Nicole Kidman
- Born: 20 Jun, 1967
A statuesque Australian redhead with creamy alabaster skin and blue eyes that cast a slightly mischievous air, Nicole Kidman had become established in her native land as a rising talent before she ventured to the USA where she met her future husband Tom Cruise during the filming of 1990's "Days of Thunder". Born in Hawaii to a biochemist and psychologist father and an activist nursing instructor mother, Kidman spent her first years living in the Washington, DC, area. By the time she was three, she and her parents had returned to Australia and settled in conservative, upper-middle-class suburb of Sydney. As a toddler, she was enrolled in ballet classes and at age four got a taste of theatrical life by stealing her school's Christmas pageant, garnering laughs as a sheep who upstage...
FAMILY & COMPANIONS
- father Antony Kidman: Australian; involved with labor movement and progressive causes
- mother Janelle Kidman: Australian; edits her husband's books; involved with feminist causes; was diagnosed with breast cancer in 1984
- sister Antonia Kidman Hawley: born c. 1971
- daughter Isabella Jane Kidman Cruise: born on December 22, 1992 in Florida; adopted by Kidman and Cruise in January 1993
- son Connor Anthony Cruise: African-American; born on January 17, 1995 in Florida; adopted with Cruise on February 5, 2001
- Marcus Graham: Australian; had relationship in the late 1980s
- husband Tom Cruise: born on July 3, 1962; married on December 24, 1990 in Telluride, Colorado; co-starred in "Days of Thunder" (1990), "Far and Away" (1992) and "Eyes Wide Shut" (1999); announced separation in February 2001; Cruise filed for divorce on February 7, 2001; divorce finalized on August 8, 2001
- Tobey Maguire: 8 years younger than Kidman; reportedly dating since March 2002
- Russell Crowe: rumored to be dating as of October 2002; was later reported that the source who claim to have witnessed Kidman and Crowe kissing, dancing, etc admitted that he lied; Crowe later became engaged to girlfriend Danielle Spencer in December 2002
- Q-tip: rumored to be dating as of January 2003; reportedly introduced by Leonardo DiCaprio
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