text | Yun Muxi
When her appearance was at its peak, she was praised as "the limit of human beauty".
The world's number one sexy male starTom Cruise fell in love with her at first sight and even divorced and remarried.
Starting from that world-famous marriage, Nicole Kidman became famous overnight, with fame, wealth and happiness at her fingertips. Unexpectedly, the torrent of fate would throw her to the top of the wave, and then hit the bottom again, suffering a miscarriage and being abandoned... …
With her acting career, she has reached the top again and gained happiness. She is a legend.
Her counterattack story is more exciting than her beauty.
01 The Ugly Duckling's Girlhood
In 1980, 13-year-old Nicole Kidman was already .75 meters tall and was the tallest student in the class.
Introverted and shy, she is thin and tall, with pale skin and thick, curly red hair. Her classmates gave her the nickname "Bean Sprouts".
During a class activity, a male classmate went crazy on the spot because he was selected to dance with Nicole, who was taller. He was very unhappy.
She envied her sister Antonia 's beautiful brown skin and hair. When the sisters walked on the street together, people always said:
"Hey, Nicole, your sister is so beautiful!"
Nicole Kidman family portrait
Nicole But because of his lack of confidence, he became increasingly shy and escaped from his hobbies of ballet and drama performances. He went to the Philip Street Theater every weekend to participate in performances.
14 years old, because she is too tall, she can no longer dance ballet and devotes all her energy to drama performances.
On the stage of the theater, in full view of the audience, she gave her first kiss in her life.
In 1982, 15-year-old Nicole Kidman
Due to her performance in the theater, Nicole was recommended to audition. At the age of 16, she appeared on the screen for the first time. She starred in a supporting role in the Australian New Year film "Christmas in the Jungle" and made her mark.
Stills from "Christmas in the Jungle"
At the age of 18, Nicole starred in the TV series "Vietnam" and won the Australian Film Institute's Best Actress Award. made her determined to pursue an acting career.
Screenshot of the TV series "Vietnam"
When she was studying at North Sydney High School, her alumna Naomi Watts (the heroine of the movie " King Kong ") also loved acting and was in love with Nicole's sister's ex-boyfriend.
Naomi Watts of Girls' Generation
Nicole and Naomi met because of an audition. They competed for the same role, but unfortunately they both failed, so they called a taxi home together and became lifelong friends. Best friend.
The two Australian beauties will each enter Hollywood in the future. Nicole's start was much smoother than Naomi's.
Just because she first arrived in the United States at the age of 22, she met superstar Tom Cruise.
02 Falling in love with a superstar at first sight
Tom Cruise is 5 years older than Nicole Kidman and 10 centimeters shorter.
In 1981, 18-year-old Tom Cruise broke into the American film industry with his handsome appearance. His debut was a small supporting role in the movie "Endless Love". The heroine was the popular star Brooke Esquire.
No one expected that in the next five years, their status in the film industry would be turned upside down.
In 1986, the movie "Top Gun " starring Tom Cruise sold US$357 million and became the global box office champion. He also became an idol superstar in one fell swoop.
Stills from the movie "Top Gun"
The Ray-Ban glasses he wore in the film became popular all over the world, with sales increasing by 40%!
In 1988, he and Dustin Hoffman co-starred in the movie " Rain Man ", which won Oscars, Golden Globe Awards, Berlin Film Festival Golden Bear Awards for Best Film...
Tom's The first object of my crush was Ingrid Bergman, the most beautiful actress in the movie "Beauty Trap".
In 1989, when he saw Nicole Kidman in the Australian movie " Over the Horizon", she had the same deep eyes and noble temperament, and he couldn't help but fall in love:
"My first reaction to Nicole , is pure desire."
Stills from the movie "Across the Horizon"
Tom acted immediately and met with her in person, asking the producer to invite Nicole to star in his movie "Time of Thunder".
Handsome Tom also had a fatal attraction for Nicole. She Said:
“When I first met Tom, I thought he was the sexiest man I’d ever seen. "
Just two weeks after the filming of the movie, the two people had a close relationship.
They met at a good time when Tom had just embarked on a smooth road to stardom, but also at a bad time when he was already a husband.
Three years ago , the still unknown Tom Cruise has secretly married the actress Mimi Rogers, who is six years older than him, and was also introduced to Scientology by Mimi
Tom Cruise and Mimi Rogers. Jess
Tom confessed to Mimi Rogers, "I am already with Nicole", moved out of the house, and divorced quickly
On January 16, 1990, the two officially announced their breakup. Brother Tang paid a breakup fee of US$5 million for this.
