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Nicole Mary Kidman , Companion of the Order of Australia|AC (born 20 June 1967) is an Australian actress, singer, film producer, and humanitarian . Kidman began her career in 1983, starring in various Australian film and television productions until her breakthrough in the 1989 thriller Dead Calm (film)|Dead Calm . Following several films over the early 1990s, she came to worldwide recognition for her performances in Days of Thunder (1990), Far and Away (1992), and Batman Forever (1995). Kidman followed this with other successful films in the late 1990s. It was her performance in the musical, Moulin Rouge! (2001) which earned Kidman her second Golden Globe Award and first Academy Award nomination for Academy Award for Best Actress|Best Actress . Her performance as Virginia Woolf the following year in the drama film The Hours (film)|The Hours (2002) received critical acclaim and earned Kidman the Academy Award for 75th Academy Awards|Best Actress .

Kidman's other notable films include To Die For (1995), Eyes Wide Shut (1999), Cold Mountain (film)|Cold Mountain (2003), The Interpreter (2005), and Australia (2008 film)|Australia (2008). Her performance in 2010's Rabbit Hole (film)|Rabbit Hole (which she also produced) earned Kidman further accolades including a subsequent Academy Award nomination for Best Actress. Kidman has been a Goodwill Ambassador for UNICEF since 1994 and for UNIFEM since 2006.. Unifem.org. January 2006. Kidman's work has earned her a Hollywood Walk of Fame|Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame , three Golden Globe Award s, one British Academy of Film and Television Arts|BAFTA , and an Academy Award. In 2006, Kidman was made a Companions of the Order of Australia|Companion of the Order of Australia , Australia's highest civilian honor,Stafford, Annabel: , The Age , 14 April 2007. and was also the highest-paid actress in the motion picture industry. As a result of being born to Australian parents in Hawaii , Kidman has multiple citizenship|dual citizenship in Australia and the United States.

Early life

Kidman was born in Honolulu , Hawaii. Her parents were in the United States on educational visas at the time. Kidman can thus claim both U.S. and Australian citizenship.Dickerson, James L. Nicole Kidman, Citadel Press, 2003, p.1 Her father, Dr. Antony David Kidman, is a biochemist , clinical psychologist , and author, with an office in Lane Cove, New South Wales|Lane Cove , Sydney , New South Wales , Australia. Her mother, Janelle Ann (née Glenny), is a nurse|nursing instructor who edits her husband's books and was a member of the Women's Electoral Lobby . Kidman's ancestry includes Scottish people|Scottish and Irish people|Irish . At the time of Kidman's birth in 1967, her father was a graduate student at the University of Hawaii at Manoa . He soon after became a visiting fellow at the National Institute of Mental Health of the United States. Opposed to the War in Vietnam, which was causing social unrest in both Australia and the United States, Kidman's parents participated in anti-war protests while they were living in Washington, DC.Dickerson, James L. Nicole Kidman, Citadel Press, 2003, p. 2 The family returned to Australia when Kidman was four and her parents now live on North Shore (Sydney)|Sydney's North Shore . Kidman has a younger sister, Antonia Kidman , a journalist and TV presenter.

Kidman attended Lane Cove Public School and North Sydney Girls' High School . She was enrolled in ballet at three and showed her natural talent for acting in her primary and high school years. Kidman revealed she was timid as a child, saying, "I am very shy – really shy – I even had a stutter as a kid, which I slowly got over, but I still regress into that shyness. So I don’t like walking into a crowded restaurant by myself; I don’t like going to a party by myself". In 1984, her mother was diagnosed with breast cancer, which caused Kidman to temporarily halt her education and help provide for the family by working as a massage therapist at age 17. She studied at the Victorian College of the Arts in Melbourne , Victoria (Australia)|Victoria , and at the Phillip Street Theatre in Sydney, with actress and friend Naomi Watts who had attended the same high school as she did. This was followed by attending the Australian Theatre for Young People . Here she took up drama, mime and performing in her teens, finding acting to be a refuge. Due to her fair skin and naturally red hair, the Australian sun forced the young Kidman to rehearse in halls of the theatre. A regular at the Phillip Street Theatre , she received both encouragement and praise to pursue acting full-time.

Career

1983-1994

In 1983, aged 16, Kidman made her film debut in the Australian holiday season favourite, Bush Christmas . By the end of 1983, she had a supporting role in the television series Five Mile Creek and began gaining popularity in the mid-1980s after appearing in several film roles, including BMX Bandits (film)|BMX Bandits , Watch the Shadows Dance , and the romantic comedy Windrider (1986), which earned Kidman attention due to her racy scenes. Also during the decade, she appeared in several Australian productions, including the soap opera A Country Practice and the miniseries Vietnam (1986). She also made guest appearances on Australian television programs and TV movies. She also appeared in Sesame Street.

