Natalie Portman Wants French Citizenship
Benjamin Millepied and Natalie Portman Image by Getty Images
By Anne Cohen September 10, 2013
For Natalie Portman, living life en francais just isn’t enough.
Now that she and her husband, Benjamin Millepied are moving to Paris — he just accepted a job with the Paris Opera Ballet — the “Black Swan” star told Madame Figaro magazine she’s considering applying for French citizenship.
“We’re looking for an apartment! Benjamin and I are moving in autumn 2014 when his job at the Paris Opera Ballet starts,” she said in the interview. “It’s obviously a massive change to quit Los Angeles for Paris. I don’t know what my life is going to be like, but I’m so excited. I don’t have the French nationality, but I would be love to get it. But I don’t know if it’s possible because I already have an American and an Israeli passport.”
But ever resourceful, the tribe’s pride and joy has a backup plan.”Perhaps I should add an ‘h’ to my name to make it sound more French,” she added. “Nathalie?””
We say oui oui!
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