Every single character Nicole Kidman has ever played
Nicole Kidman has cemented her status as Hollywood royalty. But it didn't all happen overnight...
From making guest appearances on Australian soap operas and landing her first movie role as a rosy cheeked teenager in the early 80s, right through to winning Oscars and being crowned the queen of Cannes in 2017 - it's safe to say the 44-year-old actress has come a very long way.
To celebrate her 34-years in the TV and film industry, we've listed every single character Nicole Kidman has played... EVER.
AlamyBush Christmas, 1983
Nicole made her film debut at the age of 16 when she landed a role as Helen in the remake of Australian festive favourite, Bush Christmas.
AlamyFive Mile Creek, 1983-85
The actress appeared in season three of popular Australian TV series Five Mile Creek where she played western girl, Annie. The show aired on Disney Channel in the States in the 1980s.
Rex FeaturesBMX Bandits,1983
Still aged 16, a rosy-cheeked Nicole starred in BMX Bandits – a film described by Quentin Tarantino as Australia’s equivalent of The Goonies. She played the role of Judy, a free spirited, BMX loving trolley collector.
Skin Deep, 1983
In the same year, Nicole got a role in the film Skin Deep. Based on the glamorous but very cut-throat fashion industry, she played, Sheena, a young fashion hopeful. It’s very The Devil Wears Prada-esque.
A Country Practice, 1984
At the age of 17, a fresh faced, curly-haired Nicole played rebellious teen Simon Jenkins in two episodes of popular Australian soap opera, A Country Practise. The show was a huge hit within the nation and even guest starred the then Prime Minister, Bob Hawke at one point.
Rex FeaturesArcher, 1985
That year, she also starred as Catherine in Archer – a TV film based on the true story of the first horse to win the Melbourne Cup.
Rex FeaturesWindrider, 1986
A 19-year-old Nicole took on her first racy role as feisty rock star, Jade, who falls madly in love with a rich boy in the Australian romance, Windrider.
Rex FeaturesRoom to Move, 1986
In Room to Move, the actress plays Carol - a teenage track runner who's on an intense training routine with her coach, who also happens to be her dad. When she makes a new friend, Carol begins to rebel.
Rex FeaturesVietnam, 1987
Back on the small screen, the actress starred in award-winning Australian mini-series Vietnam where she played Megan Goddard, a young anti-war activist.
Rex FeaturesThe Bit Part, 1987
1987 Australian comedy The Bit Part starred Nicole as Mary McAllister. The film never made to cinemas but was a huge hit on TV.
Rex FeaturesEmerald City, 1988
In this, Nicole plays Helen McCord, a woman who moves form a small town to Sydney with her scriptwriter husband and is soon lured in by the temptations of the big city.
Rex FeaturesBangkok Hilton, 1989
Three-part Australian mini-series Bangkok Hilton shows Nicole as a young woman called Kat Stanton who's searching for her father. She gets herself into trouble whilst travelling from London back to Australia via Thailand as she makes friends with a photographer who asks her to carry a bag for him through airport customs. She soon finds out the bag is full of drugs.
Rex FeaturesDead Calm, 1989
Dead Calm i s an Australian psychological thriller where Nicole plays Rae Ignem, a woman struggling with grief after losing her only son. When her navy officer husband suggests that they go on a yacht trip to help them through their grief, the couple get themselves in real danger.
Rex FeaturesDays of Thunder, 1990
In 1990, Nicole got her big Hollywood break when she starred alongside Tom Cruise in action film Days of Thunder. The pair ended up falling in love on set and eventually got married. Recalling the first time they met in an interview, Nicole said: “My jaw dropped… A beautiful marriage came out of it and two beautiful children... and the rest is history.”
Rex FeaturesFlirting, 1991
Australian coming of age film Flirting saw Nicole star alongside British stars Thandie Newton and Naomi Watts. The movie focused on the romance between two teenagers.
Rex FeaturesBilly Bathgate, 1991
Back in Hollywood, Nicole featured in American gangster film Billy Bathgate where she played, Drew Preston, the love interest of the protagonist and starred alongside Bruce Willis.
Rex FeaturesFar and Away, 1992
In her second movie with Tom Cruise, Nicole and her then real-life beau played Irish immigrants seeking a new life in 1980s America and end up taking part in the historic Land Run of 1983. The film was screened at the 1992 Cannes Film Festival.
