9. Natalie Portman
Portman was a precocious 16-year-old when she was cast in The Phantom Menace, the Star Wars prequel. In 1999, she received a Golden Globe nomination for Best Supporting Actress in Anywhere but Here. After that, she returned to the Star Wars franchise by starring in two of its movies, one of which was the final prequel. The Closer (2004) earned her a Supporting Actress nomination by the Golden Globes and the Academy Awards. But a string of box-office duds followed, and it wasn’t until eight years later, in 2011, that Portman regained fame by starring in Black Swan, for which she won both the Golden Globe Award and the Academy Award for Best Actress. But it was downhill after that. Portman followed Black Swan by starring in films that no one ever saw, including No Strings Attached. Four years after winning the Oscar, Portman is nowhere to be found on the screen or on stage.
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