How old was Natalie Portman in Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace?

Have you ever watched a movie and found yourself curious about a celebrity’s age at the time? It reveals something about timing, talent, and opportunity. Here’s the age that matched the moment.

In the movie Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace, Natalie Portman was at the age of:

17 years old

Based on our estimate, that was the actual age of the celebrity at the time.

We calculated the age by referencing the first day of the year Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace was launched:

January 1, 1999

And the birth date of Natalie Portman:

June 09, 1981

Since movies usually don't take more than one year to be released since the beginning of the filming process, Natalie Portman may have been one year younger or one year older than the shown age while some scenes of the movie were being filmed.