Nicole Mary Kidman, AC, (born 20 June 1967) is an Academy Award-winning Australian[1] actress. In 2006, she became one of the highest-paid actresses in the motion picture industry.[2] In the same year, Kidman was made a Companion of the Order of Australia, Australia's highest civilian honor. She is officially Australia's most successful actress. [3]

After making various appearances in film and television, Kidman received her breakthrough role in the 1989 thriller Dead Calm. Her performances in several films, such as To Die For (1995), Moulin Rouge! (2001), and The Hours (2002), have won her much critical acclaim.. In 2003, Kidman received her Star on the Walk of Fame in Hollywood, California. Kidman is also a UNIFEM and UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador, and a singer. She is also well-known for her former marriage to the actor Tom Cruise and as her current marriage to the noted country musician Keith Urban. Because she was born to Australian parents in Honolulu, Hawaii, Kidman has dual citizenship of Australia and the United States of America.