Naomi Watts
Naomi Ellen Watts (born September 28, 1968) is a British actress. After her family moved to Australia, she made her film debut there in the drama For Love Alone (1986) and then appeared in three television series, Hey Dad..! (1990), Brides of Christ (1991), and Home and Away (1991), and the film Flirting (1991). After moving to the United States, Watts initially struggled as an actress, taking roles in small-scale films until she starred in David Lynch's psychological thriller Mulholland Drive in 2001 as an aspiring actress. This role started her rise to international prominence. Watts then played a tormented journalist in the horror remake The Ring (2002). She was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance as a grief-stricken mother in Alejandro González Iñárritu's film 21 Grams (2003). Her profile continued to grow with starring roles in I Heart Huckabees (2004), King Kong (2005), Eastern Promises (2007), and The International (2009). For her role as Maria Bennett in the disaster film The Impossible (2012), Watts received another Academy Award nomination for Best Actress. In the 2010s, she starred in such films as Birdman (2014), St. Vincent (2014), While We're Young (2015), The Glass Castle (2017), and Luce (2019). Watts also continued to act in blockbusters, with appearances in the Divergent franchise (2015–2016), and she ventured into television with the Showtime mystery drama series Twin Peaks (2017) and the biographical limited series The Loudest Voice (2019). Watts is particularly known for her work in remakes and independent productions with dark or tragic themes, as well as portrayals of characters that endure loss or suffering. Description above from the Wikipedia article Naomi Watts, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Credits
- 2024 · Emmanuelle as Margot
- 2024 · The Friend as Iris
- 2024 · Periodical as Self
- 2023 · Off Script with The Hollywood Reporter as Self
- 2022 · The Watcher as Nora Brannock
- 2022 · Goodnight Mommy as Mother
- 2022 · Infinite Storm as Pam Bales
- 2021 · This Is the Night as Marie Dedea
- 2021 · The Desperate Hour as Amy Carr
- 2021 · Boss Level as Jemma Wells
- 2021 · Penguin Bloom as Sam Bloom
- 2020 · Inside Taronga Zoo as Narrator (Voice)
- 2020 · Taronga: Who's Who In The Zoo as Self - Narrator (voice)
- 2019 · Luce as Amy Edgar
- 2019 · The Loudest Voice as Gretchen Carlson
- 2019 · Ophelia as Queen Gertrude / Mechtild
- 2019 · The Wolf Hour as June Leigh
- 2018 · Vice as News Anchor (uncredited)
- 2018 · Beyond Boundaries: The Harvey Weinstein Scandal as Self (archive footage)
- 2017 · Do Not Pick Up Hitchhikers as Self
- 1999 · The Hunt for the Unicorn Killer as Holly Maddux
- 1994 · Inside the Actors Studio as Self
- Future · All's Fair as
- 2017 · A Bloody Finger in Your Mouth as Self
- 2017 · The Glass Castle as Rose Mary Walls
- 2017 · Gypsy as Jean Holloway
- 2017 · The Book of Henry as Susan Carpenter
- 2017 · Chuck as Linda Wepner
- 2017 · I Am Heath Ledger as Self
- 2017 · FEUD as Babe Paley
- 2016 · Shut In as Mary Portman
- 2016 · 3 Generations as Maggie
- 2016 · The Sea of Trees as Joan Brennan
- 2016 · Demolition as Karen Moreno
- 2016 · Allegiant as Evelyn Johnson-Eaton
- 2015 · The Late Show with Stephen Colbert as Self
- 2015 · Birdman: All-Access (A View From the Wings) as Self
- 2015 · While We're Young as Cornelia Schrebnick
- 2015 · Insurgent as Evelyn Johnson-Eaton
- 2014 · Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) as Lesley
- 2014 · St. Vincent as Daka Parimova
- 2014 · BoJack Horseman as Naomi Watts (voice)
- 2014 · The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon as Self
- 2014 · The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon as Self - Guest
