25 Years of Stardom

THE PROFESSIONAL, 1994

Her first role, as a troubled orphan who befriends an assassin, was her feature film debut at age 13.

BEAUTIFUL GIRLS, 1996

Portman held her own with older co-stars Timothy Hutton (left), Matt Dillon and Uma Thurman.

STAR WARS: EPISODE I, 1999

Playing Padmé/ Queen Amidala launched her into a new level of fame.

V FOR VENDETTA, 2005

She shaved her head for the thriller. “Feeling the rain on my bald head was incredible,” she told Instyle.

BLACK SWAN, 2010

Portman won an Oscar playing a tortured ballerina – and met her future husband.

JACKIE, 2016

She says she felt “like a different person” wearing Jackie O’s iconic bouffant, eye makeup and suits.

VOX LUX, 2019

Portman sings, dances and speaks with a thick Staten Island, New York, accent. “All of it was fun,” she says of the prep.