Natalie Portman arrives at the White House Correspondents Dinner

This clip is a panning wide shot of Natalie Portman arriving at the White House correspondentÕs dinner. She is wearing a black gown and there are some photographers taking pictures of her as she walks by. There are other people in the lobby area as she is walking by. Natalie Hershlag 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 LŽon, but major success came when she was cast as PadmŽ Amidala in the Star Wars prequel trilogy (released in 1999, 2002 and 2005). In 1999, she enrolled at Harvard University to study psychology while still working as an actress. She completed her bachelor's degree in 2003.