Nicole Kidman is an award-winning Australian-American actress best known for her breakthrough performances in the films Dead Calm, To Die For, Moulin Rouge!, and The Hours.
Nicole Kidman was born on June 20, 1967 in Honolulu, Hawaii to Janelle Ann Glenny and Dr. Antony David Kidman. Her mother worked as a nursing instructor while father is a biochemist, psychologist and author of medical books. She was first educated at Lane Cove Public School and then later attended North Sydney Girls' High School, along with her good friend actress Naomi Watts. After high school, she studied acting at the Phillip Street Theater in Sydney then after at Australian Theatre for Young People.
Nicole Kidman had her first appearance in film in 1983, when she appeared in Pat Wilson’s music video of “Bop Girl.” She then followed this by playing a supporting role in television series Five Mile Creek.
Kidman rose to fame when she portrayed Rae Ingram, the wife of naval officer John Ingram in the 1989 thriller film Dead Calm. Her performance in the film was positively received by movie critics. The following year, she co-starred with Tom Cruise in the car racing-themed drama Days of Thunder. This was then followed by her reunion with Cruise in Ron Howard’s adventure-drama-romance film Far and Away.
Kidman further received artistic recognition when she starred in the 1995 satirical comedy To Die For, as the young and beautiful aspiring news anchor Suzanne Stone. Her outstanding performance in the film earned her a Golden Globe Award and a BAFTA nomination for best actress.
In 2002, Kidman further showed her versatility as an actress when she starred in the musical film Moulin Rouge, playing the beautiful theater star Satine, opposite Ewan Mcgregor. Her impressive performance in the film earned her another Golden Globe Award, this time for Best Actress in a Motion Picture Musical or Comedy and an Academy Award nomination.
Kidman earned her first Academy Award for Best Actress for her stunning portrayal of suicidal novelist Virginia Woolf in the 2002 drama film The Hours. She also won a BAFTA and another Golden Globe for her role in the film.
Spouse:
Keith Urban (25 June 2006 - present)
Tom Cruise (24 December 1990 - 8 August 2001)
Her father is renowned Sydney psychologist Dr. Antony Kidman, famous in his own right for work done with breast cancer patients, among other things.
In Moulin Rouge! (2001) Kidman sang alongside Ewan McGregor.
She has two adopted children with Tom Cruise: Isabella Jane Cruise (born December 22, 1992) Connor Antony Cruise (Connor Cruise) (born January 17, 1995).
Best friends with Naomi Watts
She and husband Keith Urban, purchased a farm near Leipers Fork, Tennessee, which they are now renovating. (November 2007).
Welcomed her first child with Keith Urban, a daughter named Sunday Rose Kidman Urban, on Monday July 7, 2008 in Nashville, Tennessee. Kidman has said Sunday is the couple's favorite day of the week because it can be both lonely and happy depending on whether "you've got your family" around. They also found inspiration in Aussie art collector Sunday Reed, whose first name Kidman's father suggested as a possibility. The baby's second name is a tribute to Urban's grandmother, Rose.
Won Oscar. Another 31 wins & 52 nominations.
2003: (won) Oscar
Best Actress in a Leading Role
for: The Hours (2002)
2002: (nominated) Oscar
Best Actress in a Leading Role
for: Moulin Rouge! (2001)
It's so bizarre, I'm not scared of snakes or spiders. But I'm scared of butterflies. There is something eerie about them. Something weird!
[on winning the Academy Award for The Hours (2002)] And I am standing in front of my mother, and my whole life I have wanted to make my mother proud. And now I'm going to make my daughter proud.
When I heard about the Suzanne role in To Die For (1995), I thought, "I'll never get it - it'll be offered to someone else." So I called Gus [Gus Van Sant] at home, and he took my call, thank God. I told him I'd seen Drugstore Cowboy (1989), and I really wanted to work with him. I said I was destined to work with him.
I think it's important that we don't all have to hold our heads high all the time saying everything's fine.
These different people that I play become the loves of my life.
The split [from Tom Cruise] left me very fragile but I'd love to marry again.