Nicole also dumped her Australian actor boyfriend Marcus at the speed of light. Her agent warned her not to get married too early, otherwise she would destroy her career. She fell in love without hesitation.
On Christmas Eve this year, Tom married Nicole Kidman. Scientology leader David Miscavige was the best man, and Nicole's sister Antonia was the bridesmaid.
Nicole, who is 1.79 meters tall, was affectionate. Staring at the groom, who was half a head shorter than her, there was no doubt that both of them were in true love.
This year, Tom Cruise was named the sexiest male star in the world, and Nicole Kidman was unparalleled in the limelight. Exposed in the spotlight as "Mrs. Tom Cruise", she became a household name in the United States overnight.
03 Hollywood's number one golden couple
This handsome and beautiful celebrity couple has become the target of major media.
. Tom took Nicole to the Oscar red carpet four times. When attending parties, the topic of conversation was often Tom.
Nicole felt like an accessory to her husband:
"I felt like I was not worthy of standing there. , throughout the whole process, I did not exist as 'Nicole', but always as 'Tom's wife'. "
After getting married, she focused her life on her family. Unfortunately, after ectopic pregnancy and miscarriage, the couple adopted a son and a daughter.
In order to cope with the schedule of her superstar husband, Nicole only took on 10 movies in 10 years, including There are also two movies with Tom Cruise.
In 1995, she played a beautiful and murderous femme fatale in the movie "Whatever It Takes" and won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Musical Comedy.
"At any cost" stills
In " Batman Forever ", Nicole, with blonde hair and black dress, suddenly appeared and became a sexy goddess in the eyes of men around the world.
"Batman Forever" stills
In 1996, Nicole. She can appear in the movie "A Lady's True Colors ". Her classical appearance and oil painting-like shooting style fully demonstrate her elegance and beauty. She was selected as one of the 50 beauties in the world by the American "People" magazine.
The movie "A Lady's True Colors". 》Stills
In 1998, she collaborated with Tom Cruise in "Eyes Wide Shut" to act as an on-screen couple. The large-scale performance showed her enchanting side...
In November 1999, she took over the filming of the musical "Moulin Rouge ", During dance rehearsals, he broke two ribs and injured his knee and was suspended for two weeks. Later, he completed some upper body scenes in a wheelchair.
Tom Cruise has performed well with "Interview with the Vampire", " Mr. Sweetheart " and "Mission: Impossible". " and other movies, he has become the world's most commercially valuable superstar. Just one "Mission: Impossible" movie plus profit sharing brought him up to 70 million in income.
Even the divorced Princess Diana did not pay. He conceals his obsession with idol Tom Cruise, which arouses the vigilance of his lovely wife Nicole.
In 1992, Tom Cruise and his wife attended the premiere of Princess Diana's "Far and Away"
In people's impression, in addition to her amazing beauty, Nicole is still just a foil next to Tom Cruise.
On December 24, 2000, Nicole and Tom Cruise held a dinner party at home to celebrate their tenth wedding anniversary, and soon became pregnant for the second time.
2 months later, Tom filed for divorce with the Los Angeles Supreme Court on the grounds of "irresolvable differences".
Caught off guard, Nicole begged to stay, but to no avail.
A man who has changed his heart is like an iron heart.
The gossip media speculated that the child in Nicole's belly was not Tom Cruise's, and there was a lot of discussion.
The sudden blow caused Nicole to miscarry again. She applied for DNA testing of the aborted fetus, and used the facts to slap the false accusations in the face.
The heartbroken Nicole huddled up at home and cried bitterly. After hearing the news, her mother and sister, who came to accompany her, were heartbroken but helpless.
Her agent arranged an important public event for her. She lay on the ground and beat the floor and said, "I can't go, I can't do it."
Nicole was convinced that Tom Cruise was having an affair, because what she experienced was similar to that of Tom Cruise. Tom dumped his ex-wife, Mimi Rogers, in exactly the same way.
It wasn’t until HBO broke the news 15 years later that they discovered that what stood between them as a couple was Scientology, which was far more powerful than the other woman.
04 became the Oscar-winning actress
. 2001 was a year of great joy for Nicole.
html In May, the musical "Moulin Rouge" was released globally, and her beauty once again stunned the world.
