Nicole Kidman
Known for: Acting
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.
Filmography
Series
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self - Guest
2014
Series
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self
2014
Series
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self - Guest
2015
Series
Late Show with David Letterman
Self - Guest
1993
Series
Conan
Self
2010
Series
Saturday Night Live
Self - Host
1975
Film
Practical Magic 2
Gillian Owens
2026
Series
The Late Late Show with James Corden
Self - Guest
2015
Series
The View
Self - Guest
1997
Series
The Graham Norton Show
Self - Guest
2007
Series
The Graham Norton Show
Self
2007
Series
Lioness
Kaitlyn Meade
2023
Series
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self
2003
Series
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self - Guest
2003
Series
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Self
1988
Series
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Self - Guest
1988
Series
El hormiguero
Self
2006
Series
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
Series
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Self
2003
Series
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Nominee
1944
Series
Margo's Got Money Troubles
Lace
2026
Series
Wetten, dass..?
Self
1981
Film
Before I Go to Sleep
Christine
2014
Series
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
Self
2015
Series
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Self
2014
Film '72
Self
1971
Film
Practical Magic
Gillian Owens
1998
Series
Parkinson
Self
1998
Film
Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom
Atlanna
2023
Series
Sanremo Music Festival
1951
Series
The Oscars
Self
1953
Series
The Oscars
Self - Presenter
1953
Series
Nine Perfect Strangers
Masha Dmitrichenko
2021
Goldene Kamera
Self
1984
Film
Eyes Wide Shut
Alice Harford
1999
Series
Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway
Self
2002
Film
Batman Forever
Dr. Chase Meridian
1995
Series
Big Little Lies
Celeste Wright
2017
Series
Roar
Robin
2022
Film
The Northman
Queen Gudrún
2022
Series
Scarpetta
Kay Scarpetta
2026
Series
Victoria's Secret Fashion Show
Self
1995
Film
The Golden Compass
Marisa Coulter
2007
Series
Entertainment Tonight
1981
Series
Entertainment Tonight
Self
1981
Film
The Others
Grace Stewart
2001
Film
Just Go with It
Devlin Adams
2011
Film
Aquaman
Atlanna
2018
Film
The Peacemaker
Dr. Julia Kelly
1997
Film
Bombshell
Gretchen Carlson
2019
Film
The Killing of a Sacred Deer
Anna Murphy
2017
Film
Spellbound
Queen Ellsmere (voice)
2024
Seitenblicke
self
1987
Film
The Beguiled
Miss Martha
2017
Film
Happy Feet
Norma Jean (voice)
2006
Film
Days of Thunder
Dr. Claire Lewicki
1990
Film
Babygirl
Romy
2024
Series
Faraway Downs
Lady Sarah Ashley
2023
Series
The Undoing
Grace Fraser
2020
Film
Paddington
Millicent
2014
Film
Cold Mountain
Ada Monroe
2003
Series
Expats
Margaret
2024
Series
In Vogue: The 90s
Self
2024
Film
The Interpreter
Silvia Broome
2005
Film
The Goldfinch
Samantha Barbour
2019
Film
The Invasion
Carol Bennell
2007
Film
The Stepford Wives
Joanna Eberhart
2004
Series
The Perfect Couple
Greer Garrison Winbury
2024
Film
The Upside
Yvonne Pendleton
2019
Series
Top of the Lake
Julia
2013
Film
Australia
Lady Sarah Ashley
2008
Film
Lion
Sue Brierley
2016
Film
Trespass
Sarah Miller
2011
Film
Bewitched
Isabel Bigelow
2005
Film
Far and Away
Shannon Christie
1992
Series
Off Script with The Hollywood Reporter
Self
2023
Film
A Family Affair
Brooke Harwood
2024
Film
Dogville
Grace Margaret Mulligan
2003
Film
Moulin Rouge!
