Nicole Kidman
In an era that marks the waning power of the movie star, Nicole Kidman (birthname: Nicole Mary Kidman) harkens back to a previous time when movie stars defined the public’s perception of Hollywood. Kidman’s stardom, however, has proven durable for four decades because it is linked—in a way that makes her comparable to classical Hollywood’s best female star actors such as Bette Davis and Katherine Hepburn—to an intensely serious commitment to the art of acting. The key to distinguishing Nicole Kidman’s approach from standard movie “stars” is that she has always considered herself a character actor who allows the specific role to define the performance.
This is complicated by the combined qualities of Kidman’s highly publicized, glamorous profile and her stylized acting method, which often uses a mask of behavior to both conceal and reveal the character she’s playing. In this way, Nicole Kidman almost uniquely combines traditional Hollywood movie stardom with the British tradition of “outside-in” acting. “Almost,” since Kidman shares this complicated profile and method with fellow lauded female Australian actors Naomi Watts (a former classmate) and Cate Blanchett.
Stanley Kubrick’s final movie, Eyes Wide Shut (1999), marked a turning point for Nicole Kidman, as well as her third and final co-starring role with Cruise.
These included: Baz Luhrmann’s stylized musical, Moulin Rouge! (2001) with Ewan McGregor; Alejandro Amenábar’s horror period film, The Others (2001); and a startling, transformational performance as author Virginia Woolf in Stephen Daldry’s The Hours (2002), which earned her a bevy of awards and nominations, including the Best Actress Oscar.
She followed this triumph with a remarkable trifecta in 2003: A lead in the ensemble of Lars von Trier’s dark, theatrical drama, Dogville (with the fairly mind-blowing cast of Ben Gazzara, Harriet Andersson, Paul Bettany, Lauren Bacall, James Caan, Patricia Clarkson, Stellan Skarsgård, Udo Kier, Chloë Sevigny, and Jeremy Davies); Philip Roth’s The Human Stain, with Anthony Hopkins; and another ambitious novel adaptation, Anthony Minghella’s version of Charles Frazier’s classic Civil War novel, Cold Mountain, with Jude Law and Renée Zellweger.
Nicole Kidman’s taste for striking, unique roles reached a peak in 2004 with Jonathan Glazer’s brilliant and disturbing mother-son drama, Birth, for which she earned a seventh Golden Globe nomination.
Striking out as a producer, Nicole Kidman scored well with Rabbit Hole (2010), with Aaron Eckhart, earning her an Oscar, SAG, and Golden Globe Best Actress nominations. This, plus her first HBO project, Hemingway & Gellhorn (2012), with Clive Owen, anticipated Kidman’s recent push into producing and sustained focus on long-form cable and streaming productions.
Some projects that would have seemed surefire hits, such as Trespass (2011), with Nicolas Cage, and Donna Tartt’s The Goldfinch (2019), with Ansel Elgort, proved disappointments, but the general track record of Nicole Kidman’s work for the movies and cable/streaming displays an exemplary balance of artistic and commercial success.
portrayed a pair of real-life stars of television: Fox News's Gretchen Carlson in Bombshell (2019) and Lucille Ball in Aaron Sorkin’s Being the Ricardos (2021), with Javier Bardem and J.K. Simmons and then Kidman dove headfirst into big-scale, brawny entertainment, such as Robert Eggers’ Viking adventure, The Northman (2022) with Alexander Skarsgård, Anya Taylor-Joy, and Ethan Hawke, and Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom (2023) with Jason Momoa, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, and Patrick Wilson.
earned considerable acclaim (including the Volpi Cup for Best Actress at the
Venice Film Festival) for her daring starring role in director/writer/producer
Halina Reijn’s erotic thriller, Babygirl (2024), co-starring Harris
Dickinson, Sophie Wilde, and Antonio Banderas, and which was profitably released
(based on estimated costs) by A24 for a $64.7 million return.
Bullock 28 years after the original, Practical Magic 2 (2026), also
co-starring reunited actors Dianne Wiest and Stockard Channing, with new cast
members Joey King, Lee Pace, Maisie Williams, Xolo Maridueña and Solly McLeod,
produced (in part) by Alcon Entertainment and Di Novi Pictures and released
wide by Warner Bros. Pictures. Kidman joined the ensemble of
director/writer/producer Osgood Perkins’ horror movie, The Young People (2026),
co-starring Lola Tung, Nico Parker, Brendan Hines, Tatiana Maslany, Johnny
Knoxville, Heather Graham, Cush Jumbo, and Lily Collias, and released by Neon.
