I roto i te tau 1997, i tākaro Portman te tūranga o Anne Frank i roto i te whakatikatika Broadway o Te Diary o Anne Frank. Ko reira i muri i te 1996 o te Beautiful Girls e tupu Portman pōuri ki te farii i ngā tūranga i reira ko tona pūāhua ko te sexualized taiohi. I roto i te uiuiraa ki te Guardian, āhuatanga kaituhi Simon Hattenstone ui Portman ki te i mohio ia i te mea no te mea o ratou ko ia he "paedophile o te moe", i whakahoki Portman e "tūnga i te rota o toku kōwhiringa i muri i te 1999 iti ensemble kiriata Ataahua Girls Heart?... hanga wehi ahau i te reira e kore e tika ana ki te pakeke. "
mutunga o te tau 1999