Natalie Portman’s film career, starting at the age of 12 when she starred in Luc Besson’s Léon: The Professional, is replete with multifarious ups and downs—mostly ups. The actress has such an impressive array of great performances—2 of them nabbing Oscar nominations (one of them a win)—that it’s almost easy to forget that she faced a near career-destroying run on Star Wars. With that says the actress has proven herself to be an exceptionally trustworthy (and at times a fiercely autonomous) talent among the industry’s biggest names, and some of its smaller ones as well. With the release of Jackie this week we’ll see something of a resurgence for the Israeli-American actress—whose last great performance, over half-a-decade ago, was followed only by forgettable Marvel runs and godawful comedies.
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