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January 29, 2017

Natalie Portman’s Best Red-Carpet Moments

By Leah Rodriguez

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Somehow every role Natalie Portman touches turns into costume gold. Over 20 years after Leon: The Professional debuted, her character Mathilda’s punky beanie and choker is still a Halloween hit. Then there was her infamous wig as an exotic dancer in Closer. Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis is the latest iconic look she took on, in the biopic drama Jackie.

Portman once went bald in V for Vendetta, but in general, her personal style choices tend to be more modest. She’s often seen in white Dior, although this month she wore a playful Rodarte dress. See all of the actress’s best looks, including an array of strapless gowns, in our slideshow ahead.

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November 10, 2017 Where: At the 31st American Cinematheque Award Presentation in Los Angeles. What: Dress by Dior Haute Couture. Photo: Jo... November 10, 2017 Where: At the 31st American Cinematheque Award Presentation in Los Angeles. What: Dress by Dior Haute Couture. Photo: John Sciulli/Getty Images for American Cinema
July 19, 2017 Where: At the Dior For Love photocall. What: Dress by Dior. Photo: 2017 Jun Sato
July 3, 2017 Where: At the 'Christian Dior, couturier du reve' Exhibition Launch in Paris. Photo: Antonio de Moraes Barros Filho/WireImage
July 3, 2017 Where: At the Dior show during Paris Couture Week Fall/Winter 2017. What: Dress by Dior. Photo: Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images fo... July 3, 2017 Where: At the Dior show during Paris Couture Week Fall/Winter 2017. What: Dress by Dior. Photo: Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images for Christian Dior
January 29, 2017 Where: At the Screen Actors Guild Awards. Photo: Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images
January 8, 2017 Where: At the Golden Globe Awards. What: Dress by Prada.
January 2, 2017 Where: At The Palm Springs International Film Festival. Photo: Frazer Harrison/Getty Images
November 28, 2016 Where: At the Gotham Independent Film Awards in New York City. Photo: 2016 Roy Rochlin
November 14, 2016 Where: At the premiere of Jackie in Hollywood,  Photo: 2016 Gabriel Olsen
November 8, 2016 Where: At the 30th Israel Film Festival Anniversary Gala Awards Dinner in Beverly Hills.  Photo: 2016 JB Lacroix
November 6, 2016 Where: At the 20th Annual Hollywood Film Awards in Los Angeles.  Photo: 2016 Jeffrey Mayer
October 13, 2016 Where: At the 54th New York Film Festival 'Jackie' screening in New York.  Photo: 2016 Getty Images
September 10, 2016 Where: At the 'Planetarium' premiere during the 2016 Toronto International Film Festival in Toronto.  Photo: 2016 Getty ... September 10, 2016 Where: At the 'Planetarium' premiere during the 2016 Toronto International Film Festival in Toronto.  Photo: 2016 Getty Images
September 8, 2016 Where: At the premiere of 'Planetarium' during the 73rd Venice Film Festival in Venice.  Photo: 2016 Getty Images
 September 7, 2016 Where: At the premiere of 'Jackie' in Venice.  Photo: 2016 Venturelli
August 18, 2016 Where: At a discussion of her film 'A Tale Of Love And Darkness' in New York.  Photo: 2016 Daniel Zuchnik
January 27, 2016 Where: At the premiere of 'Jane Got A Gun' in New York.  Photo: 2016 Getty Images
January 27, 2016 Where: Filmin The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon in New York.  Photo: 2016 NBCUniversal Media, LLC
January 26, 2016 Where: At the closing night of the New York Jewish Film Festival in New York.  Photo: 2016 Getty Images
September 24, 2015 Where: At the Ballet National de Paris Opening Season Gala in Paris. Photo: 2015 Bertrand Rindoff Petroff
September 10, 2015 Where: At the 'A Tale Of Love And Darkness' premiere in Toronto. Photo: 2015 George Pimentel
September 9, 2015 Where: At the Toronto International Film Festival in Toronto.  Photo: 2015 George Pimentel
