Nicole is an Academy Award, Emmy Award & Golden Globe Award winning actress who is best known for her roles in films such as Moulin Rouge!, The Hours, and Cold Mountain. She also starred as Celeste in HBOs Big Little Lies.
At the age of 16 she landed her first film role in the Australian holiday film, Bush Christmas. She continued in television & movie roles in her native Australia and then in 1989 made her US debut in the film Dead Calm. Since then she has wowed audiences in her roles on the stage, the silver screen and television screens in a wide variety of roles.
Nicole is an advocate for womens rights and an UNIFEM Goodwill Ambassador. Nicole is married to singer Keith Urban and a mother to her son Connor and daughters Isabella, Sunday, & Faith
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The UndoingGrace FraserLimited series that focuses on Grace Fraser, a successful therapist, and her devoted husband, Jonathan, and their young son who attends an elite private school in New York City. A chasm opens in Grace's seemingly perfect life: a violent death, a missing spouse and a chain of terrible revelations.
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The PromAngie DickinsonA troupe of hilariously self-obsessed theater stars swarm into a small conservative Indiana town in support of a high school girl who wants to take her girlfriend to the prom.
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The NorthmanQueen GudrunViking revenge saga set in Iceland at the turn of the 10th century.
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Nine Perfect StrangersMashaTelevision series adaptation of Liane Moriarty's novel.
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Directed by: Tony Scott
Written by: Tom Cruise, Robert Towne
Produced by: Don Simpson, Gerald R. Molen, Jerry Bruckheimer
Other cast: Tom Cruise, Robert Duvall, Randy Quaid, Cary Elwes
Release date: June 27, 1990
Genre: Action, Drama, Sport
Running time: 1h 47min
In the fast-paced world of NASCAR, a rivalry brews between rookie hotshot Cole Trickle and veteran racer Rowdy Burns. When both of them are seriously injured in competition, the former bitter rivals become close friends. With Cole's spirits restored by a romance with neurosurgeon Dr. Claire Lewicki, and Rowdy still sidelined by injuries, Cole decides to race Rowdy's car in the Daytona 500 against underhanded newcomer Russ Wheeler.
Taglines
• You can’t stop the thunder.
• You can’t outrun the thunder.
• Cruise like Thunder.
Trivia
• Reportedly, Tom Cruise handpicked Nicole Kidman to be his love interest in the film, after seeing her performance in Dead Calm (1989)
• Nicole Kidman wanted to study neurosurgery for her part, but the producers told her it would be a waste of time.
Character’s Quotes
• Control is an illusion, you infantile egomaniac. Nobody knows what’s gonna happen next: not on a freeway, not in an airplane, not inside our own bodies and certainly not on a racetrack with 40 other infantile egomaniacs.
• You and Rowdy have the same sickness, it’s called denial and it’s probably going to kill you both.
Nicole is an Academy Award, Emmy Award & Golden Globe Award winning actress who is best known for her roles in films such as Moulin Rouge!, The Hours, and Cold Mountain. She also starred as Celeste in HBOs Big Little Lies.
At the age of 16 she landed her first film role in the Australian holiday film, Bush Christmas. She continued in television & movie roles in her native Australia and then in 1989 made her US debut in the film Dead Calm. Since then she has wowed audiences in her roles on the stage, the silver screen and television screens in a wide variety of roles.
Nicole is an advocate for womens rights and an UNIFEM Goodwill Ambassador. Nicole is married to singer Keith Urban and a mother to her son Connor and daughters Isabella, Sunday, & Faith
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The UndoingGrace FraserLimited series that focuses on Grace Fraser, a successful therapist, and her devoted husband, Jonathan, and their young son who attends an elite private school in New York City. A chasm opens in Grace's seemingly perfect life: a violent death, a missing spouse and a chain of terrible revelations.
-
The PromAngie DickinsonA troupe of hilariously self-obsessed theater stars swarm into a small conservative Indiana town in support of a high school girl who wants to take her girlfriend to the prom.
-
The NorthmanQueen GudrunViking revenge saga set in Iceland at the turn of the 10th century.
-
Nine Perfect StrangersMashaTelevision series adaptation of Liane Moriarty's novel.
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UN WOMEN unwomen.org Nicole was appointed Goodwill Ambassador in January 2006. As UN Women Goodwill Ambassador, her efforts are geared towards raising awareness on the infringement of women’s human rights around the world, with a particular focus on putting a spotlight on violence against women, probably the most pervasive human rights violation that affects as many as 1 in every 3 women. |
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