Finish of an period. Natalie Portman and Benjamin Millepied finalized their divorce after separating in 2023. Reviews of infidelity loomed over the couple after Millepied was rumored to have an affair throughout the marriage.
A number of shops like Folks and Web page Six confirmed Portman and Millepied formally divorced in February 2024. The 2 filed for divorce in France, the place they reside with their two youngsters.
The couple met in 2010 on the set of the critically acclaimed Black Swan and had been married on August 4, 2012. They share two youngsters, son Aleph, born June 17, 2011, and daughter Amalia, born February 2, 2017. On their tenth wedding ceremony anniversary, Portman shared a tribute to her husband on Instagram, writing within the caption: “Ten years at this time @benjaminmillepied, and it retains getting higher…” On his personal Instagram Story, Millepied shared one other picture and wrote, “10 years at this time!” with a marriage ring emoji.
After Black Swan, Portman and Millepied collaborated once more on her 2018 movie Vox Lux. She instructed Folks on the time: “It was actually enjoyable as a result of I believe he is aware of me so nicely, and what my strengths and weaknesses are in dancing, that he was actually in a position to create choreography very seamlessly and rapidly as a result of we had little or no time,” she mentioned. “So it was very handy that he knew me so nicely and that he’s as gifted as he’s.” She continued, “It was enjoyable to get to observe him create as a result of I don’t typically watch him within the studio. Simply to see the convenience and the experience that he has, and naturally with completely different sorts of dance too, was actually, actually beautiful.”
When information of his affair broke in June 2023 regarding Millepied and Camille Étienne, a 25-year-old local weather activist, a number of sources instructed Us Weekly, that Portman initially thought the connection may very well be repaired. “Natalie believes Benjamin’s affair was a transient and silly liaison which means nothing to him,” mentioned the supply, including that Portman was “keen to see if she’s able to rebuilding her belief” in her husband to make sure that their children don’t “develop up in a damaged residence.”
Mates of Portman had been very supportive of the actress when the information broke. “It was initially actually robust for her, however her associates rallied round her and helped get her by way of the worst of it,” a supply near the couple instructed Folks. “Natalie is popping out of a extremely robust and painful 12 months however she’s come out the opposite aspect of it stronger and is discovering pleasure in her household, associates and work.”