May 19, 2015 Where: At the De Grisogono party during the 68th annual Cannes Film Festival in Cap d'Antibes, France.  Photo: 2015 Venturelli
May 17, 2015 Where: At the palais des festivals in Cannes.  Photo: 2015 Pierre Suu
May 16, 2015 Where: At the 'A Tale Of Love And Darkness' Premiere in Cannes.  Photo: 2015 George Pimentel
May 13, 2015 Where: At the opening ceremony and premiere of 'La Tete Haute in Cannes.  Photo: 2015 Venturelli
May 5, 2015 Where: At UCLA Younes & Soraya Nazarian Center for Israel Studies 5th Annual Gala in Beverly Hills.  Photo: 2015 Allen Bere... May 5, 2015 Where: At UCLA Younes & Soraya Nazarian Center for Israel Studies 5th Annual Gala in Beverly Hills.  Photo: 2015 Allen Berezovsky
February 22, 2015 Where: At the Vanity Fair Oscar Party in California. Photo: 2015 Jon Kopaloff
February 8, 2015 Where: At the 'Knight of Cups' premiere during the 65th Berlinale International Film Festival in Berlin. Photo: 2015 Dominique ... February 8, 2015 Where: At the 'Knight of Cups' premiere during the 65th Berlinale International Film Festival in Berlin. Photo: 2015 Dominique Charriau
 January 24, 2016 Where: At the 'Jane Got A gun' Premiere in Paris.  Photo: 2016 Marc Piasecki
October 11, 2014 Where: At the Children's Hospital Los Angeles Gala Noche de Ninos in Los Angeles.  Photo: 2014 Amanda Edwards
September 23, 2014 Where: At the New York City Ballet 2014 Fall Gala in New York.  Photo: 2014 Rabbani and Solimene Photography
 June 22, 2014 Where: At the closing and award ceremony of 17th Shanghai International Film Festival in Shanghai. Photo: 2014 Visual China ...  June 22, 2014 Where: At the closing and award ceremony of 17th Shanghai International Film Festival in Shanghai. Photo: 2014 Visual China Group
June 19, 2014 Where: At the Miss Dior exhibition in Shanghai. Photo: This content is subject to copyright.
 November 12, 2013 Where: At the 'Esprit Dior, Miss Dior' Exhibition Opening at Grand Palais in Paris. Photo: 2013 Francois G. Durand
November 7, 2013 Where: Taping 'Late Night With Jimmy Fallon' in New York City Photo: 2013 Getty Images
November 6, 2013 Where: At a screening of 'Thor: The Dark World' in New York City. Photo: 2013 Getty Images
 October 27, 2013 Where: At the Thor: The Dark Kingdom premiere in Berlin. Photo: 2013 Franziska Krug
October 23, 2013 Where: At the 'Thor: The Dark World' Premiere event at Le Grand Rex in Paris. Photo: 2013 Getty Images
September 19, 2013 Where: At the New York City Ballet 2013 Fall Gala in New York City.  Photo: 2013 Getty Images
February 26, 2012 Where: On the red carpet during the 84th Academy Awards, Hollywood.  Photo: This content is subject to copyright.
January 15, 2012 Where: At the 69th Annual Golden Globe Awards in Beverly Hills. Photo: 2012 Steve Granitz
February 27, 2011 Where: At the 83rd Annual Academy Awards in Hollywood.  Photo: 2011 AFP
January 16, 2011 Where: At the 68th Annual Golden Globe Awards in Beverly Hills. Photo: 2011 Getty Images
September 13, 2010 Where: At the 'Black Swan' Premiere in Toronto. Photo: 2010 Getty Images
September 1,2010 Where: At the 'Black Swan' premiere during the Venice International Film Festival in Venice. Photo: 2010 Venturelli
Feb. 22, 2009 Where: At the 81st Academy Awards ceremony in California.  Photo: This content is subject to copyright.
May 22, 2008 Where: At amfAR's Cinema Against AIDS 2008 benefit in Cannes.  Photo: 2008 Daniele Venturelli
January 16, 2006 Where: At the Golden Globe after party in Beverly Hills.  Photo: 2006 Getty Images
May 16, 2005 Where: At the 2005 Cannes Film Festival in Cannes.  Photo: This content is subject to copyright.
May 16, 1999 Where: At the premiere of 'Star Wars The Phantom Menace' in New York. Photo: This content is subject to copyright.
October 7, 2002 Where: At the Americans for the Arts' Seventh Annual National Arts Awards in New York City. Photo: 2002 Ron Galella
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