Biographic - Sunday November 8, 2020 Comic Strip Licensing and Permissions

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Born to Australian parents in Honolulu, Hawaii, on June 20, 1967. Nicole Mary Kidman studied drama at the Sydney's Australian Theatre for Young People. A starring role in the music video for Pat Wilson's hit Australian single "Bop Girl" led to Australian tv and move rolls including 1983's "BMX Bandits." Her work in the acclaimed tv miniseries "Vietnam" brought her to the attendance and earned her first australian film institute award. She starred opposite Sam Neill in the 1989 thriller Dead Calm and made her Hollywood debut opposite Tom Cruise in "Days of Thunder." The two became romantically involved and married on Christmas Eve, 1990. They starred together in two more movies - 1992's "Far and Away" and 1999's "Eyes Wide Shut" The couple adopted two children before their marriage ended in 2001. Throughout the 1990s Nicole's star continued to rise. She earned a golden globe for her portrayal of a murderous newscaster in the dark comedy "To Die For." and she starred opposite George Clooney in "Batman Forever" and "The Peacemaker." The 2001, Bak Luhrmann musical "Moulin Rouge" earned her a second Global Globe award and her first Oscar nomination, and even spawned a singing career "Come What May" her duet with co-star Ewan McGregor, hit the Top 30 on the U.K. pop charts. She went on to the top of the U.K. charts when she teamed up with Robbie Wiliams on a remake of the Frank and Nancy Sinatra classic duet "Something' Stupid." 2002's "The Hours" earned her a Golden Globe and saw her become the first Australian to win the academy award for best actress. She went on to star in the likes of "Cold Mountain" and "The Interpreter" in 2006, the same year that she married fellow Aussie, country star, Keith Urban, she was made a companion of the Order of Australia, her country's highest civilian honor. Her marriage to Urban has produced two daughters. She earned her third Academy Award Nomination for the 2010 drama "Rabbit Hole" and her fourth for 2016's "Lion." movie roles have ranged from the villainous Millicent Clyde in "Paddington" to Queen Atlantan in "Aquaman" and Gretchen Carlson in "Bombshell" her tv work has included portraying Grace Kelly in "Grace of Monaco" and novelist Martha Gellhorn in "Hemingway & Gellhorn." The acclaimed series "Big Little Lies" earned her two golden globes and two primetime Emmy's. She has recently returned to the small screen with the miniseries "The Undoing" opposite Hugh Grant.

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