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Known For
Rabbit Hole
Becca (2010)
Nicole Kidman Movies
Actor
Previous (33)
- 2026 |
Practical Magic 2
asGillian Owens
A multi generational family of witches, cursed to be loveless for centuries, attempts to break the spell by confronting dark secrets and sacrificing for each other.
- 2024 |
A Family Affair
asBrooke Harwood
A surprising romance kicks off comic consequences for a young woman, her mother, and her movie-star boss as they face the complications of love, sex, and identity.
- 2024 |
- 2023 |
Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom
asAtlanna
Black Manta seeks revenge on Aquaman for his father's death. Wielding the Black Trident's power, he becomes a formidable foe. To defend Atlantis, Aquaman forges an alliance with his imprisoned brother. They must protect the kingdom.
- 2022 |
- 2021 |
Being the Ricardos
Follows Lucy and Desi as they face a crisis that could end their careers and another that could end their marriage.
- 2019 |
The Goldfinch
asMrs. Barbour
A boy in New York is taken in by a wealthy family after his mother is killed in a bombing at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. In a rush of panic, he steals 'The Goldfinch', a painting that eventually draws him into a world of crime.
- 2019 |
- 2019 |
The Upside
asYvonne Pendleton
A comedic look at the relationship between a wealthy man with quadriplegia and an unemployed man with a criminal record who's hired to help him.
- 2018 |
- 2018 |
Boy Erased
asNancy Eamons
The son of a Baptist preacher unwillingly participates in a church-supported gay conversion program after being forcibly outed to his parents.
- 2018 |
- 2018 |
How to Talk to Girls at Parties
asBoadicea
How to Talk to Girls at Parties
An alien touring the galaxy breaks away from her group and meets two young inhabitants of the most dangerous place in the universe: the London borough of Croydon.
- 2018 |
The Peacemaker
An intimate portrait of international peacemaker Padraig O'Malley - who helps make peace for others but struggles to find it for himself.
- 2017 |
The Killing of a Sacred Deer
asAnna Murphy
Steven, a charismatic surgeon, is forced to make an unthinkable sacrifice after his life starts to fall apart, when the behavior of a teenage boy he has taken under his wing turns sinister.
- 2016 |
The Family Fang
asAnnie Fang
A brother and sister return to their family home in search of their world famous parents who have disappeared.
- 2016 |
- 2016 |
- 2015 |
Secret in Their Eyes
asClaire Sloane
A tight-knit team of rising investigators, along with their supervisor, is suddenly torn apart when they discover that one of their own teenage daughters has been brutally murdered.
- 2007 |
The Invasion
asCarol Bennell
As a Washington, D.C. psychiatrist unearths the origin of an alien epidemic, she also discovers her son might be the only way it can be stopped.
- 2006 |
Happy Feet
asNorma Jean
Into the world of the Emperor Penguins, who find their soul mates through song, a penguin is born who cannot sing. But he can tap dance something fierce!
- 2003 |
Cold Mountain
In the waning days of the American Civil War, a wounded soldier embarks on a perilous journey back home to Cold Mountain, North Carolina to reunite with his sweetheart.
- 2002 |
- 2002 |
Panic Room
asStephen's Girlfriend on the Phone
A divorced woman and her diabetic daughter take refuge in their newly-purchased house's safe room when three men break-in, searching for a missing fortune.
- 2001 |
Moulin Rouge!
asSatine
A poor Bohemian poet in 1890s Paris falls for a beautiful courtesan and nightclub star coveted by a jealous duke.
- 2001 |
The Others
asGrace
In 1945, immediately following the end of Second World War, a woman who lives with her two photosensitive children on her darkened old family estate in the Channel Islands becomes convinced that the home is haunted.
- 1999 |
Eyes Wide Shut
asAlice Harford
A Manhattan doctor embarks on a bizarre, night-long odyssey after his wife's admission of unfulfilled longing.
- 1998 |
Practical Magic
asGillian Owens
Two witch sisters, raised by their eccentric aunts in a small town, face closed-minded prejudice and a curse which threatens to prevent them ever finding lasting love.
- 1995 |
Batman Forever
asDr. Chase Meridian
Batman must battle former district attorney Harvey Dent, who is now Two-Face and Edward Nygma, The Riddler with help from an amorous psychologist and a young circus acrobat who becomes his sidekick, Robin.
- 1990 |
Days of Thunder
asDr. Claire Lewicki
A young hot-shot stock car driver gets his chance to compete at the top level.
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