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->''"I think each role takes a little from you and circles around you for the rest of your life. I don't think you ever abandon any of them."''

Nicole Mary Kidman [[UsefulNotes/KnightFever AC]] (born 20 June 1967) is an Australian-American actress born in Honolulu, Hawaii.

She is currently one of Hollywood's leading ladies and is a frequent portrayer of 'icy-blondes' onscreen, even though she is a natural redhead, as well as a proud MsFanservice.

She had a highly publicized marriage to Creator/TomCruise from 1990 to 2001 and has two adopted children, Isabella Jane and Connor Anthony, with him. Since 2006, she has been married to singer Music/KeithUrban with whom she has two daughters named Sunday Rose and Faith Margaret.
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!!Films she has starred in:
* ''Film/BMXBandits'' (1983) as Judy
* ''Film/DeadCalm'' (1989) as Rae Ingram -- Thriller which also starred Creator/BillyZane and Creator/SamNeill. One of her first breakthrough roles and one of her earliest nude scenes.
* ''Series/BangkokHilton'' (1989) as Katrina 'Kat' Stanton.
* ''Film/DaysOfThunder'' (1990) as Dr. Claire Lewicki -- Her first American film role.
* ''Film/BillyBathgate'' (1991) as Drew Preston
* ''Film/FarAndAway'' (1992) as Shannon Christie
* ''Film/{{Malice}}'' (1993) as Tracy Safian
* ''Film/MyLife'' (1993) as Gail Jones
* ''Film/BatmanForever'' (1995) as Dr. Chase Meridian
* ''Film/ToDieFor'' (1995) as Suzanne Stone Maretto
* ''Literature/ThePortraitOfALady'' (1996) as Isabel Archer
* ''Film/ThePeacemaker'' (1997) as Dr. Julia Kelly -- Alongside Creator/GeorgeClooney.
* ''Film/PracticalMagic'' (1998) as Gillian Owens -- Alongside Creator/SandraBullock.
* ''Film/EyesWideShut'' (1999) as Alice Harford
* ''Film/MoulinRouge'' (2001) as Satine
* ''Film/{{The Others|2001}}'' (2001) as Grace Stewart
* ''Film/BirthdayGirl'' (2001) as Nadia/Sophia
* ''Film/TheHours'' (2002) as Creator/VirginiaWoolf -- Won her the UsefulNotes/AcademyAward for Best Actress.
* ''Film/{{Dogville}}'' (2003) as Grace Margaret Mulligan
* ''Film/ColdMountain'' (2003) as Ada Monroe
* ''Film/TheStepfordWives'' (2004) as Joanna Eberhart -- [[TurnoftheMillennium Noughties]] remake.
* ''Film/{{Birth}}'' (2004) as Anna
* ''Film/TheInterpreter'' (2005) as Silvia Broome
* ''Film/{{Bewitched}}'' (2005) as Isobel Bigelow/Samantha
* ''WesternAnimation/HappyFeet'' (2006) as Norma Jean -- Voice only
* ''Film/FurAnImaginaryPortraitOfDianeArbus'' (2006) as Creator/DianeArbus
* ''Film/TheGoldenCompass'' (2007) as Mrs. Coulter
* ''Film/TheInvasion'' (2007) as Dr. Carol Bennell
* ''Film/{{Australia}}'' (2008) as Lady Sarah Ashley -- Second collaboration with Creator/BazLuhrmann.
* ''[[Theatre/NineMusical Nine]]'' (2009) as Claudia Jenssen
* ''Theatre/RabbitHole'' (2010) as Becca Corbett
* ''Film/JustGoWithIt'' (2011) as Devlin Adams
* ''Film/HemingwayAndGellhorn'' (2012) as Martha Gellhorn -- TV film
* ''Film/{{Stoker}}'' (2013) as Evelyn Stoker
* ''Film/{{Paddington|2014}}'' (2014) as Millicent Clyde
* ''Film/BeforeIGoToSleep'' (2014) as Christine Lucas
* ''Film/{{Lion}}'' (2016) as Sue Brierley
* ''Series/BigLittleLies'' (2017-2019) as Celeste Wright -- TV series
* ''Film/TheBeguiled'' (2017) as Martha Farnsworth
* ''Film/HowToTalkToGirlsAtParties'' (2017) as Queen Boadicea
* ''Film/TheKillingOfASacredDeer'' (2017) as Anna Murphy
* ''Series/TopOfTheLake: China Girl'' (2017) as Julia Edwards -- TV miniseries
* Franchise/DCExtendedUniverse as Queen Atlanna
** ''Film/{{Aquaman|2018}}'' (2018)
** ''Film/AquamanAndTheLostKingdom'' (2023)
* ''Film/BoyErased'' (2018) as Nancy Eamons
* ''[[Film/Destroyer2018 Destroyer]]'' (2018) as Erin Bell
* ''Film/TheGoldfinch'' (2019) as Samantha Barbour
* ''Film/{{Bombshell|2019}}'' (2019) as Gretchen Carlson
* ''Theatre/TheProm'' (2020) as Angie Dickinson
* ''Series/TheUndoing'' (2020) as Grace Fraser -- TV miniseries
* ''Literature/NinePerfectStrangers'' (2021-present) as Masha Dmitrichenko -- TV series
* ''Film/BeingTheRicardos'' (2021) as Creator/LucilleBall
* Advertising/WeMakeMoviesBetter (2021) as herself
* ''Film/TheNorthman'' (2022) as Queen Gudrun
* ''Series/SpecialOpsLioness'' (2023) as Kaitlyn Meade -- TV series
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Spellbound}}'' (TBA) -- Voice only

