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Nicole Kidman |
Though she used to be best known for her marriage to , Nicole Kidman has long since established herself as one of the most appealing actresses currently working in Hollywood. She has starred in critically acclaimed films, such as The Hours and Dogville, as well as some of the biggest commercial hits of the last few years, like Moulin Rouge! and The Others.
In 2005, Kidman definitively learned that she should probably stay as far away from comedies as possible. Having earned nothing from the Stepford Wives remake debacle of 2004, Kidman then starred in Nora Ephron’s disastrous Bewitched update (alongside ) to shockingly underwhelming results. Fortunately, Kidman also appeared in Sydney Pollack’s The Interpreter -- a political thriller costarring Sean Penn, and the first film ever to shoot inside the United Nations.
With four films scheduled for release, 2006 is looking to be a very busy year for Kidman. The Visiting, a sci-fi thriller, teams the actress with the new James Bond, , while Fur casts Kidman as famed suicidal photographer Diane Arbus. For the first time in her career, Kidman will be lending her voice to an animated film with a role in Happy Feet. Finally, look for Nicole in Kar Wai Wong’s remake of Orson Welles’ The Lady from Shanghai.