Nicole Kidman is Known for her work across various film and television productions of several genres. The actress received several accolades including, an Academy Award, a British Academy Film Award, two Primetime Emmy Awards and six Golden Globe Awards for her amazing acting.
Kidman began her acting career with the 1983 film Bush Christmas. However, she got her breakthrough in 1989 with the thriller film Dead Calm and the miniseries Bangkok Hilton. Nicole got global recognition with the action film Days of Thunder. Since then, she has appeared in several blockbusters.
The Hours | Prime Video
The psychological drama film directed by Stephen Daldry hit the theatres in 2002 and received several accolades including Oscars for Best Actress for Nicole Kidman’s critically acclaimed performance. Despite suffering from Depression while filming The Hours, Kidman’s performance was outstanding. Kidman starred alongside Meryl Streep and Julianne Moore. The Hours follows three women of different generations whose lives are interconnected by the 1925 novel Mrs Dalloway by Virginia Woolf.
The Others | Prime Video
Nicole Kidman has appeared in almost every genre however, her first horror role was in The Others. Nicole Kidman starred as distressed mother Grace Stewart as she moves her two children into a seemingly haunted house in Jersey during World war ll. While The Others was one of the defining horror films of the 2000s, Nicole Kidman’s performance made it more real.
Kidman delivers an outstanding performance as a mother and perfectly showed emotions of fear and anxiety of being forced to protect her children from a seemingly malevolent evil spirit. Kidman also received a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in Drama and a BAFTA Award for Best Actress in Leading Role nominations for her mindblowing performance.
The Beguiled | Prime Video
Nicole Kidman gives an extremely intense performance that perfectly matches the suspenseful and gothic genres of The Beguiled. The actress starred as the headteacher of the school, Martha Farnsworth, and The Beguiled tells the story of an injured Civil War soldier who is taken in by a student at an all-girls boarding school.
Lion | Prime Video
Based on the true events, the heartbreaking biographical drama follows Dev Patel’s character Saroo Brierly, who was separated from his family at a young age and embarks on a journey to reconnect with them. Though Kidman has a supporting role as Brierly’s adoptive mother Sue, the actress’ performance was acclaimed by critics and got an Oscar nomination as well.
Genius | Prime Video
Another Nicole Kidman starring film based on a true story, Genius, follows the chronicle of Max Perkins’s time as the book editor at Scribner, where he oversaw works by Thomas Wolfe, Ernest Hemingway, F. Scott Fitzgerald and others. Though it might not be Kidman’s most famous or well-known movie, Genius is the must-watch Hollywood film.
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