. Other awards that Natalie won for her performance as Alice included the National Board of Review Award for Best Acting by an Ensemble (shared with Owen, Law and Roberts) and the San Diego Film Critics Society Award for Best Supporting Actress (both in 2004). She was also nominated for an Academy Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role (2005). Natalie was also nominated in the same category at the BAFTA Awards (2005), Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards (2005), Online Film Critics Society Awards (2005), and the Satellite Awards (2005). Her 2005 nomination for Choice Female Actress at the Teen Choice Awards was for her performances in "Closer" and "Garden State".

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Answer: V for Vendetta

Natalie was chosen for the role of Evey over other young actresses such as Scarlett Johansson and Bryce Dallas Howard. Set in futuristic, totalitarian Britain, Evey (Natalie) was rescued one night by a masked vigilante known only as V (Hugo Weaving). She found herself an unlikely ally in his plot to bring freedom and justice back to society. She has stated that she looked forward to shaving her head for the movie, as she had wanted to do that for a long time. As for the English accent, Natalie worked with dialectologist Barbara Berkery (who has worked with Geoffrey Rush, Kate Hudson and Gwyneth Paltrow). Natalie picked up another Teen Choice Award nomination in the category of Choice Actress: Drama/Action Adventure Movie (2006).

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Answer: "Léon" (1994)

Mathilda (Natalie) returned from grocery shopping to find crooked cop Norman Stansfield (Gary Oldman) at her family's apartment, minutes after her father and little brother were murdered. Not wanting Stansfield to realize she was a family member (and chance being killed as well), Mathilda continued down the hall, pretending she lived in a different apartment, that of Léon. He reluctantly let her inside and from there, the two formed a bond. After finding out that Léon was a professional assassin (or "cleaner"), Mathilda desperately seeked his help in getting revenge for her brother. The movie was released as "The Professional" in the USA.

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Answer: Americus

Natalie did a great job in "Where the Heart Is" playing a strong female character that didn't let the setbacks in life hold her back permanently. Novalee raised a daughter with the help of the local townspeople, not accepting handouts from the neighborhood, but allowing them to pitch in when needed. Though it would be expected (and understandable), Novalee did not have a moment of complete self-pity, where she thought her life was over.

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