Rex FeaturesMalice, 1993
In this American thriller, Nicole plays Tracey, one half of a professional suburban couple in Boston. Their lives take a disturbing turn for the worse when they get involved with Tracey’s husband Andy’s old university friend (played by Alec Baldwin) who ends up moving in with them.
Rex FeaturesMy Life, 1993
Nicole starred alongside Michael Keaton in 1993 film My Life where she played his loving pregnant wife, Gail. In the movie, Keaton’s character’s life is turned upside down when he gets diagnosed with terminal cancer and is given four weeks to live.
Rex FeaturesTo Die For, 1995
Nicole’s role in To Die For resulted in her first ever Golden Globe award for best actress. In it, the star played the fiercely ambitious Suzanne Stone, a weather woman who dreams of becoming a big time news anchor but feels that her husband is holding her back and therefore hires a teenage boy to murder him.
Rex FeaturesBatman Forever, 1995
Nicole starred in the third instalment of the Batman franchise alongside Michael Keaton’s replacement, Val Kilmer. She played the role of his love interest, psychologist Chase Meridian.
Rex FeaturesThe Portrait of a Lady, 1996
Here, Nicole plays Ms. Isabel Archer - a free spirited woman who isn't afraid to challenge societal norms. When her cousin writes her into his terminally ill father’s will, Ms. Isabel gains wealth and independence overnight allowing her to start a new life. But she soon realises that her money affects her new relationships.
Rex FeaturesThe Leading Man, 1996
In the British film The Leading Mannstarring Jon Bon Jovi and Thandie Newton, Nicole plays a small part as the Academy Awards presenter.
Rex FeaturesThe Peacekeeper, 1997
Nicole starred alongside George Clooney in action-packed 1997 thriller The Peacemaker. She plays Nuclear specialist Dr. Julia Kelly who works alongside Clooney’s character, Lt. Col. Thomas Devoe to try and prevent a terrorist attack.
Rex FeaturesPractical Magic, 1998
Fantasy film Practical Magic sees Nicole and Sandra Bullock play sisters Sally and Gillian Owens, who teach themselves hardcore magic so they can resurrect Gillian’s dead boyfriend. As you can imagine things do go to plan and they end up doing something that could end their family line forever.
Rex FeaturesEyes Wide Shut, 1999
Once again starring alongside her then husband Tom Cruise Nicole plays Alice, the wife of Dr. Bill Hartford (played by Cruise) who reveals she is having sexual fantasies of another man.
Rex FeaturesMoulin Rouge, 2001
Baz Luhrmann’s Oscar winning flick Moulin Rouge bagged Nicole her second Golden Globe award for best actress as she starred as the Parisian nightclub’s most notorious performer who starts an affair with a young poet, played by Ewan McGregor.
Rex FeaturesThe Others, 2001
In The Others, Nicole plays a devoutly religious mother who moves her family to the English coast during the second world war while waiting to hear from her missing husband. When her daughter starts seeing ghosts, a series of supernatural events kick off.
Rex FeaturesBirthday Girl, 2001
In this indie thriller, Nicole is a Russian mail-order bride who turns her new husband’s life upside down when her sister’s show up unannounced for her birthday.
Rex FeaturesThe Hours, 2002
British-American film The Hour sees Nicole Kidman star alongside Julianne Moore and Meryl Streep. In the film, based on the pulitzer prize-winning novel of the same title, Kidman was completely transformed into looking like British novelist Virginia Woolf - she even wore a large prosthetic nose. However, it all paid off as the role landed her an Oscar, a BAFTA and a Golden Globe award.
Rex FeaturesDogville, 2003
In this 2003 film, Nicole plays the role of Grace Mulligan - a woman hiding from mobsters and as a result ends up in the small town of Dogville, Colorado, where she finds refuge in return for physical labour.
Rex FeaturesThe Human Stain, 2003
In The Human Stain, Nicole takes the role of Faunia Farley, a troubled young woman who has an affair with the protagonist, Coleman Silk (played by Anthony Hopkins).
