Natalie Portman says she was "sexualised" as a child actress.
The 'Black Swan' star began her career in the film industry when she was a teenager and she felt she was sexualised from that age but insists it was "not her doing" but "a part of her public identity".
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She told People magazine: "I know I was sexualised in the ways that I was photographed or portrayed, and that was not my doing. That becomes a part of your public identity."
The 37-year-old actress previously spoke of how she "felt the need to cover her body" to show she was "worth of safety and respect".