Nicole Kidman

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

159

Gender

Female

Birthday

1967-06-20 (58 years old)

Place of Birth

Honolulu, Hawaii, USA

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.

Known For

  • The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

    The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

  • The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

    The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

  • Conan

    Conan

  • The Graham Norton Show

    The Graham Norton Show

  • The Graham Norton Show

    The Graham Norton Show

  • Saturday Night Live

    Saturday Night Live

  • El hormiguero

    El hormiguero

  • Lioness

    Lioness

  • The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

    The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

  • Golden Globe Awards

    Golden Globe Awards

  • LIVE with Kelly and Mark

    LIVE with Kelly and Mark

  • LIVE with Kelly and Mark

    LIVE with Kelly and Mark

  • Wetten, dass..?

    Wetten, dass..?

  • The View

    The View

  • Variety Studio: Actors on Actors

    Variety Studio: Actors on Actors

  • Kulturzeit

    Kulturzeit

  • The Ellen DeGeneres Show

    The Ellen DeGeneres Show

  • The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

    The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

  • Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter

    Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter

  • Babygirl

    Babygirl

  • Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom

    Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom

  • Parkinson

    Parkinson

  • Sanremo Music Festival

    Sanremo Music Festival

  • Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway

    Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway

  • Eyes Wide Shut

    Eyes Wide Shut

  • The Oscars

    The Oscars

  • The Others

    The Others

  • The Northman

    The Northman

  • Aquaman

    Aquaman

  • Roar

    Roar

  • Nine Perfect Strangers

    Nine Perfect Strangers

  • In Vogue: The 90s

    In Vogue: The 90s

  • Big Little Lies

    Big Little Lies

  • Just Go with It

    Just Go with It

  • Entertainment Tonight

    Entertainment Tonight

  • Entertainment Tonight

    Entertainment Tonight

  • Paddington

    Paddington

  • Spellbound

    Spellbound

  • Practical Magic

    Practical Magic

  • Days of Thunder

    Days of Thunder

  • Far and Away

    Far and Away

  • The Golden Compass

    The Golden Compass

  • Batman Forever

    Batman Forever

  • One Night Only - Barbra Streisand and Quartet at the Village Vanguard

    One Night Only - Barbra Streisand and Quartet at the Village Vanguard

  • Cold Mountain

    Cold Mountain

  • Goldene Kamera

    Goldene Kamera

  • I Have Never Forgotten You: The Life & Legacy of Simon Wiesenthal

    I Have Never Forgotten You: The Life & Legacy of Simon Wiesenthal

  • Seitenblicke

    Seitenblicke

  • The Perfect Couple

    The Perfect Couple

  • A Family Affair

    A Family Affair

  • Holland

    Holland

  • Dead Calm

    Dead Calm

  • The Upside

    The Upside

  • Happy Feet

    Happy Feet

  • Secret in Their Eyes

    Secret in Their Eyes

  • Bewitched

    Bewitched

  • Expats

    Expats

  • Off Script with The Hollywood Reporter

    Off Script with The Hollywood Reporter

  • The Beguiled

    The Beguiled

  • The Undoing

    The Undoing

  • The Peacemaker

    The Peacemaker

  • Dogville

    Dogville

  • Birth

    Birth

  • The Portrait of a Lady

    The Portrait of a Lady

  • The Goldfinch

    The Goldfinch

  • Wills & Burke

    Wills & Burke

  • Queen of the Desert

    Queen of the Desert

  • The Interpreter

    The Interpreter

  • The Invasion

    The Invasion

  • Top of the Lake

    Top of the Lake

  • The American Film Institute Salute to ...

    The American Film Institute Salute to ...

  • The Killing of a Sacred Deer

    The Killing of a Sacred Deer

  • The Human Stain

    The Human Stain

  • Moulin Rouge!

    Moulin Rouge!

