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cleaner lead

Hi all, I believe this would be a much better and cleaner lead for Kidman:

Nicole Mary Kidman AC (born 20 June 1967) is an Australian and American actress and producer. Known for her work in film and television productions across many genres, she has consistently ranked among the world's highest-paid actresses since the late 1990s. Her accolades include an Academy Award, a BAFTA Award, two Primetime Emmy Awards, and six Golden Globe Awards. She became the first Australian actor to receive the AFI Life Achievement Award honor in 2024.^[1]^[2]

Born in Honolulu and raised in Sydney, Kidman began her career in Australia with the 1983 films Bush Christmas and BMX Bandits, and had Her breakthrough with lead roles in Dead Calm and the miniseries Bangkok Hilton (both 1989). She gained wider recognition with supporting roles in Days of Thunder (1990) and Billy Bathgate (1991), which earned Kidman her first Golden Globe Award nomination, followed by leading roles in Far and Away (1992), To Die For (1995), Batman Forever (1995), Practical Magic (1998), and Eyes Wide Shut (1999). For her performance as Satine in Baz Luhrmann's musical Moulin Rouge! (2001), Kidman received her first Oscar nomination.

Kidman won the Academy Award for Best Actress for portraying Virginia Woolf in The Hours (2002), and received further Oscar nominations for Rabbit Hole (2010), Lion (2016), and Being the Ricardos (2021). Alongside roles in critically acclaimed independent films, Kidman achieved commercial success with The Others (2001), Cold Mountain (2003), The Golden Compass (2007), Australia (2008), Paddington (2014), Aquaman (2018), and Bombshell (2019).

On television, Kidman received her first Emmy Award nomination for portraying Martha Gellhorn in Hemingway & Gellhorn (2012), and won two Emmys for producing and starring in the HBO drama series Big Little Lies (2017–2019). Her other television credits include Top of the Lake: China Girl (2017), The Undoing (2020), Nine Perfect Strangers (2021), Special Ops: Lioness (2023), Expats (2024), and The Perfect Couple (2024).

Kidman has served as a goodwill ambassador for UNICEF since 1994 and UNIFEM since 2006. She was appointed Companion of the Order of Australia in 2006. Divorced from actor Tom Cruise, Kidman is married to country singer Keith Urban. She has four children, two from each marriage. In 2010, she founded the production company Blossom Films. In 2004 and 2018, Time included her on its list of the 100 most influential people in the world, and in 2020, The New York Times named her one of the greatest actors of the 21st century.

What do you think? Samuelloveslennonstella (talk) 13:49, 9 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

References

^ Grobar, Matt (13 November 2023). "Nicole Kidman's AFI Life Achievement Award Tribute Gets New Date – Update". Archived from the original on 11 February 2024. Retrieved 11 February 2024.
^ Rhoden-Paul, Andre (27 April 2024). "Nicole Kidman honoured with AFI Life Achievement Award". BBC News. Archived from the original on 29 April 2024. Retrieved 29 April 2024.

[1] Grobar, Matt (13 November 2023). "Nicole Kidman's AFI Life Achievement Award Tribute Gets New Date – Update". Archived from the original on 11 February 2024. Retrieved 11 February 2024.

[Rhoden-Paul-2024-2] Rhoden-Paul, Andre (27 April 2024). "Nicole Kidman honoured with AFI Life Achievement Award". BBC News. Archived from the original on 29 April 2024. Retrieved 29 April 2024.

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