Nicole Mary Kidman AC (born June 20, 1967) is an Academy Award-winning actress, and one of Hollywood's leading actresses. She has also ventured into singing. Kidman holds dual citizenship as both an Australian and an American.
Biography
Nicole Kidman was born in Honolulu, Hawaii, to Dr. Anthony David Kidman, who was involved with the labor movement and progressive causes, and Janelle Ann MacNeille, who edited her husband's books. Her mother is of Scottish descent and her father a descendant of an immigrant farmer. At the time she was born, her father was a cancer research specialist in Washington, D.C. The family returned to Australia when Kidman was four years old, when her father took on a lectureship at the University of Technology, Sydney.
Kidman has a younger sister, Antonia, born in 1970. Kidman's parents and sister both reside in Greenwich, a suburb on Sydney's North Shore. Kidman, a Catholic, attended Mary Mackillop Chapel in North Sydney with her sister.
Kidman started taking ballet lessons when she was four. This led to studies at Sydney's Australian Theatre for Young People, where she is now Patron, then at the Philip Street Theatre, where she majored in voice production and theatre history. Living in Longueville, New South Wales, she studied at North Sydney Girls High School, but dropped out when her mother was diagnosed with breast cancer; Kidman concentrated on her family responsibilities until her mother's recovery.
Relationships
Kidman met Tom Cruise on the set of their 1990 movie, Days of Thunder. Cruise was married to actress Mimi Rogers at the time, and later divorced her. Kidman and Cruise were married on Christmas Eve 1990 in Telluride, Colorado. The couple adopted two children, daughter Isabella Jane (b. December 22, 1993) and son Connor Anthony (b. January 17, 1995), and lived in Los Angeles, Australia, Colorado, and New York City. Cruise left Kidman while she was three months pregnant, just before their 10th wedding anniversary. She subsequently had a miscarriage. The marriage was dissolved in 2001. The reasons for the dissolution have never been made public.
The 2003 film Cold Mountain was plagued by rumors that an on-set affair between Kidman and co-star Jude Law was responsible for the breakup of his marriage. Both vehemently denied the allegations, and Kidman eventually won an undisclosed sum from the British tabloids that pushed the story. She donated the money to a Romanian orphanage in the town where the movie was filmed. Shortly after her Oscar win, there were rumours of a relationship between her and fellow Oscar winner Adrien Brody. There was no confimation or denial. She met musician Lenny Kravitz in 2003 and dated him into 2004.
Kidman met country singer Keith Urban at a Hollywood event honouring Australians in January 2005. Kidman and Urban were married on Sunday June 25, 2006, at the Cardinal Cerretti Memorial Chapel in the grounds of St Patrick's Estate, Manly in Sydney.
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Filmography
1983 BMX Bandits Judy
Bush Christmas Helen
Skin Deep Sheena Henderson TV movie
Chase Through the Night Petra TV movie
1984 Matthew and Son Bridget Elliot TV movie
1985 Wills & Burke Julia Matthews
Archer's Adventure Catherine
Winners Carol Trig TV series - episode 1
1986 Windrider Jade
1987 Watch the Shadows Dance Amy Gabriel
The Bit Part Mary McAllister
Room to Move Carol Trig TV miniseries
An Australian in Rome Jill TV movie
Vietnam Megan Goddard TV miniseries
1988 Emerald City Helen
1989 Dead Calm Rae Ingram
Bangkok Hilton Katrina Stanton TV miniseries
1990 Days of Thunder Dr. Claire Lewicki
1991 Flirting Nicola
Billy Bathgate Drew Preston
1992 Far and Away Shannon Christie
1993 Malice Tracy Kennsinger
My Life Gail Jones
1995 To Die For Suzanne Stone Maretto
Batman Forever Dr. Chase Meridian
1996 The Leading Man Academy Awards presenter
The Portrait of a Lady Isabel Archer
1997 The Peacemaker Dr. Julia Kelly
1998 Practical Magic Gillian Owens
1999 Eyes Wide Shut Alice Harford
2001 Moulin Rouge! Satine
The Others Grace Stewart
Birthday Girl Sophia/Nadia
2002 The Hours Virginia Woolf
2003 Dogville Grace Margaret Mulligan
The Human Stain Faunia Farley
Cold Mountain Ada Monroe
2004 The Stepford Wives Joanna Eberhart
Birth Anna
2005 The Interpreter Silvia Broome
Bewitched Isabel Bigelow/Samantha
2006 Fur Diane Arbus
Happy Feet Norma Jean voice
2007 The Invasion Carol filming
Untitled Noah Baumbach Movie Margot post-production
His Dark Materials: Northern Lights Marisa Coulter filming
2008 Untitled Baz Luhrmann Project pre-production
The Lady from Shanghai pre-production
Headhunters announced
Awards
Academy Awards
2003 - Best Actress in a Leading Role for The Hours
Berlin International Film Festival
2003 - Silver Berlin Bear for Best Actress for The Hours
Boston Society of Film Critics
1995 - Best Actress for To Die For
British Academy of Film and Television Arts:
2003 - Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role for The Hours
Broadcast Film Critics Association
1996 - Best Actress for To Die For
Golden Globe Awards:
2003 - Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama for The Hours
2002 - Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy for Moulin Rouge!
1996 - Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy for To Die For
Kansas City Film Critics Circle
2002 - Best Actress for The Others
Las Vegas Film Critics Society
2003 - Best Actress for The Hours
MTV Movie Awards:
2002 - Best Female Performance for Moulin Rouge!
2002 - Best Musical Sequence for Moulin Rouge!
Prestige Academy of Motion Pictures
2004 - Best Ensemble Cast Performance for Dogville *(shared with the rest of the cast)
2003 - Best Ensemble Cast Performance for Cold Mountain *(shared with the rest of the cast)
2003 - Distinguished Decade in Film
2002 - Best Actress for The Hours
2001 - Best Actress for Moulin Rouge!
2001 - Best Musical Sequence for Moulin Rouge!
1995 - Best Actress for To Die For
Seattle International Film Festival
1995 - Best Actress for To Die For
ShoWest Convention
2002 - Distinguished Decade of Achievement in Film
1992 - Female Star of Tomorrow
In 2003, Kidman received her Star on the Walk of Fame in Hollywood, California. In addition to those accolades, Kidman has received Best Actress awards from the following critics' groups or award giving organizations: Australian Film Institute, Blockbuster Entertainment Awards, Empire Awards, Golden Satellite Awards, Hollywood Film Festival, London Critics Circle, Russian Guild of Film Critics, and the Southeastern Film Critics Association. In 2003, Kidman was given the American Cinematheque Award.
