Playing America’s ultimate first lady

Natalie Portman tells Helen Barlow about her Oscar-tipped role as Jackie Kennedy in the days after JFK was killed.

Playing America’s ultimate first lady

IN Pablo Larrain’s new movie Jackie, Natalie Portman looks like and sounds like Jackie Kennedy. Yet the 35-year-old actress maintains she hardly resembles the former First Lady. It’s all part of the craft of filmmaking, she says.

“I don’t really think I look that much like her apart from being dark-haired and female. The hair and makeup and wardrobe all do a great deal. It was also an incredible combination of Pablo knowing exactly what he wanted and giving me a huge amount of freedom regarding what I could bring”, admits the actress, who after failing to win a Golden Globe on Sunday (the Hollywood Foreign Press chose Isabelle Huppert for the French film Elle) nevertheless looks set to take her second Oscar after winning for Black Swan.

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