As a high school student, this woman co-authored the paper A Simple Method to Demonstrate the Enzymatic Production of Hydrogen from Sugar, which was good enough to get her semifinalist status at the Intel competition. She holds an AB in psychology from Harvard where she helped write "Frontal lobe activation during object permanence: data from near-infrared spectroscopy" and worked as a research assistant for some guy named Alan Dershowitz. She wasn't smart enough to avoid starring in the Star Wars prequel trilogy, but did miss the gala opening night of Episode I because she was studying for final exams. An outspoken supporter of Israel who has lectured on Israeli-Palestinian relations several times, identify this actress who got an Oscar nomination for playing a stripper in Closer and for sharing an imaginary and intense make-out session with Mila Kunis for her Oscar-winning role in Black Swan
Natalie Portman