natalie portman played padmé amidala in phantom menace.
natalie portman played padmé amidala in phantom menace.
who does natalie portman play in phantom menace?
padmé amidala
also in 1997, portman was cast as padmé amidala in the "star wars" prequel trilogy. the first film, "the phantom menace", began filming in june 1997 and opened in may 1999. following production on "the phantom menace", she initially turned down a lead role in the film "anywhere but here" after learning it would involve a sex scene, but director wayne wang and actress susan sarandon (who played portman's mother in the film) demanded a rewrite of the script. portman was shown a new draft, and she decided to accept the role. the film opened in late 1999, and she received a golden globe nomination for best supporting actress for her role as ann august. critic mary elizabeth williams of "salon" called portman "astonishing" and said that "[u]nlike any number of actresses her age, she's neither too maudlin nor too plucky." she then signed on to play the lead role of a teenage mother in "where the heart is", which opened in april 2000.
natalie portman
"the phantom menace" was nominated for three academy awards: best sound effects editing, best visual effects, and best sound (gary rydstrom, tom johnson, shawn murphy and john midgley); all of which went to "the matrix". the film won saturn awards for best costumes and best special effects, the mtv movie award for best action scene, and a young artist award for jake lloyd's performance. it was also nominated foramong othersthe baftas for visual effects and sound, and the grammy award for best score soundtrack for visual media. the film did however receive seven golden raspberry award (razzie) nominations for worst picture, worst director, worst screenplay, worst supporting actor (jake lloyd as anakin), worst supporting actress (sofia coppola as saché), worst screen couple (jake lloyd and natalie portman), and jar jar binks actor ahmed best won the worst supporting actor category.
star wars: episode i – the phantom menace