# Tarantino's date at the Oscars **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 10, 2010, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tarantinos-date-at-the-oscars/531950 "2010-03-10T05:23:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2010, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tarantinos-date-at-the-oscars/531950/1 "2010-03-10T05:23:50Z")
Who was she? Looked a lot like Natalie Portman, but I couldn’t be sure. My Google-fu has failed me. Help! ---
**Author:** ![GilaB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8e7dd6/32.png) [@GilaB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GilaB)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2010, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tarantinos-date-at-the-oscars/531950/2 "2010-03-10T05:36:46Z")
[Diane Kruger](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1208167/). I don’t see the slightest resemblance to Natalie Portman, FWIW. ---
**Author:** ![Disheavel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e274bd/32.png) [@Disheavel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Disheavel)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2010, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tarantinos-date-at-the-oscars/531950/3 "2010-03-10T06:12:27Z")
I totally second the Natalie Portman resemblance. [Natalie Portman](http://kinganyi.files.wordpress.com/2009/02/natalie-portman-06.jpg?w=450&h=632) ---
**Author:** ![The\_Second\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbe5ce/32.png) [@The\_Second\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Second_Stone)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2010, 6:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tarantinos-date-at-the-oscars/531950/4 "2010-03-10T06:30:16Z")
German born Diane Kruger, Helen in the recent _Troy_, The spy against the Nazis in _Inglorious Basterds_, and in the _National Treasure_ movies played the museum curator who falls in love with the Nicholas Cage character. She is a native German speaker, but speaks unaccented American English too. ---
**Author:** ![Kyla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/eada6e/32.png) [@Kyla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyla)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2010, 6:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tarantinos-date-at-the-oscars/531950/5 "2010-03-10T06:40:01Z")
I thought she was dating Joshua Jackson? (I only know this thanks to the Fug Girls, who are obsessed with Joshua Jackson.) ---
**Author:** ![gaffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e68b1a/32.png) [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2010, 6:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tarantinos-date-at-the-oscars/531950/6 "2010-03-10T06:49:31Z")
When a star of a film accompanies the director of said film to an awards ceremony, is it necessarily a “date”? ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2010, 7:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tarantinos-date-at-the-oscars/531950/7 "2010-03-10T07:35:45Z")
I don’t think Kruger looks at all like Portman. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2010, 9:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tarantinos-date-at-the-oscars/531950/8 "2010-03-10T09:55:01Z")
> [@Kyla](#): > > I thought she was dating Joshua Jackson? I think she accompanied Tarantino because she was in his nominated film. ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2010, 11:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tarantinos-date-at-the-oscars/531950/9 "2010-03-10T11:30:29Z")
She looks like Portman to me. ---
**Author:** ![singular1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ba9def/32.png) [@singular1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/singular1)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2010, 11:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tarantinos-date-at-the-oscars/531950/10 "2010-03-10T11:58:43Z")
Put me solidly in the “doesn’t look a thing like her” camp. ---
**Author:** ![Rrose\_Selavy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bcef8e/32.png) [@Rrose\_Selavy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rrose_Selavy)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2010, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tarantinos-date-at-the-oscars/531950/11 "2010-03-10T14:08:38Z")
> [@Disheavel](#): > > I totally second the Natalie Portman resemblance. > > [Natalie Portman](http://kinganyi.files.wordpress.com/2009/02/natalie-portman-06.jpg?w=450&h=632) She looks la little like her in some of the pictures but not in others - depends on her make up/hair > **[Diane Kruger | Actress, Producer, Additional Crew](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1208167/)** > > Known for: Inglourious Basterds, In the Fade, National Treasure ---
**Author:** ![mack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mack)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2010, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tarantinos-date-at-the-oscars/531950/12 "2010-03-10T14:52:10Z")
I’m gonna go with generally, no, Diane Kruger doesn’t look anything like Natalie Portman, but w/r/t to Oscar pics I can see a resemblance. And WTF is with that gown? ---
**Author:** ![Rushgeekgirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rushgeekgirl/32/3715_2.png) [@Rushgeekgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rushgeekgirl)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2010, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tarantinos-date-at-the-oscars/531950/13 "2010-03-10T14:58:58Z")
They look like the same person in the photos provided here. Strange how people can see the same thing (or in this case, person) so differently. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2010, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tarantinos-date-at-the-oscars/531950/14 "2010-03-10T17:25:39Z")
Thanks, everybody. I remember her from the _National Treasure_ movies, in which I agree she looked nothing like Natalie Portman. In the Oscar telecast, though, for the few seconds in which she was shown, I thought there was a definite resemblance. ---
**Author:** ![smoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c5a1d2/32.png) [@smoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smoke)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2010, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tarantinos-date-at-the-oscars/531950/15 "2010-03-10T20:21:21Z")
I think she looks vaguely like a young Jennifer Jason Leigh. ---
**Author:** ![Hail\_Ants](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/dc4da7/32.png) [@Hail\_Ants](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hail_Ants)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2010, 8:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tarantinos-date-at-the-oscars/531950/16 "2010-03-11T08:12:57Z")
As someone who _still_ thinks both Portman and Jason Leigh are in the top 5 most beautiful girls in the world, I don’t think Kruger looks much like them. I _do_ however think Tarantino is looking more and more like wall-eyed Jack Elam! ---
**Author:** ![D18](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c57346/32.png) [@D18](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D18)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2010, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tarantinos-date-at-the-oscars/531950/17 "2010-03-11T17:45:24Z")
Am I the only one who doesn’t think she looks much like Bridget von Hammersmark, either? No, I’m not joking!