Nicole Kidman
Nicole Mary Kidman (born 20 June 1967) 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.
Filmography (66)
Practical Magic 2
Holland
Babygirl
Spellbound
A Family Affair
Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom
The Northman
Being the Ricardos
The Prom
The Goldfinch
The Upside
Bombshell
Aquaman
Boy Erased
Destroyer
The House That Jack Built
The Killing of a Sacred Deer
The Beguiled
How to Talk to Girls at Parties
The Family Fang
Lion
Genius
Secret in Their Eyes
Queen of the Desert
Paddington
Before I Go to Sleep
Grace of Monaco
The Railway Man
Stoker
The Paperboy
Hemingway & Gellhorn
Just Go with It
Trespass
Monte Carlo
Rabbit Hole
Australia
The Golden Compass
The Invasion
Happy Feet
Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus
Bewitched
The Interpreter
The Stepford Wives
Birth
The Human Stain
Cold Mountain
Dogville
In the Cut
Panic Room
The Hours
The Others
Moulin Rouge!
Birthday Girl
Eyes Wide Shut
American Beauty
Practical Magic
The Peacemaker
The Portrait of a Lady
Batman Forever
To Die For
Malice
Far and Away
Billy Bathgate
Days of Thunder
Dead Calm
