--- title: Natalie Portman Honors Female Directors at 2020 Oscars description: Natalie Portman paid tribute to snubbed female directors by having their names embroidered into her 2020 Oscars outfit. canonical: https://time.com/5780828/natalie-portman-female-directors-oscars-2020/ author: Mahita Gajanan article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2020-02-10T01:17:30.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-04T07:47:01.821Z og:title: Natalie Portman Is Wearing Her Support For Snubbed Female Directors at the 2020 Oscars og:description: Embroidered into her cape og:url: https://time.com/5780828/natalie-portman-female-directors-oscars-2020/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2c6548aa945dc4b5/698a09fd86f68e04f86ee535/natalie-portman-oscars-female-directors.jpg?branch=production&width=1024&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1024 og:image:height: 576 og:image:alt: US-ENTERTAINMENT-FILM-OSCARS-ARRIVALS og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Natalie Portman Is Wearing Her Support For Snubbed Female Directors at the 2020 Oscars twitter:description: Embroidered into her cape twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2c6548aa945dc4b5/698a09fd86f68e04f86ee535/natalie-portman-oscars-female-directors.jpg?branch=production&width=1024&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Natalie Portman Is Wearing Her Support For Snubbed Female Directors at the 2020 Oscars > Sponsored content. 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Feb 10, 2020 1:17 AM UTC  Natalie Portman arrives for the 92nd Oscars at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, California on February 9, 2020. Natalie Portman arrives for the 92nd Oscars at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, California on February 9, 2020.Robyn Beck—Getty Images by [Mahita Gajanan](https://time.com/author/mahita-gajanan/) ## Mahita Gajanan Gajanan is an editor at TIME. Feb 10, 2020 1:17 AM UTC Natalie Portman paid tribute to snubbed female directors with her outfit for the 92nd Annual Academy Awards. Portman wore a Dior cape embroidered with the names of the female directors who were shut out of the Oscars this year. “I wanted to recognize the women who were not recognized for their incredible work this year in my _subtle_ way,” the actor told the Los Angeles _Times_ on the red carpet. > [](https://twitter.com/AmyKinLA/status/1226661824994480131) > [](https://twitter.com/rachsyme/status/1226663723089219584) The names, embroidered in gold, referenced Lulu Wang (_The Farewell_), Lorene Scafaria (_Hustlers_), Greta Gerwig (_Little Women_), Marielle Heller (_A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood_), Melina Matsoukas (_Queen & Slim_), Alma Har’el (_Honey Boy_), Mati Diop (_Atlantics_) and Céline Sciamma (_Portrait of a Lady on Fire_). Despite the number of critically acclaimed films from women, [only men](https://time.com/5763937/oscars-2020-female-directors-shut-out/) were nominated in the Oscars’ Best Director category in 2020. Portman has previously openly called out the dismissal of female directors—in 2018, she noted the “all-male nominees” while [presenting](https://time.com/5092587/natalie-portman-globes-reactions/) the Best Director at the Golden Globes. > [](https://twitter.com/loventhunders/status/1225092745359953921) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5780828/natalie-portman-female-directors-oscars-2020/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5780828/natalie-portman-female-directors-oscars-2020/"},"headline":"Natalie Portman Is Wearing Her Support For Snubbed Female Directors at the 2020 Oscars","datePublished":"2020-02-10T01:17:30.000Z","dateModified":"2026-08-04T07:47:01.821Z","description":"Embroidered into her cape","url":"https://time.com/5780828/natalie-portman-female-directors-oscars-2020/","keywords":["Newsfeed","awards"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2c6548aa945dc4b5/698a09fd86f68e04f86ee535/natalie-portman-oscars-female-directors.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Mahita Gajanan","jobTitle":"Gajanan is an editor at TIME.","url":"https://time.com/author/mahita-gajanan/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2c6548aa945dc4b5/698a09fd86f68e04f86ee535/natalie-portman-oscars-female-directors.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"US-ENTERTAINMENT-FILM-OSCARS-ARRIVALS","caption":"US-ENTERTAINMENT-FILM-OSCARS-ARRIVALS","creditText":"Robyn Beck—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5780828/natalie-portman-female-directors-oscars-2020/","name":"Natalie Portman Is Wearing Her Support For Snubbed Female Directors at the 2020 Oscars"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Stars Walk the 2020 Academy Awards Red Carpet","description":"Stars Walk the 2020 Academy Awards Red Carpet","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/f8q8Ho15/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2020-02-10T01:53:26.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/f8q8Ho15.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/5780828/natalie-portman-female-directors-oscars-2020/","duration":"PT1M30S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/5780828/natalie-portman-female-directors-oscars-2020/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```