The film was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture, won the Golden Globe Award for Best Musical, National Film Critics Award, multiple awards, and Nicole once again became the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress!
This time, she no longer walked on the Oscar red carpet on her own because of her status as "Tom Cruise's wife".
After a seven-month divorce battle, Nicole received tens of millions of dollars in assets. The most dazzling celebrity couple in Hollywood officially broke up.
After completing the divorce procedures, Tom Cruise quickly announced his new relationship with Spanish sexy actress Penelope Cruz.
Stills from the movie "Vanilla Sky" co-produced by Tom Cruise and Penelope
She forced a smile and told the media her famous breakup speech:
"I can finally wear high heels!"
Her childhood friend Naomi Watts has been working as a bit player in Hollywood for many years. At one time, she couldn't pay the rent and her landlord threw her luggage out the door. With Nicole's encouragement, she persevered. This year, she was hired by the great director David Lynch. Appreciation Starring " Mulholland Drive " became popular, only started to shine at the age of 33.
Naomi Watts poses with Nicole Kidman
In order to heal her wounds, she devoted all her energy to the creation of movie characters:
"I rely on continuous work to maintain my life."
took over the filming of " Dog" While filming "", she lost the favor and protection of Tom Cruise, and she was sexually harassed by the director.
The first night Nicole arrived on the set, director Lars von Trier took her to walk in the forest alone all night.
He openly stated that he did not like Nicole because Nicole was too rich, and more importantly, he had sexual needs for Nicole. If Nicole doesn't want to annoy him, she must share all her wealth with him and sleep with him. After
was rebuffed, Nicole was humiliated in public and made to perform a rape scene in front of everyone.
Three years after her divorce, she won the Oscar, Golden Globe Award, British Film Academy Award, Berlin Film Festival Best Actress for her role as the legendary female writer Woolf in the movie "The Hours", and was praised by Hollywood as "The most amazing actress".
Stills from the movie "The Hours"
And her superstar ex-husband, Tom Cruise, has not yet been able to win the Academy Award for Best Actor.
At the Oscars ceremony, she took the statuette and silently turned around and wiped away tears.
In front of the honor, she felt deeply lonely. At four o'clock in the morning when she got home, she couldn't help but call Tom to report the good news and send congratulations to him on the other end of the phone.
Since then, Nicole's salary has tripled from to , and she has entered the camp of Hollywood's first-line female stars and tasted the real feeling of becoming popular.
Tom Cruise declared in an interview with the magazine "Marie Claire":
"I miss the time I spent with Nicole. We had a lot of good memories."
She publicly stated that she has never had any thoughts about marrying Tom Cruise. I regretted it.
Those pains that cannot defeat you will eventually grow into the strongest cocoon.
05 Love at first sight again
In January 2005, Nicole met country music singer Keith. Urban at an event in Los Angeles honoring outstanding Australian artists.
Keith was born in , New Zealand, in October 1967, four months younger than Nicole. He is a rising star in the music world.
Keith fell in love with Nicole Kidman at first sight, because he still had a girlfriend he was dating at the time, and they didn't really start dating until they broke up four months later.
Coincidentally, at the same time, Tom Cruise also met another Batman girl Katie Holmes in Rome, Italy, and started a new relationship. They got engaged 2 months later and held a grand wedding at the end of the year. wedding.
On January 26, 2006, the Australian government awarded Nicole the highest-level Medal of Honor in recognition of her special contributions to charity and performing arts.
htmlTwenty-five months later, -year-old Nicole and Keith held their wedding in a seaside town near Sydney, Australia.
Fifteen thousand flowers decorated the church into a sea of flowers. More than 500 spectators spontaneously waited outside the church to catch a glimpse of the superstar.
Hollywood superstars gathered together, Oscar winner Russell Crowe, "Wolverine" Hugh Jackman, Renee Zellweger, Naomi Watts, media tycoon Murdoch His wife Deng Wendi also attended the wedding.
On the way to the church, Nicole, who was dressed like a fairy, was crying all the way.
At the wedding, Keith sang the song "Our Memories" in person. Nicole, who was standing on the other side, burst into tears. These were tears of happiness.
After Keith unveiled Nicole's veil, he took Nicole into his arms and kissed her passionately. The scene was filled with applause, cheers and screams.
Behind the romantic wedding, in the eyes of outsiders, their reputation, income, and appearance are all different, and they are not a good match.
