Number 17 - Natalie Portman
Born in Israel as Natalie Hershlag, the "spoiled only child in a Jewish family", Miss Portman moved here when she was three and since finding fame has been described as cold, bookish and nerdy. And yet beyond the brains – she left Harvard in 2003 with a degree in psychology – is a gorgeously impish actress who really knows her craft, and manages to look as good in second-hand Boho wear as she does in an Oscar gown. There's a big heart, too – Natalie Portman is active in a very big way with an organisation called Finca, which helps fund businesswomen in developing countries. But it's the likes of her pole-dancing in Closer for which she finds favor with FHM.
Born in Israel as Natalie Hershlag, the "spoiled only child in a Jewish family", Miss Portman moved here when she was three and since finding fame has been described as cold, bookish and nerdy. And yet beyond the brains – she left Harvard in 2003 with a degree in psychology – is a gorgeously impish actress who really knows her craft, and manages to look as good in second-hand Boho wear as she does in an Oscar gown. There's a big heart, too – Natalie Portman is active in a very big way with an organisation called Finca, which helps fund businesswomen in developing countries.
But it's the likes of her pole-dancing in Closer for which she finds favor with FHM.