N'oge ezumike oge okpomọkụ site na June ruo Septemba 2000, Portman gbara Star Wars: Episode II <unk> Attack of the Clones na Sydney, yana mmepụta ọzọ na London. Na July 2001, Portman mepere na New York City's Public Theater mmepụta nke Chekhov's The Seagull, nke Mike Nichols duziri; ọ rụrụ ọrụ nke Nina n'akụkụ Meryl Streep, Kevin Kline, na Philip Seymour Hoffman. Egwuregwu ahụ mepere na Delacorte Theater na Central Park. N'otu afọ ahụ, ọ bụ otu n'ime ndị a ma ama nke mere ọtụtụ cameo na 2001 ihe nkiri ihe nkiri Zoolander.
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