A cikin wata hira da mujallar, Portman ta ce ta "daban daga sauran yara. Na kasance mafi m. Na san abin da nake so da abin da nake so, kuma na yi aiki sosai. Ni yaro ne mai matukar damuwa. " A lokacin hutun makaranta, Portman ya halarci sansanonin 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 a wasan kwaikwayo na makaranta. An zabi Portman da kuma dan wasan kwaikwayo na gaba na pop Britney Spears a matsayin Laura Bundy.
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