Nicole Kidman is an Australian film actress who is known for her roles in films such as Moulin Rouge and The Hours. Kidman is 43 years old and has been acting in movies since age 16. She was born in Honolulu, Hawaii and raised from age four in Australia.http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000173/bio

Kidman has acted alongside some of Hollywood's biggest names, including Tom Cruise, Dustin Hoffman, and George Clooney.http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000173/bio She has starred in 49 movies and several TV shows.http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000173/ She was married to Tom Cruise between 1990 and 2001, and has been married to country music singer Keith Urban since 2006.http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/06/25/entertainment/main1749361.shtml

Nicole Kidman is recognized as one of the most successful actresses to come out of Australia. Although she was actually born in Honolulu, Hawaii, Kidman was raised in New South Wales, Australia, by her parents who are both Australian. She attended high school with fellow actress Naomi Watts, but dropped out to pursue an acting career. Beginning in 1983, Kidman landed a series of roles in TV movies portraying various teenage characters.http://www.talktalk.co.uk/entertainment/film/biography/artist/nicole-kidman/biography/91?page=2

Kidman's American flim debut in the 1989 thriller Dead Calm with Sam Neill. She began to receive media attention for her work in the 1990 film Days of Thunder, where she met future husband Tom Cruise.http://www.talktalk.co.uk/entertainment/film/biography/artist/nicole-kidman/biography/91?page=3 Kidman and Cruise were married in 2001 and adopted two children.http://www.talktalk.co.uk/entertainment/film/biography/artist/nicole-kidman/biography/91?page=6 She earned critical acclaim for her performance in the 1995 film To Die For, for which she received a Golden Globe Award.http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/contributor/1800018939/awards

She later co-starred in Stanley Kubrick's final film Eyes Wide Shut, opposite then-husband Tom Cruise. She followed up that performance with her work in the critically acclaimed films Moulin Rouge! and The Hours, for which she received an Academy Award for her portrayal of Virginia Woolf.http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/contributor/1800018939/awards

In 2008, she starred in the historical fiction movie Australia opposite Hugh Jackman directed by Baz Luhrmann. Kidman was married to country singer Keith Urban in 2006.http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/06/25/entertainment/main1749361.shtml On July 7, 2008, Kidman gave birth to a baby girl, Sunday Rose Kidman Urban, in Nashville, Tennessee. People: Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban Welcome a Baby Girl (July 7, 2008)

In 2010, Kidman starred in the drama Rabbit Hole, a story of a woman dealing with the death of her son.http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0935075/ She was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for best actress for her role in the film.http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000173/awards

1983: Chase Through the Night (TV movie)

1983: Skin Deep (TV movie)

1983: Bush Christmas

1983: BMX Bandits

1984: Matthew and Son (TV movie)

1985: A Country Practice (TV show)

1985: Winners (TV show)

1985: Five Mile Creek (TV show)

1985: Wills & Burke

1985: Archer (TV movie)

1986: Windrider

1987: The Bit Part

1987: Un'australiana a Roma (TV movie)

1987: Nightmaster

1987: Room to Move (TV movie)

1987: Vietnam (TV mini-series)

1988: Emerald City

1989: Dead Calm

1989: Bangkok Hilton (TV miniseries)

1990: Days of Thunder

1991: Flirting

1991: Billy Bathgate

1992: Far and Away

1993: Malice

1993: My Life

1995: To Die For

1995: Batman Forever

1996: The Portrait of a Lady

1996: The Leading Man

1997: The Peacemaker

1998: Practical Magic

1999: Eyes Wide Shut

2001: Moulin Rouge!

2001: The Others

2001: Birthday Girl

2002: Panic Room

2002: The Hours

2003: Dogville

2003: The Human Stain

2003: Cold Mountain

2004: The Stepford Wives

2004: Birth

2005: The Interpreter

2005: Bewitched

2006: Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus

2006: Happy Feet

2007: The Invasion

2007: Margot at the Wedding

2007: The Golden Compass

2008: Australia

2009: Nine

2010: Rabbit Hole

2011: Just Go with it (completed)

2011: Trespass (post-production)

2011: Hemingway & Gelhorn (pre-production)

2012: The Danish Girl (pre-production)http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000173/

"“We were thrown into his alcohol problem three months into the marriage, and that was big. We became the closest we could become, because we had to bare our souls." — Nicole Kidman in an interview with Parade Magazine about her marriage to Keith Urbanhttp://www.parade.com/celebrity/2008/10/nicole-kidman-tears-of-joy

"What's his type? Wilting flower? Bright and bubbly? Or smoldering temptress?" — Nicole Kidman as Satine describing a customer at a brothel in the movie Moulin Rougehttp://www.flixster.com/actor/nicole-kidman/nicole-kidman-quotes

"Someone has to die in order that the rest of us should value life more. It's contrast." — Nicole Kidman as Virginia Woolf in the movie The Hourshttp://www.flixster.com/actor/nicole-kidman/nicole-kidman-quotes

• Note: The majority of the links in this timeline are to IMDb, which has pop-ups.

• 1967: Born June 20

• 1989: Dead Calm

• 1990: Days of Thunder

• 1990: Marries Tom Cruise

• 1995: To Die For

• 1995: Batman Forever

• 1999: Eyes Wide Shut

• 2001: Moulin Rouge!

• 2001: The Others

• 2001: Divorces Tom Cruise

• 2002: The Hours

• 2003: Cold Mountain

• 2004: The Stepford Wives

• 2006: Marries Keith Urban