In 1988, Kidman appeared in Emerald City (play)|Emerald City , based on the play Emerald City (play)|of the same name . The Australian film earned her an Australian Film Institute for Best Supporting Actress. After appearing in the Australian miniseries Bangkok Hilton , Kidman starred in Dead Calm (film)|Dead Calm (1989) as Rae Ingram, playing the wife of a naval officer. The thriller garnered strong reviews and brought Kidman to international recognition; Variety (magazine)|Variety commented: "Throughout the film, Kidman is excellent. She gives the character of Rae real tenacity and energy.". Variety.com. 1 January 2007. Retrieved 10 March 2007. Meanwhile, critic Roger Ebert noted the excellent chemistry between the leads, stating, "Kidman and Zane do generate real, palpable hatred in their scenes together." Roger Ebert|Ebert, Roger (7 April 1989). . Retrieved 10 March 2007. She moved on to star alongside her then-boyfriend and future husband, Tom Cruise , in the 1990 auto racing film Days of Thunder , playing a young doctor who falls in love with a NASCAR driver. This was Kidman's American debut and was among the highest-grossing films of the year.

In 1991, she co-starred with former classmate and friend Naomi Watts and Thandie Newton in the independent film Flirting (film)|Flirting . Kidman and Watts portrayed two high school girls in this coming of age story, which won the Australian Film Institute Award for Best Film . That same year, her work in the film Billy Bathgate (film)|Billy Bathgate earned Kidman her first Golden Globe Award nomination, for Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture|Best Supporting Actress . The New York Times , in its film review, called her "a beauty with, it seems, a sense of humor". The following year, she and Cruise re-teamed for Ron Howard 's Irish epic Far and Away (1992), which was a modest critical and commercial success. In 1993, she starred in My Life (film)|My Life opposite Michael Keaton and the thriller, Malice (film)|Malice opposite Alec Baldwin .

1995–2003

In 1995, Kidman appeared in her highest-grossing live-action film as of 2011, at Box Office Mojo playing Dr. Chase Meridian , the damsel in distress , in the superhero film Batman Forever , opposite Val Kilmer as the film's Batman|title character . That same year Kidman appeared in Gus Van Sant 's critically acclaimed To Die For , earning praise for her portrayal of murderous newscaster Suzanne Stone Maretto. Roger Ebert|Ebert, Roger (6 October 1995). . Retrieved 28 April 2008.

Kidman next appeared in The Portrait of a Lady (film)|The Portrait of a Lady (1996), based on the novel The Portrait of a Lady|the same name , alongside, Barbara Hershey , John Malkovich and Mary-Louise Parker . The following year she appeared in the action-thriller The Peacemaker (1997) as The White House|White House nuclear expert Dr. Julia Kelly, opposite George Clooney . The film received mixed reviews but grossed some $110,000,000 worldwide. Metacritic.com. Retrieved 05-30-2011 Boxofficemojo.com. Retrieved 05-30-2011 That same year she appeared opposite Sandra Bullock in the poorly received fantasy Practical Magic as a modern-day witch . at Meta Critic.com Kidman returned to her work on stage the same year in the David Hare (playwright)|David Hare play The Blue Room (play)|The Blue Room , which opened in London.

In 1999, Kidman reunited with then husband, Tom Cruise, to portray a married couple in Eyes Wide Shut , the final film of Stanley Kubrick . The film opened to generally positive reviews but was subject to censorship controversies due to the explicit nature of its sex scenes. The film received further attention following Kubrick's death shortly before its release. After brief hiatus and a highly publicized divorce from Cruise, Kidman returned to the screen to play a mail-order bride in the British-American drama Birthday Girl .

