Nicole Kidman
American actress, philanthropist, singer and film producer Nicole Kidman had her breakthrough role in psychological thriller "Dead Calm” (1989). She rose to worldwide fame for her performance in "Days of Thunder” (1990). She was the first Australian actress to achieve the "Best Actress Academy Award” for her character of Virginia Woolf in the film "The Hours” (2002). Academy Award nominations also won by her for her roles in the movies "Rabbit Hole” and "Moulin Rouge”! The production company "Blossom Films” founded and owned by her. Kidman is a Goodwill Ambassador for UNICEF since 1994 and for UNIFEM since 2006 because of her strong faith in women’s privileges and rights.
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Year |
Title |
Role |
Director |
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1983 |
Bush Christmas |
Helen Thompson |
Henri Safran |
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1983 |
BMX Bandits |
Judy |
Brian Trenchard-Smith |
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1984 |
Wills & Burke |
Julia Matthews |
Bob Weis |
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1986 |
Windrider |
Jade |
Vince Monton |
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1987 |
The Bit Part |
Mary McAllister |
Brendan Maher |
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1988 |
Emerald City |
Helen Davey |
Michael Jenkins |
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1989 |
Dead Calm |
Rae Ingram |
Philip Noyce |
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1990 |
Days of Thunder |
Dr. Claire Lewicki |
Tony Scott |
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1991 |
Flirting |
Nicola Radcliffe |
John Duigan |
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1991 |
Billy Bathgate |
Drew Preston |
Robert Benton |
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1992 |
Far and Away |
Shannon Christie |
Ron Howard |
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1993 |
Malice |
Tracy Safian |
Harold Becker |
|
1993 |
My Life |
Gail Jones |
Bruce Joel Rubin |
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1995 |
Batman Forever |
Dr. Chase Meridian |
Joel Schumacher |
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1995 |
To Die For |
Suzanne Stone Maretto |
Gus Van Sant |
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1996 |
The Portrait of a Lady |
Isabel Archer |
Jane Campion |
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1997 |
The Peacemaker |
Dr. Julia Kelly |
Mimi Leder |
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1998 |
Practical Magic |
Gillian Owens |
Griffin Dunne |
|
1999 |
Eyes Wide Shut |
Alice Harford |
Stanley Kubrick |
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2001 |
Moulin Rouge! |
Satine |
Baz Luhrmann |
|
2001 |
The Others |
Grace Stewart |
Alejandro Amenábar |
|
2001 |
Birthday Girl |
Nadia |
Jez Butterworth |
|
2002 |
The Hours |
Virginia Woolf |
Stephen Daldry |
|
2003 |
Dogville |
Grace Margaret Mulligan |
Lars von Trier |
|
2003 |
In the Cut |
— |
Jane Campion |
|
2003 |
The Human Stain |
Faunia Farley |
Robert Benton |
|
2003 |
Cold Mountain |
Ada Monroe |
Anthony Minghella |
|
2004 |
The Stepford Wives |
Joanna Eberhart |
Frank Oz |
|
2004 |
Birth |
Anna |
Jonathan Glazer |
|
2004 |
No. 5 the Film |
Herself |
Baz Luhrmann |
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2005 |
The Interpreter |
Silvia Broome |
Sydney Pollack |
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2005 |
Bewitched |
Isabel Bigelow |
Nora Ephron |
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2006 |
Fur |
Diane Arbus |
Steven Shainberg |
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2006 |
Happy Feet |
Norma Jean |
George Miller |
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2007 |
The Invasion |
Dr. Carol Bennell |
Oliver Hirschbiegel |
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2007 |
Margot at the Wedding |
Margot |
Noah Baumbach |
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2007 |
The Golden Compass |
Marisa Coulter |
Chris Weitz |
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2008 |
Australia |
Lady Sarah Ashley |
Baz Luhrmann |
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2009 |
Nine |
Claudia Jenssen |
Rob Marshall |
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2010 |
Rabbit Hole |
Becca Corbett |
John Cameron Mitchell |
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2011 |
Just Go with It |
Devlin Adams |
Dennis Dugan |
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2011 |
Trespass |
Sarah Miller |
Joel Schumacher |
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2011 |
Monte Carlo |
— |
Thomas Bezucha |
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2012 |
The Paperboy |
Charlotte Bless |
Lee Daniels |
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2013 |
Stoker |
Evelyn Stoker |
Park Chan-wook |
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2013 |
The Railway Man |
Patti Lomax |
Jonathan Teplitzky |
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2014 |
Grace of Monaco |
Grace Kelly |
Olivier Dahan |
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2014 |
Before I Go to Sleep |
Christine Lucas |
Rowan Joffé |
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2014 |
