Earlier this month, NSW Police launched an investigation into her and husband Benjamin Millepied’s leisurely boat ride with Sacha Baron Cohen amid Sydney’s lockdown.
And it seems that acclaimed actress Natalie Portman is happily putting it all behind her, after police revealed that they would be taking ‘no further action.’
The 40-year-old, who is known for films including Star Wars, was spotted enjoying a day at the park with her family in the Eastern Suburbs on Thursday.
Moving on: Makeup free Natalie Portman enjoyed a trip to the park with her children in Sydney this week – after being investigated by NSW Police for a leisurely boat ride during lockdown
Natalie cut a casual figure in a pair of loose Under Armour grey shorts and a red and white printed T-shirt.
She protected herself outdoors amid the coronavirus pandemic by wearing a face mask.
The Israeli-born American star went makeup free and wore her dark locks in a low bun and covered her face with a pair of dark sunglasses.
Lowkey: Natalie cut a casual figure in a pair of loose Under Armour grey shorts and a red and white printed T-shirt
Make a wish! At one point, Natalie appeared to make a wish as she blew on a dandelion that she found in the grass
She’s a hand’s on mum: She could be seen doting on her daughter Amalia, four, and throwing around a toy Bluey ball with her girl
She could be seen doting on her daughter Amalia, four, and throwing around a toy Bluey ball with her girl.
At one point, Natalie appeared to make a wish as she blew on a dandelion that she found in the grass.
It was revealed last week that NSW Police would be taking ‘no further action’ after an investigation into her and husband Benjamin’s boat ride with Sacha Baron Cohen in Sydney amid lockdown.
In a statement to Daily Mail Australia last Friday evening, a spokesperson for NSW police said: ‘Officers attached to Northern Beaches Police Area Command received information about a group on a boat on Monday 5 July 2021, potentially breaching Public Health Orders (PHOs).
It’s over: It was revealed last week that NSW Police would be taking ‘no further action’ after an investigation into her and husband Benjamin’s boat ride with Sacha Baron Cohen in Sydney amid lockdown
‘Police have reviewed the information and confirm the activity, and the number of people in the group, complied with the PHOs in force at that time. There will be no further police action taken’.
Daily Mail Australia previously published pictures of the celebrity set cruising about Sydney’s north on a rented boat with each of their children.
Locals fumed about the high profile group’s morning activity given greater Sydney residents have been ordered to stay home except for ‘essential’ reasons, due to an alarming outbreak of the highly infectious Delta variant.
Pictures show the two clans appeared in good spirits they lapped up the winter sunshine in the city’s northern beaches region.
Mr Millepied got behind the steering wheel while leading lights of acclaimed films Black Swan and Borat watched on.
Making headlines: Daily Mail Australia previously published pictures of the celebrity set cruising about Sydney’s north on a rented boat with each of their children. Sacha is pictured with wife Isla Fisher
But the group jaunt wasn’t seen as favourably by locals, who took to social media to vent.
‘So nice that Hollywood celebs get to enjoy Sydney Harbour during lockdown,’ tweeted Australian BBC correspondent Frances Mao.
Ms Mao noted police had deployed 100 extra officers to the multicultural south-west Sydney region to ensure compliance with the public health orders.
‘What lockdown?’ added journalist Ben Grubb. ‘Recreational activities are allowed as part of the sixteen rules but two separate families on a boat?’
The public health orders that were in place at the time said Sydney residents could only leave their homes if they had a ‘reasonable excuse’.
That included ‘exercise and outdoor recreation’. The definition of outdoor recreation – and whether that included a day on the water – wasn’t specified.
The NSW Government had also advised locals to practise social distancing by keeping 1.5m from ‘people you don’t live with’.
In the days following the photos of Portman and Baron Cohen were taken Prime Minister Scott Morrison, Ms Berejiklian and Chief Medical Officer Dr Kerry Chant urged Sydney residents not to mix with people from other households.
Sydney is still in lockdown with another 97 cases of Covid-19 recorded overnight on Thursday.
Lockdown has just been extended another two weeks and is due to end on Friday, July 30. But it is believed this will be extended again in a bid to keep the community safe.
Causing a stir: But the group jaunt wasn’t seen as favourably by locals, who took to social media to vent