Naomi Watts attends the 87th Annual Academy Awards at Hollywood & Highland Center on February 22, 2015, in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Jason Merritt)
Gallery of Naomi Watts
2015
2025 Avenue of the Stars Los Angeles, CA 90067, USA
Naomi Watts (L) and honoree Nicole Kidman, recipient of The Crystal Award for Excellence in Film, pose backstage at the Women In Film 2015 Crystal + Lucy Awards Presented by Max Mara, BMW of North America, and Tiffany & Co. at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza on June 16, 2015 in Century City, California. (Photo by Mark Davis)
Gallery of Naomi Watts
2016
6801 Hollywood Blvd, Hollywood, CA 90028, USA
Naomi Watts attends the 88th Annual Academy Awards at Hollywood & Highland Center on February 28, 2016, in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Kevork Djansezian)
Gallery of Naomi Watts
2016
New York City, NY, USA
Naomi Watts attends the New York Academy Of Art's Tribeca Ball 2016 on April 4, 2016, in New York City. (Photo by Dimitrios Kambouris)
Gallery of Naomi Watts
2016
1 Boulevard de la Croisette, 06400 Cannes, France
Naomi Watts attends the "Cafe Society" premiere and the Opening Night Gala during the 69th annual Cannes Film Festival at the Palais des Festivals on May 11, 2016, in Cannes, France. (Photo by Ian Gavan)
Gallery of Naomi Watts
2016
18 St Thomas St, Toronto, ON M5S 3E7, Canada
Liev Schreiber and Naomi Watts attend the Hollywood Foreign Press Association and InStyle's annual celebration of the Toronto International Film Festival at Windsor Arms Hotel on September 10, 2016, in Toronto, Canada. (Photo by Todd Williamson)
Gallery of Naomi Watts
2016
25 Broadway, New York, NY 10004, USA
Naomi Watts attends the Tiffany & Co. Blue Book Gala at The Cunard Building on April 15, 2016, in New York City. (Photo by Neilson Barnard)
Gallery of Naomi Watts
2017
8221 Sunset Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90046, USA
Naomi Watts (L) and Christoph Waltz attend the Cadillac Oscar Week Celebration at Chateau Marmont on February 23, 2017, in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Jonathan Leibson)
Gallery of Naomi Watts
2017
207 Fifth Ave, San Diego, CA 92101, USA
Naomi Watts attends SiriusXM's Entertainment Weekly Radio Channel Broadcasts From Comic-Con 2017 at Hard Rock Hotel San Diego on July 21, 2017, in San Diego, California. (Photo by Vivien Killilea)
Gallery of Naomi Watts
2018
547 W 26th St, New York, NY 10001, USA
Naomi Watts poses backstage at the Zadig & Voltaire fashion show during New York Fashion Week at Cedar Lake Studios on February 12, 2018, in New York City. (Photo by Desiree Navarro)
Gallery of Naomi Watts
2018
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, Australia
Naomi Watts attends the Cartier: The Exhibition Black Tie Dinner at the National Gallery of Australia on March 27, 2018, in Canberra, Australia. (Photo by Cole Bennetts)
Gallery of Naomi Watts
2018
1000 5th Ave, New York, NY 10028, USA
Michael Kors and Naomi Watts attend the Heavenly Bodies: Fashion & The Catholic Imagination Costume Institute Gala at The Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 7, 2018, in New York City. (Photo by Frazer Harrison)
Gallery of Naomi Watts
2018
New York City, NY, USA
Naomi Watts is seen in Tribeca on May 15, 2018, in New York City. (Photo by Alo Ceballos)
Gallery of Naomi Watts
2018
2101 Green Hills Village Dr, Nashville, TN 37215, USA
Naomi Watts attends Restoration Hardware's unveiling at The Gallery at Green Hills at RH on June 14, 2018, in Nashville, Tennessee. (Photo by Jason Kempin)
Gallery of Naomi Watts
2018
Lungomare Guglielmo Marconi, 30126 Lido VE, Italy
Naomi Watts walks the red carpet ahead of the opening ceremony and the 'First Man' screening during the 75th Venice Film Festival at Sala Grande on August 29, 2018, in Venice, Italy. (Photo by Ernesto Ruscio)
Gallery of Naomi Watts
2018
Lungomare Guglielmo Marconi, 30126 Lido VE, Italy
