She’s Australian but was born in Honolulu, Hawaii, while her parents were in the U.S. on educational visas.She has dual citizenship in Australia and the U.S.She suffers from lepidopterophobia, a fear of butterflies.Kidman auditioned for the role of Molly Jensen in Ghost (1990) but lost to DemiMoore.The multitalented star did her own singing for Moulin Rouge!, Happy Feet, Nine and The Prom.She did her own piano playing in Cold Mountain.She has never used a body double for her nude scenes in films, including Cold Mountain, Eyes Wide Shut, Hemingway & Gellhorn and Dead Calm.Kidman met country singer KeithUrban at G’Day LA, an event honoring Australians, in January 2005. They were married the following summer and have two daughters.
Kidman and best friend NaomiWatts met as young students at the Phillip Street Theatre in Sydney. They appeared together in the 1991 Australian coming-of-age comedy-drama Flirting.Her Hawaiian nickname is Hōkūlani, which means “heavenly star.”An accomplished equestrian, she’s been riding since she was 3 years old.Kidman has been a Goodwill Ambassador for UNICEF since 1994 and for UNIFEM since 2006.Kidman has been practicing Transcendental Meditation since her early 20s.Kidman does not text with her family. “We call…we’ve never texted,” she tells Parade.Kidman suffered a broken rib while rehearsing a dance routine for Moulin Rouge!Although naturally left-handed, she taught herself to write right-handed for her role in The Hours, in which she played author VirginiaWoolf.Kidman is the first Australian actress to win the Best Actress Oscar (The Hours, 2002).Her high school nickname was “Stalky.”Sharks are one of her passions and shark-diving is one of her favorite activities.When she was 14, she got her first job at the Capitol Theatre in Sydney, where she worked as an usherette at Sesame Street Live.
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