She continued to act and dance through her school years, making regular television appearances from the age of 10.
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Actress Natalie Portman is the first person born in the 1980s to have won the Academy Award for Best Actress for 2010.
She has German, English, and Irish ancestry.
Later, she appeared in commercials for Jell-O, McDonald's, and Crayola.
Her father encouraged her early interest in theater during high school.