Before she was Padmé, Natalie Portman got her start acting in a rather controversial role in the 1994 action-drama Léon: The Professional. Portman, who was just 12 years old at the time, starred ...

Mathilda: I don't wanna lose you, Leon. Léon: You're not going to lose me. You've given me a taste for life. I wanna be happy. Sleep in a bed, have roots. And you'll never be alone again, Mathilda.

Natalie Portman has reflected on her debut role in Léon: The Professional, referring to the film as "cringey".

But many forget that Portman’s acting career was kickstarted in none other than Léon: The Professional where she embodied the role of the precocious yet charming Mathilda.

Natalie Portman’s parents were completely against her playing Mathilda. In the original script, Léon accidentally walks in on Mathilda while she’s in the shower.

Natalie Portman, in Luc Besson’s French film Leon: The Professional, played the role of a young Lolita figure named Mathilda, who was in the movie shown in costumes apparently inspired by ...

It’s 30 years later. Is it too late for a The Professional sequel starring Natalie Portman as Mathilda? Luc Besson ’s Controversial Masterpiece Luc Besson is, without a doubt, one of the most ...

Zoe Saldaña's spiritual sequel to 'Léon' is 2011's 'Colombiana,' which began life as a sequel entitled 'Mathilda' that followed Natalie Portman's character.

This stars Jean Reno as Léon, Natalie Portman as Mathilda, Gary Oldman, Danny Aiello, Michael Badalucco, & Ellen Greene. I always like the little plant she has.

Léon (Jean Reno) is an Italian-American assassin who lives in the Little Italy neighborhood of New York City. He takes in 12-year-old Mathilda Lando (Natalie Portman), who comes from a dysfunctional ...