In 2001, Kidman appeared in two of her most critically and commercially successful films. In the first she played the cabaret actress and courtesan Satine in Baz Luhrmann 's musical Moulin Rouge! , opposite Ewan McGregor . Subsequently, Kidman received her second Golden Globe Award , for Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy|Best Actress in a Motion Picture Musical or Comedy , as well as other acting awards. She also received her first Academy Award nomination, for Best Actress in a Leading Role|Best Actress . Also in 2001, she had a well-received starring role in Alejandro Amenábar 's Spanish horror film The Others (2001 film)|The Others as Grace Stewart. Grossing over $210,947,037 worldwide, the film also earned several Goya Awards award nominations, including a Goya Award for Best Actress|Best Actress nomination for Kidman. Additionally she received her second 55th British Academy Film Awards|BAFTA and fifth 59th Golden Globe Awards|Golden Globe nominations.
In 2003, Kidman won critical praise for her portrayal of Virginia Woolf in Stephen Daldry 's The Hours (film)|The Hours , which also featured Meryl Streep and Julianne Moore . Kidman wore prosthetics that were applied to her nose making her almost unrecognisable playing the author during her time in 1920s England, and her bouts with depression and mental illness while trying to write her novel, Mrs. Dalloway . The film earned positive notices and several nominations, including for an Academy Award for Best Picture . The New York Times wrote that, "Kidman tunnels like a ferret into the soul of a woman besieged by excruciating bouts of mental illness. As you watch her wrestle with the demon of depression, it is as if its torment has never been shown on the screen before. Directing her desperate, furious stare into the void, her eyes not really focusing, Ms. Kidman, in a performance of astounding bravery, evokes the savage inner war waged by a brilliant mind against a system of faulty wiring that transmits a searing, crazy static into her brain". New York Times Kidman won numerous critics' awards, including her first British Academy of Film and Television Arts|BAFTA , third Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama|Golden Globe , and the Academy Award for Best Actress . As the first Australian actress to win an Academy Award, Kidman made a teary acceptance speech about the importance of art, even during 2003 invasion of Iraq|times of war , saying, "Why do you come to the Academy Awards when the world is in such turmoil? Because art is important. And because you believe in what you do and you want to honour that, and it is a tradition that needs to be upheld.". ABC News. 23 March 2003. Retrieved 10 March 2007.

Following her Oscar win, Kidman appeared in three very different films in 2003. The first, a leading role in Dogville , by Danish director Lars von Trier , was an experimental film set on a bare soundstage . The second was an adaptation of Philip Roth 's novel The Human Stain (film)|The Human Stain , opposite Anthony Hopkins . Her third film, Anthony Minghella 's war drama Cold Mountain (film)|Cold Mountain , was a critical and commercial success. Kidman appeared opposite Jude Law and Renée Zellweger , playing Southern United States|Southerner Ada Monroe, who is in love with Law's character and separated by the American Civil War|Civil War . TIME magazine wrote, "Kidman takes strength from Ada's plight and grows steadily, literally luminous. Her sculptural pallor gives way to warm radiance in the firelight". The film garnered several award nominations and wins for its actors; Kidman received her sixth Golden Globe nomination at the 61st Golden Globe Awards for Best Actress.

2004–2008

In 2004 she appeared in the film, Birth (film)|Birth , which received controversy over a scene in which Kidman shares a bath with her co-star, 10-year old Cameron Bright . At a press conference at the Venice Film Festival , Kidman addressed the controversy saying, "It wasn't that I wanted to make a film where I kiss a 10-year-old boy. I wanted to make a film where you understand love". Though the film received negative to mixed reviews, Kidman earned her seventh 62nd Golden Globe Awards|Golden Globe nomination, for Best Actress – Motion Picture. That same year she appeared in the black comedy -science-fiction film The Stepford Wives (2004 film)|The Stepford Wives , a remake of the The Stepford Wives (1975 film)|1975 film of the same name . Kidman appeared in the lead role as Joanna Eberhart, a successful producer. The film, directed by Frank Oz , was critically panned and a commercial failure. The following year, Kidman appeared opposite Sean Penn in the Sydney Pollack thriller The Interpreter , playing UN translator Silvia Broome. Also that year she starred in Bewitched (2005 film)|Bewitched , based on the Bewitched|1960s TV sitcom of the same name , opposite Will Ferrell . Both Kidman and Ferrell earned that year's Golden Raspberry Award|Razzie Award for "Worst Screen Couple". Neither film fared well in the United States, with box office sales falling well short of the production costs, but both films fared well internationally.

In conjunction with her success in the film industry, Kidman became the face of the Chanel No. 5 perfume brand. She starred in a campaign of television and print ads with Rodrigo Santoro , directed by Moulin Rouge! director Baz Luhrmann , to promote the fragrance during the holiday seasons of 2004, 2005, 2006, and 2008. The three-minute commercial produced for Chanel No. 5 made Kidman the record holder for the most money paid per minute to an actor after she reportedly earned US$12million for the three-minute advert. During this time, Kidman was also listed as the 45th Most Powerful Celebrity on the 2005 Forbes Celebrity 100 List. She made a reported US$14.5& nbsp;million in 2004–2005. On People (magazine)|People magazine's list of 2005's highest paid actresses, Kidman was second behind Julia Roberts , with US$16–17& nbsp;million per-film price tag. Nintendo in 2007 announced that Kidman would be the new face of Nintendo's advertising campaign for the Nintendo DS game More Brain Training in its European market.

