Nicole Kidman

Nicole Kidman

Nicole Kidman was born on June 20th 1967 in Honolulu, Hawaii, USA. Her father, Anthony Kidman, is author and assistant professor for psychology and biochemistry, famous in his own right for work done with breast cancer patients. Her mother, Janelle Kidman, is a nurse and a nursery-school teacher. The redhead is a member of one of Australia's famous families. Her grandfather, Sir Sydney Kidman, was a big landowner and one of the continent's biggest stockbreeder. 

She began with ballet at the age of three. With eight she found her passion for acting. With ten she persuaded her parents to join an acting school. In Australia she made her film-debut at the age of fourteen, being already 5'9''. She got more experiences by the St. Martins youth-theatre in Melbourne, by the Australian theatre for youth in Sydney and by the Philip Street theatre. There were two films following, showing her as a bandleader: "BMX Bandits" and "Windrider", and the Disney Channel TV-series "Five Mile Creek", where she played a shepherd. She became an overnight-star with the (Kennedy Miller) min-series "Vietnam". She became "actress of the year" and got a few awards for her role. Then she got her breakthrough by playing Rae Ingrim in the three-men-thriller "Dead Calm" 1989, at the side of her Australian colleges Sam Neill ("Jurassic Park") and Billy Zane ("The Phantom"), who again showed his ability of playing the bad guy in "Titanic". Both actors also got their breakthrough, together with director Phillip Noyce. 

In Hollywood an actor named Thomas Cruise Mapother IV, also named "Tom Cruise", finally became a star after "Top Gun". At this time he was planning his newest film, one about stock car racing. He still searched for a leading girl and - after seeing "Dead Calm" - was sure he found it. But all went an other way: "I went to Hollywood because of my career, but instead I found the love of my life" (Nicole Kidman). She likes talking about their first date: Both were seating side by side in a cinema. But she didn't saw much of the film, because her looks were fixed on his muscles, being seen through the T-shirt. In interviews Tom Cruise is used to say: "My first reaction to Nic was pure lechery." 

"Days of Thunder" became a good film, but it never reached "Top Gun". But that wasn't that important. On December 24th 1990 Tom married his angel in Telluride, Colorado. But looking at her career, it wasn't that good: "Professionally it [the marriage with Tom] really harmed me. There were times when I was only identified with my husband. All I tried, I was still Mrs. Tom Cruise." 1991 brought her a little ray of hope. Tom Cruise, since "Rain Man" 1988 being a close friend to Dustin Hoffman, got her the role of a moll in "Billy Bathgate", at the side of Dustin Hoffman and Bruce Willis. Hoffman praised her after the shooting: "Nicole Kidman has the ability of becoming a big star". After playing the object of desire she finally got a character part, with her husband in "Far And Away" and specially with ex-Batman Michael Keaton in "My Life". 

Now several stars began filming with her. She played together with Bill Pullman ("Independence Day") and Kim Basinger's husband Alec Baldwin ("The Getaway", "The Hunt for Red October") in "Malice", playing for the first time a bad part. This year also got her changes in her family part: The couple adopted a daughter, Isabella Jane, and Nicole Kidman found her being a mother. Her role in "Batman Forever" pressed ahead her career, reaching the climax with her playing in "To Die For". The critics praised her, although a few critics claimed, while playing the career-striving Suzanne Stone Maretto she just played herself. Now she has become a character-actress and got a Golden Globe for the best actress 1996. But the Oscar-nomination failed to come. It's told that this got her the largest rage of her life. 

In this year the couple adopted a son, named Connor. But the raising loading didn't put them off acting. "When I'm acting, Tom's looking for the children. That's what the media likes most." This must be the reality, because the US magazine "People" chose her as one of the 50 most beautiful people in the world. The character part in "To Die For" got her the next, the role of Isabel Archer in Jane Campion's "The Portrait of a Lady", where she had to wear a corset taking her waist down to 19''. Therefore she had to spent two weeks in bed after the filming. Officially it was diagnosed as suffering from "emotional stress". 

Now she was a star. The papers wrote that, if it's going on that way, Tom Cruise will be only called "Mr. Nicole Kidman". There were also pictures going around showing that it's she who has the pants on. There Scientology-connection was as discussed as questions for their private life. "We don't feel comfortable discussing what we do in bed at midnight - even though it is pretty damn good." While going shopping together with Tom and George Clooney while shooting the thriller "The Peacemaker" Clooney was called by the people their bodyguard. 

Her latest project was erotic-thriller "Eyes Wide Shut" where she played third time at the side of her husband.

Nicole involved in air scare
Nicole Kidman had a nail-biting experience in the air above California over the weekend. The Moulin Rouge star was making her way from LA to Palm Springs during a torrential downpour when the private jet in which she was travelling suddenly plummeted hundreds of feet. No one was injured in the incident and the flight continued without further problems.

