Cast

Nicole Kidman

Acting

Cast

Nicole Kidman

Known for

Acting

Born

1967-06-20

From

Honolulu, Hawaii, USA

Also known as Nicole Hokulani, Nicole Mary 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.

Nicole Kidman

Nicole Kidman

Biography

Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom

Eyes Wide Shut

Babygirl

Aquaman

The Northman

Just Go with It

The Others

Paddington

Practical Magic

Batman Forever

The Golden Compass

The Killing of a Sacred Deer

Panic Room

The Invasion

Before I Go to Sleep

Spellbound

Happy Feet

Dead Calm

Moulin Rouge!

Cold Mountain

Lion

Bombshell

The Upside

Days of Thunder

A Family Affair

Dogville

Trespass

Boy Erased

Practical Magic 2

Destroyer

The Goldfinch

The Hours

Hemingway & Gellhorn

Stoker

Secret in Their Eyes

Genius

Australia

Holland

Far and Away

Malice

Bewitched

The Peacemaker

The Stepford Wives

The Interpreter

The Beguiled

Rabbit Hole

The Paperboy

The Portrait of a Lady

The Railway Man

To Die For

Queen of the Desert

The Prom

Birthday Girl

Dogville Confessions

Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen

The Human Stain

Grace of Monaco

Margot at the Wedding

Heart of the Festival

Hello Ladies: The Movie

The Young People

The Family Fang

Celebrity Naked Ambition

Nine

How to Talk to Girls at Parties

Being the Ricardos

Billy Bathgate

Rita

Kubrick by Kubrick

Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus

Windrider

BMX Bandits

My Life

Birth

Lagerfeld Confidential

Strangerland

God Grew Tired of Us