Naomi Watts walks the red carpet ahead of the 'Suspiria' screening during the 75th Venice Film Festival at Sala Grande on September 1, 2018, in Venice, Italy. (Photo by Dominique Charriau)
Gallery of Naomi Watts
2018
Lungomare Guglielmo Marconi, 30126 Lido VE, Italy
Naomi Watts walks the red carpet ahead of the Award Ceremony during the 75th Venice Film Festival at Sala Grande on September 8, 2018, in Venice, Italy. (Photo by Maria Moratti/Contigo)
Gallery of Naomi Watts
2018
New York City, NY, USA
Sasha Schreiber, Naomi Watts, Kai Schreiber, and Liev Schreiber are seen on October 31, 2018, in New York City. (Photo by Team GT)
Gallery of Naomi Watts
2018
New York City, NY, USA
Naomi Watts attends the Moroccanoil Launch of Color Complete on April 18, 2018, in New York City. (Photo by Craig Barritt)
Gallery of Naomi Watts
2018
1071 5th Ave, New York, NY 10128, USA
Naomi Watts attends the Hugo Boss Prize 2018 Artists Dinner at the Guggenheim Museum on October 18, 2018, in New York City. (Photo by Andrew Toth)
Gallery of Naomi Watts
2019
92 9th Ave, New York, NY 10011, USA
Naomi Watts attends the 2018 New York Film Critics Circle Awards at TAO Downtown on January 7, 2019, in New York City. (Photo by Jamie McCarthy)
Gallery of Naomi Watts
Reitman Square, 350 King St W, Toronto, ON M5V 3X5, Canada
Naomi Watts is photographed for a Portrait Session at the 2014 Toronto Film Festival on September 5, 2014, in Toronto, Ontario. (Photo by Jeff Vespa)
Achievements
Membership
Awards
Hollywood Film Festival Award
2002
9876 Wilshire Blvd, Beverly Hills, CA 90210, USA
Naomi Watts with her "Hollywood Breakthrough Acting Award" at the Hollywood Film Festival's Gala Ceremony and Hollywood Movie Awards at the Beverly Hilton Hotel on October 07, 2002, in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Jon Kopaloff)
Australian Film Institute Award
2004
191 Collins St, Melbourne VIC 3000, Australia
Naomi Watts holds her Global Achievement Award at the AFI Awards at the Regent Theatre on October 29, 2004, in Melbourne, Australia. (Photo by Regis Martin)
Giffoni Film Festival Award
2009
Salerno, Italy
Naomi Watts poses with the Giffoni Award during the 2009 Giffoni Experience on July 20, 2009, in Salerno, Italy. (Photo by Stefania D'Alessandro)
Palm Springs International Film Festival Award
2013
277 N Avenida Caballeros, Palm Springs, CA 92262, USA
Naomi Watts poses with the Desert Palm Achievement Award - Actress at the 24th annual Palm Springs International Film Festival Awards Gala at the Palm Springs Convention Center on January 5, 2013, in Palm Springs, California. (Photo by Jeff Vespa)
Screen Actors Guild Award
2015
665 W Jefferson Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90007, USA
Naomi Watts, winner of Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture for 'Birdman,' poses in the press room at TNT's 21st Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards at The Shrine Auditorium on January 25, 2015, in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by C Flanigan)
Naomi Watts with her "Hollywood Breakthrough Acting Award" at the Hollywood Film Festival's Gala Ceremony and Hollywood Movie Awards at the Beverly Hilton Hotel on October 07, 2002, in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Jon Kopaloff)
Naomi Watts holds her Global Achievement Award at the AFI Awards at the Regent Theatre on October 29, 2004, in Melbourne, Australia. (Photo by Regis Martin)
277 N Avenida Caballeros, Palm Springs, CA 92262, USA
Naomi Watts poses with the Desert Palm Achievement Award - Actress at the 24th annual Palm Springs International Film Festival Awards Gala at the Palm Springs Convention Center on January 5, 2013, in Palm Springs, California. (Photo by Jeff Vespa)
Naomi Watts, winner of Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture for 'Birdman,' poses in the press room at TNT's 21st Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards at The Shrine Auditorium on January 25, 2015, in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by C Flanigan)