Nicole has a net worth of US$150 million, while Keith only has US$5 million. She is also severely addicted to drugs and alcohol. She received drug treatment many years ago, but has not been able to cure her.
His ex-girlfriend Laura , who had been dating Keith for eight years, told the media:
"Keith, who has four piercings in his ears and tattoos on his body, will not make any promises to women. Sooner or later, they will Break up."
Keith's fan model Amanda also jumped out and revealed to the media that Keith had been having a tryst with him a few months before their marriage, and even had an affair with Nicole while she was filming abroad.
Four months after the two got married, Keith became addicted to alcohol, and the outside world thought they would divorce because of this.
Unexpectedly, under Nicole's supervision, Keith entered a rehabilitation center and successfully quit after three months.
Keith confessed affectionately:
"When I met her, my life began to change. She was the ray of sunshine in my life."
After the two fell in love, Keith won the Grammy most He won the Best Male Country Singer Award and truly became a country singer superstar.
They gave birth to two daughters and the family was happy.
Nicole no longer talks publicly about Tom Cruise. She said that this is out of respect for each other and her current lover.
06 How to get rid of the box office poison
After the birth of her daughter, Nicole's career fell into another low ebb.
got married again, but she still decided to spend more time on her family and return to the rhythm of making a movie every year. In the five years since
won the Academy Award for Best Actress, almost all the movies she took on suffered losses. Even if she collaborated with Hollywood's top male stars, she could not save the box office. The
epic film "Australia's Troubled World " earned a global box office of US$190 million, setting the second highest box office record in Australian history. However, due to an investment of US$130 million, it was unable to recover the cost.
Stills from the movie "Australia"
The Hollywood fantasy blockbuster " The Golden Compass " invested US$180 million (Nicole's salary was as high as $5 million) , with a global box office of $.37 billion, after deducting overseas copyrights. The investor could only recover $0 million, which led to the production company New Line Cinema to directly close down and reorganize.
In Forbes' 2008 list of "Hollywood's Most Cost-effective Stars", Nicole topped the list.
According to statistics, for every 1 dollar spent on her, the film studio can only get 1 dollar in return, while the most cost-effective Matt Damon is 1:29.
Nicole, who became a box office poison, saw her salary drop by 40%, from $7.5 million at the peak to $0 million.
But her best friend Naomi topped the list of "Hollywood's Most Cost-Effective Stars" the following year, with a return on investment ratio as high as 1:44!
In 2013, Nicole took over the filming of "Princess of Monaco", playing the role of an elegant actress. After Grace Kelly , it received rave reviews and the box office was only 26.6 million US dollars.
After a series of box office failures, Nicole also questioned that she was almost depressed. The famous film critic David Thomson pointed out:
"Kidman is often at her best when she plays complex roles, rather than in mainstream genre films. "
suggested that she make more independent films and less commercial blockbusters.
In 2017, the Hollywood tycoon Harvey. Weinstein broke out in an unspoken scandal. There were rumors that "he has slept with all the women he has worked with", and Nicole was once again pushed to the forefront.
She has collaborated with Harvey on six films, and the two have taken many intimate photos in public.
After being silent for a few days, Nicole stood up and told the media:
"Don't let anyone taint your soul, be yourself."
And once again thanked her ex-husband Tom Cruise, claiming that she married him as soon as she arrived in Hollywood. He, therefore, avoided sexual harassment.
At the age of 50, in Hollywood where young and beautiful women are frequently appearing, she also felt that opportunities were getting fewer and fewer, so she co-produced and starred in the TV series " Big Little Lies ", which did not hesitate to appear naked and became a hit series on HBO.
This American drama has allowed her to win the Golden Globe Best Actress, Emmy Awards, and major awards, proving herself again.
then played the leading role of the Queen Mother in the fantasy movie " Aquaman ", which had a global box office of US$1.09 billion, setting a DC box office record, receiving rave reviews and sweeping away the bad luck at the box office.
Stills from the movie "Aquaman"
From 2006 to the present, Nicole has been serving as a goodwill ambassador for the United Nations Fund for Women, opposing violence against women.
How many people miss that in , Nicole Kidman's "unparalleled beauty" and her most beautiful face in her prime were all retained in her first 10-year marriage.
And I like it better. Now she is calm and composed, wandering in the torrent of time, firmly grasping the reins of fate.
is no longer "the woman behind Tom Cruise", but Nicole Kidman.
Faced with the scars brought about by life, still fought back hard and made himself live a sparkling and irreplaceable life.
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