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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 …
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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.
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Nicole Kidman's Filmography
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The Young People
Practical Magic 2
as Gillian Owens
Holland
as Nancy Vandergroot
Babygirl
as Romy
Spellbound
as Queen Ellsmere (voice)
A Family Affair
as Brooke Harwood
Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom
as Atlanna
Nicole Kidman: Eyes Wide Open
as Self (archive footage)
Werner Herzog: Radical Dreamer
as Self
The Northman
as Queen Gudrún
Being the Ricardos
as Lucille Ball
Val
as Self (archive)
The Prom
as Angie Dickinson
Kubrick by Kubrick
as Self (archive footage)
Tom Cruise: An Eternal Youth
as Self (archive footage)
That Click
as Self
Bombshell
as Gretchen Carlson
The Goldfinch
as Samantha Barbour
Aquaman: Heroines of Atlantis
as Self
The Upside
as Yvonne Pendleton
Destroyer
as Erin Bell
Aquaman
as Atlanna
Boy Erased
as Nancy Eamons
No Poster
An Impossible Conundrum
as Self
Great Performers: Horror Show
as The Possessed
The Killing of a Sacred Deer
as Anna Murphy
How to Talk to Girls at Parties
as Boadicea
The Beguiled
as Miss Martha
David Stratton: A Cinematic Life
as Self
Lion
as Sue Brierley
Genius
as Aline Bernstein
The Family Fang
as Annie Fang
Secret in Their Eyes
as Claire
Queen of the Desert
as Gertrude Bell
Strangerland
as Catherine Parker
Paddington
as Millicent
Hello Ladies: The Movie
as Nicole Kidman (uncredited)
Before I Go to Sleep
as Christine
Grace of Monaco
as Grace Kelly
The Railway Man
as Patti
Stoker
as Evelyn 'Evie' Stoker
Close Up
as Self (archive footage)
The Paperboy
as Charlotte Bless
Hemingway & Gellhorn
as Martha Gellhorn
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
as (archive footage)
Trespass
as Sarah Miller
Just Go with It
as Devlin Adams
Rabbit Hole
as Becca Corbett
One Night Only: Barbra Streisand and Quartet at the Village Vanguard
as Audience
Nine
as Claudia
Australia
as Lady Sarah Ashley
The Golden Compass
as Marisa Coulter
Margot at the Wedding
as Margot
Lagerfeld Confidential
as Self
The Invasion
as Carol Bennell
I Have Never Forgotten You: The Life & Legacy of Simon Wiesenthal
as Narrator (voice)
ShowBusiness: The Road to Broadway
as Self (uncredited)
God Grew Tired of Us
as Narrator (voice)
Happy Feet
as Norma Jean (voice)
Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus
as Diane Arbus
Nicole Kidman: The Girl from Oz
as Nicole Kidman
Why I Love 'Bewitched'
as Self
Casting a Spell: Making 'Bewitched'
as Self
Bewitched
as Isabel Bigelow
The Interpreter
as Silvia Broome
Birth
as Anna
Dogville Confessions
as Self
The Stepford Wives
as Joanna Eberhart
Shooting 'Panic Room'
as Self
Cold Mountain
as Ada Monroe
The Human Stain
as Faunia Farley
Rita
as Self
Celebrity Naked Ambition
as Self (archive footage)
101 Most Shocking Moments in Entertainment
as Self (archive footage)
Trier, Kidman og Cannes
as Self
Dogville
as Grace Margaret Mulligan
The Hours
as Virginia Woolf
Heart of the Festival
as Self (archive footage)
Panic Room
as Stephen's Girlfriend on the Phone (voice) (uncredited)
Birthday Girl
as Nadia / Sophia
The Others
as Grace Stewart
Moulin Rouge!
as Satine
The Night Club of Your Dreams: The Making of 'Moulin Rouge'
as Self
Stanley Kubrick - Ein Leben für den Film
as Self
No Poster
Kidman on Kubrick
Eyes Wide Shut
as Alice Harford
Remembering Stanley Kubrick
as Self
Practical Magic
as Gillian Owens
The Peacemaker
as Dr. Julia Kelly
Portrait: Jane Campion and The Portrait of a Lady
as Self
The Leading Man
as Academy Awards Presenter
The Portrait of a Lady
as Isabel Archer
To Die For
as Suzanne Stone
Batman Forever
as Dr. Chase Meridian
Riddle Me This: Why Is Batman Forever?
as Self - Dr. Chase Meridian
My Life
as Gail Jones
Malice
as Tracy Kennsinger
Far and Away
as Shannon Christie
Billy Bathgate
as Drew Preston
Flirting
as Nicola Radcliffe
Days of Thunder
as Dr. Claire Lewicki
Dead Calm
as Rae Ingram
Emerald City
as Helen McCord
Nightmaster
as Amy Gabriel
The Bit Part
as Mary McAllister
An Australian in Rome
as Jill
Vietnam
as Megan Goddard
Windrider
as Jade
Room to Move
as Carol Trig
Archer's Adventure
as Catherine
Wills & Burke
as Julia Matthews
No Poster
Matthew and Son
as Bridget Elliot
BMX Bandits
as Judy
Bush Christmas
as Helen
Chase Through the Night
as Petra
Skin Deep
as Sheena Henderson
No Poster