Nicole Kidman

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

161

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 Late Show with Stephen Colbert

    The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

  • Saturday Night Live

    Saturday Night Live

  • The Graham Norton Show

    The Graham Norton Show

  • The Graham Norton Show

    The Graham Norton Show

  • Lioness

    Lioness

  • El hormiguero

    El hormiguero

  • Golden Globe Awards

    Golden Globe Awards

  • The View

    The View

  • Jimmy Kimmel Live!

    Jimmy Kimmel Live!

  • LIVE with Kelly and Mark

    LIVE with Kelly and Mark

  • LIVE with Kelly and Mark

    LIVE with Kelly and Mark

  • Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter

    Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter

  • The Ellen DeGeneres Show

    The Ellen DeGeneres Show

  • Just Go with It

    Just Go with It

  • Variety Studio: Actors on Actors

    Variety Studio: Actors on Actors

  • Babygirl

    Babygirl

  • How to Talk to Girls at Parties

    How to Talk to Girls at Parties

  • Wetten, dass..?

    Wetten, dass..?

  • Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom

    Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom

  • Eyes Wide Shut

    Eyes Wide Shut

  • The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

    The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

  • Aquaman

    Aquaman

  • Kulturzeit

    Kulturzeit

  • Sanremo Music Festival

    Sanremo Music Festival

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

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

  • Goldene Kamera

    Goldene Kamera

  • Paddington

    Paddington

  • Nine Perfect Strangers

    Nine Perfect Strangers

  • The Northman

    The Northman

  • Big Little Lies

    Big Little Lies

  • The Oscars

    The Oscars

  • Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway

    Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway

  • Spellbound

    Spellbound

  • Parkinson

    Parkinson

  • Riddle Me This: Why Is Batman Forever?

    Riddle Me This: Why Is Batman Forever?

  • Happy Feet

    Happy Feet

  • Batman Forever

    Batman Forever

  • The Golden Compass

    The Golden Compass

  • The Others

    The Others

  • Lion

    Lion

  • Birthday Girl

    Birthday Girl

  • The Undoing

    The Undoing

  • Trespass

    Trespass

  • The Peacemaker

    The Peacemaker

  • Dogville

    Dogville

  • The Upside

    The Upside

  • The Perfect Couple

    The Perfect Couple

  • Secret in Their Eyes

    Secret in Their Eyes

  • Panic Room

    Panic Room

  • Bewitched

    Bewitched

  • Cold Mountain

    Cold Mountain

  • Roar

    Roar

  • The Killing of a Sacred Deer

    The Killing of a Sacred Deer

  • Australia

    Australia

  • Entertainment Tonight

    Entertainment Tonight

  • Entertainment Tonight

    Entertainment Tonight

  • A Family Affair

    A Family Affair

  • Practical Magic

    Practical Magic

  • Moulin Rouge!

    Moulin Rouge!

  • Days of Thunder

    Days of Thunder

  • The Hours

    The Hours

  • Archer's Adventure

    Archer's Adventure

  • Malice

    Malice

  • Off Script with The Hollywood Reporter

    Off Script with The Hollywood Reporter

  • Dead Calm

    Dead Calm

  • Nicole Kidman: Eyes Wide Open

    Nicole Kidman: Eyes Wide Open

  • Before I Go to Sleep

    Before I Go to Sleep

  • Genius

    Genius

  • Seitenblicke

    Seitenblicke

  • Expats

    Expats

  • Bombshell

    Bombshell

  • Top of the Lake

    Top of the Lake

  • The Invasion

    The Invasion

  • The Goldfinch

    The Goldfinch

  • The Stepford Wives

    The Stepford Wives

  • Hemingway & Gellhorn

    Hemingway & Gellhorn

  • Far and Away

    Far and Away

  • The Beguiled

    The Beguiled

  • Bush Christmas

    Bush Christmas

  • Windrider

    Windrider

  • Faraway Downs

    Faraway Downs

  • Holland

    Holland

  • Scarpetta

    Scarpetta

  • The Interpreter

    The Interpreter

  • Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus

    Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus

  • Stoker

    Stoker

  • Skin Deep

    Skin Deep

  • To Die For

    To Die For

  • The Paperboy

    The Paperboy

  • Boy Erased

    Boy Erased

  • The Human Stain

    The Human Stain

  • Queen of the Desert

    Queen of the Desert

  • That Click

    That Click

  • The American Film Institute Salute to ...

