Home of stars: Natalie Portman and her French husband, their hidden villa in Los Angeles that they abandon

It was a move that made people talk. When Natalie Portman and Benjamin Millepied decide to make their cards it must be said that it is necessarily under the spotlight. Especially when it is not a question for the couple of going from one street to another of Los Angeles but rather of returning to France. Life in the City of Angels has necessarily had its share of joys but also more painful moments for the clan of Natalie Portman and Benjamin Millepied. In particular for their two children (Aleph, 12 years old and Amalia, 6 years old), as revealed by the choreographer. “By its geography, Los Angeles lonely people. (…) When the children grow up, they cannot have their independence because they are very dependent on the car. For my 11 year old son, it was starting to be hard. All that gave me the blues and with my wife, we said ‘let’s go home’. This return is a real family project“, he explained to Paris Match.

And yet, appearances are sometimes deceiving. Because when you admire the house inhabited by the Israeli-American actress and her French husband in Los Angeles, it’s hard to imagine moments other than paradise. Their villa was located in Los Feliz, an incredible gothic style mansion with 4 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms bought for 3.25 million dollars in 2009. Very discreet, it is difficult to see it through the vegetation. Natalie Portman and Benjamin Millepied have been neighbors across the street from actress Angelina Jolie in the exclusive gated community of Los Feliz which is also home to Kristen Stewart and Casey Affleck. The couple haven’t spent much time here in recent years, however, as the actress of Leon has been in Australia during the pandemic, while on the set of Thor: Love and Thunder. Also suffering from his eternal status as “husband of Natalie Portman”, Benjamin Millepied must also be relieved to be back in Paris.

serial dramas

It must be said that the small family has rather suffered from various dramas experienced in recent months, in particular due to firearms: “First there was a shooting in the parking lot of my company which lasted for hours (…). It was very violent. Within two months we had a false alarm at my daughter’s school and there was a murder in the parking lot of my son’s school“, said the choreographer and former director of the Paris Opera, and director of Carmencurrently in theaters.