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Kidman was born in Honolulu, Hawaii. She lived in the United States until she was four, when her family moved to Australia. Her father, Tony Kidman, was researching breast cancer in Washington, D.C. and at one stage, a lecturer at the University of Technology, Sydney. She started taking ballet lessons when she was three and studied at St. Martin's Youth Theater, Australian theater for Young People, and Philip Street Theater. Nicole's father had her and her younger sister do push ups and jumping jacks in the morning, to keep them fit.
She started her acting career at 14, when she starred in Bush Christmas . The movie is still often played at Christmas time. Nicole dropped out of North Sydney Girls' High School when her mother got breast cancer. When her mother recovered, Nicole continued with her acting career. Throughout the 1980s she appeared in many Australian movies and TV series, notably including BMX Bandits, and the miniseries Bangkok HiltonBangkok Hilton was an Australian TV series from 1989 directed by Ken Cameron. Story Katrina Stanton ( Nicole Kidman) get stopped in the customs on her way home from Thailand. They find drugs in her suitcase and she get sentenced to some time in the jail k.
Nicole gained notice in the US with Dead CalmThe 1989 thriller Dead Calm stars Sam Neill, Nicole Kidman and Billy Zane. A troubled couple's holdiday at sea turns into a nightmare after rescuing an even more troubled stranger. Based on the novel by Charles Williams. Directed by Australian filmaker Ph, which lead to her American debut in Days of ThunderDays of Thunder was a 1990 movie produced by Jerry Bruckheimer, directed by Tony Scott and starring Tom Cruise, Nicole Kidman, Robert Duvall, Randy Quaid, Cary Elwes and Michael Rooker. Days of Thunder revolved around a talented, hot-shot auto racing rook, a stock-car racing movie opposite Tom CruiseTom Cruise (born Thomas Cruise Mapother IV July 3, 1962 in Syracuse, New York, USA) is an American film actor and producer who has starred in a number of top-grossing movies. His first leading role in a Blockbuster movie was in Top Gun, as Maverick. Biogr. Although Cruise was married to actress Mimi RogersMimi Rogers (born Miriam Spickler January 27, 1956) is an American movie actress. Her breakthrough role was opposite Tom Berenger in Someone to Watch Over Me (1987). Since then, her career has largely been focused on independent films, most notably the co at the time, he and Kidman became an item. Cruise divorced Rogers and the couple married on Christmas EveChristmas Eve is the day before Christmas Day, and is treated to a greater or a lesser extent in most Christian societies as a public holiday. It falls on December 24. Many Christians traditionally celebrate a Midnight mass at midnight on Christmas Eve, m of 1990Events January January 3 Former leader of Panama Manuel Noriega surrenders to American forces. January 7 The Leaning Tower of Pisa is closed to the public due to safety concerns. January 9 Lt Gen Bazilio Olara Okello The man who led the coup aginst Dr Apo in Telluride, Colorado. The wedding was a secret at the time. She was in Billy Bathgate with Bruce Willis and Dustin Hoffman and in 1992 she starred along with her husband in Ron Howard's Far and Away. The couple adopted two children, Isabella and Connor, and lived in Los Angeles, California, Australia, Colorado, and New York.
Nicole Kidman's profile increased dramatically in 1995 when she was featured in the all-star cast of Batman Forever, a financial success, and later that same year she starred in To Die For, earning high praise from critics. Many speculated that she would earn an Academy Award nomination for her performance. This didn't happen, but her reputation as an actress benefitted from the publicity. Subsequent films include The Portrait of a Lady, The Peacemaker, and Practical Magic. In Eyes Wide Shut ( 1999), Stanley Kubrick's final film, she co-starred with her husband as a married couple for the second time.
In February 2001, Cruise stunned Hollywood by filing for divorce; the reasons are still murky. Cruise would only say that Nicole "knows why", while Kidman let it be known that she was pregnant by Cruise when he left her just before their 10th wedding anniversay, and had just miscarried the child. Some speculated that Cruise left Kidman because he didn't think he was the father, while some questioned the timing, noting that, since the couple did not have a prenuptial agreement, Cruise would have had to pay Kidman many millions if they divorced past the 10 year mark. As it was, he reportedly paid her $65 million. Industry insiders commented that the primary cause of the divorce may have been Nicole's refusal to allow Isabella and Connor to be raised in Scientology, which Cruise is a devoted practitioner of; she wanted them to be raised Catholic instead.
Kidman's most professionally successful year was 2001, with her Oscar-nominated performance in Moulin Rouge and well-received star turn in a horror film, The Others. While in Australia filming Moulin Rouge, Kidman injured her knee, so Jodie Foster had to replace her in Panic Room. She won the 2002 Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance as Virginia Woolf in The Hours.
As a singer, she began her career in 2001 by collaborating with Ewan McGregor on the song Come What May , on the Moulin Rouge Soundtrack (the song debuted and peaked at #27 on the UK Singles Chart). Then she collaborated with Robbie Williams on the song Somethin' Stupid , a cover of the old swing song on Williams' swing covers album Swing When You're Winning (debuting and peaking at #8 in the Australian ARIAnet Singles Chart, and at #1 for three weeks in the UK, also becoming the UK Christmas #1 Single for 2001).
In 2004, Kidman appeared in the remake of The Stepford Wives alongside Glenn Close, Faith Hill and Bette Midler. In September of the same year, Kidman was booed at the premiere of her movie Birth in which the 37 year-old actress' character falls in love with a 10 year-old boy. Scores of people walked out of the theater during a scene where the actress and boy shared a bath together. Despite the poor reception, the film was nominated for the prestigious Golden Lion Award .
Emma's War, Alexander The Great, The Interpreter, The Producers and Bewitched are future movies for Kidman.
Kidman's sister Antonia is an entertainment reporter for an Australian television program.
Kidman is also a well renowned fashion paradigm and a frequent "Best Dressed" staple.
In August 2004, the Australian magazine BRW listed Kidman as the richest Australian woman under the age of 40, with an estimated worth of 155 million A$ ( Australian dollars), or $107 million in United States dollars.
Later that year, the United Nations named Kidman "citizen of the world" for her humanitarian efforts.
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