Natalie Portman: Daring Dress Symbolizes New Challenges For Vegan Actress, From Directing To ‘Jackie’ [Photos]
Natalie Portman got cheeky in a daring dress that displayed her derriere at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival. Making her directorial debut, Natalie showed off her charm along with her new film, reported the Huffington Post.
That film, A Tale of Love and Darkness, marked a new stage for Natalie as she unveiled it at Cannes. In addition to directing the film, she stars in it, too. It all prefaces her upcoming challenge of playing several new roles, including Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Gisburg in On The Basis of Sex and Jacqueline Kennedy in a biopic called Jackie about the days after the assassination of President John. F. Kennedy.
But that dress got all the attention on the red carpet at Cannes. How does Natalie maintain that sleek physique? Portman follows a plant-based diet, according to Yahoo.
A vegetarian for years, she became a vegan when she read author Jonathan Safran Foer’s book Eating Animals. To avoid fat, sugar, and salt, Natalie makes her own food.
“I cook a lot, and I even do vegan baking,” said Portman.
In addition, Natalie believes in the benefits of exercise, whether she’s going to the gym or hiking in the hills. But she doesn’t feel deprived.
“I like pleasure, I like joy. I’d never get to the point where I would starve or injure myself…I’m the opposite — when I’m hungry, I eat, and I always make sure I’m eating something delicious,” she said.
Portman also enjoys exercising with her family. She’s a loving mother and put her vegan diet on hold temporarily during her pregnancy, as the Inquisitr reported.
That meant adding in eggs and dairy to go from vegan to vegetarian.
“I actually went back to being vegetarian when I became pregnant, just because I felt like I wanted that stuff. I was listening to my body to have eggs and dairy and that sort of stuff,” she explained.
Other celebrity moms who followed Natalie’s lead were Carrie Underwood and Alicia Silverstone.
Carrie follows what she calls a practical vegan plan.
“With pregnancy, I am definitely going more on the vegetarian side,” explained Carrie. “As soon as I am not pregnant anymore, I will go back to being vegan.”
But Carrie is focusing on healthy eating rather than indulging in normally forbidden foods during the duration of her first pregnancy with husband Mike Fisher.
“I don’t think I am craving anything too crazy. I try to keep it as healthy as possible and try to take care of myself. And you know, putting good things in!”
[Photos by Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images; Andreas Rentz/Getty Images]
