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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Nicole Kidman, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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

Sophia, alias Nadia

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

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

Self (archive footage)

Nicole Kidman : les yeux grand ouverts

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: Radical Dreamer

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

Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures

Self (archive footage)

Tom Cruise: An Eternal Youth

Self (archive footage)

Kubrick by Kubrick

Self (archive footage)

Propaganda

Narrator (voice)

God Grew Tired of Us

Self

Lagerfeld Confidential

Suzanne Stone Maretto (archive footage)

Captivated: The Trials of Pamela Smart

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

Megan Goddard

Vietnam

Julia Matthews

Wills & Burke

Stephen's Girlfriend on the Phone (voice)

Panic Room

Erin Bell

Destroyer

Nancy Eamons

Boy Erased

Self

Portrait: Jane Campion and The Portrait of a Lady

The Possessed

Great Performers: Horror Show

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)

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon: 10th Anniversary Special

Self (archive footage)

Val

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

113

Gender

Female

Birthday

1967-06-20

Place of Birth

Honolulu, Hawaii, USA

Also Known As

Nicole Hokulani