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Naomi Watts
Naomi Ellen Watts is a British actress. Known for her work predominantly in independent films, she has received various accolades, including an Actor Award, a Critics' Choice Award and two Saturn Awards as well as nominations for two Academy Awards, a Primetime Emmy Award, and two Golden Globe Awards.
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Born 28 September 1968 · Q132616
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2026· 3 entries
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It was announced that filming would begin on "Margot & Rudy
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2025· 3 entries
The Guardian: David Lynch ‘wanted to go back to work’ before his death says Naomi Watts
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The Guardian: Dare I Say It by Naomi Watts review – a Hollywood star’s hot years
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The Guardian: Naomi Watts on movies, midlife and menopause: ‘You are hot, and then you are not’
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2024· 2 entries
The Guardian: The Friend review – Naomi Watts befriends great dane in sweet, slight drama
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Starred in the anthology series Feud: Capote vs
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2022· 2 entries
The Guardian: Goodnight Mommy review – Naomi Watts can’t save tepid horror remake
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Watts played a lead in Netflix's The Watcher as Nora Brannock alongside Bobby Cannavale, who played Dean Brannock
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2021· 1 entry
The Guardian: The Desperate Hour (aka Lakewood) review – Naomi Watts school shooting thriller falls short
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2019· 1 entry
Watts portrayed Gretchen Carlson in the Showtime miniseries The Loudest Voice based on the book The Loudest Voice in the Room about Roger Ailes's sexual harassment of Carlson
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2017· 1 entry
After they met on the set of the Netflix drama series Gypsy
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2016· 5 entries
And appeared in a campaign for Fendi in 2020
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Watts collaborated with Sportscraft and children's charity Barnardos to produce a range of namesake coats, with a percentage of sales going to the charity, and was one of the public figures photographed by Italian photog
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In 2016, Watts became the honorary president of Glantraeth F.C., a small football club in Malltraeth, Anglesey, Wales.
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On 26 September 2016, Watts and Schreiber announced the end of their relationship after 11 years together.
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Watts became the honorary president of Glantraeth F
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2014· 4 entries
Awarded Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Cast for Birdman (2014).
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Awarded Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture for Birdman (2014).
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Awarded San Diego Film Critics Society Award for Best Performance by an Ensemble for Birdman (2014).
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Awarded Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Award for Best Ensemble for Birdman (2014).
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2013· 1 entry
Won Medal of the Circle of Cinematographic Writers for the best actress for The Impossible (2013).
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2012· 3 entries
Awarded San Diego Film Critics Society Award for Best Actress for The Impossible (2012).
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Became an ambassador for Pantene's Beautiful Lengths, a programme that donates real-hair wigs to women with cancer
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“I came to New York and auditioned at least five times for Meet the Parents. I think the director liked me but the studio didn”
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2011· 2 entries
Watts attended a charity polo match in New York City along with Australian actors Hugh Jackman and Isla Fisher, which was intended to raise money to help victims of the 2010 Haiti earthquake
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Appeared with Daniel Craig and Rachel Weisz in Jim Sheridan's psychological horror film Dream House, as the neighbour of a murdered family, and with Leonardo DiCaprio in Clint Eastwood's biographical drama J
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2009· 2 entries
Awarded Giffoni Film Festival (2009).
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Starring alongside Clive Owen in the political action thriller The International, in which she played a Manhattan assistant district attorney who partners with an Interpol agent to take down a merchant bank
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2008· 1 entry
“The thing that I love about acting is the fact that I can help people feel things, know themselves or feel less alone. It's my form of expression, in the same way that someone might paint a picture or sing a song in that you're hoping that it moves somebody outside of their own way of thinking.”
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2007· 1 entry
And their daughter, Kai Schreiber, who is transgender, was born in 2008
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2006· 1 entry
Watts became a goodwill ambassador for Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS, which helps raise awareness of issues relating to the disease
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2005· 4 entries
Awarded London Film Critics Circle Award for Actress of the Year for King Kong (2005).
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Awarded Saturn Award for Best Actress for Mulholland Drive (2005).
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Watts began a relationship with American actor Liev Schreiber
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Watts also headlined the remake of King Kong as Ann Darrow
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2004· 3 entries
Awarded Australian Film Institute Global Achievement Award (2004).
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Awarded Film Independent Spirit Awards (2004).
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Watts starred alongside Mark Ruffalo in the independent film We Don't Live Here Anymore, based on short stories by Andre Dubus
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2003· 7 entries
Awarded Florida Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress for 21 Grams (2003).
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Awarded Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Actress for 21 Grams (2003).
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Awarded San Diego Film Critics Society Award for Best Actress for 21 Grams (2003).
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Awarded Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress for 21 Grams (2003).
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Awarded Fangoria Chainsaw Award for Best Actress for The Ring (2003).
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Awarded Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress for 21 Grams (2003).
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Watts took the part of Julia Cook in Gregor Jordan's Australian film Ned Kelly, opposite Heath Ledger, Orlando Bloom and Geoffrey Rush
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2002· 3 entries
Awarded Saturn Award for Best Actress for The Ring (2002).
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Watts recalled her early career in an interview
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Starred in one of the biggest box office hits of that year, The Ring, the English-language remake of the Japanese horror film Ring
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2001· 6 entries
Awarded San Diego Film Critics Society Award for Best Supporting Actress for Mulholland Drive (2001).
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Awarded Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Actress for Mulholland Drive (2001).
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Awarded Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Breakthrough Performance for Mulholland Drive (2001).
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Awarded National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actress for Mulholland Drive (2001).
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Awarded Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress for Mulholland Drive (2001).
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Watts starred in two short films, Never Date an Actress and Ellie Parker, and the horror film Down, director Dick Maas's remake of his 1983 film The Lift
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2000· 1 entry
While David Lynch was developing the rejected pilot of Mulholland Drive as a feature film, Watts starred alongside Derek Jacobi, Jack Davenport and Iain Glen in the BBC TV film The Wyvern Mystery, an adaptation of the no
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1999· 2 entries
Played Alice in the romantic comedy Strange Planet and the Texan student Holly Maddux in The Hunt for the Unicorn Killer
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Director David Lynch began casting for his psychological thriller Mulholland Drive
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1998· 1 entry
Starred alongside Neil Patrick Harris and Debbie Reynolds in the TV film The Christmas Wish, played the supporting role of Giulia De Lezze in Dangerous Beauty, and provided some voice work for Babe: Pig in the City
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1997· 1 entry
Starred in the Australian ensemble romantic drama Under the Lighthouse Dancing starring Jack Thompson and Jacqueline McKenzie
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1996· 1 entry
Starred alongside Joe Mantegna, Kelly Lynch and J
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1993· 1 entry
Had a small role in the John Goodman film Matinee
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1991· 1 entry
Took the part of Frances Heffernan, a girl who struggles to find friends at a Catholic school in Sydney, in the mini-series Brides of Christ
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1990· 1 entry
Appeared in two episodes of the fourth season of the Australian sitcom Hey Dad
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1982· 1 entry
When Watts was 14, the family moved to Sydney, Australia
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1978· 1 entry
Her mother remarried and moved with her children to Suffolk
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1968· 1 entry
Born 1968-09-28.
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