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
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Saturday Night Live
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Parkinson
Project Runway
Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway
El hormiguero
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
Hello Ladies
The Oscars
Val
Hello Ladies: The Movie
Entertainment Tonight
Simone Biles Rising
Panic Room
Lioness
Top of the Lake
Spellbound
A World of Calm
Paddington
Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom
Happy Feet
Aquaman
Lion
Batman Forever
Nine
Just Go with It
The Upside
The Prom
Genius
Bombshell
The Goldfinch
Margo's Got Money Troubles
The Peacemaker
Cold Mountain
Far and Away
The Human Stain
The Northman
Stoker
Eyes Wide Shut
The Beguiled
The Hours
Practical Magic
Moulin Rouge!
The Undoing
Dead Calm
Holland
Aquaman: Heroines of Atlantis
Bewitched
The Golden Compass
The Interpreter
A Family Affair
The Perfect Nanny
Roar
Dogville
Babygirl
Birth
Before I Go to Sleep
Scarpetta
To Die For
Margot at the Wedding
Expats
The Others
Australia
Hemingway & Gellhorn
Faraway Downs
Discretion
The Perfect Couple
BMX Bandits
Being the Ricardos
Big Little Lies
The Stepford Wives
Nine Perfect Strangers
Production Credits
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