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Naomi Watts
BornNaomi Ellen Watts
(1968-09-28) 28 September 1968 (age 56)
Shoreham, Kent, Ingland
ThriftActress
Years active1986–present
Pairtner(s)Liev Schreiber (2005–2016)
Bairns2
KinBen Watts (brither)

Naomi Ellen Watts (born 28 September 1968) is an Inglis actress an film producer.[1] She made her screen debut in the Australian drama film For Love Alone (1986) an then appeared in the Australie telly series' Hey Dad..! (1990), Brides of Christ (1991), Home and Away (1991), an the comin-o-age comedy-drama film Flirting (1991). Efter muiving tae the Unitit States, Watts appeared in films, includin Tank Girl (1995), Children of the Corn IV: The Gathering (1996), an Dangerous Beauty (1998), and had the lead role in the television series Sleepwalkers (1997–1998).

Efter years as a strugglin actress, Watts came tae attention in David Lynch's psychological thriller Mulholland Drive (2001). The follaein year, she enjoyed box-office success wi her role as Rachel Keller in The Ring (2002), the remak o a successfu Japanese horror film. She then received nominations at the Academy Awairds and the Screen Actors' Guild Awairds in the Best Actress categories for her portrayal o Cristina Peck in Alejandro González Iñárritu's neo-noir 21 Grams (2003). Her subsequent films include David O. Russell's comedy I Heart Huckabees (2004), King Kong (2005), a remak o the 1933 film o the same name, the crime-thriller Eastern Promises (2007), an the Tom Tykwer-directit thriller The International (2009). Syne then, Watts has portrayed Valerie Plame Wilson in the biografical drama Fair Game (2010) an Helen Gandy in Clint Eastwood's biografical drama J. Edgar (2011). For her leadin role as Maria Bennett in the disaster film The Impossible (2012), she received forder nominations for the Academy Awaird an Screen Actors Guild Awaird for Best Actress an a nomination for the Gowden Globe Awaird for Best Actress.

In 2002, Watts wis includit in People magazine's 50 Maist Beautiful Fowk. In 2006, she becam a Goodwill Ambassador for Jynt Unitit Naitions Programme on HIV/AIDS, that helps tae raise awareness o AIDS-relatit issues. She haes pairticipatit in several fundraisers for the cause, an she is presentit as an inaugural member o AIDS Reid Reebin Awairds.

Filmografie

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Year Film Role Notes
1986 For Love Alone Leo's girlfriend Film debut
1991 Flirting Janet Odgers
1993 Matinee Shopping Cart Starlet
1993 Wide Sargasso Sea Fanny Grey
1993 Gross Misconduct Jennifer Carter
1993 The Custodian Louise
1995 Tank Girl Jet Girl
1996 Children of the Corn IV: The Gathering Grace Rhodes
1996 Persons Unknown Molly
1997 Under the Lighthouse Dancing Louise
1998 A House Divided Amanda Short film
1998 Dangerous Beauty Guila De Lezze
1998 Babe: Pig in the City Addeetional vyces
1999 Strange Planet Alice
2001 Never Date an Actress The shallae girlfriend Short film
2001 Ellie Parker Ellie Parker Short film
2001 Down Jennifer Evans An aa released as The Shaft
2001 Mulholland Dr. Betty Elms/Diane Selwyn
2002 Rabbits Suzie
2002 The Ring Rachel Keller
2002 Plots with a View Meredith An aa released as Undertaking Betty
2003 Ned Kelly Julia Cook
2003 Le Divorce Roxeanne de Persand
2003 21 Grams Cristina Peck
2004 We Don't Live Here Anymore Edith Evans
2004 The Assassination of Richard Nixon Marie Andersen Bicke
2004 I Heart Huckabees Dawn Campbell
2005 Ellie Parker Ellie Parker
2005 The Ring Two Rachel Keller
2005 Stay Lila Culpepper
2005 King Kong Ann Darrow
2006 Inland Empire Suzie Rabbit Vyce role
2006 The Painted Veil Kitty Fane
2007 Eastern Promises Anna Khitrova
2007 Funny Games Ann Farber
2009 The International Eleanor Whitman
2009 Mother and Child Elizabeth Joyce
2010 You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger Sally
2010 Fair Game Valerie Plame Wilson
2011 Dream House Ann Patterson
2011 J. Edgar Helen Gandy
2012 The Impossible Maria Bennett[2]
2013 Movie 43 Samantha Segment: "Homeschooled"
2013 Adore Lil
2013 Sunlight Jr. Melissa
2013 Diana Diana, Princess of Wales
2013 The Last Impresario Hersel Documentary, an aa associate producer.
2014 St. Vincent Daka
2014 Birdman Lesley
2014 While We're Young Cornelia
2015 The Divergent Series: Insurgent Evelyn Johnson-Eaton Post-production
2015 The Sea of Trees Joan Brennan Post-production
2015 Demolition Filmin

Televeesion

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Year Film Role Notes
1986 Return to Eden Model 1 episode
1990 Hey Dad..! Belinda Lawrence 2 episodes
1991 Brides of Christ Frances Heffernan Miniseries
1991 Home and Away Julie Gibson 19 episodes
1996 Bermuda Triangle Amanda
1996 Timepiece Mary Chandler
1997–98 Sleepwalkers Kate Russell 9 episodes
1998 The Christmas Wish Renee
1999 The Hunt for the Unicorn Killer Holly Maddux
2000 The Wyvern Mystery Alice Fairfield
2002 The Outsider Rebecca Yoder
2014 BoJack Horseman Hersel 1 episode

References

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  1. Pringle, Gill (30 Mairch 2015). "Naomi Watts on 'While We're Young', her roots and being a mum". The Independent. Archived frae the original on 31 Mairch 2019. Retrieved 30 Apryle 2015. The truth is that I've spent more time in America out of all three countries. I spent the first 14 years in England, just under 10 in Australia and then the rest in America. I've still got only one passport and that's British and my mum still lives between there and Australia. I feel very much a part of both countries.
  2. "Naomi Watts – Filmography". The New York Times. Retrieved 27 August 2010.