natalie portman won an oscar for the movie black swan.
what movie did natalie portman win an oscar for?
black swan
portman played a young ballerina in darren aronofsky's 2010 film "black swan", a role of which critic kurt loder wrote: "portman gives one of her most compelling performances in this film, which is saying something." to prepare for the role, she went through five to eight hours of dance training each day for six months and lost . in 2011, she won the golden globe award, the academy award for best actress, and the screen actors guild award for outstanding performance by a female actor in a leading role. after portman's oscar win, controversy arose over who performed the bulk of the on-screen dancing in "black swan". sarah lane, one of portman's dancing doubles in the film, claimed that portman performed only about five percent of the full-body shots, adding that she was asked by the film's producers not to speak publicly about it during the oscar season. director aronofsky defended portman by issuing a statement insisting that portman performed 80 percent of the on-screen dancing in the movie. portman was trained by professional ballerina mary helen bowers for her role in the film and later wrote the foreword to bowers' book, "ballet beautiful".
natalie portman
following suit with the series' previous installments, the academy awards nominated "attack of the clones"' rob coleman, pablo helman, john knoll, and ben snow for best visual effects at the 2003 academy awards, but the award ultimately went to "". natalie portman was also honored at the teen choice awards, and the film received an award for best fight at the mtv movie awards. in contrast, the film also received seven nominations from the golden raspberry awards for worst picture, worst director (george lucas), worst screenplay (george lucas), worst supporting actor (hayden christensen), worst supporting actress (natalie portman), worst screen couple (hayden christensen and natalie portman) and worst remake or sequel. it took home two awards for worst screenplay (george lucas) and worst supporting actor (hayden christensen).
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