Nicole Mary Kidman (born 20 June 1967) is an Australian and American actress and producer. Known for her work in film and television productions across many genres, she has consistently ranked among the world's highest-paid actresses since the late 1990s. Her accolades include an Academy Award, a British Academy Film Award, a Volpi Cup, two Primetime Emmy Awards, and six Golden Globe Awards. She became the first Australian actor to receive the AFI Life Achievement Award honour in 2024.
Kidman began her career in Australia with the 1983 films Bush Christmas and BMX Bandits. Her breakthrough came with lead roles in Dead Calm and the miniseries Bangkok Hilton (1989). She came to international prominence with a supporting role in Days of Thunder (1990), followed by leading roles in Far and Away (1992), To Die For (1995), Batman Forever (1995), Practical Magic (1998), and Eyes Wide Shut(1999). She won the Academy Award for Best Actress for her portrayal of Virginia Woolf in the drama The Hours (2002). She was Oscar-nominated for her roles in Moulin Rouge! (2001), Rabbit Hole (2010), Lion (2016), and Being the Ricardos (2021). She has acted in mainstream films such as The Others (2001), Cold Mountain (2003), The Golden Compass (2007), Australia (2008), Paddington (2014), Aquaman (2018), and Bombshell (2019) as well as independent films with dark and tragic themes such as Dogville (2003), Birth (2004), Margot at the Wedding (2007), Stoker (2013), The Killing of a Sacred Deer (2017), The Beguiled (2017), The Northman (2022), and Babygirl (2024).
Kidman's television roles include Hemingway & Gellhorn (2012), Top of the Lake: China Girl (2017), The Undoing (2020), Nine Perfect Strangers (2021), Special Ops: Lioness (2023), Expats (2024) and The Perfect Couple (2024). For the HBO series Big Little Lies (2017–2019), she received Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Lead Actress and Outstanding Limited Series as executive producer.
Kidman has been a goodwill ambassador for UNICEF since 1994 and UNIFEM since 2006. She was appointed Companion of the Order of Australia in 2006. Kidman was married to actor Tom Cruise from 1990 to 2001 and has been married to country music singer Keith Urban since 2006. In 2010, she founded the production company Blossom Films. In 2004 and 2018, Time included her on its list of the 100 most influential people in the world, and in 2020, The New York Times named her one of the greatest actors of the 21st century.
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| 1 | Practical Magic 2 (2026) | Gillian Owens | - | - |
| 2 | Holland (2025) | Nancy Vandergroot | 6 | |
| 3 | Babygirl (2024) | Romy | 6.5 | |
| 4 | Spellbound (2024) | Queen Ellsmere (voice) | 7 | |
| 5 | A Family Affair (2024) | Brooke Harwood | 6 | |
| 6 | Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom (2023) Most waited movies 2023 and after | Atlanna | 5.7 | |
| 7 | The Northman (2022) Most waited movies 2022 | Queen Gudrún | 7 | |
| 8 | Being the Ricardos (2021) | Lucille Ball | 7.4 | |
| 9 | The Prom (2020) | Angie Dickinson | 5.2 | |
| 10 | Kubrick by Kubrick (2020) | Self (archive footage) | 8 | |
| 11 | Aquaman: Heroines of Atlantis (2019) | Self | - | - |
| 12 | Bombshell (2019) | Gretchen Carlson | 6.7 | |
| 13 | The Goldfinch (2019) | Samantha Barbour | 6.6 | |
| 14 | The Upside (2019) | Yvonne Pendleton | 6.9 | |
| 15 | Aquaman (2018) | Atlanna | 7.1 | |
| 16 | Destroyer (2018) | Erin Bell | 6.4 | |
| 17 | Boy Erased (2018) | Nancy Eamons | 7.2 | |
| 18 | David Stratton: A Cinematic Life (2017) | Self | - | - |
| 19 | How to Talk to Girls at Parties (2017) | Boadicea | 7.2 | |
| 20 | The Beguiled (2017) | Miss Martha | 6.6 | |
