Nicole Kidman

Nicole Mary Kidman, AC (born 20 June 1967) is an Australian-American actress, model, singer and film producer. She began acting in movies in 1983. She starred in various Australian movies and television shows. Her first major role was in Dead Calm in 1989.

Nicole Kidman

Nicole Kidman at 2013 Cannes Film Festival
Born
Nicole Mary Kidman

(1967-06-20) June 20, 1967[1]
NationalityAustralian, American
Occupations
  • Actress
  • model
  • singer
  • film producer
Years active1983 - present
Spouse(s)
Tom Cruise
(m. 1990; div. 2001)

Keith Urban (m. 2006)
Children4 (2 adopted, 2 biological daughters)
RelativesAntonia Kidman (sister)
Websitewww.nicolekidmanofficial.com

Her performance in the musical Moulin Rouge! (2001) earned her a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress. She later won the award in this category for playing Virginia Woolf in The Hours (2002).

Nicole Kidman appeared as Atlanna, Aquaman's mother, in the 2018 DC Comics - Warner Bros. movie Aquaman (2018). She played Lucille Ball in the 2021 biographical drama movie Being the Ricardos. She won a Golden Globe Award and earned an Academy Award nomination in 2022 for her role as Ball.

Early life

Nicole Mary Kidman was born in Honolulu, Hawaii to an Australian parents. They were temporarily in the United States on educational visas. Nicole Kidman can therefore claim citizenship in Australia and the United States.[2] Her father, Antony David Kidman (1938 - 2014) was a biochemist, clinical psychologist, and author.[3][4] Her mother, Janelle Ann (née Glenny), is a nursing instructor who edits her husband's books and was a member of the Women's Electoral Lobby. Nicole Kidman is of Scottish and Irish ancestry.[5] At the time of Kidman's birth, her father was a graduate student at the University of Hawaii at Manoa. He soon became a visiting fellow at the National Institute of Mental Health of the United States. Opposed to the war in Vietnam, which was causing social unrest in both Australia and the United States, Kidman's parents participated in anti-war protests while they were living in Washington DC[6] The family returned to Australia when Nicole Kidman was four and her parents now live on Sydney's North Shore. Nicole Kidman has a younger sister, Antonia Kidman, a journalist and TV presenter.[7]

Career

Kidman's first movie was in 1983. It was called BMX Bandits. Her first famous movie was Dead Calm in 1989. Her first major movie was called Days of Thunder, which also starred Tom Cruise. They fell in love during the filming of that movie and married. Nicole Kidman was then in more movies like Flirting, Billy Bathgate, Far and Away, Malice, My Life and To Die For. All of these movies were successes.

She was then in movies like Batman Forever and Practical Magic. In 1999 she starred in a movie with Tom Cruise called Eyes Wide Shut. They played a married couple in the movie. It was the last movie directed by director Stanley Kubrick. They separated and divorced after making Eyes Wide Shut.

Since Kidman and Cruise divorced, she has been in movies including: Moulin Rouge!, The Others, Cold Mountain, The Stepford Wives and Bewitched.

Personal life

Kidman was married to Tom Cruise until 2001. She is currently married to Keith Urban and she has two daughters.

Movie

YearTitleRoleNotes
1983BMX BanditsJudy
Bush ChristmasHelen
Five Mile CreekAnnieTV series
Skin DeepSheena HendersonTV movie
Chase Through the NightPetraTV movie
1984Matthew and SonBridget ElliotTV movie
Wills & BurkeJulia Matthews
1985Archer's AdventureCatherineTV movie
WinnersCarol TrigTV series - episode 1
1986WindriderJade
1987Watch the Shadows DanceAmy Gabriel
The Bit PartMary McAllister
Room to MoveCarol TrigTV miniseries
An Australian in RomeJillTV movie
VietnamMegan GoddardTV miniseries
1988Emerald CityHelen
1989Dead CalmRae Ingram
Bangkok HiltonKatrina StantonTV miniseries
1990Days of ThunderDr. Claire Lewicki
1991FlirtingNicola
Billy BathgateDrew PrestonGolden Globe nomination - Best Supporting Actress
1992Far and AwayShannon Christie
1993MaliceTracy Kennsinger
My LifeGail Jones
1995To Die ForSuzanne Stone MarettoBAFTA Award nomination - Best Actress, Golden Globe win - Best Musical/Comedy Actress
Batman ForeverDr. Chase Meridian
1996The Leading ManAcademy Awards presenter
The Portrait of a LadyIsabel Archer
1997The PeacemakerDr. Julia Kelly
1998Practical MagicGillian Owens
1999Eyes Wide ShutAlice Harford
2001Moulin Rouge!SatineAcademy Award nomination - Best Actress, Golden Globe win - Best Musical/Comedy Actress
The OthersGrace StewartNominated for BAFTA Award - Best Actress
Nominated for Golden Globe - Best Drama Actress
Birthday GirlSophia/Nadia
2002The HoursVirginia WoolfAcademy Award win - Best Actress, BAFTA Award win - Best Actress, Golden Globe win - Best Drama Actress
2003DogvilleGrace Margaret Mulligan
The Human StainFaunia Farley
Cold MountainAda MonroeGolden Globe nomination - Best Drama Actress
2004The Stepford WivesJoanna Eberhart
BirthAnnaGolden Globe nomination - Best Drama Actress
2005The InterpreterSilvia Broome
BewitchedIsabel Bigelow/SamanthaWorst Screen Couple Razzie
2006FurDiane Arbus
Happy FeetNorma Jeanvoice
2007The InvasionCarol Bennell
Margot at the WeddingMargot
The Golden CompassMarisa Coulter
2008AustraliaLady Sarah AshleyPost-production
2009NeedPostponed because of her pregnancy
The Lady from Shanghai

References

  1. "Monitor". Entertainment Weekly. No. 1264. 21 June 2013. p. 26.
  2. Dickerson, James L. Nicole Kidman, Citadel Press, 2003, p.1
  3. Keneally, Tom (24 May 1992). "Film; Nicole Kidman, From Down Under to 'Far and Away'". The New York Times. Retrieved 10 January 2014.
  4. Thomson, David (2006). Nicole Kidman. Knopf. ISBN 978-1-4000-4273-9.
  5. "Nicole Kidman Biography". Biography.com. Archived from the original on 7 May 2011. Retrieved 10 January 2014.
  6. Dickerson, James L. Nicole Kidman, Citadel Press, 2003, p. 2
  7. "Antonia Kidman". ninemsn.com. Retrieved 10 January 2014.

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