Nicole Kidman

**Nicole Mary Kidman**, AC  (born 20 June 1967) is an Australian-American actress, model, singer and film producer. She began acting in movies in 1983. She starred in various Australian movies and television shows. Her first major role was in _Dead Calm_ in 1989.

Her performance in the musical _Moulin Rouge!_ (2001) earned her a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress. She later won the award in this category for playing Virginia Woolf in _The Hours_ (2002).

Nicole Kidman appeared as Atlanna, Aquaman's mother, in the 2018 DC Comics - Warner Bros. movie _Aquaman_ (2018). She played Lucille Ball in the 2021 biographical drama movie _Being the Ricardos_. She won a Golden Globe Award and earned an Academy Award nomination in 2022 for her role as Ball.

## Early life

Nicole Mary Kidman was born in Honolulu, Hawaii to an Australian parents. They were temporarily in the United States on educational visas. Nicole Kidman can therefore claim citizenship in Australia and the United States. Her father, Antony David Kidman (1938 - 2014) was a biochemist, clinical psychologist, and author. Her mother, Janelle Ann (née Glenny), is a nursing instructor who edits her husband's books and was a member of the Women's Electoral Lobby. Nicole Kidman is of Scottish and Irish ancestry. At the time of Kidman's birth, her father was a graduate student at the University of Hawaii at Manoa. He soon became a visiting fellow at the National Institute of Mental Health of the United States. Opposed to the war in Vietnam, which was causing social unrest in both Australia and the United States, Kidman's parents participated in anti-war protests while they were living in Washington DC The family returned to Australia when Nicole Kidman was four and her parents now live on Sydney's North Shore. Nicole Kidman has a younger sister, Antonia Kidman, a journalist and TV presenter.

## Career

Kidman's first movie was in 1983. It was called _BMX Bandits_. Her first famous movie was _Dead Calm_ in 1989.
Her first major movie was called _Days of Thunder_, which also starred Tom Cruise. They fell in love during the filming of that movie and married. Nicole Kidman was then in more movies like _Flirting_, _Billy Bathgate_,anti tarnish jewel  _Far and Away_, _Malice_, _My Life_ and _To Die For_.  All of these movies were successes.

She was then in movies like _Batman Forever_ and _Practical Magic_. In 1999 she starred in a movie with Tom Cruise called _Eyes Wide Shut_. They played a married couple in the movie. It was the last movie directed by director Stanley Kubrick. They separated and divorced after making _Eyes Wide Shut_.

Since Kidman and Cruise divorced, she has been in movies including: _Moulin Rouge!_, _The Others_, _Cold Mountain_, _The Stepford Wives_ and _Bewitched_.

## Personal life

Kidman was married to Tom Cruise until 2001. She is currently married to Keith Urban with whom she has two daughters, born in 2008 and 2010 respectively.

## Movie

|Year|Title|Role|Notes|
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1983|_BMX Bandits_|Judy||
|_Bush Christmas_|Helen|||
|_Five Mile Creek_|Annie|TV series||
|_Skin Deep_|Sheena Henderson|TV movie||
|_Chase Through the Night_|Petra|TV movie||
|1984|_Matthew and Son_|Bridget Elliot|TV movie|
|_Wills & Burke_|Julia Matthews|||
|1985|_Archer's Adventure_|Catherine|TV movie|
|_Winners_|Carol Trig|TV series - episode 1||
|1986|_Windrider_|Jade||
|1987|_Watch the Shadows Dance_|Amy Gabriel||
|_The Bit Part_|Mary McAllister|||
|_Room to Move_|Carol Trig|TV miniseries||
|_An Australian in Rome_|Jill|TV movie||
|_Vietnam_|Megan Goddard|TV miniseries||
|1988|_Emerald City_|Helen||
|1989|_Dead Calm_|Rae Ingram||
|_Bangkok Hilton_|Katrina Stanton|TV miniseries||
|1990|_Days of Thunder_|Dr. Claire Lewicki||
|1991|_Flirting_|Nicola||
|_Billy Bathgate_|Drew Preston|Golden Globe nomination - Best Supporting Actress||
|1992|_Far and Away_|Shannon Christie||
|1993|_Malice_|Tracy Kennsinger||
|_My Life_|Gail Jones|||
|1995|_To Die For_|Suzanne Stone Maretto|BAFTA Award nomination - Best Actress, Golden Globe win - Best Musical/Comedy Actress|
|_Batman Forever_|Dr. Chase Meridian|||
|1996|_The Leading Man_|Academy Awards presenter||
|_The Portrait of a Lady_|Isabel Archer|||
|1997|_The Peacemaker_|Dr. Julia Kelly||
|1998|_Practical Magic_|Gillian Owens||
|1999|_Eyes Wide Shut_|Alice Harford||
|2001|_Moulin Rouge!_|Satine|Academy Award nomination - Best Actress, Golden Globe win - Best Musical/Comedy Actress|
|_The Others_|Grace Stewart|Nominated for BAFTA Award - Best Actress Nominated for Golden Globe - Best Drama Actress||
|_Birthday Girl_|Sophia/Nadia|||
|2002|_The Hours_|Virginia Woolf|Academy Award win - Best Actress, BAFTA Award win - Best Actress, Golden Globe win - Best Drama Actress|
|2003|_Dogville_|Grace Margaret Mulligan||
|_The Human Stain_|Faunia Farley|||
|_Cold Mountain_|Ada Monroe|Golden Globe nomination - Best Drama Actress||
|2004|_The Stepford Wives_|Joanna Eberhart||
|_Birth_|Anna|Golden Globe nomination - Best Drama Actress||
|2005|_The Interpreter_|Silvia Broome||
|_Bewitched_|Isabel Bigelow/Samantha|Worst Screen Couple Razzie||
|2006|_Fur_|Diane Arbus||
|_Happy Feet_|Norma Jean|voice||
|2007|_The Invasion_|Carol Bennell||
|_Margot at the Wedding_|Margot|||
|_The Golden Compass_|Marisa Coulter|||
|2008|_Australia_|Lady Sarah Ashley|Post-production|
|2009|_Need_||Postponed because of her pregnancy|
|_The Lady from Shanghai_||||

## Infobox (person)

- **name**: Nicole Kidman
- **honorific suffix**: <small>Companion of the Order of Australia, AC</small>
- **image**: Nicole Kidman 2, 2013.jpg
- **caption**: Nicole Kidman at 2013 Cannes Film Festival
- **birth place**: Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
- **birth name**: Nicole Mary Kidman
- **nationality**: Australian, Americans, American
- **years active**: 1983 - present
- **spouse**:

- **children**: 4 (2 adopted, 2 biological daughters)
- **relatives**: Antonia Kidman (sister)