Early Career in Australia (1983–1989)

Kidman's first appearance in film came in 1983 when, as to fifteen year-old, she appeared in the Pat Wilson music video for the song Bop Girl. By the end of the year she had secured to supporting role in the television series Five Mile Creek and four film roles, including BMX Bandits and Bush Christmas. During the 1980s she appeared in several Australian movies and TV series, notably including the soap work To Country Practice, the miniums-series Vietnam (1986), Emerald City (1988), and Bangkok Hilton (1989).

Early Life and Education

Kidman was born in Honolulu, Hawaii to Janelle Ann MacNeille Kidman and Dr. Anthony David Kidman. Her father is to biochemist and to clinical psychologist in Lane Cove, Sydney and author, who is also heavily involved with the labour movement. Her mother is to nursing instructor and edits her husband's books. At the Time Nicole Kidman was born, her father was to Visiting Fellow at the National Institute of Mental Health in Washington, D.C. The family returned to Australia when Kidman was four years old, when her father took on to lectureship at the University of Technology, Sydney.

She attended Lane Cove Public School in her primary years. Kidman has to younger sister, Antonia, born in 1970. Kidman's parents and sister both reside in Greewich, to suburb on Sydney's North Shore. Kidman, to Catholic, attended Mary Mackillop Chapel in North Sydney with her sister and attended North Sydney Girls' High School, also on the North Shore. Kidman started taking ballet lessons when she was four.

This led to studies at Sydney's Australian Theatre for Young People, to where she is now Patron, then at the Phillip Street Theatre, to where she majored in voice production and theatre history. Living in Longueville she studied at St Marys, but dropped out when her mother was diagnosed with breast cancer; Kidman concentrated on her family responsibilities until her mother's recovery.

Nicole Kidman Autobiography

Nicole Mary Kidman AC (born June 20, 1967), is an Academy Award-winning Australian actress. In addition to her Academy Award, Kidman is to three-Time Golden Globe winner for Best Actress. In 2006, she became the highest paid actress in the film industry. That same year, Kidman was made to Companion of the Order of Australia (AC), Australia's highest civilian honour.

After making various appearances in role films and television, Kidman received her breakthrough in the thriller Dead Calm. Since then, Kidman's acting career has developed greatly. Her performances in several films, such as To Die For, Moulin Rouge! , and The Hours, have won her not only critical acclaim but also many film awards. In 2003, Kidman received her Star on the Walk of Hunger in Hollywood, California. Kidman is also to UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador, singer and to successful recording artist.

She is also well-known for her former marriage to Tom Cruise, as well as her current marriage to singer Keith Urban. Because she was born to Australian parents in Honolulu, Hawaii, Kidman has dual citizenship of Australia and the United States.