Nicole Kidman
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.
Movies (110)
Practical Magic 2
2026
Holland
2025
Babygirl
2024
Spellbound
2024
A Family Affair
2024
Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom
2023
Nicole Kidman: Eyes Wide Open
2023
Werner Herzog: Radical Dreamer
2022
The Northman
2022
Being the Ricardos
2021
The Prom
2020
Kubrick by Kubrick
2020
Tom Cruise: An Eternal Youth
2020
That Click
2019
Bombshell
2019
The Goldfinch
2019
Aquaman: Heroines of Atlantis
2019
The Upside
2019
Destroyer
2018
Aquaman
2018
Boy Erased
2018
The Killing of a Sacred Deer
2017
How to Talk to Girls at Parties
2017
The Beguiled
2017
David Stratton: A Cinematic Life
2017
Lion
2016
Genius
2016
The Family Fang
2016
Secret in Their Eyes
2015
Queen of the Desert
2015
Strangerland
2015
Paddington
2014
Hello Ladies: The Movie
2014
Before I Go to Sleep
2014
Grace of Monaco
2014
The Railway Man
2013
Stoker
2013
Close Up
2012
The Paperboy
2012
Hemingway & Gellhorn
2012
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
2012
Trespass
2011
Just Go with It
2011
Rabbit Hole
2010
One Night Only: Barbra Streisand and Quartet at the Village Vanguard
2010
Nine
2009
Australia
2008
The Golden Compass
2007
Margot at the Wedding
2007
Lagerfeld Confidential
2007
The Invasion
2007
I Have Never Forgotten You: The Life & Legacy of Simon Wiesenthal
2007
ShowBusiness: The Road to Broadway
2007
God Grew Tired of Us
2006
Happy Feet
2006
Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus
2006
Nicole Kidman: The Girl from Oz
2006
Bewitched
2005
The Interpreter
2005
Birth
2004
Dogville Confessions
2004
The Stepford Wives
2004
Shooting 'Panic Room'
2004
Cold Mountain
2003
The Human Stain
2003
Rita
2003
Celebrity Naked Ambition
2003
101 Most Shocking Moments in Entertainment
2003
Trier, Kidman og Cannes
2003
Dogville
2003
The Hours
2002
Heart of the Festival
2002
Panic Room
2002
Birthday Girl
2001
The Others
2001
Moulin Rouge!
2001
The Night Club of Your Dreams: The Making of 'Moulin Rouge'
2001
Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures
2001
Eyes Wide Shut
1999
Remembering Stanley Kubrick
1999
Practical Magic
1998
The Peacemaker
1997
Portrait: Jane Campion and The Portrait of a Lady
1997
The Leading Man
1996
The Portrait of a Lady
1996
To Die For
1995
Batman Forever
1995
Riddle Me This: Why Is Batman Forever?
1995
My Life
1993
Malice
1993
Far and Away
1992
Billy Bathgate
1991
Flirting
1991
Days of Thunder
1990
Dead Calm
1989
Emerald City
1988
Nightmaster
1988
The Bit Part
1987
An Australian in Rome
1987
Vietnam
1987
Windrider
1986
Room to Move
1986
Archer's Adventure
1985
Wills & Burke
1985
BMX Bandits
1983
Bush Christmas
1983
Skin Deep
1983
Chase Through the Night
1983
The Silent Wife
The Young People
TV Shows (51)
Margo's Got Money Troubles
2026
Scarpetta
2026
In Vogue: The 90s
2024
The Perfect Couple
2024
Simone Biles Rising
2024
Expats
2024
Off Script with The Hollywood Reporter
2023
Faraway Downs
2023
Lioness
2023
Roar
2022
Nine Perfect Strangers
2021
The Undoing
2020
A World of Calm
2020
Big Little Lies
2017
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
2015
The Late Late Show with James Corden
2015
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
2014
PaparaGilles
2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
Top of the Lake
2013
Conan
2010
Live from Studio Five
2009
The Graham Norton Show
2007
The Graham Norton Show
2007
El hormiguero
2006
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway
2002
Parkinson
1998
The View
1997
Kulturzeit
1995
Late Show with David Letterman
1993
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
Bangkok Hilton
1989
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
Vietnam
1987
Five Mile Creek
1983
Entertainment Tonight
1981
Entertainment Tonight
1981
Wetten, dass..?
1981
Saturday Night Live
1975
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
1973
The Oscars
1953
The Oscars
1953
Sanremo Music Festival
1951
Golden Globe Awards
1944