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All About Nicole Kidman
Nicole Mary Kidman, AC (born 20 June 1967) is an Australian actress, singer and film producer
Kidman's breakthrough film role was in the 1989 thriller Dead Calm
Following several films in the early 1990s, she came to worldwide recognition for her performances in Days of Thunder , Far and Away , and Batman Forever
She followed these with other successful films in the late 1990s
Her performance in the musical Moulin Rouge! earned her second Golden Globe Award and first Academy Award nomination for Best Actress
Her performance as Virginia Woolf in the drama film The Hours received critical acclaim and earned Kidman the Academy Award for Best Actress and Silver Bear for Best Actress at Berlin film festival.
Kidman's other notable films include To Die For , Eyes Wide Shut , The Others , Cold Mountain , Dogville , The Interpreter and Australia
Her performances in Birth and The Paperboy earned her Golden Globe nominations for best actress and supporting actress, respectively
Her performance in 2010's Rabbit Hole (which she also produced) earned Kidman further accolades, including a third Academy Award nomination for Best Actress
In 2012, she earned her first Primetime Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie for her role in Hemingway & Gellhorn
Kidman has been a Goodwill Ambassador for UNICEF since 1994 and for UNIFEM since 2006
In 2006, Kidman was made a Companion of the Order of Australia, and was also the highest-paid actress in the motion picture industry
As a result of being born to Australian parents in Hawaii, Kidman has dual citizenship in Australia and the United States
Kidman founded and owns the production company Blossom Films.