Nicole Kidman
Acting
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.
The Young People
Practical Magic 2
Gillian Owens
Holland
Nancy Vandergroot
Babygirl
Romy
Spellbound
Queen Ellsmere (voice)
A Family Affair
Brooke Harwood
Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom
Atlanna
Nicole Kidman: Eyes Wide Open
Self (archive footage)
Werner Herzog: Radical Dreamer
Self
The Northman
Queen Gudrún
Being the Ricardos
Lucille Ball
The Prom
Angie Dickinson
Kubrick by Kubrick
Self (archive footage)
Tom Cruise: An Eternal Youth
Self (archive footage)
That Click
Self
Bombshell
Gretchen Carlson
The Goldfinch
Samantha Barbour
Aquaman: Heroines of Atlantis
Self
The Upside
Yvonne Pendleton
Destroyer
Erin Bell
Aquaman
Atlanna
Boy Erased
Nancy Eamons
An Impossible Conundrum
Self
The Killing of a Sacred Deer
Anna Murphy
How to Talk to Girls at Parties
Boadicea
The Beguiled
Miss Martha
David Stratton: A Cinematic Life
Self
Lion
Sue Brierley
Genius
Aline Bernstein
The Family Fang
Annie Fang
Secret in Their Eyes
Claire
Queen of the Desert
Gertrude Bell
Strangerland
Catherine Parker
Paddington
Millicent
Hello Ladies: The Movie
Nicole Kidman (uncredited)
Before I Go to Sleep
Christine
Grace of Monaco
Grace Kelly
The Railway Man
Patti
Stoker
Evelyn 'Evie' Stoker
Close Up
Self (archive footage)
The Paperboy
Charlotte Bless
Hemingway & Gellhorn
Martha Gellhorn
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
(archive footage)
Trespass
Sarah Miller
Just Go with It
Devlin Adams
Rabbit Hole
Becca Corbett
One Night Only: Barbra Streisand and Quartet at the Village Vanguard
Audience
Nine
Claudia
Australia
Lady Sarah Ashley
The Golden Compass
Marisa Coulter
Margot at the Wedding
Margot
Lagerfeld Confidential
Self
The Invasion
Carol Bennell
I Have Never Forgotten You: The Life & Legacy of Simon Wiesenthal
Narrator (voice)
ShowBusiness: The Road to Broadway
Self (uncredited)
God Grew Tired of Us
Narrator (voice)
Happy Feet
Norma Jean (voice)
Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus
Diane Arbus
Nicole Kidman: The Girl from Oz
Nicole Kidman
Bewitched
Isabel Bigelow
The Interpreter
Silvia Broome
Birth
Anna
Dogville Confessions
Self
The Stepford Wives
Joanna Eberhart
Shooting 'Panic Room'
Self
Cold Mountain
Ada Monroe
The Human Stain
Faunia Farley
Rita
Self
Celebrity Naked Ambition
Self (archive footage)
101 Most Shocking Moments in Entertainment
Self (archive footage)
Trier, Kidman og Cannes
Self
Dogville
Grace Margaret Mulligan
The Hours
Virginia Woolf
Heart of the Festival
Self (archive footage)
Panic Room
Stephen's Girlfriend on the Phone (voice) (uncredited)
Birthday Girl
Nadia / Sophia
The Others
Grace Stewart
Moulin Rouge!
Satine
The Night Club of Your Dreams: The Making of 'Moulin Rouge'
Self
Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures
Self
Kidman on Kubrick
Eyes Wide Shut
Alice Harford
Remembering Stanley Kubrick
Self
Practical Magic
Gillian Owens
The Peacemaker
Dr. Julia Kelly
Portrait: Jane Campion and The Portrait of a Lady
Self
The Leading Man
Academy Awards Presenter
The Portrait of a Lady
Isabel Archer
To Die For
Suzanne Stone
Batman Forever
Dr. Chase Meridian
Riddle Me This: Why Is Batman Forever?
Self - Dr. Chase Meridian
My Life
Gail Jones
Malice
Tracy Kennsinger
Far and Away
Shannon Christie
Billy Bathgate
Drew Preston
Flirting
Nicola Radcliffe
Days of Thunder
Dr. Claire Lewicki
Dead Calm
Rae Ingram
Emerald City
Helen McCord
Nightmaster
Amy Gabriel
The Bit Part
Mary McAllister
An Australian in Rome
Jill
Vietnam
Megan Goddard
Windrider
Jade
Room to Move
Carol Trig
Archer's Adventure
Catherine
Wills & Burke
Julia Matthews
Matthew and Son
Bridget Elliot
BMX Bandits
Judy
Bush Christmas
Helen
Chase Through the Night
Petra
Skin Deep
Sheena Henderson