Duba wurin da ke ƙasa sannan ka amsa tambayar daga baya a cikin harshe ɗaya kamar yadda wurin yake:  Passage: Portman ya fara darussan rawa yana da shekara hudu kuma ya yi aiki a cikin ƙungiyoyi na gida. A lokacin da take da shekaru 10, wani wakilin Revlon ya nemi ta zama yarinya samfurin, amma ta ƙi wannan tayin don mai da hankali kan wasan kwaikwayo. A cikin wata hira da mujallar, Portman ya ce ta "daban daga sauran yara. Na kasance mai son zuciya. Na san abin da nake so da kuma abin da nake so, kuma na yi aiki tuƙuru. Ni yaro ne mai hankali". A lokacin hutun makaranta, Portman ya halarci sansanin wasan kwaikwayo. Lokacin da take 'yar shekara 10, Portman ta yi gwaji don wasan kwaikwayon Broadway na 1992 Ruthless!, wani wasan kwaikwayo game da yarinyar da ke shirye don yin kisan kai don samun jagorancin wasan kwaikwayo a makaranta. An zabi Portman da tauraruwar pop ta gaba Britney Spears a matsayin mataimakan tauraruwar Laura Bell Bundy. A cikin 1993, ta yi gwaji don rawar da yarinya maraya ta yi abokantaka da wani ɗan shekara mai shekaru (wanda Jean Reno ya buga) a cikin fim ɗin Luc Besson, Léon: The Professional. Ba da daɗewa ba bayan samun rawar, ta ɗauki sunan budurwar mahaifiyarta, "Portman", a matsayin sunan ta na wasan kwaikwayo don kare sirrin sirri da kuma kare asalin iyalinta. Léon: Kwararren ya buɗe a cikin 1994, yana nuna farkon fim ɗin ta.  Tambaya: Waɗanne kalmomi biyu suka fi kwatanta yadda Portman ya yi aiki?
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