Natalie Portman's always ready for the big screen!
Here's a 15-year-old version of the Academy Award-winning actress for the film "Black Swan" at a movie premiere back in 1996 (left) and 22 years later ... the Harvard graduate -- who celebrated her 37th birthday earlier this week -- looking dolled up at a music festival in Boston last month (right).
Beauty and brains.
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