Kidman portrayed photographer Diane Arbus in the biography Fur (movie)|Fur (2006), opposite Robert Downey Jr. . Though the film was released to mixed reviews, both Kidman and Downey Jr. received praise for their performances. She also lent her voice to the animated film Happy Feet (2006), which grossed over US$384& nbsp;million worldwide. In 2007, she starred in the science-fiction movie The Invasion (film)|The Invasion directed by Oliver Hirschbiegel , a remake of the 1956 Invasion of the Body Snatchers that proved a critical and commercial failure. She also played opposite Jennifer Jason Leigh and Jack Black in Noah Baumbach 's comedy-drama Margot at the Wedding , released to positive reviews and earning Kidman a Satellite Award nomination for Best Actress – Musical or Comedy. She then starred in the commercially successful fantasy-adventure, The Golden Compass (film)|The Golden Compass (2007), playing the villainous Marisa Coulter . In 2008, she reunited with Moulin Rouge! director Baz Luhrmann in the Australian period film Australia (2008 film)|Australia , set in the remote Northern Territory during the Bombing of Darwin (February 1942)|Japanese attack on Darwin during World War II. Kidman played opposite Hugh Jackman as an Englishwoman feeling overwhelmed by the continent. Despite the film's mixed reviews, the acting was praised and the movie was a box office success worldwide. Kidman was originally set to star in the post- World War II German drama, The Reader (2008 film)|The Reader , working with previous collaborators Sydney Pollack and Anthony Minghella, but due to her pregnancy prior to filming she had to back out. The role went to Kate Winslet , who ultimately won the Oscar for Best Actress, which Kidman presented to her during the 81st Academy Awards .

2009–present

Kidman appeared in the 2009 Rob Marshall musical Nine (film)|Nine , portraying the Federico Fellini -like character's muse , Claudia Jenssen. She was featured alongside fellow Oscar winners Daniel Day-Lewis , Judi Dench , Marion Cotillard , Penélope Cruz and Sophia Loren . Kidman's, whose screen time was brief compared to the other actresses, performed the musical number "Unusual Way" alongside Day-Lewis. Although the film was released to mixed reviews, it received several Golden Globe and Academy Award nominations, and earned Kidman a third Screen Actors Guild Award nomination, as part of the Outstanding Cast. Also in 2009, Kidman was the face of an international Schweppes advertisement. In 2010, she starred with Aaron Eckhart in the Rabbit Hole (film)|film adaptation of the Pulitzer Prize -winning play Rabbit Hole (play)|Rabbit Hole , for which she vacated her role in the Woody Allen picture You Will Meet A Tall Dark Stranger . Variety . 12 May 2009 She lent her voice to a promotional video that Australia used to support its bid to host the 2018 World Cup . The five-minute video was broadcast at the 2010 World Cup in South Africa., Daily Mail . 2 December 2009

TV Guide reported in 2008 that Kidman will star in The Danish Girl (film)|The Danish Girl , a film adaptation of the The Danish Girl|novel of the same name, playing Lili Elbe , the world's first postoperative transsexual ." TV Guide . 10 November 2008. Retrieved 12 November 2008 Screen Daily reported that shooting would begin in Germany in July 2011., Screen Daily , 14 February 2011 However the project has been delayed following the exit of the director, Lasse Hallström and Kidman's co-star Rachel Weisz . Screen Daily. 15 May 2011 In 2009, Variety (magazine)|Variety said that she would produce and star in a film adaptation of the Chris Cleave novel Little Bee , in association with BBC Films .", Variety (magazine)|Variety . 10 July 2009 Daily Mail. 10 July 2009

In June 2010, TV Guide announced that Kidman and Clive Owen will star in an HBO film about Ernest Hemingway and his relationship with Martha Gellhorn. entitled Hemingway & Gellhorn . The film, directed by Philip Kaufman , began shooting in March 2011, with an air date scheduled for 2012. The Futon Critic. 10 March 2010 She also stars alongside Nicolas Cage in director Joel Schumacher 's action-thriller Trespass (2011 film)|Trespass , with the stars playing a married couple taken hostage., The Guardian , 16 June 2010

