Nicole Kidman’s Career In Photos: From ‘Days of Thunder’ And ‘Eyes Wide Shut’ To ‘Moulin Rouge!’ (2024)

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BMX BANDITS, 1983 DEAD CALM, 1989 BANGKOK HILTON, 1989 DAYS OF THUNDER, 1990 FLIRTING, 1991 BILLY BATHGATE, 1991 FAR AND AWAY, 1992 MALICE, 1993 MY LIFE, 1993 TO DIE FOR, 1995 BATMAN FOREVER, 1995 THE PORTRAIT OF A LADY, 1996 THE PEACEMAKER, 1997 PRACTICAL MAGIC, 1998 THE BLUE ROOM, 1998 EYES WIDE SHUT, 1999 MOULIN ROUGE!, 2001 THE OTHERS, 2001 BIRTHDAY GIRL, 2002 THE HOURS, 2002 DOGVILLE, 2003 THE HUMAN STAIN, 2003 COLD MOUNTAIN, 2003 THE STEPFORD WIVES, 2004 BIRTH, 2004 THE INTERPRETER, 2005 BEWITCHED, 2005 FUR: AN IMAGINARY PORTRAIT OF DIANE ARBUS, 2006 THE INVASION, 2007 MARGOT AT THE WEDDING, 2007 THE GOLDEN COMPASS, (aka HIS DARK MATERIALS: NORTHERN LIGHTS), 2007 AUSTRALIA, 2008 NINE, 2009 RABBIT HOLE, 2010 TRESPASS, 2011 THE PAPERBOY, 2012 STOKER, 2013 THE RAILWAY MAN, 2013 GRACE OF MONACO, 2014 BEFORE I GO TO SLEEP, 2014 PADDINGTON, 2014 STRANGERLAND, 2015 QUEEN OF THE DESERT, 2015 THE FAMILY FANG, 2015 SECRET IN THEIR EYES, 2015 GENIUS, 2016 LION, 2016 HOW TO TALK TO GIRLS AT PARTIES, 2017 THE KILLING OF A SACRED DEER, 2017 TOP OF THE LAKE (aka TOP OF THE LAKE: CHINA GIRL), 2017 THE BEGUILED, 2017 THE UPSIDE, 2017 DESTROYER, 2018 BOY ERASED, 2018 AQUAMAN, 2018 BIG LITTLE LIES, 2017-2019 THE GOLDFINCH, 2019 BOMBSHELL, 2019 THE UNDOING, 2020 NINE PERFECT STRANGERS, 2021 BEING THE RICARDOS, 2021 THE NORTHMAN, 2022 ROAR, 2022 SPECIAL OPS: LIONESS, 2023 AQUAMAN AND THE LOST KINGDOM, (aka AQUAMAN 2), 2023 EXPATS, 2023 – 2024 Must Read Stories Joe Biden & Colin Jost Roast Donald Trump; Red Carpet + Party Photos CBS Axes Series After 3 Seasons; Lachey “Gutted”; Stars, Creators React Zendaya’s ‘Challengers’ Looks To Hit $15 Million In Its Opening Set Read More About: Sidebar

Nicole Kidman’s Career In Photos: From ‘Days of Thunder’ And ‘Eyes Wide Shut’ To ‘Moulin Rouge!’ (1)

Nicole Kidman has captivated audiences with her spellbinding acting for over 40 years and has excelled in theatre, film, and television. Not only is she an accomplished producer but a five-time Academy Award nominee. Her role as Virginia Woolf in The Hours (2002) earned her the Oscar for Best Actress in 2002.

Born in Honolulu, Hawaii in 1967, she began her career in Australia as a teenager with roles in Bush Christmas (1983) and BMX Bandits (1983). Her performance in Dead Calm (1989) would grab the attention of Hollywood, and Tom Cruise, casting her in her breakout role as neurologist Dr. Claire Lewicki, in Days of Thunder (1990).

Her trajectory to establishing herself among Hollywood’s A-List continued as she starred alongside Cruise again in Far and Away (1992), mastered her comedic acting chops as an aspiring television personality in Gus Van Sant’s black comedy, To Die For (1995), and portrayed another doctor in the superhero film Batman Forever (1995), opposite Val Kilmer.

