Nicole Kidman
95 movies · 18 TV shows
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Jun 20, 1967 (age 59)
- Place of birth
- Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
- Also known as
- Nicole Hokulani · Nicole Mary 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).
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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
Nicole Kidman: movies and TV shows
Acting (107)
- Upcoming
- Upcoming
- Upcoming
- 2026 Practical Magic 2
as Gillian Owens
- 2026
- 2026
- 2025 Holland
as Nancy Vandergroot
- 2024 Babygirl
as Romy
- 2024 Spellbound
as Queen Ellsmere (voice)
- 2024
- 2024 A Family Affair
as Brooke Harwood
- 2024
- 2023 Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom
as Atlanna
- 2023
- 2023
- 2022
- 2022 The Northman
as Queen Gudrún
- 2021 Being the Ricardos
as Lucille Ball
- 2021
- 2020 The Prom
as Angie Dickinson
- 2020
- 2020
- 2019 Bombshell
as Gretchen Carlson
- 2019 The Goldfinch
as Samantha Barbour
- 2019 The Upside
as Yvonne Pendleton
- 2018 Destroyer
as Erin Bell
- 2018 Aquaman
as Atlanna
- 2018 Boy Erased
as Nancy Eamons
- 2017 Great Performers: Horror Show
as The Possessed
- 2017 The Killing of a Sacred Deer
as Anna Murphy
- 2017 How to Talk to Girls at Parties
as Boadicea
- 2017 The Beguiled
as Miss Martha
- 2017
- 2016 Lion
as Sue Brierley
- 2016 Genius
as Aline Bernstein
- 2016 The Family Fang
as Annie Fang
- 2015 Secret in Their Eyes
as Claire
- 2015 Queen of the Desert
as Gertrude Bell
- 2015 Strangerland
as Catherine Parker
- 2014 Paddington
as Millicent
- 2014 Hello Ladies: The Movie
as Nicole Kidman (uncredited)
- 2014 Before I Go to Sleep
as Christine
- 2014 Grace of Monaco
as Grace Kelly
- 2013 The Railway Man
as Patti
- 2013
- 2013 Stoker
as Evelyn 'Evie' Stoker
- 2012 The Paperboy
as Charlotte Bless
- 2012 Hemingway & Gellhorn
as Martha Gellhorn
- 2012 Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
as (archive footage)
- 2011 Trespass
as Sarah Miller
- 2011 Just Go with It
as Devlin Adams
- 2010 Rabbit Hole
as Becca Corbett
- 2010
- 2009 Nine
as Claudia
- 2008 Australia
as Lady Sarah Ashley
- 2007 The Golden Compass
as Marisa Coulter
- 2007 Margot at the Wedding
as Margot
- 2007 The Invasion
as Carol Bennell
- 2007 I Have Never Forgotten You: The Life & Legacy of Simon Wiesenthal
as Narrator (voice)
- 2006 God Grew Tired of Us
as Narrator (voice)
- 2006 Happy Feet
as Norma Jean (voice)
- 2006 Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus
as Diane Arbus
- 2006 Nicole Kidman: The Girl from Oz
as Nicole Kidman
- 2005 Bewitched
as Isabel Bigelow
- 2005 The Interpreter
as Silvia Broome
- 2004 Birth
as Anna
- 2004 The Stepford Wives
as Joanna Eberhart
- 2003 Cold Mountain
as Ada Monroe
- 2003 The Human Stain
as Faunia Farley
- 2003 Dogville
as Grace Margaret Mulligan
- 2002 The Hours
as Virginia Woolf
- 2002 Panic Room
as Stephen's Girlfriend on the Phone (voice) (uncredited)
- 2001 Birthday Girl
as Nadia / Sophia
- 2001 The Others
as Grace Stewart
- 2001 Moulin Rouge!
as Satine
- 1999
- 1999 Eyes Wide Shut
as Alice Harford
- 1998 Practical Magic
as Gillian Owens
- 1997 The Peacemaker
as Dr. Julia Kelly
- 1996 The Leading Man
as Academy Awards Presenter
- 1996 The Portrait of a Lady
as Isabel Archer
- 1995 To Die For
as Suzanne Stone
- 1995 Batman Forever
as Dr. Chase Meridian
- 1993 My Life
as Gail Jones
- 1993 Malice
as Tracy Kennsinger
- 1992 Far and Away
as Shannon Christie
- 1991 Billy Bathgate
as Drew Preston
- 1991 Flirting
as Nicola Radcliffe
- 1990 Days of Thunder
as Dr. Claire Lewicki
- 1989
- 1989 Dead Calm
as Rae Ingram
- 1988 Emerald City
as Helen McCord
- 1988 Nightmaster
as Amy Gabriel
- 1987 The Bit Part
as Mary McAllister
- 1987 An Australian in Rome
as Jill
- 1987 Vietnam
as Megan Goddard
- 1987
- 1986 Windrider
as Jade
- 1986 Room to Move
as Carol Trig
- 1985 Archer's Adventure
as Catherine
- 1985 Wills & Burke
as Julia Matthews
- 1984 Matthew and Son
as Bridget Elliot
- 1983 BMX Bandits
as Judy
- 1983 Bush Christmas
as Helen
- 1983
- 1983 Skin Deep
as Sheena Henderson
- 1983 Chase Through the Night
as Petra
Behind the camera (22)
- Upcoming Mice
Producer
- Upcoming
- 2026 Practical Magic 2
Producer
- 2026
- 2026
- 2025
- 2025 Holland
Producer
- 2024
- 2024
- 2023
- 2023
- 2022
- 2021
- 2020
- 2018 The House That Jack Built
Thanks
- 2017
- 2016 The Family Fang
Producer
- 2011 Monte Carlo
Producer
- 2010 Rabbit Hole
Producer
- 2003 In the Cut
Producer
- 1999 American Beauty
Thanks
- 1999 Remembering Stanley Kubrick
Thanks
Talk shows and appearances (56)
- 2024 In Vogue: The 90s
6 episodes
- 2024 Simone Biles Rising
4 episodes
- 2023 Off Script with The Hollywood Reporter
1 episode
- 2023
- 2022
- 2021
- 2020
- 2020
- 2019
- 2019
- 2018
- 2017
- 2015 The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
3 episodes
- 2015 Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
2 episodes
- 2015 The Late Late Show with James Corden
1 episode
- 2014 Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
7 episodes
- 2014 PaparaGilles
1 episode
- 2014 The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
7 episodes
- 2012
- 2010 Conan
1 episode
- 2009 Live from Studio Five
1 episode
- 2007
- 2007
- 2007 The Graham Norton Show
10 episodes
- 2006 El hormiguero
1 episode
- 2005
- 2005
- 2004
- 2004
- 2003
- 2003 The Ellen DeGeneres Show
1 episode
- 2003
- 2003
- 2003
- 2003 Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2 episodes
- 2002 Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway
1 episode
- 2002
- 2001
- 2001
- 1998 Parkinson
1 episode
- 1997 The View
3 episodes
- 1997
- 1995
- 1993 Late Show with David Letterman
1 episode
- 1992 The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
2 episodes
- 1988 LIVE with Kelly and Mark
3 episodes
- 1987 Seitenblicke
1 episode
- 1984 Goldene Kamera
1 episode
- 1981 Entertainment Tonight
2 episodes
- 1981 Wetten, dass..?
1 episode
- 1975 Saturday Night Live
1 episode
- 1973
- 1971 Film '72
1 episode
- 1953 The Oscars
10 episodes
- 1951 Sanremo Music Festival
1 episode
- 1944 Golden Globe Awards
2 episodes