On 17 September 2010, ContactMusic. com said Kidman will return to Broadway theater|Broadway to portray Alexandra Del Lago in David Cromer 's revival of Tennessee Williams ' Sweet Bird of Youth , with Scott Rudin producing, ContactMusic.com, 17 September On 30 August 2011 Cromer spoke to the The New York Times and explained that the production will not meet its original fall 2011 revival date but that it remains an active project. The New York Times. 30 August 2011 In February 2011, the Los Angeles Times reported Kidman is in talks to join the cast of Park Chan Wook 's Stoker (film)|Stoker . In May 2011 it was reported that Kidman would star and produce in Spectre , a supernatural thriller directed by James Wan . The film closed major territory deals at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival . Hollywood Reporter. 15 May 2011 In June Kidman was cast in Lee Daniels ' upcoming adaptation of the Pete Dexter novel, The Paperboy (novel)|The Paperboy The Hollywood Reporter. 27 June 2011 and began filming the thriller on 1 August 2011. Daily Mail. 2 August 2011 On 2 November 2011, The Hollywood Reporter reported that Kidman is attached to star in My Wild Life , a Philip Noyce -directed biopic of conservationist, Daphne Sheldrick . Production for the project is scheduled for the first quarter of 2012. The Hollywood Reporter. 2 November 2011

In April 2012, various sources, including Variety (magazine)|Variety , announced that Kidman was in talks to star in upcoming Grace Kelly biopic Grace of Monaco . The film will focus on the 1962 crisis, in which Charles de Gaulle blockaded the tiny principality, angered by Monaco's status as a tax haven for wealthy French subjects. The Daily Telegraph 6 April 2012

Singing

Her collaboration with Ewan McGregor on "Come What May" peaked at No.27 in the UK Singles Chart . Retrieved 30 May 2011 Later she collaborated with Robbie Williams on " Somethin' Stupid ", a cover of Williams' swing covers album '' Swing When You're Winning . It peaked at No.8 in the Australian Record Industry Association|Australian ARIAnet Singles Chart , and at No.1 for three weeks in the UK. Retrieved 30 May 2011

In 2006, while voicing a role in the animated movie Happy Feet , she provided vocals for Norma Jean's "heartsong", a slightly altered version of " Kiss (song)|Kiss " by Prince (musician)|Prince . Kidman sang in Rob Marshall|Rob Marshall's movie musical Nine (film)|Nine .

Personal life

Relationships and children

Kidman has been married twice, first to actor Tom Cruise , and then to singer Keith Urban . She has an adopted son and daughter with Cruise, as well as two biological daughters with Urban.

She met Cruise in November 1989 on the set of their 1990 movie Days of Thunder . Kidman and Cruise were married on Christmas Eve 1990 in Telluride, Colorado|Telluride , Colorado. The couple adopted a daughter, Isabella Jane (born 22 December 1992), from People (magazine)|People.com and a son, Connor Anthony (born 17 January 1995). On February 5, 2001, the couple's spokesperson announced their separation. Cruise filed for divorce two days later, and the marriage was dissolved in August of that year, with Cruise citing irreconcilable differences.. ABC News. 8 May 2006. Retrieved 10 March 2007. Kidman was three months pregnant at the time; shortly afterward, she suffered a miscarriage. In Marie Claire , Kidman said she had an ectopic pregnancy early in their marriage. In the June 2006 '' Ladies' Home Journal , she said she still loved Cruise: "He was huge; still is. To me, he was just Tom, but to everybody else, he is huge. But he was lovely to me and I loved him. I still love him." In addition, she has expressed shock about their divorce.. ABC News . 8 May 2006. Retrieved 10 March 2007.

Prior to marrying Cruise, Kidman cohabited with Australian stage actor Marcus Graham in the late 1980s. In the mid-1980s, Kidman dated her Windrider co-star Tom Burlinson , http://www.smh.com.au/news/music/u2-set-for-december-return/2006/05/06/1146335968489.html? page=2 http://www.theage.com.au/news/film/nic-gets-saddle-tips/2007/04/15/1176575723647.html with whom she lived with on and off for three years, according to biographer Andrew Morton . http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/more-news/nics-battle-with-cruises-control/story-e6frf7l6-1111115355342 She dated musician Lenny Kravitz from 2003 to 2004. Robbie Williams stated that he had a short romance with Kidman on her yacht during the summer of 2004. In a 2007 interview, Kidman revealed that she was secretly engaged to someone between her marriages to Cruise and Urban, but did not identify who.

