Nicole Kidman

Nicole Mary Kidman was born on 20th of June 1967 Honolulu, Hawaii, USA to the couple of Anthony Kidman (a biochemist, clinical psychologist and author) and Janelle Kidman (a nurse and educator). She has also got a younger sister Antonia Kidman. When she was 3 years old she began to take training in dance, drama and mime at the St. Martin’s Youth Theater in Melbourne and the Australian Theater for Young People. The talented, very pretty, 5'10' Australian was a natural for the stage. When she was only 14 years old she joined the Sydney’s Philip Street Theater and grabbed a Sydney Theater Critics’ Best Newcomer Award for her achievement. In the year 1983, she went on to make her debut in television with the popular 'Bush Christmas'.

On that same year she starred in Australian TV’s 'BMX Bandits', and parts in 'Chase Through The Night', 'Five-Mile Creek', 'Prince and the Great Race' and 1984's 'Matthew and Son'. Kidman continued to appear in television with 'Wills and Burke', 'Room To Move', 'Archer’s Adventure' in 1985, 'Windrider', 'Watch The Shadows Dance', 'Night Master' in 1987, and in the films 'Une Australienne a Rome', 'The Bit Part' in 1987, and 'Emerald City' in 1988.

For her great performance in 'Vietnam' (TV in 1988) and 'Bangkok Hilton' (TV in 1989) Nicole was awarded Australian Film Institute Best Actress Awards. She also achieved the Australian Public’s Best Actress award of the Year consecutively in 1988 and 1989. Only in the year of 1989, Nicole made her debut in American film with 'Dead Calm' where she played the role of Rae Ingram. In her next film, 'Days of Thunder' in 1990, her co-star was Tom Cruise. They became husband and wife that year. The couple has adopted two children Connor Anthony Kidman Cruise and Isabella Jane Kidman Cruise.

She later on proved to every detractors that she can also act and give solid performances like her established husband by appearing in 'Emerald City' in 1990, 'Billy Bathgate' in 1991, 'Far and Away', 'Flirting' in 1992, 'My Life', 'Malice' in 1993 and 'Batman Forever' in 1995. But her next film 'To Die For' in 1995 is considered her major success. This film fully established Kidman like all other big stars of Hollywood. Then movies like 'The Leading Man', 'The Portrait of a Lady' in 1996, 'The Peacemaker' in 1997, 'Practical Magic' in 1998, 'Eyes Wide Shut' and 'Eyes Wide Shut' in 1999 followed.

In the year 2000, the Kidman movies that released worldwide are 'Criminal Conversation', 'Berlin Diaries 1940-45', 'Moulin Rouge', 'In the Cut' and 'Heartswap'.

In the years gone by, Kidman has always handled her public marriage with her private home life and also her very busy, high profile career tactfully.