Naomi Watts attends the 87th Annual Academy Awards at Hollywood & Highland Center on February 22, 2015, in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Jason Merritt)
2025 Avenue of the Stars Los Angeles, CA 90067, USA
Naomi Watts (L) and honoree Nicole Kidman, recipient of The Crystal Award for Excellence in Film, pose backstage at the Women In Film 2015 Crystal + Lucy Awards Presented by Max Mara, BMW of North America, and Tiffany & Co. at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza on June 16, 2015 in Century City, California. (Photo by Mark Davis)
Naomi Watts attends the 88th Annual Academy Awards at Hollywood & Highland Center on February 28, 2016, in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Kevork Djansezian)
Naomi Watts attends the "Cafe Society" premiere and the Opening Night Gala during the 69th annual Cannes Film Festival at the Palais des Festivals on May 11, 2016, in Cannes, France. (Photo by Ian Gavan)
Liev Schreiber and Naomi Watts attend the Hollywood Foreign Press Association and InStyle's annual celebration of the Toronto International Film Festival at Windsor Arms Hotel on September 10, 2016, in Toronto, Canada. (Photo by Todd Williamson)
Naomi Watts (L) and Christoph Waltz attend the Cadillac Oscar Week Celebration at Chateau Marmont on February 23, 2017, in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Jonathan Leibson)
Naomi Watts attends SiriusXM's Entertainment Weekly Radio Channel Broadcasts From Comic-Con 2017 at Hard Rock Hotel San Diego on July 21, 2017, in San Diego, California. (Photo by Vivien Killilea)
Naomi Watts poses backstage at the Zadig & Voltaire fashion show during New York Fashion Week at Cedar Lake Studios on February 12, 2018, in New York City. (Photo by Desiree Navarro)
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, Australia
Naomi Watts attends the Cartier: The Exhibition Black Tie Dinner at the National Gallery of Australia on March 27, 2018, in Canberra, Australia. (Photo by Cole Bennetts)
Michael Kors and Naomi Watts attend the Heavenly Bodies: Fashion & The Catholic Imagination Costume Institute Gala at The Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 7, 2018, in New York City. (Photo by Frazer Harrison)
2101 Green Hills Village Dr, Nashville, TN 37215, USA
Naomi Watts attends Restoration Hardware's unveiling at The Gallery at Green Hills at RH on June 14, 2018, in Nashville, Tennessee. (Photo by Jason Kempin)
Naomi Watts walks the red carpet ahead of the opening ceremony and the 'First Man' screening during the 75th Venice Film Festival at Sala Grande on August 29, 2018, in Venice, Italy. (Photo by Ernesto Ruscio)
Naomi Watts walks the red carpet ahead of the 'Suspiria' screening during the 75th Venice Film Festival at Sala Grande on September 1, 2018, in Venice, Italy. (Photo by Dominique Charriau)
Naomi Watts walks the red carpet ahead of the Award Ceremony during the 75th Venice Film Festival at Sala Grande on September 8, 2018, in Venice, Italy. (Photo by Maria Moratti/Contigo)
(When four teenagers all meet with mysterious deaths exact...)
When four teenagers all meet with mysterious deaths exactly one week after watching just such a tape, investigative reporter Rachel Keller (Naomi Watts) tracks down the video... and watches it. Now, the legend is coming true, the clock is ticking and Rachel has just seven days to unravel the mystery of The Ring.
(Australian coming-of-age comedy-drama film written and di...)
Australian coming-of-age comedy-drama film written and directed by John Duigan. The story revolves around a romance between two teenagers, and it stars Noah Taylor, who appears again as Danny Embling, the protagonist of Duigan's 1987 film The Year My Voice Broke. It also stars Thandie Newton and Nicole Kidman.
(Jimmy Smits stars as a well-liked college professor who a...)
