She made her film debut in Luc Besson's action thriller Léon: The Professional, which starred her as the young protégée of a hitman.
Three years later, her supporting role as the precocious, responsible daughter of a narcissistic mother played by Susan Sarandon in the drama Anywhere but Here earned Portman her first Golden Globe Award nomination.
[7][8][9] Two years later Portman portrayed vigilante Evey Hammond in the political thriller V for Vendetta for which she won the Saturn Award for Best Actress.
In the same year, Portman also played Jane Foster, the titular superhero's scientist girlfriend in Thor.
[16][17] In 2018, Portman starred in the science fiction horror film Annihilation, and the drama Vox Lux.