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Trivia
Listed in "People Weekly"s "Most Intriguing
People" list. (December 25 1995/January 1 1996
issue)
She and her
husband Tom Cruise donated to Hillary Rodham Clinton's
campaign for a seat in the U.S. Senate representing
New York state. [2000]
Suffered
a broken rib while rehearsing a dance routine for the
movie Moulin Rouge! (2001). Production was halted while
she recovered.
Chosen by
People Magazine as one of the 50 Most Beautiful People
in the World [1999]
Chosen by
People (USA) magazine as one of the 50 most beautiful
people in the world [1996]
Wore a corset
while filming Portrait of a Lady, The (1996) to take
her waist down to 19"
Spent two
weeks in bed after filming of Portrait of a Lady, The
(1996) - diagnosed as suffering from "emotional
stress".
Adopted 1
son and 1 daughter.
Nicole's
father is renowned Sydney psychologist Anthony Kidman,
famous in his own right for work done with breast cancer
patients, among other things.
Family: Sister,
Antonia Kidman-Hawley. Brother-In-Law, Angus Hawley.
Mother, Janelle Kidman. Son, Conor Antony. Daughter,
Isabella Jane Relative of late cattle baron Sydney Kidman.
Dropped out of high school to pursue career.
Crusader
against child abuse. "Children should be allowed
to grow up without fear of cruelty." [October 1999]
Separated
from husband Tom Cruise. [5 February 2001]
In Moulin
Rouge! (2001) Kidman sang alongside Ewan McGregor.
Conor Antony
(adopted son) born January 17, 1995.
Isabella
Jane (adopted daughter) born December 22, 1992.
Sang alongside
Robbie Williams in a remake of the duet 'Something Stupid',
originally by Frank and Nancy Sinatra
Scared of
butterflies
Won 2nd Golden
Globe for Best Actress in a Musical or Comedy for Moulin
Rouge! [January 20th, 2002]
Named one
of People Magazine's '25 Most Intriguing People of 2001'.
Named E!'s
Celebrity of the Year 2001.
Named Entertainment
Weekly's Entertainer of The Year for 2001.
Played a
young girl named Grace on a sketch on "Saturday
Night Live" (1975) with Mike Myers, the next time
she played a character named Grace was her 2001 movie,
Others, The (2001).
She was supposed
to be the star of Panic Room (2002), but she hurt herself
in a stunt for Moulin Rouge! (2001). So, she played
the voice of Jodie Foster's divorced husband's wife.
Was named
one of the 50 Most Beautiful People by People Magazine
in 2002.
Sister of
Australian television personality Antonia Kidman.
Will play
Samantha Stevens in film version of classic television
series Bewitched.
Although
naturally left-handed, Nicole taught herself to write
right- handed for her role in Hours, The (2002), where
she played the right- handed author Virginia Woolf.
Received
a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame (13 January 2003)
Found out
about her first Academy Award nomination, for Moulin
Rouge! (2001), while shooting Dogville (2003) in Sweden.
Ranked #31
in Premiere's 2003 annual Power 100 List. Had ranked
#83 in 2002.
First Australian
actress to win the Best Actress Academy Award.
- Voted the
5th Sexist Female Movie Star in the Australian Empire
Magazine September 2002.
Measurements:
34B-23-36 (Source: Celebrity Sleuth magazine)
In recent
polls, she was elected alongside fellow Aussie Hugh
Jackman as one of the favorite upcoming romantic couples
on screen.
Originally
cast as Mrs. Smith in "Mr & Mrs Smith"
(2004).
Has appeared
in "My Life" with Micheal Keaton, "Batman
Forever" with Val Kilmer, "The Peacemaker"
with George Clooney and "The Portrait of a Lady"
with Christian Bale. All five actors have played Batman
in a movie.
She was nominated
for a Laurence Olivier Theatre Award in 1999 (1998 season)
for Best Actress for her performance in The Blue Room.
Personal quotes
"Every day there is a compromise. Living with somebody
requires a lot of understanding. But I love being married.
I really love it. Sometimes I try to downplay it a bit
because people are like, 'God you guys.' I just feel
so fortunate that I have found someone who will put
up with me and stay with me." - on her marriage
to Tom Cruise - August 2000
[On husband
Tom Cruise] "I wouldn't want to be married to me,
but luckily he does."
"Now
I can wear heels." [commenting on her break-up
with Tom Cruise - August 2001]
"It's
so bizarre, I'm not scared of snakes or spiders. But
I'm scared of butterflies. There is something eerie
about them. Something weird!"
And I am
standing in front of my mother, And my WHOLE life I
have wanted to make my mother proud. And now I'm going
to make my daughter proud. (On winning the Academy Award
for "The Hours")
"When
I heard about the Suzanne role in To Die For, I thought,
'I'll never get it - it'll be offered to someone else.'
So I called Gus [Van Sant] at home, and he took my call,
thank God. I told him I'd seen Drugstore Cowboy, and
I really wanted to work with him. I said I was destined
to work with him."
"I think
it's important that we don't all have to hold our heads
high all the time saying everything's fine."
"These
different people that I play become the loves of my
life."
The split
from Tom Cruise left me very fragile but I'd love to
marry again.
"I would
love to have boobs and a butt like Jennifer Lopez but
I'm not having surgery so there it is"
I've never
been so excited to have people walk all over me for
the rest of my life. (On receiving her star on the Walk
of Fame)
"You
want to take some responsibility in your choices so
that it sets the groundwork for that next generation
of actresses - so for me doing Lars von Trier, I would
hope that says to another generation: 'go and seek out
those directors, it's ok'."
