Nicole Kidman
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.
Born: 20 June 1967
Played In
Movie
Sep 2026
Practical Magic 2
Gillian Owens
TV Show
Apr 2026
Margo's Got Money Troubles
Lace
TV Show
Mar 2026
Scarpetta
Kay Scarpetta
Movie
Mar 2025
Holland
Nancy Vandergroot
Movie
Dec 2024
Babygirl
Romy
Movie
Nov 2024
Spellbound
Queen Ellsmere (voice)
TV Show
Sep 2024
In Vogue: The 90s
Self
TV Show
Sep 2024
The Perfect Couple
Greer Garrison Winbury
TV Show
Jul 2024
Simone Biles Rising
Self
Movie
Jun 2024
A Family Affair
Brooke Harwood
TV Show
Jan 2024
Expats
Margaret
TV Show
Dec 2023
Off Script with The Hollywood Reporter
Self
Movie
Dec 2023
Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom
Atlanna
TV Show
Nov 2023
Faraway Downs
Lady Sarah Ashley
Movie
Sep 2023
Nicole Kidman: Eyes Wide Open
Self (archive footage)
TV Show
Jul 2023
Lioness
Kaitlyn Meade
Movie
Oct 2022
Werner Herzog: Radical Dreamer
Self
TV Show
Apr 2022
Roar
Robin
Movie
Apr 2022
The Northman
Queen Gudrún
Movie
Dec 2021
Being the Ricardos
Lucille Ball
TV Show
Aug 2021
Nine Perfect Strangers
Masha Dmitrichenko
Movie
Dec 2020
The Prom
Angie Dickinson
TV Show
Oct 2020
The Undoing
Grace Fraser
Movie
Oct 2020
Kubrick by Kubrick
Self (archive footage)
Movie
Oct 2020
Tom Cruise: An Eternal Youth
Self (archive footage)
TV Show
Oct 2020
A World of Calm
Narrator
Movie
Dec 2019
That Click
Self
Movie
Dec 2019
Bombshell
Gretchen Carlson
Movie
Sep 2019
The Goldfinch
Samantha Barbour
Movie
Mar 2019
Aquaman: Heroines of Atlantis
Self
Movie
Jan 2019
The Upside
Yvonne Pendleton
Movie
Dec 2018
Destroyer
Erin Bell
Movie
Dec 2018
Aquaman
Atlanna
Movie
Sep 2018
Boy Erased
Nancy Eamons
Movie
Jan 2018
An Impossible Conundrum
Self
Movie
Oct 2017
The Killing of a Sacred Deer
Anna Murphy
Movie
Oct 2017
How to Talk to Girls at Parties
Boadicea
Movie
Jun 2017
The Beguiled
Miss Martha
Movie
Mar 2017
David Stratton: A Cinematic Life
Self
TV Show
Feb 2017
Big Little Lies
Celeste Wright
Movie
Nov 2016
Lion
Sue Brierley
Movie
Jun 2016
Genius
Aline Bernstein
Movie
Apr 2016
The Family Fang
Annie Fang
Movie
Oct 2015
Secret in Their Eyes
Claire
TV Show
Sep 2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self - Guest
Movie
Sep 2015
Queen of the Desert
Gertrude Bell
TV Show
Aug 2015
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
Self
Movie
Jul 2015
Strangerland
Catherine Parker
TV Show
Mar 2015
The Late Late Show with James Corden
Self - Guest
TV Show
Dec 2014
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Self
Movie
Nov 2014
Paddington
Millicent
Movie
Nov 2014
Hello Ladies: The Movie
Nicole Kidman (uncredited)
TV Show
Oct 2014
PaparaGilles
Self
Movie
Sep 2014
Before I Go to Sleep
Christine
Movie
Apr 2014
Grace of Monaco
Grace Kelly
TV Show
Feb 2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self - Guest
TV Show
Feb 2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self
Movie
Dec 2013
The Railway Man
Patti
TV Show
Mar 2013
Top of the Lake
Julia
Movie
Feb 2013
Stoker
Evelyn 'Evie' Stoker
Movie
Sep 2012
Close Up
Self (archive footage)
Movie
Sep 2012
The Paperboy
Charlotte Bless
Movie
Aug 2012
Hemingway & Gellhorn
Martha Gellhorn
Movie
Feb 2012
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
(archive footage)
Movie
Oct 2011
Trespass
Sarah Miller
Movie
Feb 2011
Just Go with It
Devlin Adams
Movie
Dec 2010
Rabbit Hole
Becca Corbett
TV Show
Nov 2010
Conan
Self
Movie
May 2010
One Night Only: Barbra Streisand and Quartet at the Village Vanguard
Audience
Movie
Dec 2009
Nine
Claudia
TV Show
Sep 2009
Live from Studio Five
Self
Movie
Nov 2008
Australia
Lady Sarah Ashley
Movie
Dec 2007
The Golden Compass
Marisa Coulter
Movie
Nov 2007
Margot at the Wedding
Margot
Movie
Oct 2007
Lagerfeld Confidential
Self
Movie
Aug 2007
The Invasion
Carol Bennell
Movie
May 2007
I Have Never Forgotten You: The Life & Legacy of Simon Wiesenthal
Narrator (voice)
Movie
Apr 2007
ShowBusiness: The Road to Broadway
Self (uncredited)
TV Show
Feb 2007
The Graham Norton Show
Self - Guest
TV Show
Feb 2007
The Graham Norton Show
Self
Movie
Dec 2006
God Grew Tired of Us
Narrator (voice)
Movie
Nov 2006
Happy Feet
Norma Jean (voice)
TV Show
