Natalie Portman admits she is ‘constantly fighting’ being judged for her looks as she covers Harper’s Bazaar UK

Natalie Portman has opened up about what it feels like to be judged for her looks, as she graces the front cover of the latest issue of Harper’s Bazaar UK.

The actress looks amazing as she dazzles in a beige-coloured shirt, paired with red lipstick, for the front cover of the magazine’s September 2019 issue, whilst she sported a red dress in another image.

And she admitted that she is ‘constantly fighting’ against being valued for her looks.

‘As a woman, you are constantly fighting against only being valued for your looks, because it becomes a very tenuous thing, to be defined by the gaze of others, the opinion of others,’ she said.

‘And beauty is, by definition, ephemeral, it’s a thing that that you can’t trap in time, it’s a butterfly, it lives for a second. So to make a lifetime worthwhile and have meaning cannot rest on beauty…’

The 38-year-old also admitted that in the past she had been ‘socialised’ to believe that she was not actually angry, and just upset.

‘We’ve been socialised to believe that we’re not feeling angry – we’re feeling sad, we’re feeling upset.’

The actress is gearing up to release her latest movie, Lucy in the Sky, in which she stars as Lucy Cola, an intrepid astronaut.

When asked on the types of film roles she chooses, she revealed: ‘I just feel weird if I’m at work pretending to be a mom to some kid who’s not my kid. So I’ve been trying out wild experiences like being an astronaut or a pop star.’

The September issue of Harper’s Bazaar UK is on sale on Friday 2 August 2019.

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