
Nicole Kidman
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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
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Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom (2023)
as Atlanna

Practical Magic (1998)
as Gillian Owens

Eyes Wide Shut (1999)
as Alice Harford

Babygirl (2024)
as Romy

The Northman (2022)
as Queen Gudrún

The Others (2001)
as Grace Stewart

Aquaman (2018)
as Atlanna

Practical Magic 2 (2026)
as Gillian Owens

Before I Go to Sleep (2014)
as Christine

Just Go with It (2011)
as Devlin Adams

Happy Feet (2006)
as Norma Jean (voice)

Paddington (2014)
as Millicent

Batman Forever (1995)
as Dr. Chase Meridian

Panic Room (2002)
as Stephen's Girlfriend on the Phone (voice) (uncredited)

Dogville (2003)
as Grace Margaret Mulligan

Spellbound (2024)
as Queen Ellsmere (voice)

The Golden Compass (2007)
as Marisa Coulter

The Killing of a Sacred Deer (2017)
as Anna Murphy

Days of Thunder (1990)
as Dr. Claire Lewicki

The Invasion (2007)
as Carol Bennell

Lion (2016)
as Sue Brierley

Bombshell (2019)
as Gretchen Carlson

Moulin Rouge! (2001)
as Satine

The Peacemaker (1997)
as Dr. Julia Kelly

Secret in Their Eyes (2015)
as Claire

The Goldfinch (2019)
as Samantha Barbour

Trespass (2011)
as Sarah Miller

The Interpreter (2005)
as Silvia Broome

Boy Erased (2018)
as Nancy Eamons

The Upside (2019)
as Yvonne Pendleton

Far and Away (1992)
as Shannon Christie

Holland (2025)
as Nancy Vandergroot

Stoker (2013)
as Evelyn 'Evie' Stoker

A Family Affair (2024)
as Brooke Harwood

Bewitched (2005)
as Isabel Bigelow

Cold Mountain (2003)
as Ada Monroe

Dead Calm (1989)
as Rae Ingram

The Beguiled (2017)
as Miss Martha

Australia (2008)
as Lady Sarah Ashley

The Hours (2002)
as Virginia Woolf

The Stepford Wives (2004)
as Joanna Eberhart

Queen of the Desert (2015)
as Gertrude Bell

To Die For (1995)
as Suzanne Stone

Birthday Girl (2001)
as Nadia / Sophia

Hemingway & Gellhorn (2012)
as Martha Gellhorn

The Prom (2020)
as Angie Dickinson

Genius (2016)
as Aline Bernstein

Birth (2004)
as Anna

The Paperboy (2012)
as Charlotte Bless

The Portrait of a Lady (1996)
as Isabel Archer

The Human Stain (2003)
as Faunia Farley

Destroyer (2018)
as Erin Bell

Being the Ricardos (2021)
as Lucille Ball

Malice (1993)
as Tracy Kennsinger

Nine (2009)
as Claudia

Rabbit Hole (2010)
as Becca Corbett

The Railway Man (2013)
as Patti

Billy Bathgate (1991)
as Drew Preston

Heart of the Festival (2002)
as Self (archive footage)

How to Talk to Girls at Parties (2017)
as Boadicea

Margot at the Wedding (2007)
as Margot

Grace of Monaco (2014)
as Grace Kelly

Celebrity Naked Ambition (2003)
as Self (archive footage)

The Family Fang (2016)
as Annie Fang

Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen (2012)
as (archive footage)

Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus (2006)
as Diane Arbus

Val (2021)
as Self (archive)

Hello Ladies: The Movie (2014)
as Nicole Kidman (uncredited)

BMX Bandits (1983)
as Judy

Dogville Confessions (2004)
as Self

Strangerland (2015)
as Catherine Parker

Kubrick by Kubrick (2020)
as Self (archive footage)

My Life (1993)
as Gail Jones

Werner Herzog: Radical Dreamer (2022)
as Self

The Young People (—)
Actor

Lagerfeld Confidential (2007)
as Self

Flirting (1991)
as Nicola Radcliffe

101 Most Shocking Moments in Entertainment (2003)
as Self (archive footage)

Close Up (2012)
as Self (archive footage)

God Grew Tired of Us (2006)
as Narrator (voice)

The Leading Man (1996)
as Academy Awards Presenter

Aquaman: Heroines of Atlantis (2019)
as Self

Portrait: Jane Campion and The Portrait of a Lady (1997)
as Self

Windrider (1986)
as Jade

Nicole Kidman: Eyes Wide Open (2023)
as Self (archive footage)

Tom Cruise: An Eternal Youth (2020)
as Self (archive footage)

Rita (2003)
as Self

Nightmaster (1988)
as Amy Gabriel

Emerald City (1988)
as Helen McCord

Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures (2001)
as Self

Remembering Stanley Kubrick (1999)
as Self

That Click (2019)
as Self

David Stratton: A Cinematic Life (2017)
as Self

Bush Christmas (1983)
as Helen

One Night Only: Barbra Streisand and Quartet at the Village Vanguard (2010)
as Audience

Vietnam (1987)
as Megan Goddard

Casting a Spell: Making 'Bewitched' (2005)
as Self

ShowBusiness: The Road to Broadway (2007)
as Self (uncredited)
Matthew and Son (1984)
as Bridget Elliot

An Australian in Rome (1987)
as Jill

The Night Club of Your Dreams: The Making of 'Moulin Rouge' (2001)
as Self

Why I Love 'Bewitched' (2005)
as Self

Skin Deep (1983)
as Sheena Henderson

I Have Never Forgotten You: The Life & Legacy of Simon Wiesenthal (2007)
as Narrator (voice)

Archer's Adventure (1985)
as Catherine

The Bit Part (1987)
as Mary McAllister

Riddle Me This: Why Is Batman Forever? (1995)
as Self - Dr. Chase Meridian

Trier, Kidman og Cannes (2003)
as Self

Chase Through the Night (1983)
as Petra

Room to Move (1986)
as Carol Trig

Wills & Burke (1985)
as Julia Matthews
An Impossible Conundrum (2018)
as Self
Mice (—)
Actor

Shooting 'Panic Room' (2004)
as Self

Nicole Kidman: The Girl from Oz (2006)
as Nicole Kidman
Kidman on Kubrick (1999)
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