Jimmy Smits stars as a well-liked college professor who after accepting the sexual advances of determined student (Naomi Watts) is later accused of raping her. He soon learns that there is more than meets the eye in this girl's family history.
(In this laugh-a-minute, futuristic thriller, a mega-villa...)
In this laugh-a-minute, futuristic thriller, a mega-villain (Malcolm McDowell) controls the world's water supply, and it's up to Tank Girl (Lori Petty) and her outrageous cohorts to end his greedy reign.
(Nothing can prepare you for the onslaught of spine-tingli...)
Nothing can prepare you for the onslaught of spine-tingling thrills unleashed in Children of the Corn IV: The Gathering - a chilling chapter in the wildly popular Children of the Corn series!
(A group of strangers - including Rose (Susan Sarandon), a...)
A group of strangers - including Rose (Susan Sarandon), a single woman taking care of her ailing mother, bickering couple Nina (Penelope Cruz) and Mike (Paul Walker), and widower Artie (Alan Arkin) -- find their lives...
(Joe Mantegna, J.T. Walsh. Security pro Jim Holland has a ...)
Joe Mantegna, J.T. Walsh. Security pro Jim Holland has a brief fling with Amanda, not knowing it's all a pre-arranged setup to get the security codes stored in Jim's office. Once Amanda and her crew pull the job on Jim's client, he figures out their plot-but falling in love was not part of his plan in this action thriller.
(How far would you go for love? Six friends are about to b...)
How far would you go for love? Six friends are about to begin a weekend that will test the boundaries of their relationships are they race to create a miracle. Naomi Watts ("21 Grams") co-stars in this romantic testament to true love set on a sparkling, windswept island off the coast of Australia and based on real events.
(In the late 1500s, as mistresses to Venice's important me...)
In the late 1500s, as mistresses to Venice's important men, women lived a regal lifestyle and were encouraged to read and study at a time when such education was forbidden for most woman.
(Ira Eignhorn is a well known 1970's activist, a force to ...)
Ira Eignhorn is a well known 1970's activist, a force to be reckoned with far beyond the local hippie scene. His charm and seemingly harmless exterior brings him many followers and wins the heart of Holly Maddux, a young beautiful Bryn Mawr graduate. Yet, Ira has a much darker, violent side that Holly, after several years, can no longer tolerate and breaks off the relationship. Shortly thereafter, she disappears without a trace. Her family begins the search for Holly and 18 months later, her decomposed body is found by police in Ira's apartment. Ira believes he was framed and with the support of his followers, he promptly flees the country. Ira is tried in absentia, convicted of first-degree murder and sentenced to life in prison, but the manhunt for Ira would take more than 16 years and extend around the world.
(When the express elevators in New York City's 102-story M...)
When the express elevators in New York City's 102-story Millennium Building start to malfunction, elevator mechanics Mark and Jeff are sent to find the cause. After a series of gruesome and deadly "accidents" occur, Mark joins forces with spunky reporter Jennifer, who's on the hunt for a juicy story.
(Western film starring Tim Daly and Naomi Watts. The film ...)
Western film starring Tim Daly and Naomi Watts. The film is based on Penelope Williamson's novel. Similar to Angel and the Badman where John Wayne plays a wounded outlaw who is sheltered by a Quaker family.
(Heath Ledger, Orlando Bloom and Naomi Watts star in this ...)
Heath Ledger, Orlando Bloom and Naomi Watts star in this epic story about an innocent man who becomes one of the most wanted criminals the world has ever known.
(Based on the 1997 National Book Award-nominated novel of ...)
Based on the 1997 National Book Award-nominated novel of the same name by Diane Johnson (co-writer of the script for Stanley Kubrick's The Shining), Le Divorce is a romantic comedy from director James Ivory. Revisiting the "Americans in France" theme that Ivory explored in 1998's A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries, the film stars Kate Hudson as Isabel Walker.
(The emotionally and physically charged lives of three peo...)
The emotionally and physically charged lives of three people - a professor (Sean Penn), an ex-con (Benicio Del Toro) and a mother with a reckless past (Naomi Watts) - collide in this thriller.
(American drama film directed by Niels Mueller. It stars S...)