Kidman met her second husband, New Zealand country singer Keith Urban, at G'Day USA: Australia Week|G'Day LA , an event honouring Australians, in January 2005. They married on 25 June 2006, at Cardinal Cerretti Memorial Chapel in the grounds of St Patrick's Estate, Manly, New South Wales|Manly in Sydney. They maintain homes in Sydney, Sutton Forest , New South Wales, Los Angeles, California , and Nashville, Tennessee|Nashville , Tennessee. The couple's daughter, Sunday Rose Kidman Urban, was born on 7 July 2008, in Nashville. Kidman's father said the daughter's middle name was after Urban's late grandmother, Rose.Tauber, Michelle. , People (magazine)| People , 8 July 2008. Retrieved 29 July 2008. On 28 December 2010, Kidman and Urban welcomed his second daughter and her third daughter, Faith Margaret Kidman Urban, via gestational carrier (transcript, Kidman interview), 60 Minutes (Australia), 18 February 2011 at Nashville's Centennial Women's Hospital. The child is biologically Kidman and Urban's. Faith's middle name is after Kidman's late grandmother.

Religious and political views

Kidman is a practicing Roman Catholic . She attended Mary Mackillop Chapel in North Sydney, New South Wales|North Sydney . Following criticism of The Golden Compass (film)|The Golden Compass by Catholic leaders as anti-Catholic, Kidman told Entertainment Weekly that "the Catholic Church is part of her 'essence'", and that her religious beliefs would prevent her from taking a role in a film she perceives as anti-Catholic.

During her divorce from Tom Cruise, she stated that she did not want their children raised as Scientologists., New York Post , 12 February 2001. She has been reluctant to discuss Scientology since her divorce.

Kidman has donated to Democratic Party (United States)|U.S. Democratic party candidates., NewsMeat.com, 16 October 2006. Retrieved 22 October 2006.

Wealth, philanthropy, and honours

In 2002, Kidman first appeared on the Australian BRW Rich 200|rich list published annually in the Business Review Weekly with an estimated net worth of Australian dollar|A$ 122 million. In the 2011 published list, Kidman's wealth was estimated at A$304 million, down from A$329 million in 2010.

Kidman has raised money for, and drawn attention to, disadvantaged children around the world. In 1994, she was appointed a goodwill ambassador for UNICEF , and in 2004, she was honoured as a " Citizen of the World " by the United Nations. Kidman joined the Little Tee Campaign for breast cancer care to design T-shirts or vests to raise money to fight the disease; motivated by her mother's own battle with breast cancer in 1984.

On Australia Day 2006, Kidman received Australia's highest civilian honor when she was made a Companion of the Order of Australia . The citation acknowledged Kidman's service to the performing arts as an acclaimed motion picture performer, to health care through contributions to improve medical treatment for women and children and advocacy for cancer research, to youth as a principal supporter of young performing artists, and to humanitarian causes in Australia and internationally.

Kidman was appointed goodwill ambassador of the UNIFEM|United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM) in 2006. In this capacity, Kidman has addressed international audiences at UN events, raised awareness through the media and testified before the United States House of Representatives Committee on Foreign Affairs to support the International Violence against Women Act. Kidman visited Kosovo in 2006 to learn about women's experiences of conflict and UNIFEM's support efforts. She is the international spokesperson for UNIFEM's Say NO – UNiTE to End Violence against Women initiative. Kidman and the UNIFEM executive director presented over five million signatures collected during the first phase of this to the UN Secretary-General on 25 November 2008.

In the beginning of 2009, Kidman appeared in a series of postage stamps featuring Australian actors. She, Geoffrey Rush , Russell Crowe , and Cate Blanchett each appear twice in the series: once as themselves and once as their Academy Award -winning character. People.com, 4 February 2009 On 8 January 2010, Kidman, alongside Nancy Pelosi , Joan Chen and Joe Torre , attended the ceremony to help Family Violence Prevention Fund break ground on a new international center located in the Presidio of San Francisco .

Filmography

, Kidman's movies have grossed more than $2& nbsp;billion (US), with 17 movies making more than $100& nbsp;million.