Kidman made a highly lauded London stage debut in the fall of 1998, starring with Iain Glen in The Blue Room, David Hare’s modern adaptation of Schnitzler’s La Ronde. For her performance, Kidman won London’s Evening Standard Award and was nominated in the Best Actress category for a Laurence Olivier Award. Other standout performances include Stanley Kubrick’s Eyes Wide Shut (1999); and Baz Luhrmann’s Moulin Rouge! (2001); Jonathan Glazer’s Birth (2004) and Yorgos Lanthimos’s The Killing of a Sacred Deer (2017).

Her most recent projects in television include Expats (2024), Special Ops: Lioness (2023), Nine Perfect Strangers (2021), and the critically acclaimed, The Undoing (2022).

Throughout her distinguished career, Kidman has won a BAFTA Award, two Emmys, and six Golden Globes – and is widely regarded as one of the finest actresses of her generation. She co-founded her production company Blossom Films in 2010. Kidman has earned a reputation for her extraordinary talent, commitment to her craft, and desire to work with auteur filmmakers including Jane Campion, Sofia Coppola, Anthony Minghella, Sydney Pollack, Lars von Trier, and Aaron Sorkin.

Take a look back at Nicole Kidman’s career in film and television.

  • BMX BANDITS, 1983

    Nicole Kidman’s Career In Photos: From ‘Days of Thunder’ And ‘Eyes Wide Shut’ To ‘Moulin Rouge!’ (2)

    Angelo D’Angelo, James Lugton, and Nicole Kidman

  • DEAD CALM, 1989

    Nicole Kidman’s Career In Photos: From ‘Days of Thunder’ And ‘Eyes Wide Shut’ To ‘Moulin Rouge!’ (3)

    Nicole Kidman and Sam Neill

  • BANGKOK HILTON, 1989

    Nicole Kidman’s Career In Photos: From ‘Days of Thunder’ And ‘Eyes Wide Shut’ To ‘Moulin Rouge!’ (4)

    Nicole Kidman

  • DAYS OF THUNDER, 1990

    Nicole Kidman’s Career In Photos: From ‘Days of Thunder’ And ‘Eyes Wide Shut’ To ‘Moulin Rouge!’ (5)

    Nicole Kidman and Tom Cruise

  • FLIRTING, 1991

    Nicole Kidman’s Career In Photos: From ‘Days of Thunder’ And ‘Eyes Wide Shut’ To ‘Moulin Rouge!’ (6)

    Thandie Newton and Nicole Kidman

  • BILLY BATHGATE, 1991

    Nicole Kidman’s Career In Photos: From ‘Days of Thunder’ And ‘Eyes Wide Shut’ To ‘Moulin Rouge!’ (7)

    Bruce Willis and Nicole Kidman

  • FAR AND AWAY, 1992

    Nicole Kidman’s Career In Photos: From ‘Days of Thunder’ And ‘Eyes Wide Shut’ To ‘Moulin Rouge!’ (8)

    Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman

  • MALICE, 1993

    Nicole Kidman’s Career In Photos: From ‘Days of Thunder’ And ‘Eyes Wide Shut’ To ‘Moulin Rouge!’ (9)

    Nicole Kidman and Bill Pullman

  • MY LIFE, 1993

    Nicole Kidman’s Career In Photos: From ‘Days of Thunder’ And ‘Eyes Wide Shut’ To ‘Moulin Rouge!’ (10)

    Michael Keaton and Nicole Kidman

  • TO DIE FOR, 1995

    Nicole Kidman’s Career In Photos: From ‘Days of Thunder’ And ‘Eyes Wide Shut’ To ‘Moulin Rouge!’ (11)

    Nicole Kidman

  • BATMAN FOREVER, 1995

    Nicole Kidman’s Career In Photos: From ‘Days of Thunder’ And ‘Eyes Wide Shut’ To ‘Moulin Rouge!’ (12)

    Val Kilmer and Nicole Kidman

  • THE PORTRAIT OF A LADY, 1996

    Nicole Kidman’s Career In Photos: From ‘Days of Thunder’ And ‘Eyes Wide Shut’ To ‘Moulin Rouge!’ (13)

    Nicole Kidman

  • THE PEACEMAKER, 1997

    Nicole Kidman’s Career In Photos: From ‘Days of Thunder’ And ‘Eyes Wide Shut’ To ‘Moulin Rouge!’ (14)

    George Clooney and Nicole Kidman

  • PRACTICAL MAGIC, 1998

    Nicole Kidman’s Career In Photos: From ‘Days of Thunder’ And ‘Eyes Wide Shut’ To ‘Moulin Rouge!’ (15)

