American edition Us Weekly wrote that Hollywood star Natalie Portman broke up with Benjamin Millepied after 11 years of marriage.
“After it became known about his betrayal, they tried to save their marriage, but at present, they fled,” the source quoted the publication as saying.
The estranged spouses have two children, 12-year-old son Aleph and 6-year-old daughter Amalia. The publication writes that for some time the couple tried to pretend that everything was fine with them, but rumors about their divorce resumed after Portman appeared at an event in Australia on August 4 without a wedding ring.
The publication writes that rumors about Benjamin Millepied’s romance with environmental activist 25-year-old Camille Etienne appeared two months ago. Then the familiar couples said that Natalie Portman considers her husband’s hobby “a stupid and insignificant affair.”
Natalie Portman. Brief information
Natalie Portman (real name: Gershlag) was born on June 9, 1981, in Jerusalem. Natalie was three years old when her family moved to the United States – first to Washington, then to Connecticut, and then to New York. As a child, Natalie was engaged in choreography and figure skating, she played in the school theater.
When Natalie was 11 years old, she was offered a job in a modeling agency, but she preferred a career as an actress. The debut of Natalie Portman took place in the film by Luc Besson “Leon” (1994), where she played with Jean Reno. “Leon” brought young Natalie Portman worldwide fame and provided her with a fast-paced career. Next was “Fight” with Robert De Niro and Al Pacino. Then came the pictures: “Beautiful Girls” (1996) and “Mars Attacks!” (1996). In Woody Allen’s Everyone Says I Love You, Natalie Portman starred with Edward Norton, Drew Barrymore and Julia Roberts.
Natalie Portman tried her hand as a theater actress in the late 90s. She played the role of Anne in the Broadway production of The Diary of Anne Frank. In parallel with this, the shooting of the new Star Wars series – Episode One: The Phantom Menace, where Natalie Portman got the role of Queen Amidala – the future mother of Luke Skywalker and Princess Leia, took place. In 2002 and 2005, Portman starred in the second and third episodes of Star Wars.
This was followed by the shooting of the film “Anywhere But Here”, where Susan Sarandon also starred. Natalie Portman was nominated for a Golden Globe for this picture. The year 2000 was marked by the release of the painting “Where the Heart Is”. In it, Natalie Portman played an unexpectedly pregnant girl who is hiding in a supermarket. This was the first film where Natalie had to play a kiss scene. For her role, the actress received YoungStar Awards.
Later there was a picture “Proximity”, where Natalie brilliantly played the role of a stripper and was awarded the Golden Globe Award. In the same year, 2004, she starred in “Gardenland”, and then – in the film “V for Vendetta”, for the role in which she had to sacrifice her hair. In 2005, Natalie starred in the film “Free Zone” by Israeli film director Amos Gitai.
Over the past 12 years, Portman’s portfolio has added leading roles in more than 20 films. The most notable of these were Goya’s Ghosts (2006), The Other Boleyn Girl (2008), The Black Swan (2010) and about ten other films. She won an Oscar for her role in Black Swan. In 2015, in Cannes, Natalie presented her first film, A Tale of Love and Darkness, which she directed as a director.
In June 2011, Natalie became a mother, and in August 2012, she married the father of her son, Benjamin Millepied. In February 2017, their daughter was born.
Natalie Portman is a staunch supporter of the US Democratic Party, supported Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton in the elections, condemned the “racist” policies of the government of Benjamin Netanyahu. At the same time, Natalie repeatedly emphasized that she was and remains a patriot of Israel. She came to Israel during the years of the Al-Aqsa Intifada, immediately after the Second Lebanon War, filmed her film in Jerusalem in 2014 and presented it in the Israeli capital in the spring of 2015.
In April 2018, Natalie Portman announced that she was refusing to come to Israel to receive the Genesis Prize due to her disagreement with the policies of Benjamin Netanyahu.