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.
112 movies · 46 shows
Holland
2025·5.4
Babygirl
2024·5.7
Spellbound
2024·6.6
A Family Affair
2024·5.7
Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom
2023·6.5
Nicole Kidman: Eyes Wide Open
2023·7.8
Werner Herzog: Radical Dreamer
2022·7.9
The Northman
2022·7.0
Being the Ricardos
2021·6.5
The Prom
2020·6.1
Kubrick by Kubrick
2020·7.4
Tom Cruise: An Eternal Youth
2020·6.6
That Click
2019·8.8
Bombshell
2019·6.8
The Goldfinch
2019·7.1
Aquaman: Heroines of Atlantis
2019·6.2
The Upside
2019·7.1
Destroyer
2018·5.9
Aquaman
2018·6.9
Boy Erased
2018·7.0
An Impossible Conundrum
2018·10.0
The Killing of a Sacred Deer
2017·7.0
How to Talk to Girls at Parties
2017·6.0
The Beguiled
2017·5.9
David Stratton: A Cinematic Life
2017·4.6
Lion
2016·8.0
Genius
2016·6.5
The Family Fang
2016·5.9
Secret in Their Eyes
2015·6.4
Queen of the Desert
2015·5.8
Strangerland
2015·5.3
Paddington
2014·7.1
Hello Ladies: The Movie
2014·6.4
Before I Go to Sleep
2014·6.5
Grace of Monaco
2014·6.0
The Railway Man
2013·6.8
Stoker
2013·6.6
Close Up
2012·9.5
The Paperboy
2012·5.5
Hemingway & Gellhorn
2012·6.1
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
2012·7.6
Trespass
2011·5.5
Just Go with It
2011·6.7
Rabbit Hole
2010·6.6
One Night Only: Barbra Streisand and Quartet at the Village Vanguard
2010·7.1
Nine
2009·5.5
Australia
2008·6.6
The Golden Compass
2007·6.1
Margot at the Wedding
2007·5.8
Lagerfeld Confidential
2007·6.6
The Invasion
2007·6.0
I Have Never Forgotten You: The Life & Legacy of Simon Wiesenthal
2007·7.7
ShowBusiness: The Road to Broadway
2007·7.2
God Grew Tired of Us
2006·7.3
Happy Feet
2006·6.2
Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus
2006·6.1
Nicole Kidman: The Girl from Oz
2006·0.0
Casting a Spell: Making 'Bewitched'
2005·7.0
Why I Love 'Bewitched'
2005·0.0
Bewitched
2005·5.1
The Interpreter
2005·6.3
Birth
2004·6.0
Dogville Confessions
2004·7.0
The Stepford Wives
2004·5.7
Shooting 'Panic Room'
2004·7.0
Cold Mountain
2003·6.9
The Human Stain
2003·6.0
Rita
2003·8.3
Celebrity Naked Ambition
2003·5.0
101 Most Shocking Moments in Entertainment
2003·5.0
Trier, Kidman og Cannes
2003·8.0
Dogville
2003·7.7
The Hours
2002·7.3
Heart of the Festival
2002·6.5
Panic Room
2002·6.8
Birthday Girl
2001·5.9
The Others
2001·7.6
Moulin Rouge!
2001·7.5
The Night Club of Your Dreams: The Making of 'Moulin Rouge'
2001·6.8
Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures
2001·7.4
Kidman on Kubrick
1999·6.7
Eyes Wide Shut
1999·7.5
Remembering Stanley Kubrick
1999·0.0
Practical Magic
1998·6.8
The Peacemaker
1997·6.0
Portrait: Jane Campion and The Portrait of a Lady
1997·7.5
The Leading Man
1996·5.0
The Portrait of a Lady
1996·6.0
To Die For
1995·6.6
Batman Forever
1995·5.5
Riddle Me This: Why Is Batman Forever?
1995·7.0
My Life
1993·6.7
Malice
1993·6.3
Far and Away
1992·6.8
Billy Bathgate
1991·5.8
Flirting
1991·6.7
Days of Thunder
1990·6.4
Dead Calm
1989·6.6
Emerald City
1988·5.9
Nightmaster
1988·4.1
The Bit Part
1987·4.8
An Australian in Rome
1987·6.0
Vietnam
1987·7.6
Windrider
1986·5.4
Room to Move
1986·6.2
Archer's Adventure
1985·5.4
Wills & Burke
1985·6.8
Matthew and Son
1984·6.0
BMX Bandits
1983·5.5
Bush Christmas
1983·6.1
Skin Deep
1983·9.7
Chase Through the Night
1983·7.5