Rex FeaturesCold Mountain, 2003
American classic Cold Mountain featured a star studded cast including not only Nicole Kidman but Jude Law, Renee Zellweger, Natalie Portman and Philip Seymour Hoffman. In it, Nicole plays Ada Monroe - a preacher’s daughter who falls in love with carpenter W. P. Inman (played by Jude Law).
Rex FeaturesThe Stepford Wives, 2004
In The Stepford Wives, Nicole plays Joanna Eberhart, a TV executive who moves from New York to the suburban town of Stepford, Connecticut after facing some setbacks in her career. While her family adjust, she suspects something isn’t right in the area and takes it upon herself to uncover the secrets of Stepford.
Rex FeaturesBirth, 2004
Here, Nicole is Anna - a widow who mourned her husband’s death for 10 years before finally trying to move on with her new boyfriend. But on the day of her engagement, a young man shows up claiming to be her dead husband reincarnated.
Rex FeaturesThe Interpreter, 2005
Nicole Kidman is savvy interpreter Silvia Broome, who overhears a plan to assassinate the president of Matobo while at the UN. She reports to the authorities but soon becomes a suspect herself.
Rex FeaturesBewitched, 2005
Blockbuster hit Bewitched starred Nicole Kidman as Isabel Bigelow and Will Ferrell as movie star Jack Wyatt. When the two are cast together in a movie version of 60s sitcom Bewitched they grow close and Jack finds out that Isabel is a real life witch.
Rex FeaturesFur, 2006
Set in 1980 New York, Nicole plays Diane Arbus - a housewife and mother who works as an assistant to her photographer husband who has been hired by her rich parents. Her neighbour (played by Robert Downey Jr.) inspires her to chance her own dreams as an artist.
Rex FeaturesHappy Feet, 2006
Who knew Nicole Kidman was in Happy Feet? The actress was the voice of Norma Jean, Mumble’s mother and is heard singing Kiss by Prince in the first movie.
Rex FeaturesGod Grew Tired of Us: The Story of Lost Boys of Sudan, 2006
God Grew Tired of Us is a documentary about three of the 25,000 ‘lost boys’ of Sudan who fled the country during war to seek refuge in the US. Nicole Kidman is the narrator.
Rex FeaturesThe Invasion, 2007
In this, Kidman plays Washington, D.C. psychologist Carol Bennell who along with her colleague (played by Daniel Craig) is the only person on Earth who’s aware of an epidemic running rampant through the city.
Rex FeaturesMargot at the Wedding, 2007
Here the actress plays Margot, a self-obsessed writer who shows up with her young son as surprise guests at her estranged sister’s wedding. The sisters try to reconcile their relationship but it isn’t as easy as they thought it would be.
Rex FeaturesThe Golden Compass, 2007
In 2007, Nicole also starred in Fantasy adventure trilogy The Golden Compass alongside Daniel Craig and Ian McKellen. She plays, Mrs. Coulter, the main antagonists of Northern Lights.
Rex FeaturesAustralia, 2008
Baz Luhrmann’s Australia saw Nicole act alongside Hugh Jackman in what became the third highest grossing Australian film of all time. Set in 1939, Kidman plays Lady Sarah Ashley, a woman who travels from England to northern Australia before the second world war kicks off to force her philandering husband to sell his faltering cattle station, Faraway Downs.
Rex FeaturesNine, 2009
Starring in the movie adaptation of famous 1982 musical, Nine, Kidman played the role of Claudia Jenssen (based on the movie star Anita Ekberg), the leading lady of Italian filmmaker, Guido Contini. She stars alongside Marion Cotillard, Kate Hudson, Penelope Cruz and Judi Dench.
Rex FeaturesRabbit Hole, 2010
Kidman plays a grief-struck mother who lost her 4-year-old son after he died in accident. Eight months after his death, she and her husband struggle with their relationship.
Getty ImagesJust Go With It, 2011
In Adam Sandler and Jennifer Aniston’s hilarious 2011 comedy, Kidman stars as the old high school rival of Aniston’s character Katherine. The pair are reunited as adults on holiday and the rivalry continues.
Rex FeaturesTrespass, 2011
Kidman plays Sarah Miller, the wife of diamond dealer Kyle (played by Nicholas Cage) who lives her dream life in a huge house out in the woods. However, when a group of violent thieves invade their homes disguised as police officers, their lives turn into a nightmare.