    Nicole Kidman and Sandra Bullock

  • EYES WIDE SHUT, 1999

    Nicole Kidman’s Career In Photos: From ‘Days of Thunder’ And ‘Eyes Wide Shut’ To ‘Moulin Rouge!’ (17)

    Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman

  • MOULIN ROUGE!, 2001

    Nicole Kidman’s Career In Photos: From ‘Days of Thunder’ And ‘Eyes Wide Shut’ To ‘Moulin Rouge!’ (18)

    Nicole Kidman

  • THE OTHERS, 2001

    Nicole Kidman’s Career In Photos: From ‘Days of Thunder’ And ‘Eyes Wide Shut’ To ‘Moulin Rouge!’ (19)

    Nicole Kidman

  • BIRTHDAY GIRL, 2002

    Nicole Kidman’s Career In Photos: From ‘Days of Thunder’ And ‘Eyes Wide Shut’ To ‘Moulin Rouge!’ (20)

    Nicole Kidman and Ben Chaplin

  • THE HOURS, 2002

    Nicole Kidman’s Career In Photos: From ‘Days of Thunder’ And ‘Eyes Wide Shut’ To ‘Moulin Rouge!’ (21)

    Nicole Kidman and Stephen Dillane

  • DOGVILLE, 2003

    Nicole Kidman’s Career In Photos: From ‘Days of Thunder’ And ‘Eyes Wide Shut’ To ‘Moulin Rouge!’ (22)

    Nicole Kidman

  • THE HUMAN STAIN, 2003

    Nicole Kidman’s Career In Photos: From ‘Days of Thunder’ And ‘Eyes Wide Shut’ To ‘Moulin Rouge!’ (23)

    Nicole Kidman and Anthony Hopkins

  • COLD MOUNTAIN, 2003

    Nicole Kidman’s Career In Photos: From ‘Days of Thunder’ And ‘Eyes Wide Shut’ To ‘Moulin Rouge!’ (24)

    Jude Law, Nicole Kidman, and Donald Sutherland

  • THE STEPFORD WIVES, 2004

    Nicole Kidman’s Career In Photos: From ‘Days of Thunder’ And ‘Eyes Wide Shut’ To ‘Moulin Rouge!’ (25)

    Matthew Broderick and Nicole Kidman

  • BIRTH, 2004

    Nicole Kidman’s Career In Photos: From ‘Days of Thunder’ And ‘Eyes Wide Shut’ To ‘Moulin Rouge!’ (26)

    Nicole Kidman

  • THE INTERPRETER, 2005

    Nicole Kidman’s Career In Photos: From ‘Days of Thunder’ And ‘Eyes Wide Shut’ To ‘Moulin Rouge!’ (27)

    Nicole Kidman

  • BEWITCHED, 2005

    Nicole Kidman’s Career In Photos: From ‘Days of Thunder’ And ‘Eyes Wide Shut’ To ‘Moulin Rouge!’ (28)

    Nicole Kidman, Shirley MacLaine and Will Ferrell

  • FUR: AN IMAGINARY PORTRAIT OF DIANE ARBUS, 2006

    Nicole Kidman’s Career In Photos: From ‘Days of Thunder’ And ‘Eyes Wide Shut’ To ‘Moulin Rouge!’ (29)

    Nicole Kidman

  • THE INVASION, 2007

    Nicole Kidman’s Career In Photos: From ‘Days of Thunder’ And ‘Eyes Wide Shut’ To ‘Moulin Rouge!’ (30)

    Nicole Kidman

  • MARGOT AT THE WEDDING, 2007

    Nicole Kidman’s Career In Photos: From ‘Days of Thunder’ And ‘Eyes Wide Shut’ To ‘Moulin Rouge!’ (31)

    Jennifer Jason Leigh and Nicole Kidman

  • THE GOLDEN COMPASS, (aka HIS DARK MATERIALS: NORTHERN LIGHTS), 2007

    Nicole Kidman’s Career In Photos: From ‘Days of Thunder’ And ‘Eyes Wide Shut’ To ‘Moulin Rouge!’ (32)

    Nicole Kidman

  • AUSTRALIA, 2008

    Nicole Kidman’s Career In Photos: From ‘Days of Thunder’ And ‘Eyes Wide Shut’ To ‘Moulin Rouge!’ (33)

