Amidala ta fara fitowa a fim a cikin The Phantom Menace. An gabatar da ita a matsayin sabon zaɓaɓɓen sarauniyar mai shekaru 14 na Naboo, wanda aka keɓe don kawo ƙarshen mamayar duniyar ta Tarayyar Kasuwanci. Ta yi ƙoƙari ta yi hulɗa kai tsaye tare da Mataimakin Tarayyar Nute Gunray, wanda ke ƙoƙarin tilasta mata ta sanya hannu kan wata yarjejeniya da za ta ba da izinin mamayar Tarayyar Kasuwanci na Naboo, duniyarta. Padmé ya tsere daga Naboo tare da taimakon Jedi Master Qui-Gon Jinn da Padawan Obi-Wan Kenobi, amma an tilasta su sauka a cikin hamada na Tatooine. Da aka ɓoye a matsayin bawa, Padmé ta sadu da bawa mai shekaru tara mai suna Anakin Skywalker da mahaifiyarsa Anakin Shmi. Ta ba da kyautar da aka zana a kan wuyan fata.
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