Born and Raised:
Nicole Mary Kidman was born in Honolulu, Hawaii on June 20, 1967. She grew up in Sydney, Australia.
Marriage and Babies:
After starring alongside Tom Cruise in Days of Thunder, Nicole and Tom began dating and tied the knot on December 24, 1990. They adopted Isabella (born December 22, 1992) and Connor (born January 17, 1995). Nicole and Tom divorced in August 2001.
Nicole married country star Keith Urban in a lavish ceremony on June 25, 2006 and they welcomed Sunday Rose, born on July 7, 2008. They welcomed baby Faith Margaret on December 28, 2010 via surrogate.
The Power 100:
In 2002, Nicole ranked #83 in Premiere's annual Power 100 List. In 2003, she quickly moved up in the ranks to #31.
Hollywood Star:
On January 13, 2003 Nicole received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
Getting Into Character:
Although born left-handed, Nicole learned to write right-handed for her role in The Hours, where she played the right-handed author Virginia Woolf.
Missed Opportunity:
Nicole was originally cast as Mrs. Smith in Mr. & Mrs. Smith. Had she taken the role, perhaps Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie would never have ended up together.
Celebrity BFF:
Nicole maintains a very close friendship with fellow Aussie actress Naomi Watts.
Quotes From Nicole Kidman:
"It's so bizarre, I'm not scared of snakes or spiders. But I'm scared of butterflies. There is something eerie about them. Something weird!"
"I think it's important that we don't all have to hold our heads high all the time saying everything's fine."
"I would love to have boobs and a butt like Jennifer Lopez but I'm not having surgery so there it is."
"You look at somebody's work as an actor and you can see their emotional life being fed into it and you can kind of feel them through it."
"I never feel like I'm in control. There's a certain type of actor that relinquishes control when they act, and then there's another type who ends up being a producer and director and they're more someone that likes to take control."
"Even from a very early age I knew I didn't want to miss out on anything life had to offer just because it might be considered dangerous."