Nicole Kidman
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Biography
Nicole Mary Kidman is an Australian and American actress and producer. Known for her work in film and television productions across many genres, she has consistently ranked among the world's highest-paid actresses since the late 1990s. Her accolades include an Academy Award, a British Academy Film Award, a Volpi Cup, two Primetime Emmy Awards, and six Golden Globe Awards. She became the first Australian actor to receive the AFI Life Achievement Award honour in 2024.
Kidman began her career in Australia with the 1983 films Bush Christmas and BMX Bandits. Her breakthrough came with lead roles in Dead Calm and the miniseries Bangkok Hilton (1989). She came to international prominence with a supporting role in Days of Thunder (1990), followed by leading roles in Far and Away (1992), To Die For (1995), Batman Forever (1995), Practical Magic (1998), and Eyes Wide Shut(1999). She won the Academy Award for Best Actress for her portrayal of Virginia Woolf in the drama The Hours (2002). She was Oscar-nominated for her roles in Moulin Rouge! (2001), Rabbit Hole (2010), Lion (2016), and Being the Ricardos (2021). She has acted in mainstream films such as The Others (2001), Cold Mountain (2003), The Golden Compass (2007), Australia (2008), Paddington (2014), Aquaman (2018), and Bombshell (2019) as well as independent films with dark and tragic themes such as Dogville (2003), Birth (2004), Margot at the Wedding (2007), Stoker (2013), The Killing of a Sacred Deer (2017), The Beguiled (2017), The Northman (2022), and Babygirl (2024).
Kidman's television roles include Hemingway & Gellhorn (2012), Top of the Lake: China Girl (2017), The Undoing (2020), Nine Perfect Strangers (2021), Special Ops: Lioness (2023), Expats (2024) and The Perfect Couple (2024). For the HBO series Big Little Lies (2017–2019), she received Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Lead Actress and Outstanding Limited Series as executive producer.
Kidman has been a goodwill ambassador for UNICEF since 1994 and UNIFEM since 2006. She was appointed Companion of the Order of Australia in 2006. Kidman was married to actor Tom Cruise from 1990 to 2001 and has been married to country music singer Keith Urban since 2006. In 2010, she founded the production company Blossom Films. In 2004 and 2018, Time included her on its list of the 100 most influential people in the world, and in 2020, The New York Times named her one of the greatest actors of the 21st century.
Known For
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Golden Globe Awards
The Graham Norton Show
The Oscars
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Saturday Night Live
Parkinson
Project Runway
Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
El hormiguero
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
Hello Ladies
Val
Hello Ladies: The Movie
Simone Biles Rising
Entertainment Tonight
Panic Room
Lioness
Top of the Lake
Spellbound
A World of Calm
Paddington
Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom
Happy Feet
Aquaman
Nine
Just Go with It
Lion
Batman Forever
Days of Thunder
Bombshell
Genius
The Goldfinch
The Prom
The Upside
The Beguiled
The Human Stain
Far and Away
The Peacemaker
Eyes Wide Shut
Margo's Got Money Troubles
Practical Magic
The Northman
The Hours
Cold Mountain
Moulin Rouge!
Stoker
To Die For
Birth
Australia
Roar
Bewitched
Babygirl
A Family Affair
The Stepford Wives
Hemingway & Gellhorn
Scarpetta
Big Little Lies
Dead Calm
Dogville
The Perfect Couple
BMX Bandits
Aquaman: Heroines of Atlantis
Discretion
Nine Perfect Strangers
Being the Ricardos
The Perfect Nanny
The Undoing
The Others
Expats
Faraway Downs
Holland
Margot at the Wedding
The Golden Compass
The Interpreter
Before I Go to Sleep
Production Credits
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