Natalie Portman

On June 9, 1981, Natalie was born Natalie Hershlag (Hebrew: נטלי הרשלג‎) in Jerusalem, Israel from an Israeli doctor Avner Hershlag and mother Shelley Stevens who currently is working as her agent. Natlalie's maternal ancestors were from Russia & Austria of Jewish decent and her paternal ancestors were from Poland and Romania also of Jewish decent who immigrated to Israel. It is said that her Romanian-born great-grandmother was a spy in World War II working with the British.

When Natalie was only three years old, the family moved from Israel to the United States. While her father pursued his medical training in Washington DC, Natalie attended Charles E. Smith Jewish Day School. In 1988, the family relocated to Connecticut then settled in Long Island, New York in 1990.