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
2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
Late Show with David Letterman
1993
Lioness
2023
Conan
2010
Saturday Night Live
1975
The Late Late Show with James Corden
2015
The View
1997
The Graham Norton Show
2007
The Graham Norton Show
2007
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
Filmography
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
as Self - Guest · 2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
as Self · 2014
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
as Self - Guest · 2015
Late Show with David Letterman
as Self - Guest · 1993
Lioness
as Kaitlyn Meade · 2023
Conan
as Self · 2010
Saturday Night Live
as Self - Host · 1975
The Late Late Show with James Corden
as Self - Guest · 2015
The View
as Self - Guest · 1997
The Graham Norton Show
as Self - Guest · 2007
The Graham Norton Show
as Self · 2007
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
as Self · 2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
as Self - Guest · 2003
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
as Self · 1988
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
as Self - Guest · 1988
El hormiguero
as Self · 2006
Before I Go to Sleep
as Christine · 2014
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
· 1992
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
as Self · 2003
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Nominee · 1944
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
as Self · 2014
Wetten, dass..?
as Self · 1981
Film '72
as Self · 1971
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
as Self · 2015
Eyes Wide Shut
as Alice Harford · 1999
Practical Magic 2
as Gillian Owens · 2026
Scarpetta
as Kay Scarpetta · 2026
Parkinson
as Self · 1998
Sanremo Music Festival
· 1951
Practical Magic
as Gillian Owens · 1998
Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway
as Self · 2002
Margo's Got Money Troubles
as Lace · 2026
Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom
as Atlanna · 2023
Nine Perfect Strangers
as Masha Dmitrichenko · 2021
Big Little Lies
as Celeste Wright · 2017
The Oscars
as Self · 1953
The Oscars
as Self - Presenter · 1953
The Northman
as Queen Gudrún · 2022
Goldene Kamera
as Self · 1984
Aquaman
as Atlanna · 2018
Roar
as Robin · 2022
The Golden Compass
as Marisa Coulter · 2007
The Others
as Grace Stewart · 2001
Just Go with It
as Devlin Adams · 2011
Babygirl
as Romy · 2024
Entertainment Tonight
· 1981
Entertainment Tonight
as Self · 1981
Happy Feet
as Norma Jean (voice) · 2006
Batman Forever
as Dr. Chase Meridian · 1995
Days of Thunder
as Dr. Claire Lewicki · 1990
The Undoing
as Grace Fraser · 2020
Seitenblicke
as self · 1987
Panic Room
as Stephen's Girlfriend on the Phone (voice) (uncredited) · 2002
Paddington
as Millicent · 2014
Far and Away
as Shannon Christie · 1992
The Perfect Couple
as Greer Garrison Winbury · 2024
Dogville
as Grace Margaret Mulligan · 2003
The Interpreter
as Silvia Broome · 2005
A Family Affair
as Brooke Harwood · 2024
Faraway Downs
as Lady Sarah Ashley · 2023
Expats
as Margaret · 2024
The Beguiled
as Miss Martha · 2017
Top of the Lake
as Julia · 2013
The Upside
as Yvonne Pendleton · 2019
The Goldfinch
as Samantha Barbour · 2019
Lion
as Sue Brierley · 2016
The Peacemaker
as Dr. Julia Kelly · 1997
The Invasion
as Carol Bennell · 2007
Cold Mountain
as Ada Monroe · 2003
Off Script with The Hollywood Reporter
as Self · 2023
Moulin Rouge!