Paddington |
Millicent Clyde |
Paul King |
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2015 |
Strangerland |
Catherine Parker |
Kim Farrant |
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2015 |
Queen of the Desert |
Gertrude Bell |
Werner Herzog |
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2015 |
The Family Fang |
Annie Fang |
Jason Bateman |
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2015 |
Secret in Their Eyes |
Claire Sloane |
Billy Ray |
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2016 |
Genius |
Aline Bernstein |
Michael Grandage |
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2016 |
Lion |
Sue Brierley |
Garth Davis |
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2016 |
How to Talk to Girls at Parties |
TBA |
John Cameron Mitchell |
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Year |
Title |
Role |
Channel |
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1983 |
Skin Deep |
Sheena Henderson |
Nine Network |
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1983 |
Chase Through the Night |
Petra |
ABC |
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1984 |
Matthew and Son |
Bridget Elliot |
Network Ten |
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1984 |
A Country Practice |
Simone Jenkins |
Seven Network |
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1985 |
Five Mile Creek |
Annie |
Seven Network |
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1985 |
Archer |
Catherine |
Network Ten |
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1985 |
Winners |
Carol Trig |
Network Ten |
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1987 |
An Australian in Rome |
Jill |
ABC |
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1987 |
Vietnam |
Megan Goddard |
Network Ten |
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1987 |
Watch the Shadows Dance |
Amy Gabriel |
Nine Network |
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1989 |
Bangkok Hilton |
Katrina Stanton |
Network Ten |
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1993 |
Saturday Night Live |
Host |
NBC |
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2012 |
Hemingway & Gellhorn |
Martha Gellhorn |
HBO |
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2014 |
Hello Ladies: The Movie |
Herself |
HBO |
|
2016 |
Big Little Lies- Filming |
Celeste Wright |
HBO |
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Year |
Works |
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1983 |
Appeared as an extra in the video clip of the Pat Wilson song "Bop Girl". |
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1998 |
Stage: "The Blue Room", Donmar Warehouse, London, England. |
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2001 |
Hit single with Robbie Williams, 'Something Stupid'. Also appeared in a music video for the song. |
|
2001 |
Sings on two volumes of soundtrack CDs for Moulin Rouge |
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2002 |
TV commercial for El Corte Inglés directed by Alejandro Amenábar. |
|
2004 |
TV commercial for Chanel N°5 perfume, directed by Baz Luhrmann. |
|
2003 |
Print ad for Womens Cancer Research Fund. |
|
2007 |
TV commercial for Nintendo. |
|
2008 |
Print ads for Omega. |
|
2009 |
French TV commercial for Schweppes, filmed in India with Arjun Rampar and Rubina Ali, directed by Shekhar Kapur. |
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2010 |
TV commercial for Schweppes. |
|
2011 |
Print advertisement for OMEGA (Ladymatic) Swiss watches (UK) |
|
2012 |
Recorded the audio-book of "To the Lighthouse" by Virginia Woolf . |
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2015 |
TV commercial for Etihad Airways |
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2015 |
TV commercials for compare the market.com |
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2015 |
Stage play: "Photograph 51" - playing Rosalind Franklin opposite Stephen Campbell Moore (Maurice Wilkins), Will Attenborough (James Watson), Edward Bennett (Francis Crick), Patrick Kennedy (Don Caspar), Joshua Silver (Ray Gosling). Written by Anna Ziegler. Directed by Michael Grandage (Noel Coward Theatre London) |
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2015 |
TV commercial for Swisse vitamins |
Nicole Kidman is the daughter of Janelle Ann (nursing instructor) and Antony David Kidman (biochemist and clinical psychologist). She has English, Irish and Scottish descent. She has a younger sister named Antonia Kidman (Australian TV personality). Nicole was attended in ballet class at the age of 3. Kidman was occupied in the arts from early teenage years, participating and acting in school plays. Nicole was required to leave school due to cancer of her mother and to afford for her family; she worked as a massage therapist. Fortunately her mother managed to survive the suffering. She worked at the Philip Street Theater on a regular basis. Personal praise and encouragement letter received by her from audience member Jane Campion who was then a film student. At age 16 she landed a character in the Australian holiday favorite "Bush Christmas” in 1983 which followed a lead in "BMX Bandits” in 1983 and miniseries "Vietnam” in 1987. She ultimately made her US debut in 1989 with the assist of an American agent.
