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Naomi Watts

Birth name: Naomi Ellen Watts

Birth date: 28.09.1968

Naomi Watts was born in Shoreham, England on September 28, 1968 to Peter and Miv Watts. Peter Watts, the sound engineer to Pink Floyd, died when Naomi was seven and she began to follow her mother and her brother around England until they settled in Australia when she was fourteen. She coaxed her mother into letting her take acting class when they arrived. After bit parts in commercials, she landed her first role in For Love Alone (1986). Naomi met her best friend, Nicole Kidman, when they both auditioned for a bikini commercial and they shared a taxi ride home. In 1991, Naomi starred along Kidman in the sleeper-hit Flirting (1991) directed by John Duigan. Naomi continued her career by starring in the Australian "Brides of Christ" (1991) (mini) co-starring Oscar-winners Russell Crowe and Brenda Fricker. In 1993, she worked with John Duigan again in Wide Sargasso Sea (1993) and director George Miller in Gross Misconduct (1993). Tank Girl (1995), in 1995, an adaptation of the comic book was a cult hit, starred Naomi as "Jet Girl", but it didn't fare well at the box-office and didn't do much for her career as a whole. Watts continued to take insignificant parts in movies including the much forgotten film Children of the Corn IV: The Gathering (1996) (V). It wasn't until David Lynch cast her in the critically acclaimed film Mulholland Dr. (2001) that she began to become noticed. Her part as an aspiring actress showed her strong acting ability and wide range and earned her much respect, as much as to say by some that she was overlooked for a Oscar nomination that year. Stardom finally came to Naomi in the surprise hit The Ring (2002), which grossed over $100,000,000 at the box-office and starred Watts as a investigative reporter hunting down the truth behind several mysterious deaths seemingly caused by a video tape. While the movie did not fare well with the critics, it launched her into the spotlight. In 2003, she starred in Alejandro González Iñárritu's 21 Grams (2003) which earned her - what some say is a much overdue Oscar nomination and brought others to call her one of the best in her generation of actors. The same year, she was nominated for 21 Grams (2003), Naomi was chosen to play "Ann Darrow" in director Peter Jackson's King Kong (2005) which took her to New Zealand for a five month shoot. Watts completed her first comedy in I Heart Huckabees (2004) for director David O. Russell, playing a superficial spokes model - a break from her usual intense and dramatic roles she is known for. In 2005, she reprized her role as the protective-mother-reporter "Rachel Keller" in The Ring Two (2005). The movie, released in March, opened to $35,000,000 at the box office in the first weekend and established her as a box-office draw. Also in 2005, it was decided that her independent movie Ellie Parker (2001) would be re-released in late 2005 after its success at resurfacing at the Sundance Film Festival. The movie, which Naomi also produced, features her in the title role and is a bit biographical, but yet exaggerated take of the life of a struggling actress as she comes to Hollywood and encounters nightmares of the profession (it also features Watts' own beat-up Honda which she travels around in). In 2006, she starred with Edward Norton in The Painted Veil (2006). In July of 2007, Naomi gave birth to a boy, Alexander Pete in Los Angeles with Liev Schreiber.

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Filmography

# Need (2009) # The Birds (2009) .... Melanie Daniels # Kicked, Bitten and Scratched (2009) # The International (2008) # Funny Games (2008) .... Anna # Eastern Promises (2007) .... Anna ... aka Promesses de l'ombre (Canada: French title) # The Painted Veil (2006) .... Kitty Fane # Inland Empire (2006) .... Suzie Rabbit # King Kong (2005) .... Ann Darrow ... aka Kong: The Eighth Wonder of the World (International: English title: teaser title) ... aka Peter Jackson's King Kong (USA: promotional title) # King Kong: The Official Game of the Movie (2005) (VG) (voice) .... Ann Darrow ... aka Kong: The 8th Wonder of the World (USA) # Stay (2005/I) .... Lila Culpepper # The Ring Two (2005) .... Rachel Keller ... aka Samara (Hong Kong: English title) (Singapore: English title) ... aka The Ring 2 (International: English title: alternative spelling) (UK) ... aka Samara: Ring 2 (Philippines: English title: informal title) # Ellie Parker (2005) .... Ellie Parker # I Heart Huckabees (2004) .... Dawn Campbell ... aka I Love Huckabees (USA: alternative title) # The Assassination of Richard Nixon (2004) .... Marie Andersen Bicke # We Don't Live Here Anymore (2004) .... Edith Evans # 21 Grams (2003) .... Cristina Peck # Divorce, Le (2003) .... Roxeanne de Persand # Ned Kelly (2003) .... Julia Cook ... aka Ned Kelly: Public Enemy No. 1 (Philippines: English title: poster title) # The Outsider (2002) (TV) .... Rebecca Yoder # Plots with a View (2002) .... Meredith Mainwaring ... aka Grabgeflüster (Germany: video title) ... aka Grabgeflüster - Liebe versetzt Särge (Germany) ... aka Plotz with a View (UK) ... aka Undertaking Betty (USA) # The Ring (2002) .... Rachel Keller # Rabbits (2002) .... Suzie # Mulholland Dr. (2001) .... Betty Elms/Diane Selwyn ... aka Mulholland Drive (France) (USA: closing credits title) # Down (2001) .... Jennifer Evans ... aka The Shaft (USA: video title) # Ellie Parker (2001) .... Ellie Parker # Never Date an Actress (2001) .... The shallow girlfriend # The Wyvern Mystery (2000) (TV) .... Alice Fairfield # Strange Planet (1999) .... Alice # The Hunt for the Unicorn Killer (1999) (TV) .... Holly Maddux # The Christmas Wish (1998) (TV) .... Renee # Babe: Pig in the City (1998) (voice) .... Additional Voices # "Sleepwalkers" .... Kate Russell (9 episodes, 1997-1998) - Cassandra (1998) TV Episode .... Kate Russell - Sub-Conscious (1998) TV Episode .... Kate Russell - A Matter of Fax (1998) TV Episode .... Kate Russell - Passed Imperfect (1998) TV Episode .... Kate Russell - Counting Sheep (1998) TV Episode .... Kate Russell (4 more) # Dangerous Beauty (1998) .... Giulia De Lezze ... aka The Honest Courtesan (UK) (USA: working title) ... aka A Destiny of Her Own (Australia) # A House Divided (1998) .... Amanda # Under the Lighthouse Dancing (1997) .... Louise # Persons Unknown (1996) .... Molly # Timepiece (1996) (TV) .... Mary Chandler # Children of the Corn IV: The Gathering (1996) (V) .... Grace Rhodes ... aka Deadly Harvest # Bermuda Triangle (1996) (TV) .... Amanda # Tank Girl (1995) .... Jet Girl # Gross Misconduct (1993) .... Jennifer Carter ... aka Gross Indecency # Wide Sargasso Sea (1993) .... Fanny Grey # Matinee (1993) .... Shopping Cart Starlet # The Custodian (1993) .... Louise # "Home and Away" (1988) TV Series .... Julie Gibson (unknown episodes, 1991) # "Brides of Christ" (1991) (mini) TV Series .... Frances Heffernan # Flirting (1991) .... Janet Odgers # "Hey Dad..!" .... Belinda (2 episodes, 1990) - Bulk Bill Dill (1990) TV Episode .... Belinda - Eternal Quadrangle (1990) TV Episode .... Belinda # For Love Alone (1986) .... Leo's Girlfriend