Natalie Portman on the occasion of her birthday, Sunday June 9, 2024, she thanked her friends with a post on social media. The move comes after her divorce from husband Benjamin Millepied was finalized in February and the difficult time she’s been going through.

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“This year, on my birthday, I want to express my gratitude for my friends who lift me up again and again” wrote Portman in the caption of the post on her Instagram account, while sharing several snapshots with her loved ones from joint outings such as the afterparty of the Cannes Film Festival in 2023 and from the show presented by the house of Dior in Paris for the Fall- Winter 2023-2024.

In July 2023, Portman quietly filed for divorce from her director-choreographer partner after 11 years of marriage, People reports. The divorce was finalized seven months later in France, where the former couple lives with their children, 12-year-old Aleph and 7-year-old Amalia.