Redigerer Natalie Portman (avsnitt)

== Skole og utdanning ==
[[Fil:Natalie Portman at the TIFF 2009-01.jpg|mini|Portman på [[filmfestivalen i Toronto]] i 2009 ved premièren på ''[[The Other Woman (2009)|The Other Woman]]''.
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«Jeg bryr meg ikke om [utdanningen] ødelegger karrièren min. Jeg vil heller være smart enn filmstjerne,» sa hun i et intervju med ''[[New York Post]]''.<ref name="autogenerated2" /><ref name="Brown" />]]
Natalie Portman lærte å snakke [[hebraisk]] før hun lærte engelsk,<ref name="Hebrew">{{Cite web|url = http://www.somethingjewish.co.uk/articles/60_5_facts_about_natali.htm|title = 5 facts about Natalie Portman|work = Something Jewish|accessdate = 17. mars 2014|date = 15. mai 2002|archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20060427012338/http://www.somethingjewish.co.uk/articles/60_5_facts_about_natali.htm|url-status = dead}}</ref> og både i Washington og på [[Long Island]] gikk hun på jødiske skoler.<ref name="newsday02-26-11" /><ref>[http://www.eduinreview.com/blog/2010/11/natalie-portmans-education-background/ "Natalie Portman's Education Background"] {{Wayback|url=http://www.eduinreview.com/blog/2010/11/natalie-portmans-education-background/ |date=20110303065341 }}, EDUInReview.com. Besøkt 17. mars 2014.</ref> Hun ble uteksaminert fra Syosset High School i Syosset på Long Island i 1999.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.marieclaire.com/celebrity-lifestyle/celebrities/natalie-portman-interview |title= Interview With Natalie Portman|work=Marie Claire|accessdate=17. mars 2014|author=Wood, Gaby}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.politicsdaily.com/2010/07/20/school-of-stars-judd-apatow-elaine-chao-michael-isikoff-w-va/ |title=School of Stars: Judd Apatow, Elaine Chao, Michael Isikoff, W.Va. First Lady? |work=Politics Daily |accessdate=17. mars 2014 |author=Lawrence, Jill |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100724012635/http://www.politicsdaily.com/2010/07/20/school-of-stars-judd-apatow-elaine-chao-michael-isikoff-w-va/ |archivedate=2010-07-24 }}</ref><ref name="NYT_20110228">{{Cite news|url = http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/01/science/01angier.html|title = Natalie Portman, Oscar Winner, Was Also a Precocious Scientist|author=Angier, Natalie|work=The New York Times|date = 28. februar 2011|accessdate =17. mars 2014}}</ref> Portman gikk ikke på premièren på filmen ''[[Star Wars Episode I: Den skjulte trussel]]'', hvor hun hadde en av hovedrollene, fordi hun måtte å forberede seg til avgangseksamen på [[high school]].<ref name="bbc">{{Cite news|publisher=BBC |title = Natalie Portman interview|author=Papamichael, Stella|url = http://www.bbc.co.uk/films/2004/12/03/natalie_portman_garden_state_interview.shtml|accessdate =17. mars 2014}}</ref>

Senere studerte hun ballett og moderne dans ved American Theater Dance Workshop i New Hyde Park, og hun gikk på Usdan Center for Creative and Performing Arts i Wheatley Heights, begge på Long Island.<ref name="newsday02-26-11" />

I 2003 ble Portman uteksaminert fra [[Harvard University]] med en bachelor of arts-grad i [[psykologi]].<ref name="NYT_20110228" /><ref name="lewisbeale">Beale, Lewis (14. mars 2006). [http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/newsday/access/1002494911.html?dids=1002494911:1002494911&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Mar+14%2C+2006&author=LEWIS+BEALE.+SPECIAL+TO+NEWSDAY&pub=Newsday+(Combined+editions)&desc=COVER+STORY%2C+An+action+figure+with+substance%2C+Natalie+Portman+loves+a+good+laugh%2C+but+not+when+she+talks+about+her+violent+role+in+the+film+'V+for+Vendetta'&pqatl=google "COVER STORY An action figure with substance, Natalie Portman loves a good laugh, but not when she talks about her violent role in the film 'V for Vendetta'"], ''Newsday''. Besøkt 17. mars 2014. "In high school she was one of those extracurricular nerds who belonged to the Japanese and French clubs, ran track and was a semifinalist in the Intel Science Talent Search for a paper she wrote titled 'A Simple Method to Demonstrate the Enzymatic Production of Hydrogen from Sugar.'"</ref> «Jeg bryr meg ikke om [utdanningen] ødelegger karrièren min,» sa hun til ''[[New York Post]]''. «Jeg vil heller være smart enn filmstjerne.»<ref name="autogenerated2">{{Cite news|publisher=Fox News Channel|date=23. mai 2002|accessdate=17. mars 2014|last=D'Angelo|first=Jennifer|title=Cerebral Celebs Give Up Screen for Studies|url=http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,53474,00.html|quote="I don't care if [college] ruins my career," Portman has said. "I'd rather be smart than a movie star."|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080113143030/http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,53474,00.html|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="Brown">Brown, R. (4. august 2004). "Size of the Moon". ''Time Out, London'', 51(78).</ref> På Harvard var Portman forskningsassistent for [[Alan Dershowitz]]<ref>[http://www.thecrimson.com/article/2011/3/1/harvard-natalie-portman-dershowitz/ "Professors Reflect on Natalie Portman"]. ''The Harvard Crimson''. 1. mars 2011. Retrieved June 28, 2011.</ref> som er en kjent [[USA|amerikansk]] [[jurist]]. I denne perioden bodde hun på Lowell House, et studenthjem på Harvard.<ref>Garlow, Stephanie S. and Zhang, Joyce Y. (24. mars 2006). [http://www.thecrimson.com/article/2006/3/24/housing-frenzy-welcomes-freshmen-when-garrett/ "Housing Frenzy Welcomes Freshmen"]. ''The Harvard Crimson''. Retrieved July 31, 2011.</ref>. Til studentavisen ''Harvard Crimson'' bidro hun med et innlegg som svarte på en artikkel som var kritisk til israelske handlinger mot palestinerne.<ref>Portman, Natalie (17. april 2002). [http://www.thecrimson.com/article/2002/4/17/israeli-diversity-shown-even-among-leaders/ "Israeli Diversity Shown Even Among Leaders"]. ''The Harvard Crimson''. Besøkt 17. mars 2014.</ref>