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1983	BMX Bandits	Judy
1983	Bush Christmas	Helen
1983	Five Mile Creek	Annie	TV series
1983	Skin Deep	Sheena Henderson	TV film
1983	Chase Through the Night	Petra	TV film
1984	Matthew and Son	Bridget Elliot	TV film
1984	sortname>nolink=yes	Julia Matthews
1984	sortname>A	Simone Jenkins	TV series, 2 episodes (4x43-44)
1985	''Archer's Adventure	Catherine	TV film
1985	Winners	Carol Trig	TV series – episode 1
1986	Windrider	Jade
1987	Watch the Shadows Dance	Amy Gabriel
1987	sortname>The	Mary McAllister
1987	Room to Move	Carol Trig	TV miniseries
1987	sortname>An	Jill	TV film
1987	Vietnam	Megan Goddard	Australian Film Institute Award for Best Actress in a Mini-Series Logie Award for Most Popular Actress in a Single Drama or Mini-Series
1988	Emerald City	Helen	Nominated — Australian Film Institute Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role
1989	Dead Calm	Rae Ingram	Nominated — Saturn Award for Best Actress
1989	Bangkok Hilton	Katrina Stanton	Logie Award for Most Popular Actress in a Miniseries/ Telemovie Silver Logie Award for Most Popular Actress Nominated — Australian Film Institute Award for Best Lead Actress in a Telefeature
1990	Days of Thunder	Dr. Claire Lewicki
1991	Flirting	Nicola
1991	Billy Bathgate	Drew Preston
1992	Far and Away	Shannon Christie	small>(with Tom Cruise )
1993	Malice	Tracy Kennsinger
1993	My Life	Gail Jones
1995	To Die For	Suzanne Stone Maretto	Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress Empire Award for Best Actress Golden Globe Award for Best Actress& nbsp;– Motion Picture Musical or Comedy London Film Critics Circle Award for Actress of the Year Seattle International Film Festival Award for Best Actress Southeastern Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress Nominated — American Comedy Award for Funniest Leading Actress in a Motion Picture Nominated — BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role
1995	Batman Forever	Dr. Chase Meridian	Kid's Choice Award for Favorite Movie Actress Nominated — MTV Movie Award for Most Desirable Female
1996	sortname>The	Isabel Archer
1996	Shine	Woman in bar	Citation needed>date=February 2011
1996	sortname>The	Academy Awards Presenter
1997	sortname>The	Dr. Julia Kelly	Nominated — Blockbuster Entertainment Award for Favorite Actress - Action/ Suspense
1998	Practical Magic	Gillian Owens
1998	sortname>The	Irene/ Marie/ Emma/ Kelly	Evening Standard Special Award Theatre World Award 1999 Nominated — Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress
1999	Eyes Wide Shut	Alice Harford	Blockbuster Entertainment Award for Favorite Actress - Drama/ Romance Nominated — Satellite Award for Best Actress - Motion Picture Drama
2001	Moulin Rouge!	Satine	Golden Globe Award for Best Actress& nbsp;– Motion Picture Musical or Comedy Satellite Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy London Film Critics Circle Award for Actress of the Year
2001	sortname>The	Grace Stewart	Fangoria Chainsaw Award for Best Actress Kansas City Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress London Film Critics Circle Award for Actress of the Year small>(also for Moulin Rouge! ) Saturn Award for Best Actress Nominated — BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role Nominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Actress& nbsp;– Motion Picture Drama Nominated — Goya Award for Best Actress Nominated — Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Actress Nominated — Phoenix Film Critics Society Award for Best Actress Nominated — Satellite Award for Best Actress - Motion Picture Drama
2001	Birthday Girl	Sophia/ Nadia
2002	Panic Room	Stephen's girlfriend, on the phone
2002	sortname>The	Virginia Woolf	Academy Award for Best Actress BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role Silver Bear for Best Actress Golden Globe Award for Best Actress& nbsp;– Motion Picture Drama Las Vegas Film Critics Society Award for Best Actress Nominated — Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress Nominated — Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Cast Nominated — Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress Nominated — Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress Nominated — Phoenix Film Critics Society Award for Best Actress Nominated — Phoenix Film Critics Society Award for Best Cast Nominated — Satellite Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama Nominated — Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role Nominated — Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture Nominated — Seattle Film Critics Award for Best Actress Nominated — Vancouver Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress
2003	Dogville	Grace Margaret Mulligan	Russian Guild of Film Critics Golden Aries Award for Best Foreign Actress Nominated — Bodil Award for Best Actress Nominated — Chlotrudis Award for Best Cast
2003	sortname>The	Faunia Farley
2003	Cold Mountain (film)>Cold Mountain	Ada Monroe	Nominated — Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress Nominated — Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress Nominated — Empire Award for Best Actress Nominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Actress& nbsp;– Motion Picture Drama Nominated — Las Vegas Film Critics Society Award for Best Actress Nominated — London Film Critics Circle Award for Actress of the Year
2003	In the Cut		Producer
2004	sortname>The	Joanna Eberhart
2004	Birth	Anna	Nominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Actress& nbsp;– Motion Picture Drama Nominated — London Film Critics Circle Award for Actress of the Year Nominated — Saturn Award for Best Actress
2005	sortname>The	Silvia Broome
2005	Bewitched (2005 film)>Bewitched	Isabel Bigelow/ Samantha	Worst Screen Couple (with Will Ferrell )
2006	Fur	Diane Arbus
2006	Happy Feet	Norma Jean	Women Film Critics Circle Award for Best Animated Female
2005	God Grew Tired of Us	Narrator
2007	sortname>The	Dr. Carol Bennell
2007	Margot at the Wedding	Margot	Nominated — Gotham Awards 2007>Gotham Awards for Best Ensemble Cast
2007	sortname>The	Marisa Coulter	Nominated — Australian Film Institute Award for Best Actress Nominated — National Movie Award for Best Performance - Female
2008	Australia	Lady Sarah Ashley	Nominated — Teen Choice Award for Choice Movie Actress: Drama
2009	Nine	Claudia Jenssen	Satellite Award for Best Cast – Motion Picture Nominated — Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Cast Nominated — Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture Nominated — Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Award for Best Ensemble
2010	Rabbit Hole	Becca Corbett	Producer Heartland Film Festival Truly Moving Picture Award Nominated — Academy Award for Best Actress Nominated — Alliance of Women Film Journalists Award for Best Actress Nominated — Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress Nominated — Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress Nominated — Detroit Film Critics Society Award for Best Actress Nominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Actress& nbsp;– Motion Picture Drama Nominated — Houston Film Critics Society Award for Best Actress Nominated — Las Vegas Film Critics Society Award for Best Actress Nominated — Independent Spirit Award for Best Female Lead Nominated — Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Actress Nominated — Satellite Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama Nominated — Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role Nominated — St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress Nominated — Utah Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress Nominated — Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress
2011	Just Go With It	Devilyn Adams
2011	Monte Carlo		Producer Nominated — Teen Choice Award for Choice Summer Movie
2011	Trespass	Sarah
2011	Happy Feet Two	Norma Jean	Uncredited cameo
2012	Hemingway & Gellhorn	Martha Gellhorn	Completed
2012	sortname>The	Charlotte Bless
2012	Stoker	Evelyn 'Evie' Stoker
2013	The Railway Man	Patti Lomax	Filming http:/ / www.bbc.co.uk/ news/ uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-17870048
2014	Monaco (film)>Grace of Monaco	Grace Kelly	Pre-production

