Looking at the blooming, full of strength and ideas of Nicole Kidman, it's hard to believe that on June 20 she celebrated the 50th anniversary. Rises and falls, happiness and disappointment, love and betrayal - Telenedelya tells about the bright and complex life of a star in figures and facts.
4 years old was Nicole Kidman, when her parents gave her to the ballet. The family just returned to their homeland - to Australia - from the United States, where the father of the future actress was studying cancer cells. Nicole herself was born in Hawaii. On the Green Continent, besides dancing, she practiced vocal art and attended high school.
When her mother, Janelle, was diagnosed with breast cancer, the girl had to stop her studies, and she took care of her for a whole year to take care of her. Kidman is confident that this decision is one of the most important in life: "I did not benefit myself, which is very valuable". Fortunately, everything ended well - my mother recovered, and Nicole realized her dream and became an actress.
180 cm - this is the growth of Kidman. And already at the age of 13 he was 175 cm, so peers regularly teased the girl.
"I even had a nickname - Tsaplya," she recalled.. - Naturally, because of the growth, the length of the limbs, and also because of my pale skin, which immediately burned to the blisters in the sun. I and the actress dreamed of becoming and playing began in a children's street theater, because I did not want to be myself ".
But the mother of Nicole was a convinced feminist, who believed that the daughter (the star has a younger sister Antonia. - Prim. Red. ) Should be independent in all. Therefore, when the girl came home in tears, instead of sympathy she heard instructions that she should not pay attention to the opinion of strangers and imposed unknown standards by anyone.
Mom's advice had an effect: today it never even occurred to anyone to name the stately actress of Tzapley defile on the red carpet in sumptuous outfits - she had long been transformed into a beautiful swan.
27 years old Nicole is friends with Naomi Watts. They met on the set of the Australian drama "Flirt", when they were still beginning actresses. After moving to Hollywood, the girls always supported each other. In Nicole, everything was fine: she married Tom Cruise, constantly withdrew, and Naomi's career on the Hollywood Hills did not add up.
She was desperate, survived a nervous breakdown. And her friend supported her. When Kidman divorced, Naomi even lived with her for a while to help her cope with emotions. Watts even refused to play the role in the thriller "Interpreter", because she knew that Nicole wants her to play. And they say that there is no female friendship!.
12 days - no more than for such a period agreed not to leave Nicole Kidman and Tom Cruise, when they started a novel. They met in 1989 on the set of the film "Days of Thunder". Tom was already a star, and Nicole only gained popularity. When Cruz saw her - a tall, red-haired, stately beauty - fell in love unconditionally:.
"I felt like I was struck by an electric shock," recalled the actor.
And Nicole was crazy about him: their relationship filled with passion. For the sake of a new lover Cruz parted with his wife Mimi Rogers, and soon the young people got married.
"I got married at the age of 23, shortly after moving from provincial Australia to America, where everything was boiling and seething," recalled Kidman. - By the great, passionate, love. For the superstar. And she somehow became a star ".
Their marriage was perfect - the actors never tired of admitting to each other in love and telling that they felt like a whole. True, this idyll had one significant disadvantage - the couple did not have children. And then they adopted two - the daughter of Isabella and son of Connor.
Their marriage broke up, lasting almost ten years. And the divorce was Tom's initiative and became a complete surprise for Nicole.
"Tom left - just left me, and that's it," she lamented..
Kidman was hard at the divorce. It took her several years to recover and learn to trust men. True, the bitterness of parting has brightened up the real triumph in the profession. At that time, the musical "Moulin Rouge" with her participation appeared on the screens, after which the career soared upwards. That's just for the recognition of Kidman had to pay too high a price.
$ 44 million - the budget of the commercial for Chanel No. 5, directed by Baz Luhrmann in 2004 based on the "Moulin Rouge". The main role in it, as well as in the musical, was performed by Nicole Kidman, having received for her $ 4 million. At that time, no one was claiming such huge money for such a short time - the shooting lasted only 4 days.
The actress has long been included in the privileged caste of celebrities who have the highest fees. And she deserved this right due to her incredible work capacity and, of course, talent. It is recognized by both viewers and colleagues - in 2003, Nicole received the only Oscar in her career for her role in the film "Watch". By the way, the state of the actress is estimated at $ 347 million, and she is among the richest hundred people in Australia.
200 people warmed Nicole on the set of the film "Princess of Monaco", in which she played Grace Kelly - actress and wife of Prince of Monaco Rainier III. Well, not literally warmed up, but took care of the participants in the extras involved in one of the episodes that were frozen in light suits at a temperature of +4 C °. At her request, they were provided with tents and each was given a warm blanket, hot food and coffee.
"She looked like a real princess, and her concern was the warmth that warmed everyone around," recalled witnesses to the noble impulse of Nicole.
Those who know Kidman are not surprised at all - such actions in her style. She is always ready to help the needy. Therefore, she became UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador.
5 years have passed since the divorce from Tom Cruise, before Nicole fell in love again. The future husband - country singer Keith Urban - she met at the Days of Australia in Los Angeles.
"As soon as I saw him, I immediately felt that we have a lot in common: we are both Australians, both took place in America, both shy and slow," said Nicole. - Keith suffered both alcoholic and cocaine addiction, which he confessed. Then he was treated, and now everything is in the past. But even then the news of his illness did not embarrass me at all ".
Keith made such a strong impression on her that Kidman left her phone number for the first time in her life. Waiting for the call had several months ... When he invited on a date, the actress was finally ready for a new relationship. Their wedding took place on June 25, 2006.. For the sake of her husband, she moved to the American wilderness (compared to Hollywood, of course) - in Nashville, a city that is called the capital of the country.
"This is a place of power for China," says Kidman.. - Here I finally found my home and understood what happiness means. Previously, I knew the meaning of the words "success", "luck", "self-realization". Even "love". But now - what is happiness? ".
And it is really so, because with Kit she again experienced the happiness of motherhood: the couple brings up two daughters - Sanday Rose, who gave birth to Nicole, and Faith Margaret - the biological child Kidman and Urban, who was born to a surrogate mother.
For 18 months, the shooting of the series "Big Little Lies" took place, in which Nicole. This is one of the last most striking works of the actress. She played Celeste - a woman who has everything a husband, two children, a house - a full cup, but she suffers deeply. The series raises the problem of domestic violence, and Nicole experienced the pain of the heroine as sharply as her own.
"The role of Celeste is very strong and emotional," says the actress.. - I did a lot of inner work to live her story. I wanted it to be realistic. My heroine is all bruised. And this is not makeup, they were real. When she returned home, Keith asked: "What the hell is going on in these shootings? ". But I work so hard, I must feel everything on my own skin ".
15 hours a day was shot by Kidman in the movie "Australia", when she learned that she was pregnant.
"The shooting took place in the vicinity of a small town, the scorching sun and +38 C ° - the norm," recalled the actress. - I had a terrible toxemia, everyone is gaining weight during pregnancy, and I was losing. Strange were the sensations: nausea and happiness. I told myself that I should finish this movie ".
Nicole with great difficulty completed the shooting, but from the following, in the movie "Reader", refused, as director Stephen Daldry did not persuade her:.
"All of me tried to reason me out:" Nick, only two months, the shooting will end when you are only at the 4th month. Come on! ". But I said to myself: "Damn, I've been waiting for this pregnancy for so long, it's the main thing". The role went to Kate Winslet. I was born Sunday Rose, and Kate received an Oscar. This is how harmony in this world looks like ".