Nicole Kidman
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Nicole Kidman, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Credits
- 2025 · Holland as Nancy Vandergroot
- 2024 · Babygirl as Romy
- 2024 · Spellbound as Queen Ellsmere (voice)
- 2024 · The Perfect Couple as Greer Garrison Winbury
- 2024 · Simone Biles Rising as Self
- 2024 · A Family Affair as Brooke Harwood
- 2024 · Expats as Margaret
- 2023 · Off Script with The Hollywood Reporter as Self
- 2023 · Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom as Atlanna
- 2023 · Faraway Downs as Lady Sarah Ashley
- 2023 · Lioness as Kaitlyn Meade
- 2022 · Roar as Robin
- 2022 · The Northman as Queen Gudrún
- 2021 · Nine Perfect Strangers as Masha Dmitrichenko
- 2020 · The Undoing as Grace Fraser
- 2020 · A World of Calm as Narrator
- 2019 · Bombshell as Gretchen Carlson
- 2019 · The Goldfinch as Samantha Barbour
- 2019 · The Upside as Yvonne Pendleton
- 2018 · Aquaman as Atlanna
- 2017 · The Killing of a Sacred Deer as Anna Murphy
- 2017 · The Beguiled as Miss Martha
- 2017 · Big Little Lies as Celeste Wright
- 2016 · Lion as Sue Brierley
- 2015 · The Late Show with Stephen Colbert as Self
- 2015 · Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter as Self
- 2014 · Variety Studio: Actors on Actors as Self
- 2014 · Paddington as Millicent
- 2014 · The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon as Self - Guest
- 2014 · The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon as Self
- 2013 · Top of the Lake as Julia
- 2013 · Stoker as Evelyn 'Evie' Stoker
- 2012 · Honest Trailers as Nicole Kidman (archive footage)
- 2012 · Honest Trailers as Atlanna (archive footage)
- 2011 · Trespass as Sarah Miller
- 2011 · Just Go with It as Devlin Adams
- 2010 · Conan as Self
- 2009 · Nine as Claudia
- 2009 · Live from Studio Five as Self
- 2008 · Australia as Lady Sarah Ashley
- 2007 · The Golden Compass as Marisa Coulter
- 2007 · The Invasion as Carol Bennell
- 2007 · The Graham Norton Show as Self - Guest
- 2007 · The Graham Norton Show as Self
- 2006 · Happy Feet as Norma Jean (voice)
- 2006 · El hormiguero as Self
- 2005 · Bewitched as Isabel Bigelow
- 2004 · Birth as Anna
- 2004 · The Stepford Wives as Joanna Eberhart
- 2003 · Cold Mountain as Ada Monroe
- 2003 · The Ellen DeGeneres Show as Self
- 2003 · Dogville as Grace Margaret Mulligan
- 2002 · Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway as Self
- 2002 · Panic Room as Stephen's Girlfriend on the Phone (voice) (uncredited)
- 2001 · The Others as Grace Stewart
- 2001 · Moulin Rouge! as Satine
- 1999 · Eyes Wide Shut as Alice Harford
- 1998 · Practical Magic as Gillian Owens
- 1998 · Parkinson as Self
- 1997 · The Peacemaker as Dr. Julia Kelly
- 1997 · The View as Self - Guest
- 1995 · Kulturzeit as self
- 1995 · To Die For as Suzanne Stone
- 1995 · Batman Forever as Dr. Chase Meridian
- 1992 · The Tonight Show with Jay Leno as
- 1992 · Far and Away as Shannon Christie
- 1990 · Days of Thunder as Dr. Claire Lewicki
- 1989 · Bangkok Hilton as Katrina Stanton
- 1988 · LIVE with Kelly and Mark as
- 1988 · LIVE with Kelly and Mark as Self - Guest
- 1987 · Vietnam as Megan Goddard
- 1984 · Goldene Kamera Verleihung as Self
- 1983 · Five Mile Creek as Annie
- 1981 · Entertainment Tonight as
- 1981 · Entertainment Tonight as Self
- 1981 · Wetten, dass..? as Self
- 1975 · Saturday Night Live as Self - Host
- 1973 · The American Film Institute Salute to ... as Self - Honoree
- 1953 · The Oscars as Self
- 1951 · Sanremo Music Festival as
- 1944 · Golden Globe Awards as Self - Nominee
- Future · Scarpetta as Kay Scarpetta
- 2026 · Practical Magic 2 as Gillian Owens
