Israeli People of Russian Origin - Natalie Portman, Avigdor Lieberman, Daniel Barenboim, Rafael Eitan, Motti Lerner, Moshe Novomeysky (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 38. Chapters: Natalie Portman, Avigdor Lieberman, Daniel Barenboim, Rafael Eitan, Motti Lerner, Moshe Novomeysky, Arcadi Gaydamak, Joseph Trumpeldor, Sergei Sakhnovski, Ida Nudel, Yitzhak Sadeh, Leonid Nevzlin, Hans Jakob Polotsky, Dahlia Ravikovitch, Aharon Shulov, Dov Gazit, Keren Ann, Rudolf Barshai, Dalia Dorner, Leonid Yudasin, Eli Marom, Anastasia Michaeli, Daliah Lavi, Nina Brosh, Julia Shapiro, Boris Tsirelson, Ivry Gitlis, Evgenia Linetskaya, Georgy Adelson-Velsky, Liat Ron. Excerpt: Natalie Hershlag (Hebrew: born June 9, 1981), better known by her stage name Natalie Portman, is an actress with dual American and Israeli citizenship. Her first role was as an orphan taken in by a hitman in the 1994 French action film Leon, but major success came when she was cast as Padme Amidala in the Star Wars prequel trilogy. In 1999, she enrolled at Harvard University to study psychology while still working as an actress. She completed her bachelor's degree in 2003. In 2001, Portman opened in New York City's Public Theater production of Anton Chekhov's The Seagull. In 2005, Portman received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress as well as winning the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress - Motion Picture for the drama Closer. She won a Constellation Award for Best Female Performance, and a Saturn Award for Best Actress for her starring role in V for Vendetta (2006). She played leading roles in the historical dramas Goya's Ghosts (2006) and The Other Boleyn Girl (2008). In May 2008, she served as the youngest member of the 61st Annual Cannes Film Festival jury. Portman's directorial debut, Eve, opened the 65th Venice International Film Festival's shorts competition in 2008. In 2011, Portman won the Academy Award, the Golden Globe Award, the Screen Actors Guild Award, and the BAFTA Award for her lead...