Nutan

While her niece Kajol has had a very successful career in films. Portman was interviewed for the August 2004 issue of Allure magazine; in that article, she was quoted as saying "Oh my God! I'm not black, but I know what it feels like!" This prompted her to follow up with a letter to their editor:. Her sister Tanuja also acted in movies. presidential campaign. Her son Mohnish Behl is an actor too. Portman spends some of her free time involved in causes such as financing small-scale women's projects in Africa and the Democrats' 2004 U.S. Sadhna called Nutan her idol. Portman graduated from Harvard University in 2003 with a degree in psychology.

Dev Anand identified her as the actress you could carry out an intelligent conversation with. Portman has been a vegetarian since she was eight years old. Lata Mangeshkar calls her the face she could sing for. Portman appeared on Sesame Street and as of 2004 has appeared on The Late Show with David Letterman ten times. Being called the best by the best is probably more important then the filmfare awards. In 2005, she won the Best Supporting Actress Golden Globe for her role as Alice in Closer. Nutan has won 6 Filmfare Awards and countless others - the most any actress has won to date:. Portman was nominated for a Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actress in 1999 for her role as Ann August in Anywhere But Here (Angelina Jolie won that year for Girl, Interrupted).

She can be called Audrey Hepburn of Indian Cinema. She is one of dozens of celebrities who played themselves in a cameo appearance in the 2001 comedy Zoolander. Her facial expressions were her greatest assets. She is known among Star Wars fans for her role as Padmé Amidala in the prequels, The Phantom Menace, Attack of the Clones and Revenge of the Sith. There was no looking back after that. Portman went on to charm critics and viewers alike in Beautiful Girls, and played a minor part in Everyone Says I Love You. In 1959 she had two hits in Anadi (with Raj Kapoor) and Bimal Roy's Sujata (with Sunil Dutt). That role began a pattern of portraying characters that are unusually smart, mature, and/or precocious for their ages.

She followed her success with romantic comedy Paying guest (opposite Dev Anand). After being introduced to acting agents, she made her movie début at the age of twelve, playing a child who befriends a much older assassin in Luc Besson's Léon. Her first big break was Seema (opposite Balraj Sahni) which won her a filmfare. She was discovered in a pizza parlor at the age of eleven by an agent for Revlon, who wanted her to model. She started her career as actress as a 14 year old in Hamari Beti (1950). She was born in Jerusalem but her family soon relocated to Maryland, then Connecticut, before settling down on Long Island. Nutan was the daughter of actress Shobhna Samarth. Her ethnic background is Polish-Jewish.

Nutan (June 4, 1936 - February, 1991), is considered one of the finest actresses in Indian Cinema. 'Portman' is a stage name taken from her grandmother's maiden name. 1956 - Best Actress Seema - 1955. Natalie Portman (born Natalie Hershlag on June 9, 1981) is an Israeli-American actress. 1959 - Best Actress Sujata - 1959. The Seagull (2001). 1963 - Best Actress Bandini - 1963. The Diary Of Anne Frank (1999).

1967 - Best Actress Milan - 1967. Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith (2005). 1978 - Best Actress Main Tulsi Tere Aangan Ki - 1978. Closer (2004, directed by Mike Nichols). 1985 - Outstanding Performance Meri Jung - 1985. True (2004, directed by Tom Tykwer). Garden State (2004, written and directed by Zach Braff).

Cold Mountain (2003, written and directed by Anthony Minghella). Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones (2002). Zoolander (2001). Where the Heart Is (2000).

Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace (1999). Anywhere But Here (1999). Mars Attacks (1996, directed by Tim Burton). Everyone Says I Love You (1996, written and directed by Woody Allen).

Beautiful Girls (1996, directed by Ted Demme). Heat (1995). Developing (short) (1995). Léon (1994).