
Nicole Kidman
16 FOLLOWERS • 93 CREDITS • JUN 20, 1967 • 58
Biography
Nicole Mary Kidman 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

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

Golden Globe Awards

The Graham Norton Show

The Oscars

LIVE with Kelly and Mark

The Ellen DeGeneres Show

Honest Trailers

Saturday Night Live

Parkinson

Project Runway

Entertainment Tonight

Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

El hormiguero

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

A World of Calm

Hello Ladies

Val

Hello Ladies: The Movie

Simone Biles Rising

Panic Room

Top of the Lake

Spellbound

Paddington

Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom

Happy Feet

Aquaman

Batman Forever

Nine

Lion

Just Go with It

Genius

The Prom

The Goldfinch

The Upside

Bombshell

Lioness

Stoker

Cold Mountain

The Northman

Moulin Rouge!

Margo's Got Money Troubles

The Beguiled

Eyes Wide Shut

Practical Magic

The Human Stain

Far and Away

The Peacemaker

The Hours

Birth

Margot at the Wedding

The Golden Compass

Before I Go to Sleep

To Die For

Being the Ricardos

Holland

Dead Calm

Scarpetta

The Undoing

Roar

Big Little Lies

Faraway Downs

Babygirl

Aquaman: Heroines of Atlantis

Bewitched

The Others

Australia

The Perfect Couple

Dogville

The Stepford Wives

Expats

The Perfect Nanny

BMX Bandits

The Interpreter

Hemingway & Gellhorn

Nine Perfect Strangers

A Family Affair
Production Credits
Movies+ Discover & Track Movies
Never miss a movie again with Movies+, the simple tracker that keeps you updated on where to watch, stream, rent, or buy, while also alerting you to any production changes and new release dates of your favorite films!
Get
