Naomi Watts
Naomi Watts (born September 28, 1968) is an English-born Australian actress and producer.
Watts was born in Shoreham, England, but migrated with her mother to Australia in 1982 after the death of her father. She studied acting with Nicole Kidman in Sydney, first appearing in television commercials and then the drama series Home and Away in 1988 in the role of Julie Gibson. Her first big break came with the 1995 movie Tank Girl with the part of Jet Girl.
In 2001, Watts appeared in David Lynch's Mulholland Drive, a performance which won high praise but failed to gain her an Academy Award nomination.
The quality and size of Watts' roles improved after this, and she starred in the highly successful US remake of The Ring.
In 2004 she received an Academy Award nomination for Best Actress for her performance in the film 21 Grams.
Filmography
- For Love Alone (1986)
- Home and Away (1988) (television series)
- Flirting (1991)
- Brides of Christ (1991) (television mini-series)
- Matinee (1993)
- Wide Sargasso Sea (1993)
- Gross Misconduct (1993)
- The Custodian (1993)
- Tank Girl (1995)
- Bermuda Triangle (1996)
- Children of the Corn IV: The Gathering (1996)
- Timepiece (1996)
- Persons Unknown (1996)
- Under the Lighthouse Dancing (1997)
- Sleepwalkers (1997) (television series)
- Dangerous Beauty (1998
- Babe: Pig in the City (1998)
- The Christmas Wish (1998)
- A House Divided (1998)
- The Hunt for the Unicorn Killer (1999)
- Strange Planet (1999)
- The Wyvern Mystery (2000)
- Ellie Parker (2001)
- Down (2001)
- Mulholland Dr. (2001)
- The Ring (2002)
- Plots with a View (2002)
- The Outsider (2002)
- Rabbits (2002)
- Ned Kelly (2003)
- Le Divorce (2003)
- 21 Grams (2003)