    The American Film Institute Salute to ...

  • My Life

    My Life

  • An Australian in Rome

    An Australian in Rome

  • The Portrait of a Lady

    The Portrait of a Lady

  • Bangkok Hilton

    Bangkok Hilton

  • Birth

    Birth

  • Nine

    Nine

  • The Railway Man

    The Railway Man

  • Flirting

    Flirting

  • Margo's Got Money Troubles

    Margo's Got Money Troubles

  • Practical Magic 2

    Practical Magic 2

  • Billy Bathgate

    Billy Bathgate

  • The Bit Part

    The Bit Part

  • Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen

    Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen

  • Tom Cruise: An Eternal Youth

    Tom Cruise: An Eternal Youth

  • Margot at the Wedding

    Margot at the Wedding

  • Being the Ricardos

    Being the Ricardos

  • Emerald City

    Emerald City

  • Dogville Confessions

    Dogville Confessions

  • Mice

    Mice

  • Five Mile Creek

    Five Mile Creek

  • Aquaman: Heroines of Atlantis

    Aquaman: Heroines of Atlantis

  • The Leading Man

    The Leading Man

  • A World of Calm

    A World of Calm

  • PaparaGilles

    PaparaGilles

  • In Vogue: The 90s

    In Vogue: The 90s

  • Discretion

    Discretion

  • Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures

    Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures

  • Destroyer

    Destroyer

  • Rabbit Hole

    Rabbit Hole

  • ShowBusiness: The Road to Broadway

    ShowBusiness: The Road to Broadway

  • Simone Biles Rising

    Simone Biles Rising

  • Rita

    Rita

  • Room to Move

    Room to Move

  • The Prom

    The Prom

  • Lagerfeld Confidential

    Lagerfeld Confidential

  • Vietnam

    Vietnam

  • Kubrick by Kubrick

    Kubrick by Kubrick

  • Strangerland

    Strangerland

  • Nightmaster

    Nightmaster

  • Grace of Monaco

    Grace of Monaco

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

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

  • BMX Bandits

    BMX Bandits

  • The Silent Wife

    The Silent Wife

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

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

  • The Family Fang

    The Family Fang

  • Werner Herzog: Radical Dreamer

    Werner Herzog: Radical Dreamer

  • Trier, Kidman og Cannes

    Trier, Kidman og Cannes

  • Chase Through the Night

    Chase Through the Night

  • Kidman on Kubrick

    Kidman on Kubrick

  • Hello Ladies: The Movie

    Hello Ladies: The Movie

  • Live from Studio Five

    Live from Studio Five

  • The Young People

    The Young People

  • Matthew and Son

    Matthew and Son

  • Shooting 'Panic Room'

    Shooting 'Panic Room'

  • Portrait: Jane Campion and The Portrait of a Lady

    Portrait: Jane Campion and The Portrait of a Lady

  • Close Up

    Close Up

  • The Perfect Nanny

    The Perfect Nanny

  • David Stratton: A Cinematic Life

    David Stratton: A Cinematic Life

  • Vietnam

    Vietnam

  • God Grew Tired of Us

    God Grew Tired of Us

  • Nicole Kidman: The Girl from Oz

    Nicole Kidman: The Girl from Oz

  • 101 Most Shocking Moments in Entertainment

    101 Most Shocking Moments in Entertainment

  • Wills & Burke

    Wills & Burke

  • Remembering Stanley Kubrick

    Remembering Stanley Kubrick