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Naomi Watts!!
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Mini biography:
Daughter of Peter Watts, sound engineer for Pink Floyd until 1974.
Best friends with Nicole Kidman, since a casting call for commercial when they were girls.
Moved to Australia when she was 14.
Is a vegetarian.
She once appeared in an Australian television commercial turning down a date with Tom Cruise for her mum's lamb roast.
Was named one of the 50 Most Beautiful People by People Magazine in 2002.
Her brother Ben Watts is a well-known photographer. He's been living in the US since 1994.
Featured on the cover of the Australian Empire Magazine March 2003 for Women of the Year 2002.
Voted the 14th Sexiest Female Movie Star in the Australian Empire Magazine September 2002.
When her cell phone sounds, it plays Pink Floyd's "Money".
Her father died when she was seven.
Accepted the role for 21 Grams (2003) without reading the script first.
She met Heath Ledger on the set of new historical epic Ned Kelly (2003), and the pair dated until May 2004. He accompanied her to the 2004 Oscar Ceremony.
She has a Yorkshire Terrier named Bob.
Her favorite actresses are Meryl Streep, Jodie Foster and Julianne Moore. For music, her favorite artists/bands are Fiona Apple, Coldplay, Björk, Radiohead, Cat Stevens and Pink Floyd.
Moved in with best friend Nicole Kidman after Kidman spilt up from husband Tom Cruise.
Favorite comfort food is baked beans.
Director David Lynch asked her to be in the movie Mulholland Dr. (2001) after picking out her headshot from a stack of actors.
Ended relationship with Heath Ledger [May 2004]
Favorite sports to watch are soccer, boxing, and tennis
Claims she wanted to become an actor after seeing the movie Fame (1980).
Spent some of her early childhood in Anglesey, Wales, where her mother is from.
Starred in and produced 2001's Ellie Parker (2001), which was made into a kind of cult classic about a struggling actress in Hollywood and the nightmares she encountered. The movie resurfaced in 2005 at the SunDance Film Festival and is set to be re-released in December of 2005.
Ranked #76 on Forbes 2005 Power in Entertainment List.
Had an horrific fall on the New Zealand set of King Kong (2005). She fell from a height into a ditch, to the shock of the cast and crew. She thanked her rigorous practice of yoga for saving her from any permanent damage.
Parents: Peter & Myfanwy (Miv) Watts
Grandparents: Hugh & Nikki Roberts
Her parents divorced when she was four.
When she was 20 years old, she was an assistant editor at "Follow Me" magazine in Australia. After a friend begged her to try acting, she quit her job instead and never looked back.
Was accompanied by her boyfriend Liev Schreiber to the King Kong (2005) US-premiere.
Model for David Yurman [2006]
When she was 18, she tried her hand at modeling and was hired by an agency in Japan.
Was among the guests at Nicole Kidman's and Keith Urban's wedding
When shooting a movie, uses a specific song to get herself ready for each scene.
Was Fernando Meirelles's first choice for the role of Tessa Quayle in The Constant Gardener, but she declined due to her commitment to King Kong. Rachel Weisz was then given the role.
Personal quotes
'Pain is such an important thing in life. I think that as an artist you have to experience suffering. It's not enough to have lived it once; you have to relive it. Darkness is not a pejorative thing."
"There's a lot of skeletons in my closet, but I know what they're wearing. I'm not gonna act all ashamed of it" - on her early career.
"It was total naivety that got me to Hollywood. I thought it was going to happen straight away. I told myself 'give it 5 years, there's no way I'll be here after that if it doesn't happen'. Cut to ten years later!"
"On set is where I feel comfortable. The red carpet stuff, talking about the film, explaining your own life, it doesn't come naturally. It's all necessary stuff I suppose but it's not my strength."
"I find myself gravitating towards drama. It interests me. In the books I read, the paintings I like, it's always the darker stuff."
"For the record, I am actually British as well as Australian. People always think I'm Australian but I'm happy for the Brits to claim me back. I'm offering myself up."
"Instead of thinking 'how can I slow the ageing process?' I think 'how can I bend the rules?' Every year you add to your life, you're going to add a different experience to your face."
"Whatever is said about roles drying up, I intend to keep working. Certainly now the roles couldn't be more interesting - playing mothers, divorcees. I think it's going to be exciting to play a mother of teenagers. The longer your life, the deeper it gets."
"My mum put me in drama classes when I was about 14. I'd been going on about it for some time, so maybe it was a way to shut me up."
"We're so afraid of death in our culture, but I think if we understand it better, then we'll appreciate the life we have more." - in response to 21 Grams (2003).
"I've had people who've seen 21 Grams (2003) say, 'Wow, you're so brave to be looking like that'. This shocks me. I think that's what an actor's job is, to lose yourself in a role".
"You have to make peace with yourself. The key is to find the harmony in what you have." quoted in the Feb 01, 2005 issue of WOMAN'S WORLD
If I have to produce movies, direct movies, whatever to change the way Hollywood treats older women, I'll do it. If I have to bend the rules, I will. If I have to break them, I will.
"Even during my most intense scenes with Sean Penn (in 21 Grams (2003)), we found ways to have fun. Sure, I have my dark moments, but I'm the girl you'll see driving down the highway singing to Blondie."
"It's always nerve-racking to take off your clothes on film. But doing it with a woman felt safer than with a man. You know you can say, 'Don't grab me there: That's where my cellulite is'!" [after being asked if it was hard to do a love scene with a woman (Mulholland Dr. (2001)]
"I always love being in the company of women. It's all about good conversation and great wine."
"The consequences are that you fear and dread being abandoned. You get a little tougher, and it's more difficult for you to become intimate. The pros are that you can adapt to any situation and that you're open to new surroundings. A lot of people get stuck in their ways, but I embrace change." on moving frequently when she was younger.
"The biggest place I look for validation is from my mother. That's the little girl in me that will never grow up." - on why not having an Oscar yet doesn't faze her.
"That ad recently turned up in a magazine in Australia. My head is in my hands as I'm sitting at as desk, thinking, 'When can I start using tampons?' I was quite old, but I was supposed to look 12". - on one of her first gigs
"I'm a tomboy now. I always wanted to fit in with my brother's group, so I climbed trees and played with lead soldiers. But I'm a woman's woman. I never understood women who don't have woman friends."
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