Natalie Portman to play Jackie Kennedy in new biopic

AN Oscar-winning actress has been tapped to play Jackie Kennedy in a new biopic which takes place in the days after JFK’s assassination.

US-Israeli actress and director Natalie Portman smiles as she arrives for the opening ceremony of the 68th Cannes Film Festival in Cannes, southeastern France, on May 13, 2015. AFP PHOTO / ANNE-CHRISTINE POUJOULAT

NATALIE Portman is teaming up with Darren Aronofsky, the man who directed her to an Oscar in Black Swan, to star as former US First Lady Jackie Kennedy in a new biopic.

Deadline reports that Portman will play Kennedy in a film which focuses on the first four days after her husband John F. Kennedy’s assassination in Dallas.

Winning team ... Director Darren Aronofsky and Natalie Portman helped Black Swan come to life. Picture: Supplied

The film, entitled Jackie, is set to be directed by Chilean Pablo Larrain and produced by Aronofsky.

Portman follows a number of other actresses who have played Jackie Kennedy, but none have really been able to capture the former First Lady’s persona.

Not quite right ... Katie Holmes as Jacqueline Kennedy and Greg Kinnear as John F. Kennedy in The Kennedys miniseries. Picture: Supplied

Katie Holmes tried her best in the film, The Kennedys, opposite Greg Kinnear’s JFK. Jaclyn Smith played Kennedy in a 1981 telemovie, while Jacqueline Bisset took the role in the 1978 film The Greek Tycoon.

Glamorous ... Jacqueline (Jackie) Kennedy Onassis in 1989. Picture: Supplied

Portman, who took a break from acting after her Oscar win, has a number of films coming out this year including two Tererence Malick movies Knight of Cups and Weightless, Jane Got a Gun with Ewan McGregor and Planetarium with Johnny Depp’s daughter, Lily Rose Depp.

Originally published as Natalie Portman to play Jackie Kennedy in new biopic