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
- Practical Magic 2 as Gillian Owens
- Scarpetta as Kay Scarpetta
- Margo's Got Money Troubles as Lace
2025
- Holland as Nancy Vandergroot
- The Last Anniversary ... (Executive Producer)
2024
- Babygirl as Romy
- The Perfect Couple as Greer Garrison Winbury
- In Vogue: The 90s as Self
- A Family Affair as Brooke Harwood
- Expats as Margaret
- Spellbound as Queen Ellsmere (voice)
- 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
- Val as Self (archive)
- Being the Ricardos as Lucille Ball
2020
- The Undoing as Grace Fraser
- The Prom as Angie Dickinson
- A World of Calm as Narrator
- Kubrick by Kubrick as Self (archive footage)
- Tom Cruise: An Eternal Youth as Self (archive footage)
2019
- The Upside as Yvonne Pendleton
- Bombshell as Gretchen Carlson
- The Goldfinch as Samantha Barbour
- Aquaman: Heroines of Atlantis as Self
- That Click as Self
2018
- Aquaman as Atlanna
- Boy Erased as Nancy Eamons
- The House That Jack Built ... (Thanks)
- Destroyer as Erin Bell
- An Impossible Conundrum as Self
2017
- Big Little Lies as Celeste Wright
- The Beguiled as Miss Martha
- The Killing of a Sacred Deer as Anna Murphy
- How to Talk to Girls at Parties as Boadicea
- David Stratton: A Cinematic Life as Self
- Great Performers: Horror Show as The Possessed
2016
- Lion as Sue Brierley
- The Family Fang as Annie Fang
- Genius as Aline Bernstein
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
- The Paperboy as Charlotte Bless
- Hemingway & Gellhorn as Martha Gellhorn
- Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen as (archive footage)
- 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
- ShowBusiness: The Road to Broadway as Self (uncredited)
- Margot at the Wedding as Margot
- 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
- The Interpreter as Silvia Broome
- Bewitched as Isabel Bigelow
- Casting a Spell: Making 'Bewitched' as Self
- Why I Love 'Bewitched' as Self
2004
- The Stepford Wives as Joanna Eberhart
- Birth as Anna
- Dogville Confessions as Self
- Shooting 'Panic Room' as Self
2003
- Jimmy Kimmel Live! as Self
- The Ellen DeGeneres Show as Self
- Cold Mountain as Ada Monroe
- Dogville as Grace Margaret Mulligan
- 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
- Stanley Kubrick - Ein Leben für den Film as Self
- Birthday Girl as Nadia / Sophia
- The Night Club of Your Dreams: The Making of 'Moulin Rouge' as Self
1999
- Eyes Wide Shut as Alice Harford
- American Beauty ... (Thanks)
- Remembering Stanley Kubrick as Self
- Kidman on Kubrick
1998
- Parkinson as Self
- Practical Magic as Gillian Owens
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
- 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
- Flirting as Nicola Radcliffe
- Billy Bathgate as Drew Preston
1990
- Days of Thunder as Dr. Claire Lewicki
1989
- Bangkok Hilton as Katrina Stanton
- Dead Calm as Rae Ingram
1988
- LIVE with Kelly and Mark as Self
- Nightmaster as Amy Gabriel
- Emerald City as Helen McCord
1987
- Seitenblicke as self
- Vietnam as Megan Goddard
- An Australian in Rome as Jill
- Vietnam as Megan Goddard
- 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
- Chase Through the Night as Petra
- Skin Deep as Sheena Henderson
- Bush Christmas as Helen
1981
- Wetten, dass..? as Self
- Entertainment Tonight
1975
- Saturday Night Live as Self - Host
1973
- The American Film Institute Salute to ... as Self - Honoree
1971
- Film '72 as Self
1953
- The Oscars as Self
1944
- Golden Globe Awards as Self - Nominee