Sep 2006
El hormiguero
Self
Movie
Aug 2006
Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus
Diane Arbus
Movie
Aug 2006
Nicole Kidman: The Girl from Oz
Nicole Kidman
Movie
Oct 2005
Casting a Spell: Making 'Bewitched'
Self
Movie
Oct 2005
Why I Love 'Bewitched'
Self
Movie
Jun 2005
Bewitched
Isabel Bigelow
Movie
Apr 2005
The Interpreter
Silvia Broome
Movie
Oct 2004
Birth
Anna
Movie
Jun 2004
Dogville Confessions
Self
Movie
Jun 2004
The Stepford Wives
Joanna Eberhart
Movie
Mar 2004
Shooting 'Panic Room'
Self
Movie
Dec 2003
Cold Mountain
Ada Monroe
Movie
Oct 2003
The Human Stain
Faunia Farley
Movie
Sep 2003
Rita
Self
TV Show
Sep 2003
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Self
Movie
Jul 2003
Celebrity Naked Ambition
Self (archive footage)
Movie
Jul 2003
101 Most Shocking Moments in Entertainment
Self (archive footage)
Movie
May 2003
Trier, Kidman og Cannes
Self
Movie
May 2003
Dogville
Grace Margaret Mulligan
TV Show
Jan 2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self
TV Show
Jan 2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self - Guest
Movie
Dec 2002
The Hours
Virginia Woolf
TV Show
Jun 2002
Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway
Self
Movie
Apr 2002
Heart of the Festival
Self (archive footage)
Movie
Mar 2002
Panic Room
Stephen's Girlfriend on the Phone (voice) (uncredited)
Movie
Sep 2001
Birthday Girl
Nadia / Sophia
Movie
Aug 2001
The Others
Grace Stewart
Movie
May 2001
Moulin Rouge!
Satine
Movie
May 2001
The Night Club of Your Dreams: The Making of 'Moulin Rouge'
Self
Movie
Feb 2001
Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures
Self
Movie
Nov 1999
Kidman on Kubrick
Movie
Jul 1999
Eyes Wide Shut
Alice Harford
Movie
Jan 1999
Remembering Stanley Kubrick
Self
Movie
Oct 1998
Practical Magic
Gillian Owens
TV Show
Jan 1998
Parkinson
Self
Movie
Sep 1997
The Peacemaker
Dr. Julia Kelly
TV Show
Aug 1997
The View
Self - Guest
Movie
Jan 1997
Portrait: Jane Campion and The Portrait of a Lady
Self
Movie
Dec 1996
The Leading Man
Academy Awards Presenter
Movie
Oct 1996
The Portrait of a Lady
Isabel Archer
TV Show
Oct 1995
Kulturzeit
self
Movie
Sep 1995
To Die For
Suzanne Stone
Movie
Jun 1995
Batman Forever
Dr. Chase Meridian
Movie
Jun 1995
Riddle Me This: Why Is Batman Forever?
Self - Dr. Chase Meridian
Movie
Nov 1993
My Life
Gail Jones
Movie
Sep 1993
Malice
Tracy Kennsinger
TV Show
Aug 1993
Late Show with David Letterman
Self - Guest
TV Show
May 1992
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
Movie
May 1992
Far and Away
Shannon Christie
Movie
Nov 1991
Billy Bathgate
Drew Preston
Movie
Mar 1991
Flirting
Nicola Radcliffe
Movie
Jun 1990
Days of Thunder
Dr. Claire Lewicki
TV Show
Nov 1989
Bangkok Hilton
Katrina Stanton
Movie
Apr 1989
Dead Calm
Rae Ingram
Movie
Dec 1988
Emerald City
Helen McCord
TV Show
Sep 1988
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Self
TV Show
Sep 1988
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Self - Guest
Movie
Jul 1988
Nightmaster
Amy Gabriel
TV Show
Oct 1987
Seitenblicke
self
Movie
Jun 1987
The Bit Part
Mary McAllister
Movie
Jun 1987
An Australian in Rome
Jill
Movie
Feb 1987
Vietnam
Megan Goddard
TV Show
Feb 1987
Vietnam
Megan Goddard
Movie
Dec 1986
Windrider
Jade
Movie
Aug 1986
Room to Move
Carol Trig
Movie
Nov 1985
Archer's Adventure
Catherine
Movie
Oct 1985
Wills & Burke
Julia Matthews
Movie
Aug 1984
Matthew and Son
Bridget Elliot
TV Show
Feb 1984
Goldene Kamera
Self
Movie
Dec 1983
BMX Bandits
Judy
Movie
Dec 1983
Bush Christmas
Helen
TV Show
Nov 1983
Five Mile Creek
Annie
Movie
Jan 1983
Skin Deep
Sheena Henderson
Movie
Jan 1983
Chase Through the Night
Petra
TV Show
Sep 1981
Entertainment Tonight
TV Show
Sep 1981
Entertainment Tonight
Self
TV Show
Feb 1981
Wetten, dass..?
Self
TV Show
Oct 1975
Saturday Night Live
Self - Host
TV Show
Apr 1973
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
Self - Honoree
TV Show
Mar 1953
The Oscars
Self
TV Show
Mar 1953
The Oscars
Self - Presenter
TV Show
Jan 1951
Sanremo Music Festival
TV Show
Jan 1944
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Nominee
Movie
Mice
Movie
The Young People
TV Show
Discretion
Sharon