Nicole Kidman — biography, films, roles and trivia

Biography

💥Nicole Mary Kidman. Born in 1967 in Honolulu, Hawaii, USA. Grew up in a family with a younger sister. Her father worked as a biochemist, and her mother was a nursing instructor. She studied at the Australian Theatre Institute in Sydney. She works as an actress and producer. Married twice: to actor Tom Cruise (they adopted daughter Isabella and son Connor) and since 2006 to musician Keith Urban; the couple has 2 daughters: Sunday and Faith

🏆Main awards🏆: Oscar (2003) [The Hours], BAFTA (2003) [The Hours], Golden Globe (1996) [Batman Forever], Golden Globe (2002) [Moulin Rouge!], Golden Globe (2003) [The Hours], Emmy (2017) [Big Little Lies], BAFTA (2003) [The Hours]

🎬Main projects🎬: "Moulin Rouge!" (2001), "The Hours" (2002), "Batman Forever" (1995), "Big Little Lies" (2017)

⭐Interesting fact⭐: Nicole, despite her love of animals, is afraid of butterflies

Filmography

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2023 Lioness Actor

2026 Practical Magic 2 Gillian Owens

Interesting facts

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At the age of four, Nicole began studying ballet.
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Kidman admitted that she used drugs, but did not become addicted to them.
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Nicole has a younger sister - Antonia Kidman Hawley (born in 1971).
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During the filming of Moulin Rouge, Kidman broke a rib. Production had to be halted until the actress recovered from the injury; a whole series of scenes was shot on an emergency basis outside the schedule using static close-ups of Nicole.
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Kidman is a fan of the Sydney Swans in the Australian Football League and attends many of their matches. Her favorite player is Barry Hall.
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Full name: Nicole Mary Kidman.
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Nicole's first screen appearance was in singer Pat Wilson's music video Bop Girl in 1983.
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Kidman took second place on People magazine's list of the most highly paid actresses in 2005 (Nicole's average fee per film was estimated at 16 million dollars; first place went to Julia Roberts — 17 million). However, Kidman often agrees to act for a minimal acting fee as well; she sets such terms when taking part in low-budget productions.
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Her parents are Antony David Kidman and Janelle Ann MacNeille — of Scottish and Irish descent, both born in Australia. For a time, Nicole's father worked as a cancer cell research specialist in Washington, USA. When the future actress was 4 years old, her family returned to Australia: Nicole's father received a position at the University of Technology Sydney.
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Nicole Kidman met her first husband, Tom Cruise, on the set of the film Days of Thunder in 1990; a romance developed between them, Cruise divorced his previous wife Mimi Rogers, and the couple married on Christmas Eve of that same year.
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In January 2005, Kidman won two separate court cases against Sydney paparazzi.
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In 2003, Kidman received the Fashion Icon Award from the Council of Fashion Designers of America.
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Nicole Kidman has four children: daughter Isabella Jane Kidman-Cruise (22.12.92) and son Connor Anthony Kidman-Cruise (17.01.95) from her first marriage to Tom Cruise; two daughters — Sunday Rose Kidman-Urban (07.07.08) and Faith Margaret Kidman-Urban (28.12.10) from her second marriage to Keith Urban.
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As a child, Nicole was often teased as a "mop" because of her tall height.
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Kidman placed 45th on Forbes magazine's list of wealthy celebrities in 2005 (her income in 2004–2005 was estimated at 14.5 million dollars).
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The song BMX Bandits by the American pop rock band Wheatus is dedicated to the 1983 film of the same name starring Nicole Kidman.
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In August 2004, the Australian magazine BRW named Kidman the richest woman in Australia under the age of forty (her fortune was estimated at 155 million Australian dollars).
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Her passion for dance led her to the Australian Theatre for Young People, and then to the Philip Street Theatre, where the future actress also honed her vocal skills and studied theater history.
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Nicole is the face of the Chanel No. 5 perfume brand from the fashion house Chanel. Their collaboration began with a series of television and print materials prepared with the participation of Moulin Rouge director Baz Luhrmann as part of an advertising campaign conducted in 2004, 2005, and 2006. The multi-million-dollar commercial titled 'N° 5 the Film' also starred Rodrigo Santoro. The advertisement is the most expensive in business history: the total cost of one minute of the four-minute spot is estimated at 11 million dollars. Kidman herself received the highest fee in advertising history — she was paid 3.71 million dollars for participating in the filming, which is 928 thousand dollars per minute.