    Nicole Kidman and Hugh Jackman

  • NINE, 2009

    Nicole Kidman’s Career In Photos: From ‘Days of Thunder’ And ‘Eyes Wide Shut’ To ‘Moulin Rouge!’ (34)

    Nicole Kidman and Daniel Day-Lewis

  • RABBIT HOLE, 2010

    Nicole Kidman’s Career In Photos: From ‘Days of Thunder’ And ‘Eyes Wide Shut’ To ‘Moulin Rouge!’ (35)

    Nicole Kidman and Aaron Eckhart

  • TRESPASS, 2011

    Nicole Kidman’s Career In Photos: From ‘Days of Thunder’ And ‘Eyes Wide Shut’ To ‘Moulin Rouge!’ (36)

    Nicolas Cage and Nicole Kidman

  • THE PAPERBOY, 2012

    Nicole Kidman’s Career In Photos: From ‘Days of Thunder’ And ‘Eyes Wide Shut’ To ‘Moulin Rouge!’ (37)

    Nicole Kidman

  • STOKER, 2013

    Nicole Kidman’s Career In Photos: From ‘Days of Thunder’ And ‘Eyes Wide Shut’ To ‘Moulin Rouge!’ (38)

    Mia Wasikowska, Nicole Kidman and Matthew Goode

  • THE RAILWAY MAN, 2013

    Nicole Kidman’s Career In Photos: From ‘Days of Thunder’ And ‘Eyes Wide Shut’ To ‘Moulin Rouge!’ (39)

    Colin Firth and Nicole Kidman

  • GRACE OF MONACO, 2014

    Nicole Kidman’s Career In Photos: From ‘Days of Thunder’ And ‘Eyes Wide Shut’ To ‘Moulin Rouge!’ (40)

    Nicole Kidman

  • BEFORE I GO TO SLEEP, 2014

    Nicole Kidman’s Career In Photos: From ‘Days of Thunder’ And ‘Eyes Wide Shut’ To ‘Moulin Rouge!’ (41)

    Colin Firth and Nicole Kidman

  • STRANGERLAND, 2015

    Nicole Kidman’s Career In Photos: From ‘Days of Thunder’ And ‘Eyes Wide Shut’ To ‘Moulin Rouge!’ (43)

    Nicole Kidman and Joseph Fiennes

  • QUEEN OF THE DESERT, 2015

    Nicole Kidman’s Career In Photos: From ‘Days of Thunder’ And ‘Eyes Wide Shut’ To ‘Moulin Rouge!’ (44)

    Nicole Kidman and Robert Pattinson

  • THE FAMILY FANG, 2015

    Nicole Kidman’s Career In Photos: From ‘Days of Thunder’ And ‘Eyes Wide Shut’ To ‘Moulin Rouge!’ (45)

    Nicole Kidman and Jason Bateman

  • SECRET IN THEIR EYES, 2015

    Nicole Kidman’s Career In Photos: From ‘Days of Thunder’ And ‘Eyes Wide Shut’ To ‘Moulin Rouge!’ (46)

    Chiwetel Ejiofor and Nicole Kidman

  • GENIUS, 2016

    Nicole Kidman’s Career In Photos: From ‘Days of Thunder’ And ‘Eyes Wide Shut’ To ‘Moulin Rouge!’ (47)

    Nicole Kidman

  • LION, 2016

    Nicole Kidman’s Career In Photos: From ‘Days of Thunder’ And ‘Eyes Wide Shut’ To ‘Moulin Rouge!’ (48)

    LION, 2016

  • HOW TO TALK TO GIRLS AT PARTIES, 2017

    Nicole Kidman’s Career In Photos: From ‘Days of Thunder’ And ‘Eyes Wide Shut’ To ‘Moulin Rouge!’ (49)

    Nicole Kidman

  • THE KILLING OF A SACRED DEER, 2017

    Nicole Kidman’s Career In Photos: From ‘Days of Thunder’ And ‘Eyes Wide Shut’ To ‘Moulin Rouge!’ (50)

    Nicole Kidman, 2017

  • TOP OF THE LAKE (aka TOP OF THE LAKE: CHINA GIRL), 2017

    Nicole Kidman’s Career In Photos: From ‘Days of Thunder’ And ‘Eyes Wide Shut’ To ‘Moulin Rouge!’ (51)

