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Nicole Mary Kidman |
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Nic |
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5' 10" |
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US - United States of America |
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June 20, 1967 |
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Honolulu, Hawaii |
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c/o Creative Artists Agency |
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9830 Wilshire Boulevard |
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Beverly Hills, CA 90212-1825 |
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Kidman was born June 20, 1967 in Hawaii to Dr. Anthony David Kidman and Janelle Ann. The family returned to Australia when Nicole was four years old, when Tony Kidman took on a lectureship at the University of Technology, Sydney. Kidman started taking ballet lessons when she was four which led her to study at Philip Street Theatre, where she majored in voice production and theatre history. She had dropped out of North Sydney Girls' High School at the time her mother was diagnosed with breast cancer so she could concentrated on her family responsibilities until her mother's recovery.
Career: Acting
Her first appearance on film came in 1983, a 15 year-old Nicole, appeared in the Pat Wilson music video for the song "Bop Girl". In 1989 she made the film which would gain her notice in the USA: Dead Calm. Her American debut was in "Days of Thunder" (1990). After "Days of Thunder", Kidman starred with Cruise in Ron Howard's "Far and Away" (1992).
In 1995 Kidman played in "Batman Forever" and later that same year she starred in "To Die For" and win a Golden Globe award and five other best actress awards for her comic portrayal of the murderous newscaster Suzanne Stone Maretto.
Kidman's most professionally successful year thus far is 2001, with her Oscar-nominated performance in "Moulin Rouge!" and a well-received starring role in the horror film "The Others". The following year Kidman came back to win the same praise from critics for her portrayal of Virginia Woolf in "The Hours". She won her Academy Award for Best Actress for this role, along with the Golden Globe, the BAFTA, and numerous critics awards.
Her other notable movies include: "The Human Stain" (2003), "Cold Mountain" (2003), "The Stepford Wives" (2004), "Birth" (2004), "The Interpreter" (2005) and "Bewitched" (2005).
Relationships
Kidman married Tom Cruise on Christmas Eve of 1990 in Telluride, Colorado. The couple adopted two children, Isabella and Connor. After ten years of marriage, they divorced in 2001. There was much media speculation about the reasons for the breakup, but both Cruise and Kidman maintained their privacy and were guarded in their public comments. One persistent rumour claims however that Kidman's desire to bring up their children Catholic, and her critical views on Scientology caused problems in her marriage with Tom Cruise.
Since divorcing Cruise, Nicole has been associated with singers Lenny Kravitz, Keith Urban and numerous others. However, she has become notoriously private regarding romance, repeatedly stating that she will come out publicly with a man only after the relationship is secure.
Social Works
Kidman publicly supports several charities and causes. She has been a high profile Goodwill Ambassador for UNICEF Australia since 1994 and she has helped raise money for and draw attention to the plight of and the most disadvantaged children in Australia and around the world. In 2004 she was honoured as a "Citizen of the World" by the United Nations.
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