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Birth
name
Nicole Mary Kidman
Nickname
Nic
Height
5' 10½" (1.79
m)
Spouse
Tom Cruise (24 December
1990 - 8 August 2001) (divorced) 2 children
Trivia
Listed in "People
Weekly"s "Most Intriguing People" list.
(December 25 1995/January 1 1996 issue)
She and her husband
Tom Cruise donated to Hillary Rodham Clinton's campaign
for a seat in the U.S. Senate representing New York
state. [2000]
Suffered a broken rib
while rehearsing a dance routine for the movie Moulin
Rouge! (2001). Production was halted while she recovered.
Chosen by People Magazine
as one of the 50 Most Beautiful People in the World
[1999]
Chosen by People (USA)
magazine as one of the 50 most beautiful people in the
world [1996]
Wore a corset while
filming Portrait of a Lady, The (1996) to take her waist
down to 19"
Spent two weeks in
bed after filming of Portrait of a Lady, The (1996)
- diagnosed as suffering from "emotional stress".
Adopted 1 son and 1
daughter.
Nicole's father is
renowned Sydney psychologist Anthony Kidman, famous
in his own right for work done with breast cancer patients,
among other things.
Family: Sister, Antonia
Kidman-Hawley. Brother-In-Law, Angus Hawley. Mother,
Janelle Kidman. Son, Conor Antony. Daughter, Isabella
Jane Relative of late cattle baron Sydney Kidman. Dropped
out of high school to pursue career.
Crusader against child
abuse. "Children should be allowed to grow up without
fear of cruelty." [October 1999]
Separated from husband
Tom Cruise. [5 February 2001]
In Moulin Rouge! (2001)
Kidman sang alongside Ewan McGregor.
Conor Antony (adopted
son) born January 17, 1995.
Isabella Jane (adopted
daughter) born December 22, 1992.
Sang alongside Robbie
Williams in a remake of the duet 'Something Stupid',
originally by Frank and Nancy Sinatra
Scared of butterflies
Won 2nd Golden Globe
for Best Actress in a Musical or Comedy for Moulin Rouge!
[January 20th, 2002]
Named one of People
Magazine's '25 Most Intriguing People of 2001'.
Named E!'s Celebrity
of the Year 2001.
Named Entertainment
Weekly's Entertainer of The Year for 2001.
Played a young girl
named Grace on a sketch on "Saturday Night Live"
with Mike Myers, the next time she played a character
named Grace was her 2001 movie, Others, The (2001).
She was supposed to
be the star of Panic Room (2002), but she hurt herself
in a stunt for Moulin Rouge! (2001). So, she played
the voice of Jodie Foster's divorced husband's wife.
Was named one of the
50 Most Beautiful People by People Magazine in 2002.
Sister of Australian
television personality Antonia Kidman.
Will play Samantha
Stevens in film version of classic television series
Bewitched.
Although naturally
left-handed, Nicole taught herself to write right- handed
for her role in Hours, The (2002), where she played
the right- handed author Virginia Woolf.
Received a star on
the Hollywood Walk of Fame (13 January 2003)
Found out about her
first Academy Award nomination, for "Moulin Rouge",
while shooting Dogville (2003) in Sweden.
Ranked #31 in Premiere's
2003 annual Power 100 List. Had ranked #83 in 2002.
First Australian actress
to win the Best Actress Academy Award.
- Voted the 5th Sexist
Female Movie Star in the Australian Empire Magazine
September 2002.
Measurements: 34B-23-36
(Source: Celebrity Sleuth magazine)
In recent polls, she
was elected alongside fellow Aussie Hugh Jackman as
one of the favorite upcoming romantic couples on screen.
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