Sundance: We Meet Nicole Kidman
Our film critic Tony Toscano meets beautiful Nicole Kidman at Sundance.
Kidman can be seen in the movie “Paddington,” which is playing now.
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Kidman’s breakthrough film role was in the 1989 thriller “Dead Calm.” After appearing in several films in the early 1990s, she came to worldwide recognition for her performances in the auto racing film “Days of Thunder,” the romance “Far and Away” and the superhero film “Batman Forever.” Other successful films followed in the late 1990s. Her performance in the musical “Moulin Rouge!”earned her a second Golden Globe Award and first Academy Award nomination for Best Actress. Kidman’s performance as Virginia Woolf in the drama film “The Hours” received critical acclaim and earned her an Academy Award for Best Actress and a Silver Bear for Best Actress at the Berlin International Film Festival.
Kidman’s other notable films include the crime comedy-drama “To Die For,” the erotic thriller “Eyes Wide Shut,” the horror-thriller “The Others,” the epic war drama film “Cold Mountain” and the epic historical romantic drama “Australia.” Her performance in the 2010 drama “Rabbit Hole”—which she also produced—earned Kidman further accolades, including a third Academy Award nomination for Best Actress.
Kidman has been a Goodwill Ambassador for UNICEF since 1994 and for UNIFEM since 2006. In 2006, Kidman was made a Companion of the Order of Australia,
