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Biography

It is not always true that good things come only in small packages. You can locate one in a taller packing too. A living example of this is Nicole Kidman, who standing at 5’11’’ feet have towered over the legends sitting atop the Hollywood high pedestal. This Australian house of fire has formed her own niche over the years in the American dominated film domain.

Born in Honolulu, Hawaii (on the 20th of June, 1967), Nicole boasts of dual US and Australian citizenship. Her father, Anthony, a biochemist and clinical psychologist, along with his wife Janelle and Nicole’s young sister Antonia to work on a research project on breast cancer moved to Washington DC for three years.

She started taking u ballet lessons at 10 and fell in love with it but later included mime and drama as well in creative portfolio. Her first stage role was a bleating sheep in an elementary school Christmas pageant. in her growing up years, while her peers were busy frolicking out in the sun, Nicole was often to be seen immersed deeply in her craft and was a regular at Philip Street Theater, it was while working there only, at the mere age of 14, she received an invitation to star in a film student’s exam project. The student’s name was Jane Campion, who later directed Kidman in The Portrait Of A Lady (1996)

Nicole soon realized that the regular education was neither going to help her out in her dream career in movies nor it would give her the satisfaction. She soon dropped out of high school and joined the Australian Theatre for Young People in Sydney and the St Martin's Youth Theatre in Melbourne .By the time she was 16, she has decided to tread upon the waters of movie making.

Career in Movies

Her film debut was with an Australian holiday favorite Bush Christmas (1983). This was followed by a series of film and TV offers, including a lead in BMX Bandits (1983) and “Vietnam" (1987) where she played a schoolgirl-turned-protester in the miniseries for which she won her first Australian Film Institute Award.

Two years later, she eventually made her US debut opposite Sam Neill in the at-sea thriller Dead Calm (1989). And then came an offer which turned her life both professionally and personally tremendously. While playing Tom Cruise’s love interest in the racetrack romance Days of Thunder (1990), Nicole found the herself essaying the role in real life as well. After a whirlwind courtship and wedding (December 24, 1990), the couple worked in two more movies, Far and Away (1992) and Eyes Wide Shut (1999) after that to cash on their much talked about married life.

She and Cruise adopted two children: Isabella Jane (born in 1993) and Connor Antony (born 1995). The couple ended their marriage in 2001, despite boasting of a happy family image in the public eye.

Not to be marred by the debacle of failed marriage on her movie career, Nicole came out triumphant with Moulin Rouge which earned her the Oscar nomination but something was still missing that could help her outshine over the academy. Incidentally, the same thing happened in her career earlier when freshly after her marriage Kidman until she achieved real breakthrough with Gus Van Sant's To Die For (1995) as a fame-crazed housewife and Henry James's The Portrait of a Lady (1996).the former one her many critics awards and the acclaimed Golden Globe award.

She bounced back with The Hours (2002) and managed to stand her own against the likes of Meryl Streep and Julianne Moore. Portraying the roles of the famed writer Virginia Woolf herself, Nicole even surgically disfigured her nose for the role. The movie won critics appreciation and Nicole an Oscar and Golden Globe. In addition, she was also the part of prestigious Cold Mountain ( 2003),a path breaking movie

The Australian actress who redefined the rules of acting with her [power packed performances, is continuing to deliver one good dish after another loaded with aplomb and finesse.

Filmography

Australia (2008)
The Golden Compass (2007)
Margot At The Wedding (2007)
The Invasion (2007)
Fur (2006)
Happy Feet (Voice) (2006)
Bewitched (2005)
The Interpreter (2005)
Birth (2004)
The Stepford Wives (2004)
Cold Mountain (2003)
The Human Stain (2003)
Dogville (2003)
The Hours (2002)
Birthday Girl (2002)
The Others (2001)
Moulin Rouge (2001)
Eyes Wide Shut (1999)
Practical Magic (1998)
The Peacemaker (1997)
The Leading Man (1996)
Portrait Of A Lady (1996)
Batman Forever (1995)
To Die For (1995)
Malice (1993)
My Life (1993)
Far And Away (1992)
Billy Bathgate (1991)
Days Of Thunder (1990)
Bangkok Hilton (TV miniseries) (1989)
Flirting (1989)
Dead Calm (1989)
Emerald City (1988)
Un' Australiana A Roma (TV) (1987)
The Bit Part (1987)
Vietnam (TV miniseries) (1986)
Night Master (1986)
Windrider (1986)
Archer's Adventure (1985)
Wills And Burke (1985)
Five Mile Creek (TV miniseries) (1984)
Matthew And Son (TV) (1984)
Winners (TV, episode: Room To Move) (1983)
BMX Bandits (1983)
Bush Christmas (1983)
A Country Practice (TV) (1983)
Chase Through The Night (TV) (1983)

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