Born in Honolulu to Australian parents, actress Nicole Kidman holds dual citizenship in Australia and the United States. Her family lived in Washington DC until Nicole was three, then returned to Australia, where she spent the rest of her childhood. Her younger sister, Antonia Kidman-Hawley, is a former TV journalist in Australia, who now makes yoga videos and has hosted Australian television shows about raising children.
As a young girl, Kidman took dance classes, and later studied drama and mime. As a teen, she performed at the Philip Street theatre in Sydney. Kidman's first film, Bush Christmas, was filmed when she was 15. A few months later, she joined the cast of The Disney Channel's Five Mile Creek, playing an orphan shepherd girl. At 22, she made Dead Calm, the thriller that brought her to America's attention.
When people insinuate he's gay, Tom Cruise sues, so we'd never make such an insinuation. But for years there were whispers that theirs was a sham marriage, that Cruise and possibly Kidman were both gay, or he was impotent or she sterile. When they adopted two children, the whispers grew louder. Eyes Wide Shut was supposed to be sexy, and had lots of sex scenes, but Cruise and Kidman's scenes together seemed curiously cold. In 2001, when Cruise announced he was dumping her, Kidman's career really took off. Her paranormal thriller The Others did well at the box office, she sang and danced in Moulin Rouge, and she won an Oscar for The Hours, portraying Virginia Woolf. She even sang a lovely duet of "Somethin' Stupid", the old Frank Sinatra standard, with Robbie Williams, and it hit #1 on the U.K. charts.
Asked about her ex-husband's famous ties to Scientology, Kidman's only answer is "I am not a Scientologist".
[1] Mother is Roman Catholic, father Roman Catholic/Jewish ancestry.Father: Anthony Kidman (biochemist)
Mother: Janelle MacNeille (nursing instructor)
Sister: Antonia Kidman-Hawley (younger)
Husband: Tom Cruise (actor, m. 24-Dec-1990, div. 8-Aug-2001, two children adopted)
Daughter: Isabella Jane Kidman Cruise (adopted, b. 22-Dec-1992)
Son: Connor Anthony Cruise (adopted, b. 17-Jan-1995)
Boyfriend: Q-Tip (dated, 2002-03)
Boyfriend: Lenny Kravitz (dated, 2003-04)
Boyfriend: Robbie Williams
Husband: Keith Urban (dated 2005-06, m. 25-Jun-2006, one daughter)
Daughter: Sunday Rose Kidman Urban (b. 7-Jul-2008)
High School: (dropout)
Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee
Oscar for Best Actress 2003 for The Hours
Golden Globe 1996 for To Die For
Golden Globe 2002 for Moulin Rouge!
Golden Globe 2003 for The Hours
Hollywood Walk of Fame 13-Jan-2003 at 6801 Hollywood Blvd.
Funeral: Diana, Princess of Wales (1997)
Miscarriage
Miscarriage Mar-2001
Laser Eye Surgery
Risk Factors: Smoking
FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR
The Golden Compass (27-Nov-2007)
Margot at the Wedding (31-Aug-2007)
The Invasion (17-Aug-2007)
Happy Feet (16-Nov-2006) [VOICE]
Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus (1-Sep-2006)
Bewitched (24-Jun-2005)
The Interpreter (14-Apr-2005)
Birth (08-Sep-2004)
The Stepford Wives (6-Jun-2004)
Cold Mountain (25-Dec-2003)
The Human Stain (29-Aug-2003)
Dogville (19-May-2003)
The Hours (18-Dec-2002)
America: A Tribute to Heroes (21-Sep-2001) Herself
Birthday Girl (6-Sep-2001)
The Others (2-Aug-2001)
Moulin Rouge! (9-May-2001)
Eyes Wide Shut (13-Jul-1999)
Practical Magic (16-Oct-1998)
The Peacemaker (26-Sep-1997)
The Portrait of a Lady (18-Oct-1996)
The Leading Man (6-Sep-1996)
Batman Forever (16-Jun-1995)
To Die For (May-1995)
My Life (12-Nov-1993)
Malice (29-Sep-1993)
Far and Away (22-May-1992)
Billy Bathgate (1-Nov-1991)
Flirting (21-Mar-1991)
Days of Thunder (27-Jun-1990)
Bangkok Hilton (5-Nov-1989)
Dead Calm (7-Apr-1989)
The Year My Voice Broke (17-Oct-1987)
Nightmaster (1987)
BMX Bandits (22-Dec-1983)
Appears on the cover of:
People, 13-Oct-2003, DETAILS: It's For Real -- Nicole's New Love -- The star steps out with her surprising new guy, rocker Lenny Kravitz
People, 14-Apr-2003, DETAILS: Nicole Gets Personal -- The Oscar winner opens up about her kids, Tom, and her heart
Entertainment Weekly, 21-Dec-2001, DETAILS: Best of 2001 featuring Nicole Kidman as Entertainer of the Year (photo by Andrew Macpherson)
Entertainment Weekly, 10-Jan-2003, DETAILS: Who's Afraid of Nicole Kidman? How The Hours star became Virginia Woolf -- You won't believe your eyes (photo by James White)
AKA Nicole Mary Kidman