Natalie Portman Reveals the Family Discovery She Made While Working on 'Lady in the Lake'
Natalie Portman is ready for the world to see her new Apple TV+ series Lady in the Lake!
The Oscar-winning actress attended the premiere of the show alongside co-star Moses Ingram on Thursday night (July 11) at the Museum of Arts and Design in New York City.
Also in attendance were co-stars Y’lan Noel, Mikey Madison, Sean Ringgold, Noah Jupe, Byron Bowers, Selema Masekela, Josiah Cross, Ronnie Gene Blevins, Samir Royal, and Dylan Arnold, as well as director Alma Ha’rel.
The first two episodes of Lady in the Lake will debut on Apple TV+ on Friday, July 19.
During a new interview, Natalie talked about the discovery that she made while working on the show, which takes place in Baltimore.
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“I don’t like to compare myself to my characters. I always try to explore something different from what I am in my real life,” Natalie told People. “But something that was really different for this was that my grandmother was in her 40s during the 1960s, and she was originally from Baltimore — where this is set — in the Jewish community. I really got to explore what her life might have been like, what challenges she might have faced, what feelings she might have been frustrated by. And so that was really amazing to imagine.”
Natalie made a discovery there.
“I was actually doing a family tree for my mom’s birthday at the same time, and it was so wild to discover the immigration papers of my great-grandparents coming from Eastern Europe to Baltimore, to find census records that were where they lived in Baltimore and then be walking those streets,” she added. “There’s a Jewish deli there that’s been open for like 100 years — walking in and thinking my great-grandmother walked in here. I never really had that connection to place because my family was in a different city every generation, often different country every generation, so it was really wild to feel that for the first time.”
Make sure to watch the trailer for the new series!
FYI: Natalie is wearing a Dior dress and Effy jewelry. Moses is wearing a Harbison Studio dress.