Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
June 20, 1967
Place of Birth:
Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
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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.
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Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Practical Magic 2 | Gillian Owens |
| 2025 | Holland | Nancy Vandergroot |
| 2024 | Babygirl | Romy |
| 2024 | A Family Affair | Brooke Harwood |
| 2024 | Spellbound | Queen Ellsmere (voice) |
| 2024 | The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon: 10th Anniversary Special | Self (archive footage) |
| 2023 | Nicole Kidman: Eyes Wide Open | Self (archive footage) |
| 2023 | Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom | Atlanna |
| 2022 | Werner Herzog: Radical Dreamer | Self |
| 2022 | The Northman | Queen Gudrún |
| 2021 | Being the Ricardos | Lucille Ball |
| 2021 | Val | Self (archive footage) |
| 2020 | Tom Cruise: An Eternal Youth | Self (archive footage) |
| 2020 | Kubrick by Kubrick | Self (archive footage) |
| 2020 | The Prom | Angie Dickinson |
| 2019 | The Upside | Yvonne Pendleton |
| 2019 | The Goldfinch | Samantha Barbour |
| 2019 | Bombshell | Gretchen Carlson |
| 2019 | Aquaman: Heroines of Atlantis | Self |
| 2019 | That Click | Self |
| 2018 | Aquaman | Atlanna |
| 2018 | Destroyer | Erin Bell |
| 2018 | Boy Erased | Nancy Eamons |
| 2017 | How to Talk to Girls at Parties | Boadicea |
| 2017 | The Beguiled | Miss Martha |
| 2017 | The Killing of a Sacred Deer | Anna Murphy |
| 2017 | David Stratton: A Cinematic Life | Self |
| 2017 | Great Performers: Horror Show | The Possessed |
| 2016 | Genius | Aline Bernstein |
| 2016 | The Family Fang | Annie Fang |
| 2016 | Lion | Sue Brierley |
| 2015 | Queen of the Desert | Gertrude Bell |
| 2015 | Strangerland | Catherine Parker |
| 2015 | Secret in Their Eyes | Claire |
| 2014 | Paddington | Millicent |
| 2014 | Before I Go to Sleep | Christine |
| 2014 | Grace of Monaco | Grace Kelly |
| 2014 | Hello Ladies: The Movie | Nicole Kidman (uncredited) |
| 2014 | Captivated: The Trials of Pamela Smart | Suzanne Stone Maretto (archive footage) |
| 2013 | Stoker | Evelyn 'Evie' Stoker |
| 2013 | The Railway Man | Patti |
| 2013 | Propaganda | Self (archive footage) |
| 2012 | The Paperboy | Charlotte Bless |
| 2012 | Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen | (archive footage) |
| 2012 | Hemingway & Gellhorn | Martha Gellhorn |
| 2012 | Close Up | Self (archive footage) |
| 2011 | Trespass | Sarah Miller |
| 2011 | Just Go with It | Devlin Adams |
| 2010 | Rabbit Hole | Becca Corbett |
| 2010 | One Night Only - Barbra Streisand and Quartet at the Village Vanguard | Audience |
| 2009 | Nine | Claudia |
| 2008 | Australia | Lady Sarah Ashley |
| 2007 | The Golden Compass | Marisa Coulter |
| 2007 | The Invasion | Carol Bennell |
| 2007 | I Have Never Forgotten You: The Life & Legacy of Simon Wiesenthal | Narrator |
| 2007 | Margot at the Wedding | Margot |
| 2007 | Lagerfeld Confidential | Self |
| 2007 | ShowBusiness: The Road to Broadway | Self (uncredited) |
| 2006 | Happy Feet | Norma Jean (voice) |
| 2006 | Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus | Diane Arbus |
| 2006 | Nicole Kidman: The Girl from Oz | Nicole Kidman |
| 2006 | God Grew Tired of Us | Narrator (voice) |
| 2005 | The Interpreter | Silvia Broome |
| 2005 | Bewitched | Isabel Bigelow |
| 2004 | Birth | Anna |
| 2004 | The Stepford Wives | Joanna Eberhart |
| 2004 | Dogville Confessions | Self |
| 2004 | Shooting 'Panic Room' | Self |
| 2003 | Dogville | Grace Margaret Mulligan |
| 2003 | Cold Mountain | Ada Monroe |
| 2003 | The Human Stain | Faunia Farley |
| 2003 | Rita | Self |
| 2003 | Trier, Kidman og Cannes | Self |
| 2002 | The Hours | Virginia Woolf |
| 2002 | Panic Room | Stephen's Girlfriend on the Phone (voice) |
| 2001 | Birthday Girl | Nadia / Sophia |
| 2001 | Moulin Rouge! | Satine |
| 2001 | The Others | Grace Stewart |
| 2001 | Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures | Self |
| 2001 | The Night Club of Your Dreams: The Making of 'Moulin Rouge' | Self |
| 1999 | Eyes Wide Shut | Alice Harford |
| 1999 | Kidman on Kubrick | |
| 1998 | Practical Magic | Gillian Owens |
| 1997 | The Peacemaker | Dr. Julia Kelly |
| 1997 | Portrait: Jane Campion and The Portrait of a Lady | Self |
| 1996 | The Portrait of a Lady | Isabel Archer |
| 1996 | The Leading Man | Academy Awards Presenter |
| 1995 | Batman Forever | Dr. Chase Meridian |
| 1995 | To Die For | Suzanne Stone |
| 1995 | Riddle Me This: Why Is Batman Forever? | Self - Dr. Chase Meridian |
| 1993 | Malice | Tracy Kennsinger |
| 1993 | My Life | Gail Jones |
| 1992 | Far and Away | Shannon Christie |
| 1991 | Flirting | Nicola Radcliffe |
| 1991 | Billy Bathgate | Drew Preston |
| 1990 | Days of Thunder | Dr. Claire Lewicki |
| 1989 | Dead Calm | Rae Ingram |
| 1988 | Emerald City | Helen McCord |
| 1988 | Nightmaster | Amy Gabriel |
| 1987 | An Australian in Rome | Jill |
| 1987 | The Bit Part | Mary McAllister |
| 1987 | Vietnam | Megan Goddard |
| 1986 | Room to Move | Carol Trig |
| 1986 | Windrider | Jade |
| 1985 | Archer's Adventure | Catherine |
| 1985 | Wills & Burke | Julia Matthews |
| 1984 | Matthew and Son | Bridget Elliot |
| 1983 | BMX Bandits | Judy |
| 1983 | Bush Christmas | Helen |
| 1983 | Skin Deep | Sheena Henderson |
| 1983 | Chase Through the Night | Petra |
| Mice | ||
| The Silent Wife | Jodi |