Nicole Mary Kidman is an actress and producer from Australia and America. She’s well-known for her acting in movies and TV shows of different types. Kidman has often been one of the highest-paid actresses in the world. She’s won many awards, like an Academy Award, a BAFTA Award, two Primetime Emmy Awards, and six Golden Globe Awards. In 2024, she was the first Australian actor to get the AFI Life Achievement Award.
Kidman started her acting career in Australia in 1983 with the movie BMX Bandits. She got famous internationally after her roles in movies like Dead Calm, Days of Thunder, and Far and Away. Kidman won an Oscar for Best Actress for her role as Virginia Woolf in The Hours. She’s also been nominated for Oscars several times for her roles in Moulin Rouge!, Rabbit Hole, Lion, and Being the Ricardos.
Aside from big mainstream movies like Aquaman and The Golden Compass, Kidman is known for her work in smaller, more artistic films like Dogville and Birth. She’s also done notable TV work, including in series like Big Little Lies, for which she won Primetime Emmy Awards.
Outside of acting, Kidman has been a UNICEF goodwill ambassador since 1994. She’s received many honors, like being made a Companion of the Order of Australia in 2006. Kidman was married to Tom Cruise from 1990 to 2001 and is now married to Keith Urban, a country music singer, since 2006.