Seasoned flier Nicole, who has been burning up the air miles recently on the publicity trail promoting her latest movie Birth, took the scare in her stride and caught a return flight to LA that same evening.

In addition to state hopping, the busy star also took time to appear on a popular chat show stateside on Tuesday. In it she spoke candidly about the attitude of her and Tom Cruise's two adopted children to the couple's fame.

The 37-year-old Australian star, who tries to keep the youngsters out of the public eye, said her daughter Isabella, 12, and son Conor, ten, were "embarrassed" to be seen with their famous parents.

"They actually deny us," Nicole told Ellen DeGeneres on the US comedienne's talk show. "I go to Conor's soccer games and Bella's on the sidelines and is like, 'Don't touch me'. Then I tease her and kiss her and she gets really angry."

Even though their dad is one of the world's leading film stars and mum is an Oscar winner, it appears that Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman's kids are no different to others their age – considering it uncool to be seen in public with mum and dad.

Nicole Kidman reveals why her children find her really rather embarrassing
THEY would seem pretty cool credentials if you're a kid - Mum has won an Oscar and Dad is the biggest movie star in the world.

Keeping mum ... Nicole and her children.

But Nicole Kidman and Tom Cruise still face a dilemma shared by parents around the world when they go out in public with their kids.

"They're embarrassed," Kidman said yesterday.

The Australian star said daughter Isabella, 12, and son Connor, 10, were sensitive when they went on outings with their famous parents.

"They actually deny us," Kidman told Ellen DeGeneres on the US comedienne's TV talk show.

"I go to Connor's soccer games and Bella's on the sidelines and is like, 'Don't touch me'. Then I tease her and kiss her and she gets really angry."

Kidman has been on the publicity trail in the US during the past week to promote her latest movie Birth.

The actor also revealed a desire to swim with sharks, her habit of snorting while laughing, the art of the Aussie accent and defended Australia's native eucalyptus trees.

The topic of new reported beau, millionaire Steve Bing, didn't come up but Kidman, usually guarded about her children, spoke openly about Isabella and Connor.

"It's really hard, you try not to get them photographed. So I'm very, very protective," Kidman said.

DeGeneres suggested an odd method Michael Jackson uses to guard his children's identities.

"You can put masks on them, you know?" DeGeneres said.

"Yeah," Kidman replied. "They would really let me do that. They're the opposite. They're like 'We want to be photographed'.

"I'm like 'Cut it out'. But they like the idea of being on TV."

Kidman also admitted to being a daredevil and said she'd been invited to swim with sharks off the Galapagos Islands, although Isabella and Connor might veto the trip.

"I'm considering," Kidman said. "I have to get permission from a 10-year-old and a 12-year-old."

The debate about the origin of eucalyptus trees arose when Kidman spoke about Eucalyptus, the film she begins shooting in Australia next month with Russell Crowe.

"It's called Eucalyptus, which is the name of an Australian tree," Kidman said.

DeGeneres: "We have them here too. They're not your trees."

Kidman, jokingly, but correctly fired back: "They are our trees. We brought them to you."

The actress also helped DeGeneres try an Australian accent but eventually pleaded for her to stop.

The biggest laugh came as Kidman, the new face of fashion house Chanel, let out a less than dainty snort.

"I have this terrible laugh sometimes where I honk and I'm really trying to get out of the habit," an embarrassed Kidman said.

"That's a great laugh," DeGeneres said. "We'll make bumper stickers up that say 'Honk if you love Nicole'."

The Daily Telegraph

Nicole Kidman Joins Ranks of 'Who's Who'
LOS ANGELES (Zap2it.com) - In case you've been living under a rather large and heavy rock and don't know who Nicole Kidman is, now you can check out her bio in the 157th annual edition of "Who's Who."
The 37-year-old actress is one of 1,000 new additions to the book, which is used as a reference worldwide, reports the BBC.

Other celebrities worthy of entries in the 2005 edition include fellow Aussie and "The Passion of the Christ" director Mel Gibson, "The English Patient" actress Kristin Scott Thomas, "The Simpsons" creator Matt Groening, "Naked Chef" Jamie Oliver and musician Eric Clapton.

Kidman's biography is now one of 32,000 entries for "noteworthy and influential individuals" in "Who's Who," which began as the first biographical book of its kind in 1849.

"Who's Who 2005" was published on Monday (Jan. 10) and is available in print and online editions.

Kidman won an Oscar for her leading role in 2002's "The Hours." She recently starred in "Cold Mountain," "The Stepford Wives" remake and "Birth." Her upcoming films include the thriller "The Interpreter" and the big-screen remake of "Bewitched" opposite Will Ferrell.

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