On Dogville:
"One day it would be a fairytale, the next it was
a nightmare. Lars was gentle with me - he was gentle
and soft, then he would beat me up emotionally when
he felt he needed that. I did not always register what
was happening until afterwards but you shouldn't have
too much awareness as an actor, I don't think."
Nicole Kidman - Filmography
Below is a complete filmography
(list of movies she's appeared in)
Cold Mountain (2003) .... Ada Monroe
Human Stain, The (2003) .... Faunia Farley
... aka Couleur du mensonge, La (2003) (France)
... aka Menschliche Makel, Der (2003) (Germany)
Dogville (2003) .... Grace
... aka Dogville (2003) (France)
Hours, The (2002) .... Virginia Woolf
Panic Room (2002) (uncredited) (voice) .... Stephen's
Girlfriend on the Phone
Birthday Girl (2001) .... Sophia
Others, The (2001) .... Grace
... aka Autres, Les (2001) (France)
... aka Otros, Los (2001) (Spain)
Moulin Rouge! (2001) .... Satine
Eyes Wide Shut (1999) .... Alice Harford
... aka EWS (1999) (USA: promotional abbreviation)
Practical Magic (1998) .... Gillian Owens
Peacemaker, The (1997) .... Dr. Julia Kelly
Portrait of a Lady, The (1996) .... Isabel Archer
Leading Man, The (1996) .... Academy Awards Presenter
Batman Forever (1995) .... Dr. Chase Meridian
... aka Forever (1995/I) (USA: title without logo)
To Die For (1995) .... Suzanne Stone Maretto
My Life (1993) .... Gail Jones
Malice (1993) .... Tracy Kennsinger
Far and Away (1992) .... Shannon Christie
Billy Bathgate (1991) .... Drew Preston
Flirting (1991) .... Nicola
Days of Thunder (1990) .... Dr. Claire Lewicki
"Bangkok Hilton" (1989) (mini) TV Series ....
Katrina Stanton
Dead Calm (1989) .... Rae Ingram
... aka Dead Calm: A Voyage Into Fear (1989) (USA: poster
title)
Emerald City (1988) .... Helen, Mike McCord's Girlfriend
Australiana a Roma, Un' (1987) (TV) .... Jill
Bit Part, The (1987) .... Mary McAllister
Room to Move (1987) (TV) .... Carol Trig
... aka Winners: Room to Move (1987) (TV) (Australia:
syndication title)
Watch the Shadows Dance (1987) .... Amy Gabriel
... aka Nightmaster (1987) (USA)
"Vietnam" (1986) (mini) TV Series .... Megan
Goddard
Windrider (1986) .... Jade
"Winners" (1985) (mini) TV Series .... Carol
Trig (episode 1: Room to Move)
Archer's Adventure (1985) .... Catherine
... aka Archer (1985)
Wills & Burke (1985) .... Julia Matthews
Matthew and Son (1984) (TV) .... Bridget Elliot
BMX Bandits (1983) .... Judy
... aka Short Wave (1983) (USA: video title (bootleg
title))
Bush Christmas (1983) .... Helen
... aka Prince and the Great Race (1983)
Chase Through the Night (1983) (TV) .... Petra
"Five Mile Creek" (1983) TV Series .... Annie
Nicole Kidman - Notable TV
Guest Appearances
"Larry King Live" (1985) playing
"Herself" 24 January 2004
"Tonight Show with Jay Leno, The" (1992) playing
"Herself" 5 December 2003
"Entertainment Tonight" (1981) playing "Herself"
16 October 2003
"Extra" (1994) playing "Herself"
15 October 2003
"Entertainment Tonight" (1981) playing "Herself"
11 October 2003
"Ant and Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway" (2002)
playing "Herself" (episode # 2.8) 1 March
2003
"Love Chain" (2003) playing "Herself"
(archive footage) in episode: "Tom Cruise"
(episode # 1.4) 2003
"Larry King Live" (1985) playing "Herself"
15 December 2002
"Oprah Winfrey Show, The" (1986) playing "Herself"
8 November 2002
"Seitenblicke" (1988) playing "Herself"
in episode: "Oscars 2002" 26 March 2002
"Først & sist" (1998) playing "Herself"
(episode # 7.9) 22 March 2002
"Ray Martin Show, The" (2001) playing "Herself"
(episode # 1.6) 5 November 2001
"Big Breakfast, The" (1992) playing "Herself"
2 November 2001
"Parkinson" (1971) playing "Herself"
13 October 2001
"Tonight Show with Jay Leno, The" (1992) playing
"Herself" 15 August 2001
"Havoc's Luxury Suites and Conference Facility"
(2001) playing "Herself" (episode # 1.1) 5
June 2001
"Rosie O'Donnell Show, The" (1996) playing
"Herself" 12 December 1996
"Saturday Night Live" (1975) playing "Host"
(episode # 19.7) 20 November 1993
"Country Practice, A" (1981) playing "Simone
Jenkins" in episode: "Repairing the Damage:
Part 2" (episode # 1.234) 1984
"Country Practice, A" (1981) playing "Simone
Jenkins" in episode: "Reparing the Damage:
Part 1" (episode # 1.233) 1984
"Young Talent Time" (1971) playing "Herself"
26 November 1983
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