- 2023 · Nicole Kidman: Eyes Wide Open as Self (archive footage)
- 2021 · Being the Ricardos as Lucille Ball
- 2020 · The Prom as Angie Dickinson
- 2019 · Aquaman: Heroines of Atlantis as Self
- 2018 · Destroyer as Erin Bell
- 2018 · Boy Erased as Nancy Eamons
- 2017 · How to Talk to Girls at Parties as Boadicea
- 2016 · Genius as Aline Bernstein
- 2016 · The Family Fang as Annie Fang
- 2015 · Secret in Their Eyes as Claire
- 2015 · Queen of the Desert as Gertrude Bell
- 2015 · Strangerland as Catherine Parker
- 2014 · PaparaGilles as Self
- 2014 · Before I Go to Sleep as Christine
- 2014 · Grace of Monaco as Grace Kelly
- 2013 · The Railway Man as Patti
- 2012 · Close Up as Self (archive footage)
- 2012 · The Paperboy as Charlotte Bless
- 2012 · Hemingway & Gellhorn as Martha Gellhorn
- 2012 · Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen as (archive footage)
- 2010 · Rabbit Hole as Becca Corbett
- 2007 · Margot at the Wedding as Margot
- 2006 · Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus as Diane Arbus
- 2005 · The Interpreter as Silvia Broome
- 2003 · The Human Stain as Faunia Farley
- 2003 · 101 Most Shocking Moments in Entertainment as
- 2002 · The Hours as Virginia Woolf
- 2001 · Birthday Girl as Nadia / Sophia
- 2001 · Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures as Self
- 1996 · The Portrait of a Lady as Isabel Archer
- 1993 · My Life as Gail Jones
- 1993 · Malice as Tracy Kennsinger
- 1991 · Billy Bathgate as Drew Preston
- 1991 · Flirting as Nicola Radcliffe
- 1989 · Dead Calm as Rae Ingram
- 1988 · Nightmaster as Amy Gabriel
- 1987 · Seitenblicke as self
- Future · Margo's Got Money Troubles as
- Future · The Perfect Nanny as
- 2025 · 4'33 as (archive footage)
- 2022 · Werner Herzog - Radikaler Träumer as Self
- 2020 · Kubrick by Kubrick as Self (archive footage)
- 2020 · Tom Cruise: An Eternal Youth as Self (archive footage)
- 2019 · That Click as Self
- 2017 · Great Performers: Horror Show as The Possessed
- 2017 · David Stratton: A Cinematic Life as Self
- 2014 · Hello Ladies: The Movie as Nicole Kidman (uncredited)
- 2014 · Captivated: The Trials of Pamela Smart as Suzanne Stone Maretto (archive footage)
- 2013 · Propaganda as Self (archive footage)
- 2010 · One Night Only - Barbra Streisand and Quartet at the Village Vanguard as Audience
- 2007 · Lagerfeld Confidential as Self
- 2007 · I Have Never Forgotten You: The Life & Legacy of Simon Wiesenthal as Narrator
- 2007 · ShowBusiness: The Road to Broadway as Self (uncredited)
- 2006 · God Grew Tired of Us as Narrator (voice)
- 2006 · Nicole Kidman: The Girl from Oz as Nicole Kidman
- 2004 · Dogville Confessions as Self
- 2004 · Shooting 'Panic Room' as Self
- 2003 · Rita as Self
- 2003 · Trier, Kidman og Cannes as Self
- 2002 · Heart of the Festival as
- 2001 · The Night Club of Your Dreams: The Making of 'Moulin Rouge' as Self
- 1999 · Kidman on Kubrick as
- 1999 · Remembering Stanley Kubrick as Self
- 1997 · Portrait: Jane Campion and The Portrait of a Lady as Self
- 1996 · The Leading Man as Academy Awards Presenter
- 1995 · Riddle Me This: Why Is Batman Forever? as Self - Dr. Chase Meridian
- 1988 · Emerald City as Helen McCord
- 1987 · The Bit Part as Mary McAllister
- 1987 · An Australian in Rome as Jill
- 1987 · Vietnam as Megan Goddard
- 1986 · Windrider as Jade
- Future · The Silent Wife as Jodi
- 1986 · Room to Move as Carol Trig
- 1985 · Archer's Adventure as Catherine
- 1985 · Wills & Burke as Julia Matthews
- 1984 · Matthew and Son as Bridget Elliot
- 1983 · BMX Bandits as Judy
- 1983 · Bush Christmas as Helen
- 1983 · Skin Deep as Sheena Henderson
- Future · Mice as
- 1983 · Chase Through the Night as Petra