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Naomi Watts

Acting

Born September 28, 1968 · Shoreham, Kent, England, UK

Also known as ナオミ・ワッツ · 나오미 왓츠 · نعومي واتس

Biography

Naomi Ellen Watts (born September 28, 1968) is a British actress. She has been nominated for two Academy Awards for Best Actress for her performances as a grief-stricken mother in Alejandro González Iñárritu's film 21 Grams (2003), and as Maria Bennett in the disaster film The Impossible (2012). After her family moved to Australia, she made her film debut there in the drama For Love Alone (1986) and then appeared in three television series, Hey Dad..! (1990), Brides of Christ (1991), and Home and Away (1991), and the film Flirting (1991). After moving to the United States, she initially struggled as an actress, taking roles in small-scale films until she starred in David Lynch's psychological thriller Mulholland Drive in 2001 as an aspiring actress. This role started her rise to international prominence. She has served as an ambassador for the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS and Pantene's Beautiful Lengths. ​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

Awards & recognition

  • Actor Awards · 2015
  • Broadcast Film Critics Association AwardBest Cast · 2014
  • San Diego Film Critics Society AwardBest Performance by an Ensemble · 2014
  • Screen Actors Guild AwardOutstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture · 2014
  • Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association AwardBest Ensemble · 2014
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  • Medal of the Circle of Cinematographic Writersthe best actress · 2013
  • San Diego Film Critics Society AwardBest Actress · 2012
  • Giffoni Film Festival · 2009
  • London Film Critics Circle AwardActress of the Year · 2005
  • Saturn AwardBest Actress · 2005
  • Australian Film Institute Global Achievement Award · 2004
  • Film Independent Spirit Awards · 2004
  • Fangoria Chainsaw AwardBest Actress · 2003
  • Florida Film Critics Circle AwardBest Actress · 2003
  • Los Angeles Film Critics Association AwardBest Actress · 2003
  • Online Film Critics Society AwardBest Actress · 2003
  • San Diego Film Critics Society AwardBest Actress · 2003
  • Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association AwardBest Actress · 2003
  • Saturn AwardBest Actress · 2002
  • Chicago Film Critics Association AwardBest Actress · 2001
  • National Society of Film Critics AwardBest Actress · 2001
  • Online Film Critics Society AwardBest Breakthrough Performance · 2001
  • Online Film Critics Society AwardBest Actress · 2001
  • San Diego Film Critics Society AwardBest Supporting Actress · 2001
  • Academy AwardBest Actress · 2013 · nominated
  • European Film AwardBest Actress · 2013 · nominated
  • Academy AwardBest Actress · 2004 · nominated

Filmography50+ titles

BoJack Horseman

2014as Naomi Watts (voice)

Love Story

2026as Jackie Kennedy Onassis

Twin Peaks

1990as Janey-E Jones

Icons

Mulholland Drive

2001as Betty Elms / Diane Selwyn

Feud

2017as Babe Paley

The Book of Henry

2017as Susan Carpenter

Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis

2008as Self

The Loudest Voice

2019as Gretchen Carlson

I Am Heath Ledger

2017as Self

Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)

2014as Lesley

The Impossible

2012as Maria Bennett

Eastern Promises

2007as Anna Ivanovna Khitrova

The Painted Veil

2006as Kitty Fane

21 Grams

2003as Cristina Peck

The Watcher

2022as Nora Brannock

Ophelia

2018as Queen Gertrude / Mechtild

The Glass Castle

2017as Rose Mary Walls

St. Vincent

2014as Daka Parimova

Vice

2018as News Anchor (uncredited)

Inland Empire

2006as Suzie Rabbit (voice)

Dangerous Beauty

1998as Giulia De Lezze

Timepiece

1996as Mary Chandler

Penguin Bloom

2020as Sam Bloom

Boss Level

2020as Jemma Wells

King Kong

2005as Ann Darrow

Demolition

2015as Karen Moreno

The Friend

2024as Iris

The Ring

2002as Rachel Keller

Matinee

1993as Shopping Cart Starlet

Gypsy

2017as Jean Holloway

Mother and Child

2009as Elizabeth

Funny Games

2007as Ann

Stay

2005as Lila Culpepper

Fair Game

2010as Valerie Plame

Luce

2019as Amy Edgar

The Kelly Clarkson Show

2019as Self

3 Generations

2015as Maggie

The Divergent Series: Insurgent

2015as Evelyn Johnson-Eaton

The Daily Show

1996as Self

Goodnight Mommy

2022as Mother

The International

2009as Eleanor Whitman

I Heart Huckabees

2004as Dawn Campbell

Chuck

2016as Linda Wepner

The Sea of Trees

2015as Joan Brennan

Dream House

2011as Ann Patterson

J. Edgar

2011as Helen Gandy

The Divergent Series: Allegiant

2016as Evelyn Johnson-Eaton

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

2015as Self

Adore

2013as Lil