In the midst of a literary storm over Rachel Cusk's new novel, Life of M, in which the author destroys Natalie Portman (Jerusalem, 45 years old) without naming her, the actress has become a mother for the third time. As confirmed by a source to People magazine, the interpreter gave birth last August in Paris. At the moment, the sex of the baby or when it came into the world is unknown. This is the third child for her, the first she has with her current partner, the music producer Tanguy Destable, known artistically as Tepr (46 years old). A pregnancy that the Oscar-winning star announced in an exclusive to Harper's Bazaar magazine, to which she said she was "very grateful." “I know it is a privilege and a miracle,” he added.
The birth comes two years after Portman's divorce from her first husband and father of her two oldest children, choreographer Benjamin Millepied, was confirmed in March 2024, after months of rumors. Portman and Millepied met during the filming of Black Swan, the psychological thriller about the world of dance directed by Darren Aronofsky, in which the dancer worked as a choreographer. In December 2010, People magazine announced their engagement and that they were expecting their first child together; She was 29 years old and had relationships with actors Lukas Haas and Gael García Bernal, as well as the Venezuelan-American singer Devendra Banhart.
Portman's first pregnancy with Tanguy Destable, who creates music for films, video games and fashion shows, became known on April 17, through the aforementioned interview with Harper's Bazaar. Since then, the Instagram profile of the Thor or Closer actress, in which she has accumulated 9.3 million followers, is an updated diary of how she has spent this last pregnancy, from a visit to Disneyland Paris at the end of June, in which she is seen in a photo with Minnie, to a photo with friends from the beginning of July - where her belly is already well appreciated - and the last, a snapshot published on July 29, in which she poses on a bright balcony while looking at her belly. Next to her, Portman writes next to a heart: “Counting the days until we meet.”
The relationship between the couple has been known for just over a year, when it was aired in the French press. Since then both, following Portman's style, have worn it discreetly. There has not been an official posing as a couple on any red carpet nor do they compare images together on their respective social networks. In her interview with the magazine, the interpreter also said that this will, "probably," be her last child: "There is a serenity and a knowledge of myself—knowing who I want to spend time with, what kind of energy I want around me—that makes the experience very beautiful, day after day. And, knowing that it will probably be the last time, I enjoy every moment."
During her first pregnancy, the performer proudly showed off her belly on the red carpets of the main awards ceremonies, including the Golden Globe and the Oscar for best actress that she received in 2011 for Black Swan. When picking up the latter, the actress, then five months pregnant, referred to Millepied—who also has a small role in the film—as her “beautiful love” and thanked him for having offered her the most important role of her life, “that of mother.” On June 14 of that same year she gave birth to her son Aleph Portman Millepied, who is currently a 15-year-old teenager.
A year after this birth, on August 6, 2012, the couple married in an intimate ceremony in Big Sur, California, of which very few details were made public, such as that only about 60 guests attended, that it was held at eight in the afternoon and that they were married by the Jewish rite. Shortly before, in one of their last public appearances during the 2012 Oscars, both wore rings that were seen as marriage alliances, although it ultimately turned out to be a hasty conclusion. As published by US Weekly, jeweler Jamie Wolf was in charge of designing the wedding rings, made with recycled platinum and diamonds.
Later, in January 2014, it was learned that Millepied would embrace Judaism, as Portman already did, who practices it openly, not orthodox, but making a flag with details such as, for example, choosing the name of her son Aleph, the first letter of the Hebrew alphabet, in reference to "the first." On September 9, 2016, it was learned that the couple was expecting their second child; a girl they called Amalia Portman Millepied, born on February 22, 2017. This birth was the reason why Portman canceled at the last minute her presence on February 26 at the Oscar ceremony, for which she was nominated as best actress for the film Jackie, by Chilean filmmaker Pablo Larraín.
