50 Fun Facts About Nicole Kidman

In which US state was Nicole Kidman born?

Her Australian parents were in the United States on student visas when she arrived in Honolulu in June 1967.

What does Kidman's Hawaiian name, Hōkūlani, mean?

The name was borrowed from a baby elephant born at the Honolulu Zoo around the same time as she was.

Kidman's Hawaiian name was inspired by what at the Honolulu Zoo?

The elephant calf was born around the same time she was in 1967.

In which Sydney suburb did Kidman grow up?

She attended Lane Cove Public School and North Sydney Girls High School from the leafy Lower North Shore suburb.

Which fellow actress attended the Phillip Street Theatre with teenage Kidman?

The two later co-starred as schoolgirls in the 1991 Australian film Flirting.

Whose performance in The Wizard of Oz first made Kidman want to act?

She has said the green-faced villain, not the heroine, was the draw.

Kidman's 1983 film debut was a remake of which Australian holiday classic?

She was 16; BMX Bandits, the film most people remember, came out the same year.

Which 1987 miniseries won Kidman her first Australian Film Institute Award?

A second AFI Award followed a year later for the film Emerald City.

Who played the menacing castaway opposite Kidman in Dead Calm (1989)?

Sam Neill played her naval-officer husband; Roger Ebert praised the palpable hatred between Kidman and Zane.

In Days of Thunder, Kidman's doctor falls for a driver in which racing series?

The 1990 film was where she met Tom Cruise; they married that Christmas Eve.

Which 1991 film earned Kidman her first Golden Globe nomination?

The New York Times called her 'a beauty with, it seems, a sense of humor' in the gangster drama.

Who directed Kidman and Tom Cruise in the 1992 Irish epic Far and Away?

It was the second of the couple's three films together; Eyes Wide Shut was the third.

Who wore the cowl opposite Kidman's Dr. Chase Meridian in Batman Forever?

Kilmer's single outing as Batman came in 1995, the same year Kidman made To Die For.

Who directed Kidman as murderous newscaster Suzanne Stone in To Die For?

The role won her the Golden Globe for Best Actress in a Musical or Comedy.

Who played Kidman's fellow witch sister in Practical Magic (1998)?

The film opened at number one in North America but was still a commercial failure.

Which 1998 David Hare play earned Kidman a Laurence Olivier nomination in London?

It was her first Olivier nomination; Photograph 51 brought a second in 2015.

Eyes Wide Shut (1999) was the final film of which director?

It was the third film Kidman and Tom Cruise made together and drew censorship controversy.

Who played Kidman's love interest in Moulin Rouge! (2001)?

Their duet 'Come What May' became her debut single and was nominated for a Golden Globe.

Where is Kidman's haunted house set in The Others (2001)?

Her character Grace Stewart lives there during World War II; the film grossed over $210 million.

Kidman won the Best Actress Oscar for playing which writer in The Hours?

She was the first Australian to win the award, and used her speech to argue that art matters in wartime.

For The Hours (2002), Kidman wore a prosthetic on which facial feature?

The prosthetic made her almost unrecognisable as the author in 1920s England.

Which director's Dogville (2003) put Kidman on a bare soundstage?

Rolling Stone called it the most emotionally bruising performance of her career.

Kidman's Ada Monroe in Cold Mountain falls in love during which conflict?

Jude Law and Renée Zellweger co-starred; it brought Kidman her sixth Golden Globe nomination.

Kidman and Will Ferrell won a Razzie for Worst Screen Couple for which film?

The 2005 comedy was based on the 1960s sitcom and flopped in the United States.

Kidman became the face of which fragrance in a Baz Luhrmann-directed campaign?

The ads with Rodrigo Santoro ran over the holiday seasons of 2004, 2005, 2006 and 2008.

Kidman reportedly earned how much for the three-minute advert No. 5 the Film?

It made her the record holder for the most money paid per minute to an actor.

Which Prince song did Kidman record for the 2006 animated film Happy Feet?

Happy Feet grossed over $384 million, her highest-grossing film at the time.

Which antagonist did Kidman play in The Golden Compass (2007)?

Catholic leaders criticised the film; Kidman said her own beliefs would stop her taking an anti-Catholic role.

Who starred opposite Kidman in Baz Luhrmann's Australia (2008)?

The film was set in the Northern Territory around the Japanese attack on Darwin and grossed over $211 million.

Which number did Kidman perform with Daniel Day-Lewis in the musical Nine?

Her screen time was brief beside Cotillard, Cruz, Dench, Fergie, Hudson and Loren.

The Paperboy (2012), with Kidman as Charlotte Bless, adapts a novel by whom?

Lee Daniels directed; the film competed at Cannes and earned Kidman her tenth Golden Globe nomination.

In which 2013 Park Chan-wook film did Kidman play an unstable mother?

The Korean director's English-language debut earned Kidman a Saturn Award nomination.

Which scientist did Kidman play in the 2015 West End play Photograph 51?

Her return to the West End after 15 years won an Evening Standard Theatre Award.

Big Little Lies is based on a novel by which author?

Kidman later adapted two more Moriarty books: Nine Perfect Strangers and The Last Anniversary.

Who was Kidman's co-star and fellow executive producer on Big Little Lies?

Director Jean-Marc Vallée also produced; Kidman won Emmys as both actress and producer.

Who directed Kidman's headmistress Martha Farnsworth in The Beguiled (2017)?

The remake of the 1971 film competed for the Palme d'Or at Cannes.

Who directed Kidman in the 2017 thriller The Killing of a Sacred Deer?

It was one of three Kidman films at Cannes that year, alongside The Beguiled and How to Talk to Girls at Parties.

Which character did Kidman play in Aquaman (2018)?

The film grossed over $1.1 billion, her biggest ever, and she returned for the 2023 sequel.

Which journalist did Kidman portray in Bombshell (2019)?

Charlize Theron and Margot Robbie co-starred in the film about Roger Ailes and Fox News.

The Undoing is based on which Jean Hanff Korelitz novel?

It became HBO's first original series to grow its audience every week, and its most-watched show of 2020.

Who played Desi Arnaz opposite Kidman's Lucille Ball in Being the Ricardos?

Aaron Sorkin directed; Kidman won the Golden Globe and earned her fifth Oscar nomination.

Which prize did Babygirl earn Kidman at the 2024 Venice Film Festival?

She missed the ceremony because her mother had died.

What was the title of Kidman's 2021 AMC Theatres commercial?

AMC's CEO called the meme-spawning ad 'iconic and revered' on an earnings call.

In which state did Kidman marry Tom Cruise on Christmas Eve 1990?

The couple adopted two children before their separation was announced in February 2001.

Which team is Kidman photographed supporting almost nightly through the season?

She also supports the Sydney Swans in the AFL and once served as a club ambassador.

Kidman's UK number one 'Somethin' Stupid' was a duet with whom?

The cover of the Frank and Nancy Sinatra duet topped the UK chart for three weeks.

Which Kidman drama opened at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival?

The Family Fang, made by her company Blossom Films, premiered at Toronto the same year.

In 2024 Kidman became the first Australian actor to receive which honour?

The ceremony was postponed from June 2023 because of the WGA strike.

On 2009 Australian postage stamps, Kidman appeared as which of her characters?

Geoffrey Rush, Russell Crowe and Cate Blanchett also appeared as themselves and as Oscar-nominated roles.

Which novel did Kidman record as an Audible audiobook in 2012?

It returned her to the author she had won an Oscar for playing a decade earlier.