The Natalie Portman pregnancy is now in its final stretch, but the actor is keeping the same boundary she has maintained for years: sharing the meaningful parts without turning her family into a public production.
As of July 30, no credible outlet had reported that Portman had given birth. One day earlier, she posted a late-pregnancy portrait with the caption, “Counting the days until we meet you.” The baby will be her third child, French musician Tanguy Destable’s third, and their first together.
Portman announced the pregnancy in an April interview with Harper’s Bazaar. Her representative, Keleigh Morgan, separately confirmed the news to both the Associated Press and Reuters but provided no due date or additional details.
“Tanguy and I are very excited,” Portman said. “I’m just very grateful. I know it’s such a privilege and a miracle.”
How Portman is approaching pregnancy at 45
Portman was 44 when the pregnancy became public on April 17 and turned 45 on June 9. She said she had “more energy than I thought I might” and was spending much of her time with her children, which she described as “always the best.”
She also noted one small difference between pregnancy expectations in France and the United States. “In France, they consider full-term to be 41 weeks rather than 40, so I guess I get an extra week to be pregnant this time around,” she told Harper’s Bazaar.
The actor said she believes this will probably be her final pregnancy, giving the waiting period additional emotional weight. “There’s a calm and knowing myself: who I want to spend time with, what kind of energy I want around me that makes the experience so beautiful every day,” she said. “And knowing it’s probably the last time, I cherish every moment.”
Destable offered his own brief response to French newspaper Le Télégramme on April 20: “We are very happy.” It was concise, but not every family announcement requires a press conference.
Their baby will join a blended family of five children
Portman shares two children with her former husband, French choreographer Benjamin Millepied:
- Aleph, born in 2011
- Amalia, born in 2017
Destable also has two sons with French actor Louise Bourgoin:
- Étienne, born in 2016
- Vadim, born in 2020
The new arrival will therefore make five children across the couple’s blended family. Portman has spoken warmly about watching children develop their own personalities, even while keeping Aleph and Amalia away from the more intrusive parts of public life.
“My kids are always a source of excitement, because you just see them develop into the individuals they are,” she told Interview in 2025. She added that she had been spending time with friends and their children, giving her family a social life that sounds notably ordinary by celebrity standards.
That normality appears intentional. People, citing an unnamed industry source, reported that Portman lives with Aleph and Amalia in Paris and has built a “normal Parisian life.” The source also described her French as confident, useful in a city that rarely adjusts itself for anyone, Oscar included.
Who is Tanguy Destable?
Destable is an electronic musician and producer from Morlaix, France, who performs under the name Tepr. His work includes collaborations with Yelle and Woodkid, and he appeared during the 2016 Rio Olympics.
Portman and Destable were first publicly linked in March 2025 after the French magazine Voici reported on their relationship. They largely avoided discussing it publicly until the pregnancy announcement the following year.
The relationship developed after a major transition in Portman’s personal life. Her divorce from Millepied was finalized in March 2024 after she filed the previous summer. The former couple met while making Black Swan in 2010, when Millepied worked as a choreographer on the film. Portman was pregnant with Aleph during the awards season in which her performance earned her the Academy Award and other major honors.
Since the divorce, she has divided her time between Paris and Los Angeles. In a February 2024 interview with Vanity Fair, Portman called living in Paris “just a dream” and said she felt fortunate to have an active city life and close friends around her.
Paris life has remained busy, not hidden
Portman’s recent public posts have offered selected glimpses of that life. A June birthday trip to Italy included museums and pasta, while a May post documented visits to the Picasso Museum, the Grand Palais and the Fondation Louis Vuitton.
She also recently visited Disneyland Paris after the opening of its World of Frozen, thanking the park for “an unforgettable day in Arendelle.” Aleph and Amalia did not appear in her photograph with Minnie Mouse, consistent with her longstanding refusal to use her children as public content.
In July, Portman and Destable also vacationed in Positano, according to NataliePortman.com. The trip came as she moved closer to her due date, though her publicist has declined to say when the baby is expected.
Portman has explained that her privacy is partly practical. “My work demands me to be believable, so the less people know about me personally the better,” she told The Guardian in July 2024.
She later told Interview that she created clear limits early in her career, including a rule against photo shoots with her children. The approach allows her to discuss motherhood without making her children participants in the publicity cycle.
Her producing work is continuing
Pregnancy has not placed Portman’s career entirely on pause. She had already completed her next films before entering the final months, and her production company, MountainA, remains active.
Portman and producing partner Sophie Mas are developing an adaptation of Jeff VanderMeer’s short story “Constellations.” The project adds to her work behind the camera and signals that her professional plans are continuing alongside preparations for the baby.
Portman has said the roles she chooses can reflect what is happening privately, though not always in an obvious way. Emotionally difficult material is easier when her personal life is calm, she explained, while harder periods can make her seek “joy and lightness and humor” in her work.
For now, her focus appears to be closer to home. She is also approaching parenting with less faith in manuals and more confidence in experience.
“You figure it out,” Portman told Harper’s Bazaar. “We’re going to make lots of mistakes, no matter how hard we try. And also, we’re going to do a lot right without having to do research. I feel like if you’re just present and loving, that’s the best thing possible.”