!!Tropes related to Nicole Kidman's career:
* TheCameo:
** In the Music/RobbieWilliams video for his (well, ''their'') cover of Music/FrankSinatra's "Something Stupid".
** In the Creator/AdamSandler movie ''Film/JustGoWithIt''.
* DawsonCasting: Played a 40-year-old in ''Film/BeforeIGoToSleep'' (2014) at age 47.
** The age of Celeste Wright in ''Series/BigLittleLies'' isn't stated, but it seems unlikely she's meant to be as old as Kidman's then-age (49) when it premiered in 2017.
* DyeHard:[[invoked]] She's naturally red-haired but is more famous for being an 'icy-blonde'. Although she says that the red hair in her early roles was also a dye job, and that her natural color is a reddish or strawberry blonde.
* IronyAsSheIsCast:[[invoked]] She's an Australian playing a Briton in ''Film/{{Australia}}''. Even in a film that's Australian in all aspects, she's not playing an Australian.
* MsFanservice: Her beauty is frequently highlighted in the roles she plays.
* OscarBait: Which has helped garner 4 Oscar nominations for Best Actress, including a win for 2002's ''Film/TheHours''.
* PlayingAgainstType:[[invoked]] In contrast to her usual DefrostingIceQueen role, she has played an evil BrainlessBeauty in ''Film/ToDieFor'' and a CuteWitch in the film version of ''Film/{{Bewitched}}''.
* ProductionPosse:[[invoked]]
** [[invoked]]Was a huge player in Creator/BazLuhrmann's ''Film/MoulinRouge'' and ''Film/{{Australia}}''.
** [[invoked]]With Creator/JohnCameronMitchell. Their collaboration on ''Theatre/RabbitHole'' was a notable success, earning Kidman her third Oscar nomination (and first in eight years). They eventually came together again to work on Mitchell's next film, ''Film/HowToTalkToGirlsAtParties''.
** [[invoked]]Kidman also starred in ''Film/BillyBathgate'' and ''The Human Stain'', two films directed by Robert Benton.
* StatuesqueStunner: She plays these characters very often. Given that she stands 5'11 and is absolutely gorgeous it's a natural fit.
* ThoseTwoActors:[[invoked]]
** [[invoked]]Kidman and Creator/LaurenBacall were co-stars in two movies that came out in consecutive years. They appeared together in ''Film/{{Dogville}}'' and ''Birth''.
** [[invoked]]Creator/JimBroadbent worked with her on ''Film/MoulinRouge'' and ''Film/Paddington2014''.
** [[invoked]]Worked with her former husband Creator/TomCruise on three films - ''Film/DaysOfThunder'' (where they met), ''Film/FarAndAway'', and ''Film/EyesWideShut''. She worked with him on ''Film/{{The Others|2001}}'' too but he was only a producer there.
** [[invoked]]She and Creator/ColinFirth worked together on ''Film/BeforeIGoToSleep'', ''The Railway Man'', and ''Genius''.
** [[invoked]]She and Creator/HughJackman played a parental unit in ''WesternAnimation/HappyFeet'' and lovers in ''Film/{{Australia}}''.
** [[invoked]]Creator/JudeLaw also reunited with Kidman on ''Genius'', as they had previously starred as lovers in ''Film/ColdMountain''.
** [[invoked]]Creator/SydneyPollack had a few significant scenes in ''Film/EyesWideShut'', and then directed and co-starred with Kidman in ''Film/TheInterpreter''.
** [[invoked]]Creator/ChristopherWalken appeared as Kidman's father in ''The Family Fang'', after having previously played off of her in ''Film/TheStepfordWives''.
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