Natalie Portman Launches Online Acting Master Class

Variety reports that Academy Award-winning actress Natalie Portman, will launch her first online class. The class, which costs $90 for unlimited actress, will feature advice and wisdom from Portman's 25-plus year career.

Portman's class will be available through online-education provider MasterClass (at masterclass.com/np). In the course, she shares her various approaches to acting including how to build a character map; how she researchers characters for both historical and fictional roles; how to work with a director; how she builds the "physicality and the consciousness" of each character; and how she defines THE VOICE and dialect nuances for different roles.

"Acting is a joyful experience. It's the act of empathy and play," Portman said in a statement. "You should be free to be creative, try new things and make mistakes. That is how I learned."

She continued, "In this class, I'm excited to share what I've pieced together over 25 years as an actress - things that have worked for me, things that I've seen work well for others, and tips I created to help myself."

Portman "approaches each role with a ferociousness and artistry that simply makes her one of the best actresses of her generation - and she's done it without formal training," MasterClass co-founder/CEO David Rogier said in a statement. "Her class dives into the craft in ways no other class has done."

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