American drama film directed by Niels Mueller. It stars Sean Penn, Don Cheadle, Jack Thompson, and Naomi Watts, and is based on the story of would-be assassin Samuel Byck, who plotted to kill Richard Nixon in 1974.
(A frustrated young environmentalist who is being exploite...)
A frustrated young environmentalist who is being exploited by a corporate schemer hires a pair of "Existential Detectives" to investigate a peculiar ongoing coincidence that leads him to fall under the influence of their nihilistic competitor.
(In the space between desire and fear, between reality and...)
In the space between desire and fear, between reality and illusion, between life and death lies an alternate world that is brought to life in the mind-bending thriller Stay.
(Oscar winner Peter Jackson directs Naomi Watts, Jack Blac...)
Oscar winner Peter Jackson directs Naomi Watts, Jack Black and Adrien Brody in this cinematic vision filled with non-stop action, terrifying creatures and groundbreaking special effects.
(A love story set in the 1920s of a young English couple, ...)
A love story set in the 1920s of a young English couple, Walter and Kitty, who get married for the wrong reasons and relocate to Shanghai, where she falls in love with someone else.
(A ruthless and mysterious enforcer for a Russian crime fa...)
A ruthless and mysterious enforcer for a Russian crime family in London crosses paths with a midwife who has potentially damaging evidence against the family. This sets into motion a series of violent events.
(Clive Owen and Naomi Watts star in an adrenaline-pumping,...)
Clive Owen and Naomi Watts star in an adrenaline-pumping, action-packed thrill ride about a man determined to deliver justice to a corrupt international arms-dealing ring that funds worldwide genocide and terrorism...no matter the cost!
From writer-director Rodrigo Garcia (TV'S "Big Love", "Nine Lives") and executive producer Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu ("Babel") comes the moving story of three women and the power of the unbreakable bond between mother and child. Starring Annette Bening, Naomi Watts and Kerry Washington.
(Two couples learn to be careful for what they wish when t...)
Two couples learn to be careful for what they wish when their passions and anxieties drive them out of their marriages as well as their minds in this breezy wry comedy from writer/director Woody Allen.
(From the director of The Bourne Identity comes this rivet...)
From the director of The Bourne Identity comes this riveting thriller inspired by the experiences of real-life CIA officer Valerie Plame. When Plame's retired ambassador husband Joe Wilson writes a newspaper article challenging the basis for the U.S. war on Iraq, the White House leaks Plame's undercover status - leaving her international contacts vulnerable, her career in shambles and her life in danger. Crackling with sharp dialogue, gripping intrigue, and heart-pounding suspense, Fair Game is the adventure that's so unbelievable, it can only be real.
(Some say that all houses have memories. For one man, his ...)
Some say that all houses have memories. For one man, his home is the place he would kill to forget. Daniel Craig and Academy Award-winner Rachel Weisz star in Dream House, a suspense thriller about a family that unknowingly moves into a New England home where several grisly murders were committed - only to find themselves the killer's next target.
(As head of the FBI through eight presidents and three war...)
As head of the FBI through eight presidents and three wars, Hoover waged battle against threats both real and perceived, often bending the rules to keep his countrymen safe.
(From the twisted minds of producers Peter Farrelly (Hall ...)
From the twisted minds of producers Peter Farrelly (Hall Pass, Shallow Hal) and Charles Wessler (There's Something About Mary, Dumb & Dumber), comes Movie 43 - the outrageous new ensemble comedy starring some of the biggest names in Hollywood!
(Sunlight Jr. spotlights hard-working convenience store cl...)
Sunlight Jr. spotlights hard-working convenience store clerk, Melissa, and her disabled boyfriend, Richie. A young couple at odds with the American Dream.
(Director Gracie Otto redirects the spotlight from the act...)
Director Gracie Otto redirects the spotlight from the actors onto the prolific London-based impresario Michael White, who has produced more than 300 shows and movies in the city.
(Michael Keaton heads an all-star cast in this riveting st...)
Michael Keaton heads an all-star cast in this riveting story of a former superhero film star grappling with dwindling fame, an estranged daughter, theatre critics and inner demons.