Awards

In 2003, Kidman received a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame . In addition to her 2003 Academy Award for Best Actress, Kidman has received Best Actress awards from the following critics' groups or award-granting organisations: the Hollywood Foreign Press ( Golden Globes ), the Australian Film Institute , Blockbuster Video|Blockbuster Entertainment Awards , Sony Ericsson Empire 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 . She also received recognition from the National Association of Theatre Owners at the ShoWest Convention in 1992 as the Female Star of Tomorrow and in 2002 for a Distinguished Decade of Achievement in Film.

Government honours

In 2006, Kidman was made a Order of Australia|Companion of the Order of Australia (AC), Australia's highest civilian honour, for "service to the performing arts as an acclaimed motion picture performer, to health care through contributions to improve medical treatment for women and children and advocacy for cancer research, to youth as a principal supporter of young performing artists, and to humanitarian causes in Australia and internationally." However, due to film commitments and her wedding to Urban, it was 13 April 2007 that she was presented with the honour. It was presented by Governor-General of Australia , Major General Michael Jeffery in a ceremony at Government House, Canberra.

Discography

" Come What May (2001 song)|Come What May " single (Duet with Ewan McGregor – October 2001) AUS #10, UK #27

" One Day I'll Fly Away " – October 2001 ( Moulin Rouge! soundtrack)

" Moulin Rouge& #33; Music from Baz Luhrmann's Film, Vol. 2|Sparkling Diamonds " (with Caroline O'Connor (actress)|Caroline O'Connor ) – October 2001 ( Moulin Rouge! soundtrack)

" Moulin Rouge& #33; Music from Baz Luhrmann's Film, Vol. 2|Hindi Sad Diamonds " – October 2001 ( Moulin Rouge! soundtrack)

" Somethin' Stupid " single (Duet with Robbie Williams – December 2001) AUS #8, UK #1

" Kiss (song)|Kiss " / " Heartbreak Hotel " – Nicole Kidman / Hugh Jackman – November 2006 ( Happy Feet soundtrack)

"Unusual Way" – December 2009 ( Nine soundtrack)

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