nicole kidman

Born in Hawaii but raised in Sydney, Australia, Nicole Kidman is the embodiment of the elegance of old Hollywood. She started out as a ballet dancer, and eventually took up mime and acting as well, but as she grew older her love of acting began to replace everything else. She eventually dropped out of high school at 16 to pursue acting full time, landing a role in the beloved Australian classic "Bush Christmas," the success of which brought her stacks of offers for TV and film roles. In 1987 she appeared in the mini-series "Vietnam" and won an Australian Film Institute award for the role.

At this point she had secured an American agent, and soon made her US film debut opposite Sam Neill in the eerie "Dead Calm." After this she appeared in "Days of Thunder" where she would meet her future husband, Tom Cruise. But, determined not to let her high profile marriage overshadow her blossoming career, she continued her hard work, appearing alongside Dustin Hoffman in "Billy Bathgate," Michael Keaton in "My Life," her husband in "Far and Away," and Val Kilmer in "Batman Returns." But it was her role in Gus Van Sant's "To Die For" that proved to audiences that she truly had what it took to make a solid leading lady.

Amid speculation and mild scandal about her marriage to Tom Cruise and the possibility of his being gay, the two came out with another movie together, the long-anticipated "Eyes Wide Shut." The two did eventually part ways, however, but her star continued to shine even more brightly than before, appearing in blockbusters like "Moulin Rouge," "The Others," "The Hours," "Stepford Wives" and "Cold Mountain" (co-starring fellow nominees Renee Zellweger and Natalie Portman) to name but a few.

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