as Satine · 2001
The Killing of a Sacred Deer
as Anna Murphy · 2017
Bombshell
as Gretchen Carlson · 2019
Boy Erased
as Nancy Eamons · 2018
In Vogue: The 90s
as Self · 2024
Queen of the Desert
as Gertrude Bell · 2015
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
as Self - Honoree · 1973
Rabbit Hole
as Becca Corbett · 2010
Spellbound
as Queen Ellsmere (voice) · 2024
The Stepford Wives
as Joanna Eberhart · 2004
PaparaGilles
as Self · 2014
The Prom
as Angie Dickinson · 2020
Bewitched
as Isabel Bigelow · 2005
To Die For
as Suzanne Stone · 1995
The Hours
as Virginia Woolf · 2002
Australia
as Lady Sarah Ashley · 2008
Secret in Their Eyes
as Claire · 2015
The Human Stain
as Faunia Farley · 2003
The Paperboy
as Charlotte Bless · 2012
Stoker
as Evelyn 'Evie' Stoker · 2013
Dead Calm
as Rae Ingram · 1989
Holland
as Nancy Vandergroot · 2025
Five Mile Creek
as Annie · 1983
Trespass
as Sarah Miller · 2011
The Railway Man
as Patti · 2013
Kubrick by Kubrick
as Self (archive footage) · 2020
Birth
as Anna · 2004
Bangkok Hilton
as Katrina Stanton · 1989
Nine
as Claudia · 2009
Birthday Girl
as Nadia / Sophia · 2001
Being the Ricardos
as Lucille Ball · 2021
A World of Calm
as Narrator · 2020
Grace of Monaco
as Grace Kelly · 2014
Hemingway & Gellhorn
as Martha Gellhorn · 2012
The Portrait of a Lady
as Isabel Archer · 1996
Destroyer
as Erin Bell · 2018
Billy Bathgate
as Drew Preston · 1991
Malice
as Tracy Kennsinger · 1993
How to Talk to Girls at Parties
as Boadicea · 2017
Vietnam
as Megan Goddard · 1987
Simone Biles Rising
as Self · 2024
The Family Fang
as Annie Fang · 2016
BMX Bandits
as Judy · 1983
Genius
as Aline Bernstein · 2016
Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus
as Diane Arbus · 2006
Val
as Self (archive) · 2021
Stanley Kubrick - Ein Leben für den Film
as Self · 2001
Margot at the Wedding
as Margot · 2007
Hello Ladies: The Movie
as Nicole Kidman (uncredited) · 2014
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
as (archive footage) · 2012
My Life
as Gail Jones · 1993
Discretion
as Sharon
Strangerland
as Catherine Parker · 2015
Werner Herzog: Radical Dreamer
as Self · 2022
David Stratton: A Cinematic Life
as Self · 2017
Celebrity Naked Ambition
as Self (archive footage) · 2003
ShowBusiness: The Road to Broadway
as Self (uncredited) · 2007
Nicole Kidman: Eyes Wide Open
as Self (archive footage) · 2023
Tom Cruise: An Eternal Youth
as Self (archive footage) · 2020
The Young People
Windrider
as Jade · 1986
Live from Studio Five
as Self · 2009
Aquaman: Heroines of Atlantis
as Self · 2019
Flirting
as Nicola Radcliffe · 1991
God Grew Tired of Us
as Narrator (voice) · 2006
Casting a Spell: Making 'Bewitched'
as Self · 2005
Rita
as Self · 2003
101 Most Shocking Moments in Entertainment
as Self (archive footage) · 2003
The Leading Man
as Academy Awards Presenter · 1996
Heart of the Festival
as Self (archive footage) · 2002
I Have Never Forgotten You: The Life & Legacy of Simon Wiesenthal
as Narrator (voice) · 2007
Nightmaster
as Amy Gabriel · 1988
Lagerfeld Confidential
as Self · 2007
Dogville Confessions
as Self · 2004
Emerald City
as Helen McCord · 1988
Great Performers: Horror Show
as The Possessed · 2017
An Australian in Rome
as Jill · 1987
Why I Love 'Bewitched'
as Self · 2005
Vietnam
as Megan Goddard · 1987
Riddle Me This: Why Is Batman Forever?
as Self - Dr. Chase Meridian · 1995
The Night Club of Your Dreams: The Making of 'Moulin Rouge'
as Self · 2001
Close Up
as Self (archive footage) · 2012
Shooting 'Panic Room'
as Self · 2004
Remembering Stanley Kubrick
as Self · 1999
Mice
Trier, Kidman og Cannes
as Self · 2003
Archer's Adventure
as Catherine · 1985
Wills & Burke
as Julia Matthews · 1985
Portrait: Jane Campion and The Portrait of a Lady
as Self · 1997
Bush Christmas
as Helen · 1983
One Night Only: Barbra Streisand and Quartet at the Village Vanguard
as Audience · 2010
Matthew and Son
as Bridget Elliot · 1984
Chase Through the Night
as Petra · 1983
That Click
as Self · 2019
An Impossible Conundrum
as Self · 2018
Room to Move
as Carol Trig · 1986
Skin Deep
as Sheena Henderson · 1983
Nicole Kidman: The Girl from Oz
as Nicole Kidman · 2006
The Bit Part
as Mary McAllister · 1987
Kidman on Kubrick
· 1999