Nicole Kidman
Bust
34
Waist
23
Hip
36
Eyes
Blue
Hair
Red
Shoes
8.5
Height
5 Feet, 11 Inches

Net worth $250 Million

Birthday
June 20, 1967
Birthplace
Birth Sign

About

Nicole Mary Kidman is an Australian-American actor and producer whose career stretches from Australian teen dramas to global blockbusters and prestige television. Born on 20 June 1967 in Honolulu to Australian parents and raised largely in Sydney, she holds dual citizenship and is known for a rangy accent that disappears into each part.

She won the Academy Award for Best Actress in 2003 for The Hours, becoming the first Australian to take that prize, and in May 2025 received Kering’s Women In Motion Award at Cannes, adding to more than 150 career wins. Earlier the same year, the Palm Springs International Film Festival honored her with its International Star Award for her performance in the A24 thriller Babygirl.

Kidman’s recent screen choices show her range: she played a Hong Kong expatriate in the 2024 limited series Expats, a powerful CEO exploring desire in Babygirl, and a doting single mother opposite Zac Efron in Netflix’s rom-com A Family Affair. Beyond the red-carpet shimmer, she has helped revive adult-oriented television by producing Big Little Lies and Nine Perfect Strangers, projects that proved streaming audiences crave complex female stories. Her mix of creative daring and business savvy keeps her at the centre of conversations about where screen storytelling is headed.

Before Fame

Kidman’s artistic spark showed up early. Dance lessons began at age three, but a school drama class in Sydney unlocked a deeper passion, and by sixteen she was acting professionally. When her mother underwent breast-cancer treatment, Kidman briefly left high school to help at home, taking television roles to keep the family afloat.

Formal training came at the Australian Theatre for Young People and the Phillip Street Theatre, where vocal and movement classes refined her craft. Her breakout on Australia’s big screen arrived with the suspense hit Dead Calm (1989). Hollywood called the next year: the racing spectacle Days of Thunder (1990) pulled her to the United States and changed her career trajectory.

Throughout the early 1990s she pushed against type. The wicked satire To Die For showcased icy charm; The Portrait of a Lady explored period drama; and Eyes Wide Shut tested emotional limits on a Kubrick set. Those bold choices announced a performer more interested in challenge than routine stardom—a reputation she still embraces.

Trivia

  • Hospital staff in Hawaii added the local nickname Hōkūlani, meaning “heavenly star,” to her birth records—a fitting foreshadowing.
  • She stands 5′ 11″ (1.80 m) yet confesses to a lifelong fear of butterflies, a phobia called lepidopterophobia.
  • Kidman is one of the few performers to earn an Oscar, Emmy, BAFTA and SAG Award, underscoring her cross-genre credibility.
  • A UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador since 1994 and a UN Women Ambassador since 2006, she often addresses the UN in support of women’s rights.
  • In 2017 she pledged to work with more female directors; by 2025 she had collaborated with 27 of them, renewing that promise on the Cannes stage.
  • After a busy 2024 slate, she told SXSW journalists she would pause filming for the rest of 2025 to “refill the well” with family time.
  • She relaxes by playing classical piano and used the skill for her character in The Interpreter (2005).

Family Life

Kidman was raised by parents who valued service: her mother, Janelle Ann, was a nursing educator and feminist activist; her father, Dr. Antony Kidman, was a psychologist and biochemist. Antony died in 2014, and Janelle passed away in September 2024; Kidman later dedicated her Palm Springs honor to both, calling their guidance the “engine” behind her resilience. She remains close to younger sister Antonia, a journalist and television presenter, and is the self-proclaimed “fun aunt” to her many nieces and nephews.

Romantically, her life has unfolded in two chapters. She married Tom Cruise in December 1990; during their marriage they adopted daughter Isabella (1992) and son Connor (1995). The couple divorced in 2001, and Kidman has since spoken frankly about balancing independence with love. In June 2006 she wed country star Keith Urban in Sydney. They welcomed daughters Sunday Rose in 2008 and Faith Margaret in 2010 via gestational carrier. The family divides time between a farmhouse outside Nashville, two homes in Sydney, and occasional stints in New York.

Kidman describes her parenting style as open and affectionate, stressing honest conversation and laughter at home. Teen daughters Sunday and Faith often borrow her archived gowns, while Isabella and Connor, now adults, prefer quieter lives away from cameras.

Associated With

Collaboration powers Kidman’s résumé. She co-produced and starred alongside Reese Witherspoon in HBO’s Big Little Lies, trading dramatic fire with Laura Dern and Zoë Kravitz and navigating harrowing scenes opposite Alexander Skarsgård that earned them both Emmys.

Her Oscar-nominated turn in Being the Ricardos paired her with Javier Bardem under writer-director Aaron Sorkin, while the biographical drama Lion (2016) drew plaudits opposite Dev Patel under Australian director Garth Davis. In 2024 she teamed with Dutch filmmaker Halina Reijn and rising Australian actor Sophie Wilde for Babygirl, a provocative thriller that won her the Volpi Cup at Venice and sparked talk about female desire and power.

Kidman’s philanthropic network is equally robust; she appears on Women In Motion panels with peers like Meryl Streep and Naomi Watts and supports fund-raisers hosted by Reese Witherspoon. Whether starring, producing or advocating, she thrives on partnership—a strategy that keeps her work fresh and her influence wide-ranging, even after nearly forty years in the spotlight.

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