Nicole Kidman's career, countless awards, and multiple marriages in her life

Nicole Kidman (born June 20, 1967) is an Australian-American actress, producer, and singer. Known for her work in film and television productions across a wide variety of genres, she has consistently been listed among the world's highest-paid actresses since the late 1990s.

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Nicole Kidman has won numerous awards, including an Academy Award, a British Academy Film Award, two Primetime Emmy Awards, six Golden Globe Awards, and a Screen Actors Guild Award. She was listed among the world's best-known actresses in 2006, 2018, and 2019. Time magazine has twice named her one of the 100 most influential people in the world, in 2004 and 2018. She also became the first Australian actress to receive the American Film Institute's Lifetime Achievement Award in 2024.

Kidman began her acting career in Australia in 1983, with the films Bush Christmas and BMX Bandits. Her major breakthrough came in 1989 with the thriller Deadly Calm and the Australian television series Bangkok Hilton. She made her Hollywood debut in 1990, opposite Tom Cruise in Days of Thunder. She went on to achieve widespread success with leading roles in Far and Away (1992), Batman Forever (1995), To Die for It (1995), and Eyes Wide Shut (1999).

Nicole Kidman won the Academy Award for Best Actress for her portrayal of Virginia Woolf in the drama The Hours (2002). Her other Academy Award-nominated roles were as a sex worker in Moulin Rouge! (2001) and an emotionally troubled mother in the dramas Rabbit Hole (2010) and Léon (2016).

Nicole Kidman's Evelyn Kidman's other films include The Others (2001), Cold Mountain (2003), Dogville (2003), Perth (2004), Australia (2008), Paperboy (2012), Paddington (2014), Terminator (2018), Aquaman (2018), and Amazing Surprise (2019). Her television roles include two HBO projects, Hemingway & Gellhorn (2012), and the drama series Big Little Lies (2017–2019). For the latter, she won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries.

Kidman has been a Goodwill Ambassador for UNICEF since 1994, and for the United Nations Development Fund for Women since 2006.

Nicole Kidman was made an Officer of the Order of Australia in 2006. Born to Australian parents in Hawaii, Kidman holds dual Australian and US citizenship. In 2010, she founded a production company, Blossom Films. She has been married to singer Keith Urban since 2006 and was previously married to Tom Cruise.

Nicole Kidman's upbringing Nicole Mary Kidman was born on June 20, 1967, in Honolulu, Hawaii, to Australian parents who were temporarily residing in the United States on student visas. Her mother, Janelle Ann (née Glennie), was a nursing educator and women's rights activist who also edited her husband's books. Her father, Anthony Kidman, was a biochemist, clinical psychologist, and author.

Nicole has a younger sister, Antonia, who works as a journalist and television presenter. Born in the United States to Australian parents, Kidman holds dual Australian-American citizenship. She is of English, Irish, and Scottish descent. Upon her birth in Hawaii, she was given the name Hokulani, a Hawaiian name meaning "sky star," inspired by a baby elephant born at the same time at the Honolulu Zoo.

Relationships and Family Nicole Kidman met actor Tom Cruise in 1989 while filming Days of Thunder, in which they starred. They married on Christmas Eve 1990 in Colorado. During their marriage, the couple adopted a daughter, Isabella, born in 1992, and a son, Connor, born in 1995. On February 5, 2001, their spokesperson announced their separation. Cruise filed for divorce two days later, and the marriage was dissolved later that year, citing "irreconcilable differences."

In an interview published in June 2006, Kidman expressed her feelings about Cruise, saying, "He was a huge star, and he still is. To me, he was just Tom, but to everyone else, he's a legend. He was great to me, and I loved him, and I still love him." She added that she was devastated by the divorce. In 2015, a former Church of Scientology official revealed that the organization sought to facilitate Cruise's separation from Kidman, and that she had been spied on at Cruise's request, according to a church member.

In 2003, she began a romantic relationship with musician Lenny Kravitz, and she later stated that they were engaged, but they later decided to separate, although they maintained a friendly relationship.

Kravitz's daughter, Zoe, confirmed that Kidman was a loving surrogate mother to her. That same year, Kidman briefly dated American rapper Q-Tip.

In January 2005, Kidman met Australian-American singer Keith Urban at an Australia Day event in Los Angeles honoring Australians. In May 2006, they announced their engagement.

They married on June 25 of the same year, at the Cardinal Sertie Memorial Chapel, located on the grounds of St. Patrick's Abbey in Manly, Sydney. They honeymooned in French Polynesia. In 2015, Kidman said of the beginning of their relationship, "We didn't know each other very well—we got to know each other through marriage." Urban has credited his wife with helping him overcome his alcoholism.

The couple live in several homes, including an apartment in Nashville, Tennessee, a house in Beverly Hills, California, two apartments in Sydney, a townhouse in Sutton Forest, New South Wales, and an apartment in Manhattan, New York City. Their first daughter, Sunday Rose, was born in Nashville in 2008. In 2010, the couple welcomed their second daughter, Faith Margaret, via surrogate at Women's Hospital in Nashville.

Nominations and Awards At the 74th Academy Awards, she was nominated for Best Actress for Moulin Rouge! (2001). At the 75th ceremony, she won the Best Actress Award for The Hours (2002). At the 83rd ceremony, she was nominated for Best Actress for "Rabbit Hole" (2010). At the 89th ceremony, she was nominated for Best Supporting Actress for The Lion (2016). At the 94th ceremony, she was nominated for Best Actress for Being Ricardos (2021). In 2003, Kidman received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in recognition of her achievements in the film industry, in addition to winning the Academy Award for Best Actress.

Nicole Kidman has received numerous awards and nominations for her performances on screen and stage, including four additional Academy Award nominations, one BAFTA Award (out of five), two Laurence Olivier Award nominations, two Primetime Emmy Awards (out of three), a Screen Actors Guild Award (out of fifteen), three Critics' Choice Awards (out of fifteen), and six Golden Globe Awards (out of seventeen), among many other accolades. Kidman was also selected to receive the American Film Institute's Lifetime Achievement Award at its 49th annual ceremony, which was scheduled to take place at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood on June 10, 2023, but was postponed to April 27, 2024, due to the Writers Guild strike.