Nicole Kidman

Did you know Nicole Kidman won an Oscar for playing another famous writer, Virginia Woolf? She transformed herself so completely that many viewers forgot it was an actor on screen.

Nicole Kidman is an Australian actress born in 1967 in Honolulu and raised in Sydney. From the 1990s into today she became one of Hollywood’s most famous stars. This short talk focuses on her biggest strength: the way she becomes many different characters with imagination and hard work.

She began acting in Australian films and TV and later moved into big international movies. Nicole won the Academy Award for Best Actress for The Hours (2002). She has starred in movies like Moulin Rouge!, The Others, and Eyes Wide Shut, and she helped bring the TV series Big Little Lies to life. People around the world praise her powerful performances.

Nicole is famous for changing her voice, look, and even accents to match each role. She studies small details about the people she plays so characters feel real and surprising. That careful work makes her performances exciting to watch.

Her lasting impact is showing that acting uses imagination, practice and courage. For kids the lesson is simple: read lots of stories, practice different voices and expressions, and try new parts—your curiosity can help you become many characters too.