Natalie Portman and her ex-husband, Benjamin Millepied, met on the set of her film Black Swan in 2009.
“I think I was in, like, dreamland. So, it was pretty … it seemed pretty fun the whole time,” Portman said of getting to know Millepied during a June 2018 interview on Sirius XM’s Town Hall.
Portman thanked Millepied while accepting the Oscar for Best Actress for her performance in Black Swan in 2011. At the time, she and Millepied were engaged and expecting their first child together. The couple welcomed their son, Aleph, in June 2011, and went on to tie the knot in August 2012. Their daughter, Amalia, was born in 2017.
The two worked together again on the 2018 film Vox Lux, in which Portman starred as fictional pop star Celeste Montgomery. Millepied choreographed her dance scenes.
Five years later, Us Weekly confirmed that the pair had separated after 11 years of marriage. Their split news came shortly after rumors spread that Millepied had been unfaithful. Their divorce was finalized in March 2024.
Scroll through for a look back at Portman and Millepied’s love story over the years:
