Nicole Kidman
- Acting
- June 20, 1967 · Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
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
Filmography
- The Young People
- Practical Magic 2 · Gillian Owens, Producer
- Margo's Got Money Troubles · Lace, Executive producer
- Scarpetta · Kay Scarpetta, Executive producer
- The Last Anniversary · Executive producer
- Holland · Nancy Vandergroot, Producer
- Babygirl · Romy
- Spellbound · Queen Ellsmere (Voice)
- In Vogue: The 90s · Self
- The Perfect Couple · Greer Garrison Winbury, Executive producer
- Simone Biles Rising · Self
- A Family Affair · Brooke Harwood
- Expats · Margaret, Executive producer
- Off Script with The Hollywood Reporter · Self
- Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom · Atlanna
- Faraway Downs · Lady Sarah Ashley
- Nicole Kidman: Eyes Wide Open · Self
- Lioness · Kaitlyn Meade, Executive producer
- Love & Death · Executive producer
- Werner Herzog: Radical Dreamer · Self
- Roar · Robin, Executive producer
- The Northman · Queen Gudrún
- Being the Ricardos · Lucille Ball
- Nine Perfect Strangers · Masha Dmitrichenko, Executive producer
- Val · Self
- The Prom · Angie Dickinson
- The Undoing · Grace Fraser, Executive producer
- Kubrick by Kubrick · Self
- Tom Cruise: An Eternal Youth · Self
- A World of Calm · Narrator
- That Click · Self
- Bombshell · Gretchen Carlson
- The Goldfinch · Samantha Barbour
- Aquaman: Heroines of Atlantis · Self
- The Upside · Yvonne Pendleton
- Destroyer · Erin Bell
- Aquaman · Atlanna
- The House That Jack Built · Thanks
- Boy Erased · Nancy Eamons
- An Impossible Conundrum · Self
- Great Performers: Horror Show · The Possessed
- The Killing of a Sacred Deer · Anna Murphy
- How to Talk to Girls at Parties · Boadicea
- The Beguiled · Miss Martha
- David Stratton: A Cinematic Life · Self
- Big Little Lies · Celeste Wright, Executive producer
- Lion · Sue Brierley
- Genius · Aline Bernstein
- The Family Fang · Annie Fang, Producer
- Secret in Their Eyes · Claire
- The Late Show with Stephen Colbert · Self
- Queen of the Desert · Gertrude Bell
- Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter · Self
- Strangerland · Catherine Parker
- The Late Late Show with James Corden · Self
- Variety Studio: Actors on Actors · Self
- Paddington · Millicent
- Hello Ladies: The Movie · Nicole Kidman (uncredited)
- PaparaGilles · Self
- Before I Go to Sleep · Christine
- Grace of Monaco · Grace Kelly
- The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon · Self
- The Railway Man · Patti
- Top of the Lake · Julia
- Stoker · Evelyn 'Evie' Stoker
- Close Up · Self
- The Paperboy · Charlotte Bless
- Hemingway & Gellhorn · Martha Gellhorn
- Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen · (archive footage)
- Trespass · Sarah Miller
- Monte Carlo · Producer
- Just Go with It · Devlin Adams
- Rabbit Hole · Becca Corbett, Producer
- Conan · Self
- One Night Only: Barbra Streisand and Quartet at the Village Vanguard · Audience
- Nine · Claudia
- Live from Studio Five · Self
- Australia · Lady Sarah Ashley
- The Golden Compass · Marisa Coulter
- Margot at the Wedding · Margot