Nicole Kidman

Born: 1967-06-20 in Honolulu, Hawaii, USA

Known For: Acting

Biography

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.

Filmography

2026

Margo's Got Money Troubles as Lace
Scarpetta as Kay Scarpetta
Practical Magic 2 as Gillian Owens

2025

Holland as Nancy Vandergroot
The Last Anniversary ... (Executive Producer)

2024

Babygirl as Romy
The Perfect Couple as Greer Garrison Winbury
Spellbound as Queen Ellsmere (voice)
Expats as Margaret
A Family Affair as Brooke Harwood
In Vogue: The 90s as Self
Simone Biles Rising as Self

2023

Lioness as Kaitlyn Meade
Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom as Atlanna
Love & Death ... (Executive Producer)
Off Script with The Hollywood Reporter as Self
Faraway Downs as Lady Sarah Ashley
Nicole Kidman: Eyes Wide Open as Self (archive footage)

2022

The Northman as Queen Gudrún
Roar as Robin
Werner Herzog: Radical Dreamer as Self

2021

Nine Perfect Strangers as Masha Dmitrichenko
Being the Ricardos as Lucille Ball

2020

The Undoing as Grace Fraser
A World of Calm as Narrator
The Prom as Angie Dickinson
Kubrick by Kubrick as Self (archive footage)
Tom Cruise: An Eternal Youth as Self (archive footage)

2019

Bombshell as Gretchen Carlson
The Goldfinch as Samantha Barbour
The Upside as Yvonne Pendleton
Aquaman: Heroines of Atlantis as Self
That Click as Self

2018

Aquaman as Atlanna
The House That Jack Built ... (Thanks)
Destroyer as Erin Bell
Boy Erased as Nancy Eamons
An Impossible Conundrum as Self

2017

Big Little Lies as Celeste Wright
The Killing of a Sacred Deer as Anna Murphy
The Beguiled as Miss Martha
How to Talk to Girls at Parties as Boadicea
David Stratton: A Cinematic Life as Self

2016

Lion as Sue Brierley
Genius as Aline Bernstein
The Family Fang as Annie Fang

2015

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert as Self - Guest
The Late Late Show with James Corden as Self - Guest
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter as Self
Secret in Their Eyes as Claire
Queen of the Desert as Gertrude Bell
Strangerland as Catherine Parker

2014

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon as Self - Guest
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors as Self
Paddington as Millicent
Before I Go to Sleep as Christine
PaparaGilles as Self
Grace of Monaco as Grace Kelly
Hello Ladies: The Movie as Nicole Kidman (uncredited)

2013

Top of the Lake as Julia
Stoker as Evelyn 'Evie' Stoker
The Railway Man as Patti

2012

Hemingway & Gellhorn as Martha Gellhorn
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen as (archive footage)
The Paperboy as Charlotte Bless
Close Up as Self (archive footage)

2011

Just Go with It as Devlin Adams
Monte Carlo ... (Producer)
Trespass as Sarah Miller

2010

Conan as Self
Rabbit Hole as Becca Corbett
One Night Only: Barbra Streisand and Quartet at the Village Vanguard as Audience

2009

Nine as Claudia
Live from Studio Five as Self

2008

Australia as Lady Sarah Ashley

2007

The Graham Norton Show as Self - Guest
The Golden Compass as Marisa Coulter
The Invasion as Carol Bennell
Margot at the Wedding as Margot
ShowBusiness: The Road to Broadway as Self (uncredited)
I Have Never Forgotten You: The Life & Legacy of Simon Wiesenthal as Narrator (voice)
Lagerfeld Confidential as Self

2006

El hormiguero as Self
Happy Feet as Norma Jean (voice)
Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus as Diane Arbus
God Grew Tired of Us as Narrator (voice)
Nicole Kidman: The Girl from Oz as Nicole Kidman

2005

Bewitched as Isabel Bigelow
The Interpreter as Silvia Broome

2004

Birth as Anna
The Stepford Wives as Joanna Eberhart
Shooting 'Panic Room' as Self
Dogville Confessions as Self

2003

Jimmy Kimmel Live! as Self
The Ellen DeGeneres Show as Self
Dogville as Grace Margaret Mulligan
Cold Mountain as Ada Monroe
The Human Stain as Faunia Farley
In the Cut ... (Producer)
Celebrity Naked Ambition as Self (archive footage)
101 Most Shocking Moments in Entertainment as Self (archive footage)
Rita as Self
Trier, Kidman og Cannes as Self

2002

Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway as Self
Panic Room as Stephen's Girlfriend on the Phone (voice) (uncredited)
The Hours as Virginia Woolf
Heart of the Festival as Self (archive footage)

2001

The Others as Grace Stewart
Moulin Rouge! as Satine
Birthday Girl as Nadia / Sophia
Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures as Self
The Night Club of Your Dreams: The Making of 'Moulin Rouge' as Self

1999

1998

Practical Magic as Gillian Owens
Parkinson as Self

1997

The View as Self - Guest
The Peacemaker as Dr. Julia Kelly
Portrait: Jane Campion and The Portrait of a Lady as Self

1996

The Portrait of a Lady as Isabel Archer
The Leading Man as Academy Awards Presenter

1995

Kulturzeit as self
Batman Forever as Dr. Chase Meridian
To Die For as Suzanne Stone
Riddle Me This: Why Is Batman Forever? as Self - Dr. Chase Meridian

1993

Late Show with David Letterman as Self - Guest
Malice as Tracy Kennsinger
My Life as Gail Jones

1992

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
Far and Away as Shannon Christie

1991

Billy Bathgate as Drew Preston
Flirting as Nicola Radcliffe

1990

Days of Thunder as Dr. Claire Lewicki

1989

Dead Calm as Rae Ingram
Bangkok Hilton as Katrina Stanton

1988

LIVE with Kelly and Mark as Self
Emerald City as Helen McCord
Nightmaster as Amy Gabriel

1987

Seitenblicke as self
Vietnam as Megan Goddard
Vietnam as Megan Goddard
An Australian in Rome as Jill
The Bit Part as Mary McAllister

1986

Windrider as Jade
Room to Move as Carol Trig

1985

Wills & Burke as Julia Matthews
Archer's Adventure as Catherine

1984

Goldene Kamera as Self
Matthew and Son as Bridget Elliot

1983

Five Mile Creek as Annie
BMX Bandits as Judy
Bush Christmas as Helen
Skin Deep as Sheena Henderson
Chase Through the Night as Petra

1944

Golden Globe Awards as Self - Nominee