- 2013 · Diana as Princess Diana
- 2013 · Sunlight Jr. as Melissa
- 2013 · Adore as Lil
- 2013 · Movie 43 as Samantha (segment "Homeschooled")
- 2012 · Wide-Awake as The Makeup Artist
- 2012 · The Impossible as Maria Bennett
- 2011 · Woody Allen: A Documentary as Self
- 2011 · J. Edgar as Helen Gandy
- 2011 · Dream House as Ann Patterson
- 2010 · You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger as Sally
- 2010 · Fair Game as Valerie Plame
- 2009 · Mother and Child as Elizabeth
- 2009 · Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen as Self - Guest
- 2009 · Heath Ledger: A Tribute as Self
- 2009 · The International as Eleanor Whitman
- 2008 · Funny Games as Ann
- 2008 · Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis as Self
- 2007 · Eastern Promises as Anna Ivanovna Khitrova
- 2006 · The Painted Veil as Kitty Fane
- 2006 · Inland Empire as Suzie Rabbit (voice)
- 2006 · Recreating the Eighth Wonder: The Making of 'King Kong' as Self
- 2006 · The Eighth Blunder of the World as Self
- 2005 · King Kong: Peter Jackson's Production Diaries as Self
- 2005 · King Kong as Ann Darrow
- 2005 · Stay as Lila Culpepper
- 2005 · The Ring Two as Rachel Keller
- 2005 · Ellie Parker as Ellie Parker
- 2004 · The Present as Self
- 2004 · I ♥ Huckabees as Dawn Campbell
- 2004 · We Don't Live Here Anymore as Edith Evans
- 2004 · The Assassination of Richard Nixon as Marie Bicke
- 2004 · The Making of ‘Mulholland Drive’ as Self
- 2004 · 21 Grams: In Fragments as Self
- 2003 · The Ellen DeGeneres Show as Self
- 2003 · 21 Grams as Cristina Peck
- 2003 · Le Divorce as Roxeanne de Persand
- 2003 · Celebrities Uncensored as Self
- 2003 · Ned Kelly as Julia Cook
- 2003 · Jimmy Kimmel Live! as Self
- 2002 · Undertaking Betty as Meredith Mainwaring
- 2002 · The Outsider as Rebecca Yoder
- 2002 · The Ring as Rachel Keller
- 2002 · Rabbits as Suzie
- 2002 · Icons as
- 2001 · Down as Jennifer Evans
- 2001 · Mulholland Drive as Betty Elms / Diane Selwyn
- 2001 · Ellie Parker as Ellie Parker
- 2000 · The Wyvern Mystery as Alice Fairfield
- 1999 · Strange Planet as Alice
- 1999 · Mulholland Dr. as Betty / Diane Selwyn
- 1998 · The Christmas Wish as Renee
- 1997 · Under the Lighthouse Dancing as Louise
- 1996 · Persons Unknown as Molly
- 1994 · The Custodian as Louise
- Future · Wolves and Villagers as
- 1986 · For Love Alone as Leo's Girlfriend
- Future · The Housewife as
- 1996 · Timepiece as Mary Chandler
- Future · Harmonia as Rita
- Future · Larrikins as Albatross (voice)
- Future · The Burning Season as June Engle
- 2001 · Never Date an Actress as The Shallow Girlfriend
- 1999 · The Early Show as Self
- 1999 · The Hunt For The Unicorn Killer as Holly Maddux
- 1999 · Mulholland Dr. as Betty / Diane Selwyn
- 1998 · Babe: Pig in the City as Additional Character Voices (voice)
- 1998 · Dangerous Beauty as Giulia De Lezze
- 1997 · Sleepwalkers as Kate Russell
- 1997 · The View as Self
- 1996 · Children of the Corn IV: The Gathering as Grace Rhodes
- 1996 · E! True Hollywood Story as Self (archive footage)
- 1996 · The Daily Show as Self
- 1996 · Bermuda Triangle as Amanda
- 1995 · Tank Girl as Jet Girl
- 1993 · Late Night with Conan O'Brien as Self - Guest
- 1993 · Gross Misconduct as Jennifer Carter
- 1993 · Wide Sargasso Sea as Fanny Grey
- 1993 · Matinee as Shopping Cart Starlet
- 1992 · The Tonight Show with Jay Leno as
- 1991 · Brides of Christ as Frances Heffernan
- 1991 · Flirting as Janet Odgers
- 1990 · Twin Peaks as Janey-E Jones
- 1988 · LIVE with Kelly and Mark as
- 1988 · LIVE with Kelly and Mark as Self - Guest
- 1981 · Entertainment Tonight as Self
- 1966 · Goldene Kamera Verleihung as Self
- 1953 · The Oscars as Self
- 1952 · Today as Self
- 1944 · Golden Globe Awards as Self - Presenter