The actress, who is tipped to win an Oscar next week to accompany her Bafta, Golden Globe and Screen Actors Guild award for Black Swan, was seen strolling around Manhattan with her fiancé Benjamin Millepied.
The Oscar nominee was looking far from glamorous during award season though, and dressed down in tracksuit bottoms, trainers and a modest winter coat.
Expecting couple: Pregnant Natalie Portman walked hand in hand with her fiance Benjamin Millepied around New York City
The 29-year-old tried to stay incognito in aviator sunglasses as she walked hand in hand with her choreographer beau Benjamin, 33.
Natalie did glam-up to receive her Golden Globe award last month but the beauty recently admitted that she dreads red carpet events because she becomes paranoid that she’ll trip in front of paparazzi.
‘There’s so much going on, I’ll just try and not trip at any point! I’m trying to protect my future child’, she said.
Director Darren Aronofsky accepted Natalie’s Bafta for her on Sunday night, who said she ‘shared her heart and soul and spirit with me and the world.’
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Her portrayal of the lead ballerina in Swan Lake, who starts to lose her mind, has taken the award season by storm but the star seems to be struggling to attend events during her pregnancy.
Natalie is expecting her first child this summer and seems to be making the most of having time off work following her gruelling role in the psychological thriller.
To prepare for the role, she dropped 20 pounds and trained up to 16 hours a day to become a convincing ballerina.
Hollywood glamour: Natalie wasn't able to pick up her Bafta Award for Best Actress in London due to her pregnancy but is expected to attend the Oscars next week
She has said the entire experience had been one of the most difficult things she has ever experienced and said: ‘I was almost Method acting without intending to.
‘I do wonder now how people can do this kind of role when they have a family.’
The star is expected to attend the Academy Awards next Sunday, where she will be up against Annette Bening, Nicole Kidman, Jennifer Lawrence and Michelle Williams for best actress in a leading role.
Winner: The actress showed off maternity glamour at the Golden Globe Awards in Los Angeles last month http://nataliaportman.blogspot.com/
Understandable! She wants to focus on being a mom!
Natalie Portman has reportedly been offered her first post-baby role as the lead in the film Adaline, which centers on a woman who becomes ageless after being in an accident in the early 1990s, but her rep just confirmed that ultimately, the actress chose to turn it down!
We're not too surprised!
Didn't she go as far as to claim recently that she might give up the industry entirely to start a 
As sad as we would be to see her go, we do have to commend her - she's already accomplished so much!
