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Nicole kidman : New Hollywood Royalty

Actress Nicole Kidman was born in honolulu , Hawaii , in 1967. Her father , an Australian , was a student in Hawaii at the time. When she was 4, the family returned to Australia , and Kidman grew up in a suburb of Sydney

Kidman became interested in acting early on. Her first experience came when she was 6 years old and she played a sheep in her school's Christmas pageant. She trained in drama and dance through her teen years. She got a couple of TV parts before she made her breakthrough : in 1985 , the Australian Film Institute named her Actress of the Year for her role in the TV miniseries Vietnam. She was only 17

In 1989 , Kidman appeared in the creepy thriller Dead Calm. This performance earned her the lead role in her first American movie, Days of Thunder. Her costar was Tom Cruise. Following a whirlwind romance, Kidman and Cruise were married in Colorado on Christmas Eve 1990

During the marriage , Kidman's career continued to grow. She and Cruise adopted two children , and they worked hard to balance their careers and family life

Unfortunately , the marriage didn't last. Kidman and Cruise divorced in 2001. After the divorce , Kidman threw herself into her work. She starred in a number of high-profile movies , including the musical Moulin Rouge. Then , in 2003 , she won both an Academy Award and a Golden Globe for her role as Virginia Woolf in the film The Hours

And what does she think of her fame ? " It's a fleeting moment, " she has said. " How long will it last ? Who knows ? But it's here and it's now

Source : Interchange book 2