  • Stoker

    Stoker

  • Before I Go to Sleep

    Before I Go to Sleep

  • The Night Club of Your Dreams: The Making of 'Moulin Rouge'

    The Night Club of Your Dreams: The Making of 'Moulin Rouge'

  • The Hours

    The Hours

  • Panic Room

    Panic Room

  • Faraway Downs

    Faraway Downs

  • Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen

    Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen

  • PaparaGilles

    PaparaGilles

  • Lion

    Lion

  • Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus

    Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus

  • Room to Move

    Room to Move

  • Bombshell

    Bombshell

  • Malice

    Malice

  • The Prom

    The Prom

  • A World of Calm

    A World of Calm

  • To Die For

    To Die For

  • An Australian in Rome

    An Australian in Rome

  • Trier, Kidman og Cannes

    Trier, Kidman og Cannes

  • Practical Magic 2

    Practical Magic 2

  • Being the Ricardos

    Being the Ricardos

  • Grace of Monaco

    Grace of Monaco

  • Trespass

    Trespass

  • ShowBusiness: The Road to Broadway

    ShowBusiness: The Road to Broadway

  • Boy Erased

    Boy Erased

  • Australia

    Australia

  • Skin Deep

    Skin Deep

  • Genius

    Genius

  • Hemingway & Gellhorn

    Hemingway & Gellhorn

  • Nine

    Nine

  • The Railway Man

    The Railway Man

  • The Stepford Wives

    The Stepford Wives

  • My Life

    My Life

  • Margot at the Wedding

    Margot at the Wedding

  • Emerald City

    Emerald City

  • Billy Bathgate

    Billy Bathgate

  • Destroyer

    Destroyer

  • Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures

    Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures

  • Bush Christmas

    Bush Christmas

  • BMX Bandits

    BMX Bandits

  • The Paperboy

    The Paperboy

  • Kidman on Kubrick

    Kidman on Kubrick

  • Simone Biles Rising

    Simone Biles Rising

  • Shooting 'Panic Room'

    Shooting 'Panic Room'

  • Nightmaster

    Nightmaster

  • Aquaman: Heroines of Atlantis

    Aquaman: Heroines of Atlantis

  • Bangkok Hilton

    Bangkok Hilton

  • Strangerland

    Strangerland

  • Close Up

    Close Up

  • Windrider

    Windrider

  • Mice

    Mice

  • Kubrick by Kubrick

    Kubrick by Kubrick

  • How to Talk to Girls at Parties

    How to Talk to Girls at Parties

  • Vietnam

    Vietnam

  • Chase Through the Night

    Chase Through the Night

  • Five Mile Creek

    Five Mile Creek

  • Nicole Kidman: The Girl from Oz

    Nicole Kidman: The Girl from Oz

  • Scarpetta

    Scarpetta

  • That Click

    That Click

  • Rabbit Hole

    Rabbit Hole

  • Werner Herzog: Radical Dreamer

    Werner Herzog: Radical Dreamer

  • The Bit Part

    The Bit Part

  • Birthday Girl

    Birthday Girl

  • Archer's Adventure

    Archer's Adventure

  • Dogville Confessions

    Dogville Confessions

  • Margo's Got Money Troubles

    Margo's Got Money Troubles

  • Flirting

    Flirting

  • Discretion

    Discretion

  • Lagerfeld Confidential

    Lagerfeld Confidential

  • The Family Fang

    The Family Fang

  • Rita

    Rita

  • Live from Studio Five

    Live from Studio Five

  • The Perfect Nanny

    The Perfect Nanny

  • God Grew Tired of Us

    God Grew Tired of Us

  • Tom Cruise: An Eternal Youth

    Tom Cruise: An Eternal Youth

  • Hello Ladies: The Movie

    Hello Ladies: The Movie

  • Nicole Kidman: Eyes Wide Open

    Nicole Kidman: Eyes Wide Open

  • Remembering Stanley Kubrick

    Remembering Stanley Kubrick

  • Vietnam

    Vietnam

  • 101 Most Shocking Moments in Entertainment

    101 Most Shocking Moments in Entertainment

  • The Silent Wife

    The Silent Wife

  • Matthew and Son

    Matthew and Son

  • David Stratton: A Cinematic Life

    David Stratton: A Cinematic Life

  • The Leading Man

    The Leading Man

  • Riddle Me This: Why Is Batman Forever?

    Riddle Me This: Why Is Batman Forever?

  • Portrait: Jane Campion and The Portrait of a Lady

    Portrait: Jane Campion and The Portrait of a Lady