Nicole Kidman

Nicole Kidman is an Australian-American actress and producer with an estimated net worth of $250 million. An Academy Award winner with a career spanning more than four decades, she has consistently ranked among the highest-paid actresses in film and television.

Early Life & Family

Kidman was born on June 20, 1967, in Honolulu, Hawaii, while her Australian parents, Antony and Janelle Kidman, were temporarily in the United States. Her father was a biochemist and clinical psychologist and her mother a nursing instructor. She has a younger sister, Antonia. The family moved briefly to Washington, D.C. before relocating to Sydney, Australia, in 1970, where Kidman grew up.

She took an early interest in performance, starting ballet lessons at age four and enrolling in acting classes at the Australian Theatre for Young People around the same age, laying the groundwork for a career on screen.

Rise to Fame

Kidman began appearing in Australian films and television in the early-to-mid 1980s before her international breakthrough in the 1989 thriller Dead Calm. That performance led to her first major Hollywood role opposite Tom Cruise in Days of Thunder (1990), which launched her career in the United States.

Career History

Over the following decades Kidman built a wide-ranging filmography, including Batman Forever, To Die For, Eyes Wide Shut and Moulin Rouge!, the latter earning her an Academy Award nomination. She won the Academy Award for Best Actress for her role in The Hours (2002) and later starred in Cold Mountain. In television, she earned major acclaim and awards for Big Little Lies and has continued to headline series including The Undoing, Nine Perfect Strangers, Expats and Scarpetta, alongside film roles such as the 2024 drama Babygirl.

How They Built Their Wealth

Kidman’s wealth comes primarily from decades of film and television salaries — she has repeatedly ranked among Forbes’ highest-paid actresses — along with producing credits through her production company, Blossom Films, and long-running brand endorsement deals.

Personal Life

Kidman was married to actor Tom Cruise from 1990 to 2001, with whom she adopted two children. She later married country music star Keith Urban in 2006; the couple, who have two daughters together, finalized their divorce in January 2026 after nearly twenty years of marriage.

With an Academy Award, a string of high-profile film and television roles, and one of the most enduring careers in Hollywood, Nicole Kidman’s net worth is estimated at $250 million as of August 2026.