Claim: Nicole Kidman is a person who acts.

Nicole Mary Kidman , AC -LRB- born June 20 , 1967 -RRB- is an Australian actress and film producer . Kidman 's breakthrough roles were in the 1989 feature film thriller Dead Calm and television thriller miniseries Bangkok Hilton . Appearing in several films in the early 1990s , she came to worldwide recognition for her performances in the stock-car racing film Days of Thunder -LRB- 1990 -RRB- , the romance-drama Far and Away -LRB- 1992 -RRB- , and the superhero film Batman Forever -LRB- 1995 -RRB- . Other successful films followed in the late 1990s . Her performance in the musical Moulin Rouge ! -LRB- 2001 -RRB- earned her a second Golden Globe Award for Best Actress -- Motion Picture Comedy or Musical and her first nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress . Kidman 's performance as Virginia Woolf in the drama film The Hours -LRB- 2002 -RRB- received critical acclaim and earned her the Academy Award for Best Actress , the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role , the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture -- Drama and the Silver Bear for Best Actress at the Berlin International Film Festival .   Kidman 's other notable films include the crime comedy-drama To Die For -LRB- 1995 -RRB- , for which she won her first Golden Globe Award for Best Actress -- Motion Picture Comedy or Musical , the erotic thriller Eyes Wide Shut -LRB- 1999 -RRB- , the horror-thriller The Others -LRB- 2001 -RRB- , the epic war drama film Cold Mountain -LRB- 2003 -RRB- , the drama Dogville -LRB- 2003 -RRB- , the political thriller The Interpreter -LRB- 2005 -RRB- , and the epic historical romantic drama Australia -LRB- 2008 -RRB- . Her performances in the drama Birth -LRB- 2004 -RRB- and the thriller The Paperboy -LRB- 2012 -RRB- earned her Golden Globe nominations for Best Actress and Supporting Actress respectively . Her performance in the 2010 drama Rabbit Hole -LRB- 2010 -RRB- , which she also produced , earned Kidman further accolades , including a third nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress . In 2012 , she earned her first Primetime Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie for her role in the biopic Hemingway & Gellhorn -LRB- 2012 -RRB- . Kidman 's performance in Lion -LRB- 2016 -RRB- earned her a fourth Academy Award nomination , her first for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress . In 2017 , Kidman returned to television , starring in the HBO miniseries Big Little Lies .   Kidman has been a Goodwill Ambassador for UNICEF since 1994 and for UNIFEM since 2006 . In 2006 , Kidman was made a Companion in the Order of Australia , and was the highest-paid actress in the motion picture industry for that year . As a result of being born to Australian parents in Hawaii , Kidman has dual citizenship in Australia and the United States . Kidman founded and owns the production company Blossom Films .