A shekara ta 1997, Portman ta taka rawar Anne Frank a cikin wani Broadway adaption na The Diary of Anne Frank. A bayan 1996 ta Beautiful Girls cewa Portman girma m yarda da matsayin inda ta hali ne a sexualized matasa. A wata hira da The Guardian, fasalin marubucin Simon Hattenstone ya tambayi Portman idan ta kasance sane da cewa saboda su ta kasance "ba wani paedophile ta mafarki", wanda Portman ya amsa da cewa shi ne "dictated mai yawa na zabi bayan da kananan gungu film Beautiful Girls garnered muhimmanci acclaim. Ta kasance ta farko da zabi yi wasa Juliet a William Shakespeare ta Romeo + Juliet, amma masana'antun ji ta shekaru ba su dace. A 1997, Portman taka rawar da Anne Frank a wani Broadway adaption na The Diary of Anne Frank. A wata hira da The Guardian, fasalin marubuci Simon Hattenstone ya tambayi Portman idan ta kasance sane da cewa saboda su ta kasance "ba wani paedophile ta mafarki", wanda Portman ya amsa da cewa shi ne "dictated mai yawa na ta zabi bayan da kananan gungu fim Beautiful Girls?... shi ya sa ni ji tsoro na farko zabi yi wasa Juliet.
Ƙarshen 1999