Natalie Portman fulgte studier ved [[det hebraiske universitetet i Jerusalem]] våren 2004.<ref name="nytsm">{{Cite news|title = Screen Goddess: Natalie Portman|url = http://www.nytimes.com/indexes/2007/12/02/style/t/index.html#pagewanted=4&pageName=02portman&|work=The New York Times Style Magazine|author=Hirschberg, Lynn|date=2. desember 2007}}</ref> I mars 2006 bidro hun ved et kurs om terrorisme og kontraterrorisme ved [[Columbia University]]. Hun diskuterte filmen ''[[V for Vendetta]]'', hvor hun hadde en av hovedrollene.<ref name="Columbia">{{Cite news| publisher=Columbia University|title=Hollywood Star Leads Columbia Class in Discussion of Political Violence|url = http://www.columbia.edu/cu/news/06/03/nataliePortman.html|accessdate =17. mars 2014|author=Cox, Mary-Lea|date = 31. mars 2006}}</ref> Portman har dyrket interessen for fremmedspråk siden barndommen, og hun har studert [[fransk]], [[japansk]], [[tysk]] og [[arabisk]].<ref>[http://www.thirdyearabroad.com/advice-and-tips/celebrity-linguists/item/1321.html Natalie Portman speaking Hebrew] {{Wayback|url=http://www.thirdyearabroad.com/advice-and-tips/celebrity-linguists/item/1321.html |date=20140317213957 }} ''Third Year Abroad''. Besøkt 17. mars 2014.</ref>

Mens Portman var student, var hun medforfatter på to artikler som ble publisert i vitenskapelige tidsskrifter. På high school skrev hun «En enkel metode for å demonstrere den enzymatiske produksjon av hydrogen fra sukker» sammen med forskerne Ian Hurley og Jonathan Woodward. Arbeidet deltok i Intel Science Talent Search, en vitenskapkonkurranse for high school-elever.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Hershlag|first=Natalie|title=A Simple Method To Demonstrate the Enzymatic Production of Hydrogen from Sugar|url=http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1998JChEd..75.1270H|accessdate=17. mars 2014}}</ref> I 2002 bidro hun – som et ledd i psykologistudiene – til en hukommelsesstudie med tittelen «[[Pannelapp|Frontal Lobe]] Activation during Object Permanence: Data from Near-Infrared Spectroscopy».<ref name="neuroimage">{{Cite journal|last1 = Baird|first1 =Abigail A.|last2 = Kagan|first2 = Jerome|last3 = Gaudette|first3 = Thomas|last4 = Walz|first4 = Kathryn A.|last5 = Hershlag|first5 = Natalie|last6 = Boas|first6 = David A.|title = Frontal Lobe Activation during Object Permanence: Data from Near-Infrared Spectroscopy|doi = 10.1006/nimg.2002.1170|journal=NeuroImage|volume = 16|issue = 4|pages = 1120–6|date=august 2002|pmid = 12202098|url = http://rabi.nmr.mgh.harvard.edu/DOT/PDF/Baird_NeuroImage_16_1120_2002.pdf}}</ref><ref>Kane, Michael (19. mars 2006). [http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,188164,00.html "Portman Bold ... and Bald ... in 'V for Vendetta'"] {{Wayback|url=http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,188164,00.html |date=20130523163747 }}. ''[[New York Post]]''.. Besøkt 17. mars 2014. "Before graduating from Harvard with a psychology degree in June 2003, Portman was credited – under her given name, Natalie Hershlag – as a research assistant to Alan Dershowitz's 'Case for Israel' and had a study on memory called 'Frontal Lobe Activation During Object Permanence' published in a scientific journal."</ref>