Spouse
Keith Urban (25 June 2006 - present) (2 daughters named Sunday Rose Kidman Urban & Faith Margaret Kidman Urban)
Tom Cruise (24 December 1990 - 8 August 2001) (divorced) (2 adopted children named Isabella Jane & Connor Anthony
Academy Awards, USA
|
Year |
Status |
Category & Nominated Work |
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2011 |
Nominated |
Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role |
|
2003 |
Won |
Best Actress in a Leading Role |
|
2002 |
Nominated |
Best Actress in a Leading Role |
Golden Globes, USA
|
Year |
Status |
Category & Nominated Work |
|
2013 |
Nominated |
Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture |
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Best Performance by an Actress in a Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television |
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2011 |
Nominated |
Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama |
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2005 |
Nominated |
Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama |
|
2004 |
Nominated |
Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama |
|
2003 |
Won |
Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama |
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2002 |
Won |
Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Comedy or Musical |
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Nominated |
Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama |
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|
1996 |
Won |
Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Comedy or Musical |
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1992 |
Nominated |
Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture |
BAFTA Awards
|
Year |
Status |
Category & Nominated Work |
|
2003 |
Won |
Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role |
|
2002 |
Nominated |
Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role |
|
1996 |
Nominated |
Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role USA. |
People's Choice Awards, USA
|
Year |
Status |
Category & Nominated Work |
|
2006 |
Nominated |
Favorite Female Movie Star |
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2005 |
Nominated |
Favorite Female Movie Star |
|
2003 |
Nominated |
Favorite Motion Picture Actress |
Screen Actors Guild Awards
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Year |
Status |
Category & Nominated Work |
|
2016 |
Nominated |
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries |
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2013 |
Nominated |
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role |
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Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries |
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2011 |
Nominated |
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role |
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2010 |
Nominated |
Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture Shared with: Marion Cotillard, Penélope Cruz, Daniel Day-Lewis, Judi Dench, Fergie, Kate Hudson, Sophia Loren |
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2003 |
Nominated |
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role |
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Outstanding Performance by the Cast of a Theatrical Motion Picture Shared with: Toni Collette, Claire Danes, Jeff Daniels, Stephen Dillane, Ed Harris, Allison Janney, Julianne Moore, John C. Reilly, Miranda Richardson, Meryl Streep |
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2002 |
Nominated |
Outstanding Performance by the Cast of a Theatrical Motion Picture Shared with: Jim Broadbent, John Leguizamo, Ewan McGregor, Richard Roxburgh |
- Her height is nearly 5' 11"
- She has great IQ scored of 132+
- She is fond of the poetry of Anne Carson.
- She likes the writing of Philip Larkin.
- She loves to write short stories in her leisure time and desires to publish them one day.
- Renée Zellweger, Hugh Jackman, Jim Carrey, Naomi Watts, Russell Crowe and Meryl Streep are her good friends.
- She can play piano and played piano by herself in Cold Mountain (2003).
- She never leaves home without a hat, sunglasses and sunscreen during sunlight.
- Kidman is allergic to strawberries.
- She has Lepidopterophobia (fear of butterflies).
- She requested her wedding guests to donate money to some charitable organization instead of buying any wedding presents.
- A first edition of Emily Brontë's novel, "Wuthering Heights", bought from Sotherby's for $200,000 given by Keith Urban to Nicole as a wedding gift.
- She is an admirer of actress Aishwarya Rai Bachchan and her movie Bride & Prejudice (2004).
- Gone with the Wind (1939), Breaking the Waves (1996), The Wizard of Oz (1939), Grease (1978), Rear Window (1954) and The Way We Were (1973) are her favorite movies.
- Wearing the prosthetic nose is loved by her as she found she could effortlessly avoid the paparazzi as they didn't identify her.
- She used to go fishing with her grandfather in childhood.
- She was called "The Wild Australian" by Tom Cruise.
- Her nickname was "Stalky" in school because she was already 5' 9" when she was 13.
- She has shortsightedness and had laser treatment to cure the problem.
- Nicole was named after a baby elephant Hokulani which means "heavenly star" in Hawaii that lived at the neighborhood zoo of her childhood home, because her mother likes elephants.
