Nicole Kidman

Nicole Kidman (born 20 June 1967) is an Australian-American actress and producer, and one of the most acclaimed screen performers of her generation. She began acting as a teenager in Australia, with early roles in films such as Bush Christmas and BMX Bandits, before gaining international attention with Dead Calm (1989). Her Hollywood breakthrough came with Days of Thunder (1990), and through the 1990s she built a reputation for taking on unusually varied roles in films such as To Die For, Batman Forever, The Portrait of a Lady, Practical Magic, and Stanley Kubrick’s Eyes Wide Shut.

Kidman’s career reached a major peak in the early 2000s with Moulin Rouge! (2001), The Others (2001), and The Hours (2002), where her portrayal of Virginia Woolf won her the Academy Award for Best Actress. What has made her career especially interesting is her willingness to move between big studio films, strange psychological dramas, musicals, thrillers, and more intimate character pieces. She has often seemed drawn to roles where elegance hides unease, and where polished surfaces begin to crack.

Later, Kidman became just as important on television, particularly with Big Little Lies, which she also produced and which earned her major awards including Emmy, Golden Globe, Critics Choice, and SAG recognition. She has continued to work at a high level in both film and TV, with recent projects including Expats, Special Ops: Lioness, Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom, and Babygirl. For Babygirl, she won the Volpi Cup for Best Actress at the Venice Film Festival, showing that even after decades as a major star, she is still taking risks and finding new shades in her work.

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