Nicole Kidman

Birth Name Nicole Mary Kidman
Occupation Actress
Birthday June 20, 1967 (43)
Sign Gemini
Birthplace Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
Height 5' 10½" (1m79) How tall is Nicole Kidman compared to you?
Awards 2003 Academy Awards: Best Actress (for The Hours)
2003 Golden Globe Awards: Best Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama (for The Hours)
2003 BAFTA Awards: Actress in a Leading Role (for The Hours)
2002 Golden Globe Awards: Best Actress in a Motion Picture - Comedy or Musical (for Moulin Rouge)
2002 MTV Movie Awards: Best Female Performance (for Moulin Rouge)
2002 MTV Movie Awards: Best Musical Sequence (for Moulin Rouge)
1996 Golden Globe Awards: Best Actress in a Motion Picture - Comedy or Musical (for To Die For)

Selected Filmography

Moulin Rouge

Practical Magic

Happy Feet

Australia

Moulin Rouge!

Cold Mountain

The Others

Eyes Wide Shut

Nine

Australian star Nicole Kidman's movies could contribute to violence against women

Australian movie star Nicole Kidman concedes that some movies probably have contributed to violence against women by showing them as weak sex objects.But, Kidman says those are demeaning roles she's not interested in taking.

And, she says the movie industry has made an effort to contribute to solutions for ending the violence.

Kidman testified before a House Foreign Affairs subcommittee that's considering legislation to deal with violence against women overseas. When asked by Congressman Dana Rohrabacher of Orange County, California, if the movie industry has "played a bad role," Kidman said "probably." But, she quickly added that she herself doesn't. She said she "can't be responsible for all of Hollywood" but she "can certainly be responsible" for her own career.

Nicole Kidman is a goodwill ambassador for the U.N. Development Fund for Women, known as UNIFEM, to promote the International Violence Against Women Act.