These Are Nicole Kidman's Best Performances
Here are Academy Award-winning actress Nicole Kidman’s best performances, ranked.
Nicole Kidman has been one of the most successful leading ladies in Hollywood since her breakthrough in the 90s and is still consistently giving brilliant performances. While Kidman is best known for her work in film due to iconic movies she starred in such as Stanley Kubrick’s Eyes Wide Shut and Baz Luhrmann’s Moulin Rouge, she has also done great work in television. Indeed, the actress played a vital role in Jean-Marc Vallée's successful HBO series Big Little Lies alongside Reese Witherspoon, Laura Dern, Zoe Kravitz, and Shailene Woodley.
Most recently, Kidman has taken on the role of playing the comedy legend Lucille Ball in Aaron Sorkin’s Being the Ricardos with Javier Bardem playing her husband Desi Arnaz. The film received great reviews, especially praising Kidman’s performance, which has so far earned her a Golden Globe for Best Actress in a Motion Picture (Drama) and multiple major awards nominations. Although she has already won an Academy Award for her role in The Hours and is the first Australian actress to ever win in the category, the Oscar buzz surrounding Nicole’s performance in Being the Ricardos is major, and this could be the year she wins her second Oscar. Here are Nicole Kidman’s best performances, ranked.
Moulin Rouge
The 2001 Miramax musical/romance directed by Baz Luhrmann is one of Nicole Kidman's most iconic roles. In Moulin Rouge, she stars as Satine alongside Ewan McGregor, Natalie Mendoza, John Leguizamo, Jim Broadbent, and Richard Roxburgh. Kidman received an Oscar nomination for Best Actress and the film was nominated for a total of eight Academy Awards including Best Picture and ultimately winning two for Best Production Design and Best Costume Design.
The Beguiled
The Beguiled is a war/drama film with a stellar cast including Colin Farrell, Nicole Kidman, Kristen Dunst, and Elle Fanning. A wounded war soldier in search of medical assistance finds himself at an all-girls school in the South and tension rises as the women eagerly try to comfort the soldier. The Beguiled received great reviews with a seventy-nine percent on rotten tomatoes and is available to stream on Netflix.
Eyes Wide Shut
Eyes Wide Shut is one of the final films by genius director and filmmaker Stanley Kubrick. Released in 1999 iconic on-screen duo Nicole Kidman and Tom Cruise star as Alice and Bill Harford in this mystery/drama. Kubrick is considered to be one of the greatest directors of all time, giving us masterpieces like Dr. Strangelove and A Clockwork Orange. The fact that he has never won an Academy Award is considered to be one of the greatest Oscar snubs of all time.
Rabbit Hole
John Cameron Mitchell's drama/indie film Rabbit Hole was released in 2010 and stars Nicole Kidman, Aaron Eckhart, Dianne West, Miles Teller, and Sandra Oh. Even though Rabbit Hole was a low-budget film it made an impact on cinema that year in a big way with Nicole Kidman's performance. The actress received Best Actress nominations at the Screen Actors Guild Award, Critic's Choice Movie Awards, Golden Globe Awards, and even the Academy Awards.