Rex FeaturesHemingway & Gellhorn, 2012
In this HBO biopic film, Nicole plays writer Martha Gellhorn who falls madly in love with fellow scribe, Ernest Hemingway played by Clive Owen.
Rex FeaturesThe Paperboy, 2012
In 2012, Kidman featured in The Paperboy alongside Matthew McConaughey and Zac Efron. The actress plays the role of Charlotte Bless - a conniving vixen from Mobile, Alabama who is determined to prove the innocence of the love of her life who's behind bars. Oh, and she pees (yes, actually pees) on Zac Efron along the way.
Rex FeaturesStoker, 2013
Stoker was written by Prison Break's Wentworth Miller and features Kidman as Evelyn Stoker, the protagonist India's unstable and fragile mother. Evelyn struggles with her resentment of India and her dead father Richard's close relationship as her own relationship with her daughter is very cold and distant.
Rex FeaturesThe Railway Man, 2013
Nicole plays the wife of Colin Firth's character Eric Lomax - a former British army officer who is desperate to get revenge on a Japanese interpreter who once tortured him.
Rex FeaturesGrace of Monaco, 2014
In this biographical drama film of Grace Kelly, Kidman plays the famous 1950s film star turned Princess.
Rex FeaturesBefore I Go To Sleep, 2014
Starring alongside Colin Firth once again, Kidman takes the lead role as Christine Lucas- a woman who suffers with amnesia following a near death experience and as a result is unable to make new memories.
Rex FeaturesPaddington, 2014
In famous children's Christmas movie Paddington, Nicole sported a blonde bob to play an evil taxidermist. She once admitted in an interview that her own kids weren't pleased with her role in the movie saying they were "very upset" to see their mother as the villain at first.
Rex FeaturesStrangerland, 2015
In this movie, a couple (made up of Nicole Kidman's character Catherine and Joseph Fiennes's character Matthew) discover that their teenage children have disappeared just before a massive dust storm sweeps through their desert town
AlamyQueen Of The Dessert, 2015
Queen Of The Dessert sees Nicole take on the role of English writer, explorer, political officer and archaeologist, Gertrude Bell. The film won an Oscar for best costume design.
AlamyThe Family Fang, 2015
Nicole plays an actress who along with her brother tries to piece together the mysterious disappearance of her parents.
Rex FeaturesSecret in Their Eyes, 2015
Starring alongside Julia Roberts and Chiwetel Ejiofor, Kidman plays district-attorney supervisor, Claire. She works with her team of FBI investigators (including Jess played by Roberts and Ray, played by Ejiofor) but they're torn apart when Jess's teenage daughter is murdered and they struggle to solve the case.
Rex FeaturesGenius, 2016
In Colin Firth and Jude Law's 2016 blockbuster hit in which Firth portrays famous book editor Maxwell Perkins, Kidman plays costume designer Aline Bernstein , the wife of aspiring author Thomas Wolfe (Jude Law) who grows jealous of his relationship with his editor.
Big Little Lies, 2017
HBO's Big Little Lies has become the mots talked about TV series this year and in it, Nicole plays Celeste Wright - a successful lawyer turned housewife who is in an abusive relationship with her husband, Perry (played by Alexander Skarsgård. Reese Witherspoon, Shailene Woodley and Zoe Kravitz also star in the show.
How to Talk to Girls at Parties, 2017
Sci-fi romance movie How To Talk To Girls At Parties was premiered at this year's Cannes Film Festival and sees Nicole Kidman as Boadicea - a1977 punk designer from Croydon. It also stars Matt Lucas and Elle Fanning and is set to be released to the public later this year.
Rex FeaturesThe Killing of a Sacred Deer, 2017
Also debuted at this year's Cannes Film Festival, The Killing of a Sacred Deer stars Colin Ferrel as a Surgeon and Kidman as the surgeon's wife. Despite having two children of their own, the arrival of a teenage boy changes their life forever.
AlamyThe Beguiled, 2017
Nicole put on a class performance as god-fearing headmistress in The Beguiled, based on the novel. The film, set in the Civil War era also features Elle Fanning (whom Nicole also stars alongside in How To Talk To Girls At Parties), Kristen Dunst and Colin Farrell (whom Nicole worked with in The Killing of a Sacred Deer).