- Shark-dive is her passion and favorite activity.
- She has a license of skydiving.
- Kidman’s Oscar is sited above the fireplace in her mother's house.
- "Kidmaniacs" referred by her fans to themselves.
- She sang her own songs in three movies named Moulin Rouge! (2001), Happy Feet (2006) and Nine (2009).
- She has worked with 4 Best Oscar winning Director named Robert Benton, Ron Howard, Anthony Minghella, and Sydney Pollack.
- She was criticized for Botox.
- "War & peace” by Leo Tolstoy is her favorite book.
- She is left-handed in nature.
- People Magazine chosen her as one of the "50 Most Beautiful People in the World” (1996, 1999 & 2002).
- People Magazine chosen her as one of the "50 Most Beautiful People for Most Wanted Skin" in 2004.
- FHM ranked her 9 in the list of "100 Sexiest Women in the World 2005" special supplement.
- Australian Empire Magazine voted her the fifth "Sexiest Female Movie Star” in 2008.
- People Weekly listed her in "Most Intriguing People 1995" list.
- E! awarded her "Celebrity of the Year" in 2001.
- Entertainment Weekly awarded her "Entertainer of the Year".
- People Magazine named her as one of the "25 Most Intriguing People of 2001".
- Ranked 48 on a list of the "Greatest Movie Stars of All Time" by Premiere Magazine in their 2005 feature "Stars in Our Constellation".
- Honored a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2003.
- She was received Special London Evening Standard Theatre Awards for her performance in "The Blue Room" in 1998.
- Premiere Magazine ranked her 40 in the list of "100 Greatest Performances of All Time 2006” for her performance as Suzanne Stone Maretto in To Die For (1995).
- Top listed as the "Highest-paid Actresses in Hollywood” by The Hollywood Reporter's list in 2004.
- She was received "Best Global Film Actress" award at the Qingdao Oriental Movie Metropolis in Qingdao, China in 2013 presented by Jackie Chan.
- She was received "Outstanding Contribution to Film Industry Award” at the Shanghai Film Festival in 2014 presented by Hugh Grant.
- Listed as the richest "Australian Woman under Age 40”, estimated at a worth of $155 million (Australian) by Australian business magazine Business Review Weekly in 2004.
|
Year & Work |
Salary |
|
Days of Thunder(1990) |
$200,000 |
|
Billy Bathgate(1991) |
$200,000 |
|
Far and Away(1992) |
$250,000 |
|
My Life(1993) |
$500,000 |
|
To Die For(1995) |
$2,000,000 |
|
Batman Forever(1995) |
$2,500,000 |
|
The Portrait of a Lady(1996) |
$2,500,000 |
|
The Peacemaker(1997) |
$5,000,000 |
|
Practical Magic(1998) |
$6,000,000 |
|
Eyes Wide Shut(1999) |
$6,500,000 |
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Moulin Rouge!(2001) |
$7,000,000 |
|
The Others(2001) |
$7,000,000 |
|
Birthday Girl(2001) |
$1,500,000 |
|
The Hours(2002) |
$7,500,000 |
|
Dogville(2003) |
$2,800,000 |
|
Cold Mountain(2003) |
$15,000,000 |
|
The Stepford Wives(2004) |
$15,000,000 |
|
Birth(2004) |
$15,000,000 |
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The Interpreter(2005) |
$15,000,000 |
|
Bewitched(2005) |
$17,500,000 |
|
The Invasion(2007) |
$16,000,000 |
|
The Invasion(2007) |
$16,000,000 + |
|
Margot at the Wedding(2007) |
$6,000 |
|
The Golden Compass(2007) |
$15,000,000 |
|
Australia(2008) |
$13,000,000 |
- On divorcing Tom Cruise, "Now I can wear heels.”
- "I love acting, but it's much more fun taking the kids to the zoo.”
- "When you relinquish the desire to control your future, you can have more happiness.”
- On herself, "I would describe myself as emotional and highly strung. If something upsets me, it really upsets me. If something makes me angry, I get really angry. But it's all very upfront. I can't hide it. I'm also loyal and I hope I'm fun.”
- "I'm a person that carries everything that happened to me in my past, with me into the future. I refuse to let it make me bitter. I still completely believe in love and I remain open to anything that will happen to me.”
- On fame, "I don't really celebrate fame because I get enough attention.”