| 21 | Great Performers: Horror Show (2017) | The Possessed | - | - |
| 22 | The Killing of a Sacred Deer (2017) | Anna Murphy | 7 | |
| 23 | Lion (2016) Top 30 in 2010s | Sue Brierley | 8.4 | |
| 24 | The Family Fang (2016) | Annie Fang | 5 | |
| 25 | Genius (2016) | Aline Bernstein | 5.8 | |
| 26 | Secret in Their Eyes (2015) | Claire | 6 | |
| 27 | Strangerland (2015) | Catherine Parker | 5.4 | |
| 28 | Queen of the Desert (2015) | Gertrude Bell | 4.2 | |
| 29 | Grace of Monaco (2014) | Grace Kelly | 6.2 | |
| 30 | Hello Ladies: The Movie (2014) | Nicole Kidman (uncredited) | 6 | |
| 31 | Before I Go to Sleep (2014) | Christine | 6.3 | |
| 32 | Paddington (2014) | Millicent | 7.5 | |
| 33 | Stoker (2013) | Evelyn 'Evie' Stoker | 6.8 | |
| 34 | The Railway Man (2013) | Patti | 7 | |
| 35 | The Paperboy (2012) | Charlotte Bless | 6 | |
| 36 | Hemingway & Gellhorn (2012) | Martha Gellhorn | 6 | |
| 37 | Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen (2012) | (archive footage) | 8 | |
| 38 | Just Go with It (2011) | Devlin Adams | 6.6 | |
| 39 | Trespass (2011) | Sarah Miller | 5.1 | |
| 40 | Rabbit Hole (2010) Oscars 2011 | Becca Corbett | 6.6 | |
| 41 | Nine (2009) Oscars 2010 | Claudia | 5 | |
| 42 | Australia (2008) Oscars 2009 | Lady Sarah Ashley | 6.5 | |
| 43 | The Golden Compass (2007) Oscars 2008 | Marisa Coulter | 6.3 | |
| 44 | The Invasion (2007) | Carol Bennell | 6.1 | |
| 45 | Margot at the Wedding (2007) | Margot | 5.1 | |
| 46 | God Grew Tired of Us (2006) | Narrator (voice) | - | - |
| 47 | Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus (2006) | Diane Arbus | 6.5 | |
| 48 | Happy Feet (2006) Oscars 2007 | Norma Jean (voice) | 6.5 | |
| 49 | Bewitched (2005) | Isabel Bigelow | 5.4 | |
| 50 | The Interpreter (2005) | Silvia Broome | 6.7 | |
| 51 | The Stepford Wives (2004) | Joanna Eberhart | 5.8 | |
| 52 | Dogville Confessions (2004) | Self | - | - |
| 53 | Birth (2004) | Anna | 6.2 | |
| 54 | Dogville (2003) | Grace Margaret Mulligan | 7.9 | |
| 55 | The Human Stain (2003) | Faunia Farley | 6.3 | |
| 56 | Cold Mountain (2003) Oscars 2004 | Ada Monroe | 7.1 | |
| 57 | Rita (2003) | Self | - | - |
| 58 | Panic Room (2002) | Stephen's Girlfriend on the Phone (voice) (uncredited) | 7.1 | |
| 59 | The Hours (2002) Oscars 2003 | Virginia Woolf | 7 | |
| 60 | The Others (2001) | Grace Stewart | 7.4 | |
| 61 | The Night Club of Your Dreams: The Making of 'Moulin Rouge' (2001) | Self | 10 | |
| 62 | Moulin Rouge! (2001) Oscars 2002 | Satine | 7.3 | |
| 63 | Birthday Girl (2001) | Nadia / Sophia | 6.9 | |
| 64 | Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures (2001) | Self | 7 | |
| 65 | Eyes Wide Shut (1999) | Alice Harford | 7.1 | |
| 66 | Practical Magic (1998) | Gillian Owens | 6.3 | |
| 67 | The Peacemaker (1997) | Dr. Julia Kelly | 6.5 | |
| 68 | The Portrait of a Lady (1996) | Isabel Archer | 3.5 | |
| 69 | The Leading Man (1996) | Academy Awards Presenter | - | - |
| 70 | To Die For (1995) | Suzanne Stone | 6.6 | |
| 71 | Batman Forever (1995) | Dr. Chase Meridian | 5.6 | |
| 72 | Malice (1993) | Tracy Kennsinger | 5.8 | |
| 73 | My Life (1993) | Gail Jones | 10 | |
| 74 | Far and Away (1992) | Shannon Christie | 6.9 | |
| 75 | Billy Bathgate (1991) | Drew Preston | 5.5 | |
| 76 | Flirting (1991) | Nicola Radcliffe | - | - |
| 77 | Days of Thunder (1990) | Dr. Claire Lewicki | 7.2 | |
| 78 | Dead Calm (1989) | Rae Ingram | 7.1 | |
| 79 | Nightmaster (1988) | Amy Gabriel | - | - |
| 80 | Emerald City (1988) | Helen McCord | 3 | |
| 81 | Archer's Adventure (1985) | Catherine | - | - |
| 82 | Skin Deep (1983) | Sheena Henderson | - | - |
| 83 | BMX Bandits (1983) | Judy | 7 | |
| 84 | The Silent Wife | Jodi | - | - |