    Nicole Kidman and Alice Englert

  • THE BEGUILED, 2017

    Nicole Kidman’s Career In Photos: From ‘Days of Thunder’ And ‘Eyes Wide Shut’ To ‘Moulin Rouge!’ (52)

    Elle Fanning, Nicole Kidman, Kirsten Dunst, Angourie Rice, Oona Laurence, Emma Howard, and Addison Riecke

  • THE UPSIDE, 2017

    Nicole Kidman’s Career In Photos: From ‘Days of Thunder’ And ‘Eyes Wide Shut’ To ‘Moulin Rouge!’ (53)

    Bryan Cranston, Nicole Kidman, and Kevin Hart

  • DESTROYER, 2018

    Nicole Kidman’s Career In Photos: From ‘Days of Thunder’ And ‘Eyes Wide Shut’ To ‘Moulin Rouge!’ (54)

    Nicole Kidman

  • BOY ERASED, 2018

    Nicole Kidman’s Career In Photos: From ‘Days of Thunder’ And ‘Eyes Wide Shut’ To ‘Moulin Rouge!’ (55)

    Nicole Kidman and Lucas Hedges

  • AQUAMAN, 2018

    Nicole Kidman’s Career In Photos: From ‘Days of Thunder’ And ‘Eyes Wide Shut’ To ‘Moulin Rouge!’ (56)

    Temuera Morrison and Nicole Kidman

  • BIG LITTLE LIES, 2017-2019

    Nicole Kidman’s Career In Photos: From ‘Days of Thunder’ And ‘Eyes Wide Shut’ To ‘Moulin Rouge!’ (57)

    Nicole Kidman, Reese Witherspoon, Zoe Kravitz, Shailene Woodley, and Laura Dern

  • THE GOLDFINCH, 2019

    Nicole Kidman’s Career In Photos: From ‘Days of Thunder’ And ‘Eyes Wide Shut’ To ‘Moulin Rouge!’ (58)

    Nicole Kidman and Ansel Elgort

  • BOMBSHELL, 2019

    Nicole Kidman’s Career In Photos: From ‘Days of Thunder’ And ‘Eyes Wide Shut’ To ‘Moulin Rouge!’ (59)

    Charlize Theron, Nicole Kidman, and Margot Robbie

  • THE UNDOING, 2020

    Nicole Kidman’s Career In Photos: From ‘Days of Thunder’ And ‘Eyes Wide Shut’ To ‘Moulin Rouge!’ (60)

    Hugh Grant and Nicole Kidman

  • NINE PERFECT STRANGERS, 2021

    Nicole Kidman’s Career In Photos: From ‘Days of Thunder’ And ‘Eyes Wide Shut’ To ‘Moulin Rouge!’ (61)

    Nicole Kidman

  • BEING THE RICARDOS, 2021

    Nicole Kidman’s Career In Photos: From ‘Days of Thunder’ And ‘Eyes Wide Shut’ To ‘Moulin Rouge!’ (62)

    Nicole Kidman as Lucille Ball, Javier Bardem as Desi Arnaz

  • THE NORTHMAN, 2022

    Nicole Kidman’s Career In Photos: From ‘Days of Thunder’ And ‘Eyes Wide Shut’ To ‘Moulin Rouge!’ (63)

    Nicole Kidman

  • ROAR, 2022

    Nicole Kidman’s Career In Photos: From ‘Days of Thunder’ And ‘Eyes Wide Shut’ To ‘Moulin Rouge!’ (64)

    Judy Davis and Nicole Kidman

  • SPECIAL OPS: LIONESS, 2023

    Nicole Kidman’s Career In Photos: From ‘Days of Thunder’ And ‘Eyes Wide Shut’ To ‘Moulin Rouge!’ (65)

    Zoe Saldana as Joe and Nicole Kidman as Kaitlyn Meade in Special Ops: Lioness

  • AQUAMAN AND THE LOST KINGDOM, (aka AQUAMAN 2), 2023

    Nicole Kidman’s Career In Photos: From ‘Days of Thunder’ And ‘Eyes Wide Shut’ To ‘Moulin Rouge!’ (66)

    Nicole Kidman

  • EXPATS, 2023 – 2024

    Nicole Kidman’s Career In Photos: From ‘Days of Thunder’ And ‘Eyes Wide Shut’ To ‘Moulin Rouge!’ (67)

    Brian Tee and Nicole Kidman

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