Nicole Kidman
Biography
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.
Known For
Silvia Broome
The Interpreter
Alice Harford
Eyes Wide Shut
Dr. Chase Meridian
Batman Forever
Grace Margaret Mulligan
Dogville
Suzanne Stone
To Die For
Virginia Woolf
The Hours
Nadia / Sophia
Birthday Girl
Dr. Claire Lewicki
Days of Thunder
Claudia
Nine
Satine
Moulin Rouge!
Tracy Kennsinger
Malice
Marisa Coulter
The Golden Compass
Ada Monroe
Cold Mountain
Grace Stewart
The Others
Anna
Birth
Rae Ingram
Dead Calm
Faunia Farley
The Human Stain
Carol Bennell
The Invasion
Nicola Radcliffe
Flirting
Gillian Owens
Practical Magic
Shannon Christie
Far and Away
Dr. Julia Kelly
The Peacemaker
Lady Sarah Ashley
Australia
Isabel Bigelow
Bewitched
Drew Preston
Billy Bathgate
Becca Corbett
Rabbit Hole
Norma Jean (voice)
Happy Feet
Joanna Eberhart
The Stepford Wives
Romy
Babygirl
Narrator (voice)
Je ne vous ai jamais oublié : la vie et l'héritage de Simon Wiesenthal
Margot
Margot at the Wedding
Gail Jones
My Life
Isabel Archer
The Portrait of a Lady
Academy Awards Presenter
The Leading Man
Judy
BMX Bandits
Diane Arbus
Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus
Helen McCord
Emerald City
Sarah Miller
Trespass
Devlin Adams
Just Go with It
Amy Gabriel
Watch the Shadows Dance
Charlotte Bless
The Paperboy
(archive footage)
Final Cut: Hölgyeim és uraim
Evelyn 'Evie' Stoker
Stoker
Self
Dogville Confessions
Carol Trig
Room to Move
Patti
The Railway Man
Martha Gellhorn
Hemingway & Gellhorn
Jill
Un'australiana a Roma
Millicent
Paddington
Jade
Windrider
Christine
Before I Go to Sleep
Mary McAllister
The Bit Part
Grace Kelly
Grace of Monaco
Atlanna
Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom
Brooke Harwood
A Family Affair
Nancy Vandergroot
Holland
Queen Ellsmere (voice)
Spellbound
Helen
Bush Christmas
Aline Bernstein
Genius
Gertrude Bell
Queen of the Desert
Annie Fang
The Family Fang
Nicole Kidman (uncredited)
Hello Ladies: The Movie
Catherine Parker
Strangerland
Claire
Secret in Their Eyes
Mice
Self
Werner Herzog - Radikaler Träumer
Nicole Kidman
Nicole Kidman: The Girl from Oz
Sue Brierley
Lion
Boadicea
How to Talk to Girls at Parties
Self (archive footage)
Close Up
Self (archive footage)
Kubrick by Kubrick
Self
Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures
Self (archive footage)
Tom Cruise: An Eternal Youth
Narrator (voice)
God Grew Tired of Us
Self
Lagerfeld Confidential
Self - Dr. Chase Meridian
Riddle Me This: Why Is Batman Forever?
Miss Martha
The Beguiled
Gillian Owens
Practical Magic 2
Anna Murphy
The Killing of a Sacred Deer
Catherine
Archer's Adventure
Sheena Henderson
Skin Deep
Yvonne Pendleton
The Upside
Atlanna
Aquaman
Self
David Stratton: A Cinematic Life
Self (uncredited)
ShowBusiness: The Road to Broadway
Julia Matthews
Wills & Burke
Megan Goddard
Vietnam
Stephen's Girlfriend on the Phone (voice) (uncredited)
Panic Room
Erin Bell
Destroyer
Nancy Eamons
Boy Erased
Self
Portrait: Jane Campion and The Portrait of a Lady
Samantha Barbour
The Goldfinch
Self
Rita
Self
The Night Club of Your Dreams: The Making of 'Moulin Rouge'
Jodi
The Silent Wife
Gretchen Carlson
Bombshell
Audience
One Night Only: Barbra Streisand and Quartet at the Village Vanguard
Angie Dickinson
The Prom
Kidman on Kubrick
Self
Aquaman: Heroines of Atlantis
Queen Gudrún
The Northman
Self
Shooting 'Panic Room'
Self
That Click
Lucille Ball
Being the Ricardos
Bridget Elliot
Matthew and Son
Petra
Chase Through the Night
Self
Trier, Kidman og Cannes
Self (archive footage)
101 Most Shocking Moments in Entertainment
Self
Remembering Stanley Kubrick
Self (archive footage)
Nicole Kidman : les yeux grand ouverts
The Young People
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
111
Gender
Female
Birthday
1967-06-20
Place of Birth
Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
Also Known As
Nicole Hokulani