Duba wurin da ke ƙasa sannan ka amsa tambayar daga baya a cikin harshe ɗaya kamar yadda wurin yake:  Passage: A tsakiyar shekarun 1990, Portman yana da rawar fim da yawa, gami da Heat, Kowa ya ce ina son ku, da Mars Attacks!. Ayyukanta a cikin ƙaramin fim ɗin 'yan mata masu kyau sun sami babban yabo. Ita ce zaɓaɓɓen farko don yin Juliet a cikin Romeo + Juliet na William Shakespeare, amma masu samarwa sun ji shekarunta ba ta dace ba. A cikin 1997, Portman ta taka rawar Anne Frank a cikin gyare-gyaren Broadway na The Diary of Anne Frank. Bayan 'Yan mata masu kyau na 1996 ne Portman ta yi jinkirin karɓar matsayin inda halayenta ta kasance matashi mai jima'i. A wata hira da jaridar The Guardian, marubucin fasalin Simon Hattenstone ya tambayi Portman ko ta san cewa saboda su ta kasance "mafarkin 'yan luwadi", wanda Portman ya amsa cewa hakan "ya tilasta min zabi da yawa daga baya'saboda ya tsoratar da ni... ya sa na yi jinkirin yin abubuwa masu ban sha'awa, musamman lokacin da nake saurayi. "Har ila yau, a cikin 1997, an zaɓi Portman a matsayin Padmé Amidala a cikin Star Wars prequel trilogy. Fim na farko, The Phantom Menace, ya fara yin fim a watan Yunin 1997 kuma an buɗe shi a watan Mayu na 1999. Bayan samar da The Phantom Menace, da farko ta ƙi jagorantar rawar a cikin fim din ko'ina amma a nan bayan ta koyi cewa zai ƙunshi yanayin jima'i, amma darektan Wayne Wang da 'yar wasan kwaikwayo Susan Sarandon (wacce ta taka rawar mahaifiyar Portman a fim din) sun bukaci sake rubuta rubutun. An nuna wa Portman wani sabon zane, kuma ta yanke shawarar karɓar rawar. Fim din ya buɗe a ƙarshen 1999, kuma ta sami lambar yabo ta Golden Globe don Kyauta Mafi Kyawun Mataimakiyar Mata don rawar da ta taka a matsayin Ann Agusta. Mai sukar Mary Elizabeth Williams na Salon ya kira Portman "mai ban mamaki" kuma ya ce "[u] unlike any number of actresses her age, she's neither too maudlin nor too plucky". Daga nan sai ta sanya hannu don taka rawa a matsayin mahaifiyar matashi a inda Zuciya take, wanda aka buɗe a watan Afrilu na 2000.  Tambaya: Yaushe ne aka fara fito da fim ɗin Phantom Menace a ofishin akwatin gidan?
Ƙarshen 1999