FrameThrower · Actors · Natalie Portman
Natalie Portman
20 films · 1,640 frames · top-billed in 18 · 1999–2023
Born 9 June 1981 · Jerusalem, Israel
Natalie Portman is an actress with dual American and Israeli citizenship. Her first role was in the 1994 action thriller Léon: The Professional, opposite Jean Reno. She was later cast as Padmé Amidala in the Star Wars prequel trilogy (released in 1999, 2002 and 2005).
Born in Jerusalem to an Israeli father and American mother, Portman grew up in the eastern United States from the age of three. She studied dancing and acting in New York, and starred in Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace while still at high school on Long Island. In 1999, Portman enrolled at Harvard University to study psychology, alongside her work as an actress; she completed a bachelor's degree in 2003.…
Awards
On FrameThrower we have: 20 films · 1,640 frames · top-billed in 18 · 1999–2023
- Academy Award for Best Actress2011
- Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama2011
- Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture2005
- BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role2011
- Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role2011
- Independent Spirit Award for Best Female Lead2011
- Film Independent Spirit Awards
- Saturn Awards
How their films are shot
Measured across 1,640 frames from the 20 films we hold. This is the look of the work Natalie takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.
Across the 20 films we hold, 43% of their frames are night, 42% low key — the look of the work Natalie takes.
Time of day
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Films in the library
Every poster opens that film — stills, cinematography notes and colour palette.
May December
2023 · Elizabeth
Thor: Love and Thunder
2022 · Jane Foster / The Mighty Thor
Annihilation
2018 · Lena
Vox Lux
2018 · Celeste Montgomery
The Death and Life of John F. Donovan
2018 · Sam Turner
Jackie
2016 · Jackie Kennedy
Knight of Cups
2015 · Elizabeth
Thor: The Dark World
2013 · Jane Foster
Thor
2011 · Jane Foster
Your Highness
2011 · Isabel
Black Swan
2010 · Nina Sayers / The Swan Queen
V for Vendetta
2006 · Evey
Paris, Je T’Aime
2006 · Francine (Faubourg Saint-Denis)
Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith
2005 · Padmé Amidala
Closer
2004 · Alice
Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones
2002 · Padmé Amidala
Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace
1999 · Padmé Amidala
Léon: The Professional
· Mathilda Lando
Song to Song
2017 · Rhonda
Cold Mountain
2003 · Sara
Often with
Shared films in this library, not a full filmography.
A reference database for filmmakers
FrameThrower is a fully machine-searchable film database and visual reference library — all 1,640 frames from Natalie Portman's 20 films, and 5,000+ films besides, indexed frame by frame and readable by AI. Search it in plain language, from a reference image, or by colour; call it from an API, an MCP server or an SDK. It's the reference layer for making the next movie.