Satine
2001
Film
Holland
Nancy Vandergroot
2025
Film
Boy Erased
Nancy Eamons
2018
Film
Panic Room
Stephen's Girlfriend on the Phone (voice) (uncredited)
2002
Film
Rabbit Hole
Becca Corbett
2010
Film
Being the Ricardos
Lucille Ball
2021
Film
Secret in Their Eyes
Claire
2015
Film
Stoker
Evelyn 'Evie' Stoker
2013
Series
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
Self - Honoree
1973
Film
Queen of the Desert
Gertrude Bell
2015
Film
The Railway Man
Patti
2013
Film
Birth
Anna
2004
Film
The Hours
Virginia Woolf
2002
Film
Malice
Tracy Kennsinger
1993
Film
The Human Stain
Faunia Farley
2003
Film
Val
Self (archive)
2021
Series
PaparaGilles
Self
2014
Film
Birthday Girl
Nadia / Sophia
2001
Film
The Paperboy
Charlotte Bless
2012
Film
Genius
Aline Bernstein
2016
Film
The Prom
Angie Dickinson
2020
Series
Five Mile Creek
Annie
1983
Film
The Portrait of a Lady
Isabel Archer
1996
Film
Dead Calm
Rae Ingram
1989
Film
To Die For
Suzanne Stone
1995
Film
Nine
Claudia
2009
Film
Hemingway & Gellhorn
Martha Gellhorn
2012
Film
How to Talk to Girls at Parties
Boadicea
2017
Film
The Family Fang
Annie Fang
2016
Film
Margot at the Wedding
Margot
2007
Series
Bangkok Hilton
Katrina Stanton
1989
Film
Destroyer
Erin Bell
2018
Film
Billy Bathgate
Drew Preston
1991
Film
Grace of Monaco
Grace Kelly
2014
Film
Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus
Diane Arbus
2006
Film
BMX Bandits
Judy
1983
Film
Kubrick by Kubrick
Self (archive footage)
2020
Series
Simone Biles Rising
Self
2024
Series
A World of Calm
Narrator
2020
Film
Hello Ladies: The Movie
Nicole Kidman (uncredited)
2014
Discretion
Sharon
Film
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
(archive footage)
2012
Film
My Life
Gail Jones
1993
Film
Strangerland
Catherine Parker
2015
Series
Vietnam
Megan Goddard
1987
Film
Werner Herzog: Radical Dreamer
Self
2022
Film
Stanley Kubrick - Ein Leben für den Film
Self
2001
Film
Great Performers: Horror Show
The Possessed
2017
Film
Dogville Confessions
Self
2004
Film
Celebrity Naked Ambition
Self (archive footage)
2003
Film
The Young People
2027
Film
Aquaman: Heroines of Atlantis
Self
2019
Film
Tom Cruise: An Eternal Youth
Self (archive footage)
2020
Film
God Grew Tired of Us
Narrator (voice)
2006
Film
Windrider
Jade
1986
Film
Nicole Kidman: Eyes Wide Open
Self (archive footage)
2023
Series
Live from Studio Five
Self
2009
Film
ShowBusiness: The Road to Broadway
Self (uncredited)
2007
Film
Flirting
Nicola Radcliffe
1991
Film
David Stratton: A Cinematic Life
Self
2017
Film
An Australian in Rome
Jill
1987
Film
Close Up
Self (archive footage)
2012
Film
Lagerfeld Confidential
Self
2007
Film
Riddle Me This: Why Is Batman Forever?
Self - Dr. Chase Meridian
1995
Film
Rita
Self
2003
Film
Heart of the Festival
Self (archive footage)
2002
Film
Remembering Stanley Kubrick
Self
1999
Film
The Night Club of Your Dreams: The Making of 'Moulin Rouge'
Self
2001
Film
Bush Christmas
Helen
1983
Film
Emerald City
Helen McCord
1988
Film
101 Most Shocking Moments in Entertainment
Self (archive footage)
2003
Film
Why I Love 'Bewitched'
Self
2005
Film
Nightmaster
Amy Gabriel
1988
Film
The Leading Man
Academy Awards Presenter
1996
Film
Casting a Spell: Making 'Bewitched'
Self
2005
Film
That Click
Self
2019
Film
One Night Only: Barbra Streisand and Quartet at the Village Vanguard
Audience
2010
Film
Vietnam
Megan Goddard
1987
Film
Archer's Adventure
Catherine
1985
Film
I Have Never Forgotten You: The Life & Legacy of Simon Wiesenthal
Narrator (voice)
2007
Film
Room to Move
Carol Trig
1986
Film
Shooting 'Panic Room'
Self
2004
Film
Chase Through the Night
Petra
1983
Film
Skin Deep
Sheena Henderson
1983
Film
The Bit Part
Mary McAllister
1987
Film
Trier, Kidman og Cannes
Self
2003
An Impossible Conundrum
Self
2018
Matthew and Son
Bridget Elliot
1984
Film
Wills & Burke
Julia Matthews
1985
Film
Portrait: Jane Campion and The Portrait of a Lady
Self
1997
Mice
Film
Nicole Kidman: The Girl from Oz
Nicole Kidman
2006
Kidman on Kubrick
1999