Naomi Watts

Name: Naomi Watts
Date of Birth: September 28, 1968
Place of Birth: Shoreham, Kent, England

Biography: Watts' career began in Australian television, where she appeared in commercials and television melodramas such as Home and Away and Brides of Christ. She was featured in a supporting role in the accla...( read more

)imed 1991 Australian indie film Flirting which starred future Hollywood up-and-comers Nicole Kidman and Thandie Newton. As Watts made the transition from Australia to the United States, she landed a supporting role in the little-seen 1995 film Tank Girl, playing the part of "Jet Girl."

Finding quality roles at first proved difficult for Watts in the Hollywood system, as she appeared in the short-lived series Sleepwalkers and numerous B-list productions as in films like Children of the Corn. Gradually, Watts garnered supporting roles as in Dangerous Beauty.

However it wasn't until 2001, when Watts caught the attention of critics and audiences as she appeared in David Lynch's highly acclaimed Mulholland Drive. The film, which premiered at the 2001 Cannes Film Festival, won Watts high praise. She won the National Society of Film Critics Award as Best Actress and the National Board of Review award as Breakthrough Performance of the year. Soon after, the quality and importance of Watts' roles improved and quickly shot the actress to the top of the Hollywood A-list. In 2002, she starred in one of the biggest box office hits of that year, the English language remake of the Japanese horror film, The Ring. The following year, she starred in the film Ned Kelly opposite Heath Ledger, Orlando Bloom, and Geoffrey Rush; as well as the Merchant-Ivory film Le Divorce with Kate Hudson. It was her performance opposite Sean Penn and Benicio Del Toro in director Alejandro González Iñárritu's 21 Grams that earned Watts her first Academy Award nomination as Best Actress.

Since then Watts has been one of the most in-demand actresses. She produced and starred in the well-received independent picture We Don't Live Here Anymore. She reunited with Sean Penn and Don Cheadle in The Assassination of Richard Nixon, teamed up with Jude Law and Dustin Hoffman in David O. Russell's ensemble I ? Huckabees, and starred in the sequel to the Ring, The Ring Two. Aside from balancing both independent projects as Ellie Parker, she managed to star in the biggest remake of them all, 2005's King Kong. The role, which was immortalized by Faye Wray in the original, proved to be Watts' most commercial film yet. Directed by Lord of the Rings director Peter Jackson, the film won high praise and has since grossed more than $400 million dollars worldwide.

Watts recently shot the film The Painted Veil with Edward Norton and Liev Schreiber. The film is due out in the fall of 2006.

In May 2006, Watts was named a special representative to the U.N. program for HIV/AIDS.

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18 Trailer Videos for Naomi Watts

http://www.videodetective.com/actor/NAOMI_WATTS/video/P00006238.htm

Eastern Promises (2007)
The Assassination of Richard Nixon (2004)
Dangerous Beauty (1998)
Ellie Parker (2005)
We Don't Live Here Anymore (2004)
Persons Unknown (1996)
King Kong (2005)
21 Grams (2003)
Tank Girl (1995)
Stay (2005)
Le Divorce (2003)
Matinee (1992)
The Ring Two (2005)
Ned Kelly (2003)
Wide Sargasso Sea (1992)
I Heart Huckabees (2004)
Mulholland Dr. (2001)
Flirting (1990)

posted 38 days ago
monkeybobbob

Naomi's a brilliant actor.I knew she was good when i saw The Ring but when i watched 21 Grams and Mullholland Drive and more recently,Eastern Promises,fucking hell!I wanna find as much of her stuff as i can.And shes gorgeaus!

posted 148 days ago
MerryMurderess

Happy 40th Birthday today, Naomi!!

posted 230 days ago
KaraHenderson89

I lvoe your acts! You were totally great with your role of Rachel in the ring and the ring 2

posted 246 days ago
xxl174

I want you fuck
you?

posted 259 days ago
WillPowellBristol

Is Naomi really going to play Narcissa Malfoy? That'd be awesome

posted 299 days ago
Cool1988

How are you? smile, I hope you've a good day.

posted 361 days ago
rockon4ever

She's a great actress and I hope to see more of her films in the future. I hope she and Liev will stay together for a long time. They're such a adorable couple.

posted 376 days ago
hanmartin

The greatest actress ever! It's as simple as that! I never get tired of watching her!

posted 384 days ago
7Flakes7

I think she's much of a prep...
P.S., She doesn't read this stuff you know. -.-'

posted 396 days ago