Nicole Kidman is an American and Australian actress and producer who has an estimated net worth of US$250 million as of June 2023. The chunk of her net worth came from her divorce settlement with her ex-husband Tom Cruise. That being said, she’s doing very well in her acting career as well as producing. She also does earn millions from endorsement deals, businesses and investments.
Nicole Kidman is the proud mother of four kids. The Big Little Lies star shares two children, Bella and Connor, with ex-husband Tom Cruise. She also has two daughters, Sunday Rose and Faith Margaret, with her longtime love Keith Urban, to whom she’s been married for nearly two decades.
Nicole Mary Kidman, daughter of renowned biochemist, clinical psychologist and author Anthony Kidman was born on June 20, 1967 in Honolulu, Hawaii in the United States. Her parents at the time were in the United States on student visas from Australia.
Her mother was a nursing instructor who also did edited her husband’s books. She was also a member of the Women’s Electoral Lobby. Kidman’s younger sister, Antonia Kidman is a journalist and television presenter.
Kidman is an Australian-American national having been born in the United States to Australian parents. She traces her ancestry from English, Irish and Scottish. At the time of her birth, her father was a graduate student at the University of Hawai’i at Mānoa.
Kidman has said she first aspired to become an actress upon watching Margaret Hamilton’s performance as the Wicked Witch of the West in The Wizard of Oz. She revealed that she was timid as a child, saying, “I am very shy – really shy – I even had a stutter as a kid, which I slowly got over, but I still regress into that shyness. So I don’t like walking into a crowded restaurant by myself; I don’t like going to a party by myself.”
During her teenage years, she attended the Phillip Street Theatre, alongside fellow actress Naomi Watts, and the Australian Theatre for Young People, where she took up drama and mime as she found acting to be a refuge.
Nicole Kidman started her career in acting in Australia back in 1983 when she played a role in Bush Christmas and BMX Bandits. It was not until 6 years later in 1989 that she made her breakthrough in the thriller film Dead Calm and subsequently in the miniseries Bangkok Hilton.
The action movie, Days of Thunder in 1990 was the role that brought her international success. Other notable roles came in Far and Away, Batman Forever, To Die For and Eyes Wide Shut, The Hours, Moulin Rouge!, Rabbit Hole, Lion and Being the Ricardos. Her highest-grossing releases include The Others, The Golden Compass, Just Go with It, Paddington, and Aquaman.
Kidman won the Academy Award for Best Actress. She received additional Academy Award nominations for her roles in the musical Moulin Rouge! She’s since won several other awards.
Nicole Kidman and her husband Keith Urban have bought several houses and properties in Australia and the United States.
Kidman loves cars and the most luxurious of them she has acquired including Porsche 911, BMW 7 Series, and Audi A8 just to mention a few.
As per reports, Kidman makes around US$34 million annually.
The Australian-American actress has invested in several businesses including VEGAMOUR.
Nicole Kidman seems the endorsers favorite actress. She has endorsed numerous brands so far in her career including Omega, Neutrogena, Jimmy Choo, and Chanel.
Kidman is a staunch philanthropist who has over the years supported several foundations and non-profit organizations in the United States and beyond. Let’s just talk about a few.
For her philanthropism, she was appointed a Goodwill Ambassador for UNICEF. She has long been supportive of disadvantaged children around the world for decades.
Motivated by her mother’s struggle with breast cancer, she joined the Little Tee Campaign for breast cancer care to design T-shirts or vests to raise money to fight the disease.
She once raised US$700,000 for a charity in car show during quick trip to Las Vegas: ‘So Much Love’.
In 2006, she was also appointed Goodwill Ambassador of the United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM). She is also the international spokesperson for UNIFEM’s Say NO – UNiTE to End Violence against Women initiative. Also in 2016, Kidman donated US$50,000 to UN Women.
Nicole Kidman is the founder of Blossom Films, a production company.
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