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.
Known For
Credits
- 2026 · Practical Magic 2 as Gillian Owens
- 2025 · Holland as Nancy Vandergroot
- 2024 · Babygirl as Romy
- 2024 · Spellbound as Queen Ellsmere (voice)
- 2024 · Simone Biles Rising as Self
- 2021 · Being the Ricardos as Lucille Ball
- 2020 · Kubrick by Kubrick as Self (archive footage)
- 2020 · A World of Calm as Narrator
- 2019 · Bombshell as Gretchen Carlson
- 2019 · Aquaman: Heroines of Atlantis as Self
- 2018 · Destroyer as Erin Bell
- 2016 · Lion as Sue Brierley
- 2016 · Genius as Aline Bernstein
- 2015 · Queen of the Desert as Gertrude Bell
- 2014 · PaparaGilles as Self
- 2014 · Grace of Monaco as Grace Kelly
- 2013 · The Railway Man as Patti
- 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
- 2008 · Australia as Lady Sarah Ashley
- 2007 · Margot at the Wedding as Margot
- 2007 · ShowBusiness: The Road to Broadway as Self (uncredited)
- 2006 · Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus as Diane Arbus
- 2005 · The Interpreter as Silvia Broome
- 2004 · The Stepford Wives as Joanna Eberhart
- 2004 · Shooting 'Panic Room' as Self
- 2003 · Trier, Kidman og Cannes as Self
- 2001 · Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures as Self
- 1999 · Kidman on Kubrick as
- 1995 · To Die For as Suzanne Stone
- 1993 · My Life as Gail Jones
- 1993 · Malice as Tracy Kennsinger
- 1992 · Far and Away as Shannon Christie
- 1991 · Billy Bathgate as Drew Preston
- 1988 · Emerald City as Helen McCord
- 1988 · Nightmaster as Amy Gabriel
- 1987 · An Australian in Rome as Jill
- 1986 · Room to Move as Carol Trig
- 1983 · Bush Christmas as Helen
- 1983 · Skin Deep as Sheena Henderson
- Future · Mice as
- 2024 · In Vogue: The 90s as Self
- 2024 · The Perfect Couple as Greer Garrison Winbury
- 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 · Nicole Kidman: Eyes Wide Open as Self (archive footage)
- 2023 · Lioness as Kaitlyn Meade
- 2022 · Werner Herzog: Radical Dreamer as Self
- 2022 · Roar as Robin
- 2022 · The Northman as Queen Gudrún
- 2021 · Nine Perfect Strangers as Masha Dmitrichenko
- 2020 · The Prom as Angie Dickinson
- 2020 · The Undoing as Grace Fraser
- 2020 · Tom Cruise: An Eternal Youth as Self (archive footage)
- 2019 · That Click as Self
- 2019 · The Goldfinch as Samantha Barbour
- 2019 · The Upside as Yvonne Pendleton
- 2018 · Aquaman as Atlanna
- 2018 · Boy Erased as Nancy Eamons
- 2017 · The Killing of a Sacred Deer as Anna Murphy
- 2017 · How to Talk to Girls at Parties as Boadicea
- 2017 · The Beguiled as Miss Martha
- 2017 · David Stratton: A Cinematic Life as Self
- 2017 · Big Little Lies as Celeste Wright
- 2016 · The Family Fang as Annie Fang
- 2015 · Secret in Their Eyes as Claire
- 2015 · The Late Show with Stephen Colbert as Self - Guest
- 2015 · Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter as Self
- 2015 · Strangerland as Catherine Parker
- 2014 · Variety Studio: Actors on Actors as Self
- 2014 · Paddington as Millicent
- 2014 · Hello Ladies: The Movie as Nicole Kidman (uncredited)
- 2014 · Before I Go to Sleep as Christine
- 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 · Close Up as Self (archive footage)
- 2011 · Trespass as Sarah Miller
- 2011 · Just Go with It as Devlin Adams
- 2010 · Conan as Self
- 2010 · One Night Only - Barbra Streisand and Quartet at the Village Vanguard as Audience
- 2009 · Nine as Claudia
- 2009 · Live from Studio Five as Self
- 2007 · The Golden Compass as Marisa Coulter
- 2007 · Lagerfeld Confidential as Self
- 2007 · The Invasion as Carol Bennell
- 2007 · I Have Never Forgotten You: The Life & Legacy of Simon Wiesenthal as Narrator (voice)
- 2007 · The Graham Norton Show as Self - Guest
- 2007 · The Graham Norton Show as Self
- 2006 · God Grew Tired of Us as Narrator (voice)
- 2006 · Happy Feet as Norma Jean (voice)
- 2006 · El hormiguero as Self
- 2006 · Nicole Kidman: The Girl from Oz as Nicole Kidman
- 2005 · Bewitched as Isabel Bigelow
- 2004 · Birth as Anna
- 2004 · Dogville Confessions as Self
- 2003 · Cold Mountain as Ada Monroe
- 2003 · The Human Stain as Faunia Farley
- 2003 · Rita as Self
- 2003 · The Ellen DeGeneres Show as Self
- 2003 · 101 Most Shocking Moments in Entertainment as Self (archive footage)
- 2003 · Dogville as Grace Margaret Mulligan
- 2002 · The Hours as Virginia Woolf
- 2002 · Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway as Self
- 2002 · Panic Room as Stephen's Girlfriend on the Phone (voice) (uncredited)
- 2001 · Birthday Girl as Nadia / Sophia
- 2001 · The Others as Grace Stewart
- 2001 · Moulin Rouge! as Satine
- 2001 · The Night Club of Your Dreams: The Making of 'Moulin Rouge' as Self
- 1999 · Eyes Wide Shut as Alice Harford
- 1999 · Remembering Stanley Kubrick as Self
- 1998 · Practical Magic as Gillian Owens
- 1998 · Parkinson as Self
- 1997 · The Peacemaker as Dr. Julia Kelly
- 1997 · The View as Self - Guest
- 1997 · Portrait: Jane Campion and The Portrait of a Lady as Self
- 1996 · The Leading Man as Academy Awards Presenter
- 1996 · The Portrait of a Lady as Isabel Archer
- 1995 · Kulturzeit as self
- 1995 · Batman Forever as Dr. Chase Meridian
- 1995 · Riddle Me This: Why Is Batman Forever? as Self - Dr. Chase Meridian
- 1992 · The Tonight Show with Jay Leno as
- 1991 · Flirting as Nicola Radcliffe
- 1990 · Days of Thunder as Dr. Claire Lewicki
- 1989 · Bangkok Hilton as Katrina Stanton
- 1989 · Dead Calm as Rae Ingram
- 1988 · LIVE with Kelly and Mark as Self
- 1988 · LIVE with Kelly and Mark as Self - Guest
- 1987 · Seitenblicke as self
- 1987 · The Bit Part as Mary McAllister
- 1987 · Vietnam as Megan Goddard
- 1987 · Vietnam as Megan Goddard
- 1986 · Windrider as Jade
- 1985 · Archer's Adventure as Catherine
- 1985 · Wills & Burke as Julia Matthews
- 1983 · BMX Bandits as Judy
- 1983 · Five Mile Creek as Annie
- 1983 · Chase Through the Night as Petra
- Future · Margo's Got Money Troubles as
- Future · Scarpetta as Kay Scarpetta
- Future · The Perfect Nanny as
- Future · Discretion as Sharon
- 1984 · Matthew and Son as Bridget Elliot
- 1984 · Goldene Kamera as Self
- 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 · The Silent Wife as Jodi