Nicole Kidman
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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
Credits
Practical Magic 2 (2026)
as Gillian Owens
Practical Magic (1998)
as Gillian Owens
Eyes Wide Shut (1999)
as Alice Harford
Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom (2023)
as Atlanna
The Northman (2022)
as Queen Gudrún
Aquaman (2018)
as Atlanna
Just Go with It (2011)
as Devlin Adams
Babygirl (2024)
as Romy
The Others (2001)
as Grace Stewart
The Golden Compass (2007)
as Marisa Coulter
Batman Forever (1995)
as Dr. Chase Meridian
The Interpreter (2005)
as Silvia Broome
Happy Feet (2006)
as Norma Jean (voice)
Paddington (2014)
as Millicent
Far and Away (1992)
as Shannon Christie
Days of Thunder (1990)
as Dr. Claire Lewicki
Cold Mountain (2003)
as Ada Monroe
Before I Go to Sleep (2014)
as Christine
Moulin Rouge! (2001)
as Satine
The Invasion (2007)
as Carol Bennell
Bombshell (2019)
as Gretchen Carlson
The Peacemaker (1997)
as Dr. Julia Kelly
Lion (2016)
as Sue Brierley
The Beguiled (2017)
as Miss Martha
Panic Room (2002)
as Stephen's Girlfriend on the Phone (voice) (uncredited)
The Upside (2019)
as Yvonne Pendleton
A Family Affair (2024)
as Brooke Harwood
Boy Erased (2018)
as Nancy Eamons
Dogville (2003)
as Grace Margaret Mulligan
The Goldfinch (2019)
as Samantha Barbour
Bewitched (2005)
as Isabel Bigelow
The Killing of a Sacred Deer (2017)
as Anna Murphy
Rabbit Hole (2010)
as Becca Corbett
Holland (2025)
as Nancy Vandergroot
Secret in Their Eyes (2015)
as Claire
The Stepford Wives (2004)
as Joanna Eberhart
The Hours (2002)
as Virginia Woolf
The Prom (2020)
as Angie Dickinson
The Human Stain (2003)
as Faunia Farley
Spellbound (2024)
as Queen Ellsmere (voice)
To Die For (1995)
as Suzanne Stone
Stoker (2013)
as Evelyn 'Evie' Stoker
Queen of the Desert (2015)
as Gertrude Bell
The Family Fang (2016)
as Annie Fang
Stanley Kubrick - Ein Leben für den Film (2001)
as Self
The Paperboy (2012)
as Charlotte Bless
Being the Ricardos (2021)
as Lucille Ball
Val (2021)
as Self (archive)
Australia (2008)
as Lady Sarah Ashley
Grace of Monaco (2014)
as Grace Kelly
Trespass (2011)
as Sarah Miller
The Railway Man (2013)
as Patti
Dead Calm (1989)
as Rae Ingram
How to Talk to Girls at Parties (2017)
as Boadicea
Birthday Girl (2001)
as Nadia / Sophia
Malice (1993)
as Tracy Kennsinger
Hemingway & Gellhorn (2012)
as Martha Gellhorn
Birth (2004)
as Anna
Flirting (1991)
as Nicola Radcliffe
Genius (2016)
as Aline Bernstein
Billy Bathgate (1991)
as Drew Preston
Nine (2009)
as Claudia
Destroyer (2018)
as Erin Bell
The Portrait of a Lady (1996)
as Isabel Archer
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen (2012)
as (archive footage)
Margot at the Wedding (2007)
as Margot
Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus (2006)
as Diane Arbus
Kubrick by Kubrick (2020)
as Self (archive footage)
Werner Herzog: Radical Dreamer (2022)
as Self
BMX Bandits (1983)
as Judy
Hello Ladies: The Movie (2014)
as Nicole Kidman (uncredited)
My Life (1993)
as Gail Jones
Aquaman: Heroines of Atlantis (2019)
as Self
Celebrity Naked Ambition (2003)
as Self (archive footage)
Dogville Confessions (2004)
as Self
Strangerland (2015)
as Catherine Parker
David Stratton: A Cinematic Life (2017)
as Self
Nicole Kidman: Eyes Wide Open (2023)
as Self (archive footage)
The Young People (—)
Actor
101 Most Shocking Moments in Entertainment (2003)
as Self (archive footage)
God Grew Tired of Us (2006)
as Narrator (voice)
ShowBusiness: The Road to Broadway (2007)
as Self (uncredited)
Casting a Spell: Making 'Bewitched' (2005)
as Self
The Night Club of Your Dreams: The Making of 'Moulin Rouge' (2001)
as Self
Riddle Me This: Why Is Batman Forever? (1995)
as Self - Dr. Chase Meridian
Close Up (2012)
as Self (archive footage)
Nightmaster (1988)
as Amy Gabriel
The Leading Man (1996)
as Academy Awards Presenter
Tom Cruise: An Eternal Youth (2020)
as Self (archive footage)
Windrider (1986)
as Jade
Emerald City (1988)
as Helen McCord
I Have Never Forgotten You: The Life & Legacy of Simon Wiesenthal (2007)
as Narrator (voice)
An Australian in Rome (1987)
as Jill
Portrait: Jane Campion and The Portrait of a Lady (1997)
as Self
Why I Love 'Bewitched' (2005)
as Self
Rita (2003)
as Self
Heart of the Festival (2002)
as Self (archive footage)
Chase Through the Night (1983)
as Petra
Great Performers: Horror Show (2017)
as The Possessed
Trier, Kidman og Cannes (2003)
as Self
One Night Only: Barbra Streisand and Quartet at the Village Vanguard (2010)
as Audience
Vietnam (1987)
as Megan Goddard
Lagerfeld Confidential (2007)
as Self
Wills & Burke (1985)
as Julia Matthews
Mice (—)
Actor
Remembering Stanley Kubrick (1999)
as Self
Bush Christmas (1983)
as Helen
Room to Move (1986)
as Carol Trig
Archer's Adventure (1985)
as Catherine
That Click (2019)
as Self
Skin Deep (1983)
as Sheena Henderson
Matthew and Son (1984)
as Bridget Elliot
Shooting 'Panic Room' (2004)
as Self
The Bit Part (1987)
as Mary McAllister
An Impossible Conundrum (2018)
as Self
Nicole Kidman: The Girl from Oz (2006)
as Nicole Kidman
Kidman on Kubrick (1999)
Actor