Natalie Portman made her big-screen debut in Léon: The Professional when she was 12 years old. She’s 41 now, and the Oscar winner has a different perspective on making the action-thriller now than she ...

The 1994 film, helmed by Luc Besson, stars Portman as a young orphan who was mentored by a professional hitman (Jean Reno) after her family is murdered. Portman was 11 years old when she was cast in ...

Before she was Padmé, Natalie Portman got her start acting in a rather controversial role in the 1994 action-drama Léon: The Professional. Portman, who was just 12 years old at the time, starred ...

At a sold-out masterclass during this year’s Lumière Film Festival, guest of honour Natalie Portman shared her experiences of ...

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The Oscar winner shot to fame after starring in 'Léon: The Professional' at age 13 Bailey Richards is a writer-reporter at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2023 and interned with the brand ...

Hollywood star Natalie Portman, who is known for ‘V for Vendetta’, ‘Black Swan’, ‘Leon: The Professional’, and others, is ...

Natalie Portman has reflected on her role in Léon, which led to her being “sexualised” as a child. The actor made her debut in the Luc Besson film when she was 13, playing Mathilde, a young girl taken ...