(A funny cross-generational comedy about aging, ambition a...)
A funny cross-generational comedy about aging, ambition and success, as well as a moving portrait of a marriage tested by the invading forces of youth. Powered by great performances by Ben Stiller, Adam Driver, Naomi Watts and Amanda Seyfried.
(Matthew McConaughey stars as a professor with a troubled ...)
Matthew McConaughey stars as a professor with a troubled past traveling to a Japanese forest with a dark history. There he meets a mysterious stranger who takes him on a life-changing journey of love, discovery and redemption.
(Jake Gyllenhaal and Naomi Watts co-star in the gripping s...)
Jake Gyllenhaal and Naomi Watts co-star in the gripping story of a troubled man who starts to rebuild his life after forming an unlikely connection with a struggling single mother.
(Naomi Watts, Elle Fanning, and Susan Sarandon star in thi...)
Naomi Watts, Elle Fanning, and Susan Sarandon star in this inspirational, witty, and courageous look at a family learning to accept a transgender teen for who he is.
(Beyond the wall, Tris and Four face a threat more dangero...)
Beyond the wall, Tris and Four face a threat more dangerous than they ever imagined, fighting for the future of an entire city in this action-packed third Divergent adventure.
(A heart-pounding thriller about a widowed child psycholog...)
A heart-pounding thriller about a widowed child psychologist who lives in an isolated existence in rural New England. Caught in a deadly winter storm, she must find a way to rescue a young boy before he disappears forever.
(Based on the worldwide best-selling memoir starring Acade...)
Based on the worldwide best-selling memoir starring Academy Award winner Brie Larson and Academy Award nominees Woody Harrelson and Naomi Watts, The Glass Castle chronicles the adventures of an eccentric, resilient, tight-knit family.
(Christian Bale stars as Dick Cheney in the epic tale of h...)
Christian Bale stars as Dick Cheney in the epic tale of how a bureaucratic Washington insider quietly became the most powerful man in the world as Vice President to George W. Bush.
(Nominated for an Academy Award (Best Actress, Naomi Watts...)
Nominated for an Academy Award (Best Actress, Naomi Watts) and based on the true story of one family's survival, The Impossible is an epic journey to the core of the human heart.
Naomi Watts is a British-Australian actress and film producer, widely known for her roles in Mulholland Dr. (2001), 21 Grams (2003), King Kong (2005), and Fair Game (2010).
Background
Naomi Watts was born on September 28, 1968, in Shoreham, England, the United Kingdom, to Peter Watts and Myfanwy Edwards. Her mother was a dealer in antiques while she was also engaged in set and costume designing. Watts’ father was a sound engineer who worked with the famous rock band Pink Floyd. Her father's laugh can be heard in the Pink Floyd songs "Speak to Me" and "Brain Damage" from their 1973 album Dark Side of the Moon.
Watts’ parents divorced in 1972 and she went to live with her mother. During this time, the family of three, including her brother Ben Watts moved around a lot and lived in Wales for some time. Watts initially studied at a school where the medium of instruction was Welsh.
Peter Watts left Pink Floyd in 1974, and he and Myfanwy were later reconciled. Two years later, in August 1976, he was found dead in a flat in Notting Hill, of an apparent heroin overdose. Following his death, Watts's mother moved the family to Llanfawr Farm in Llangefni and Llanfairpwllgwyngyll, towns on the island of Anglesey in North Wales, where they lived with Watts's maternal grandparents, Nikki and Hugh Roberts, for three years.
Following her mother’s second marriage in 1978, Watts moved to England and the family lived in Suffolk. Four years after her dad's death, her mother Myfannwy moved the family to Sydney, where Naomi began pursuing an acting career. At one audition, the teenager met someone who would become one of her closest friends, fellow aspiring actress Nicole Kidman.
Regarding her nationality, Watts has stated: "I consider myself British and have very happy memories of the UK. I spent the first 14 years of my life in England and Wales and never wanted to leave. When I was in Australia I went back to England a lot." She also has expressed her ties to Australia, declaring: "I consider myself very connected to Australia, in fact when people say where is home, I say Australia because those are my most powerful memories."
Education
Naomi Watts started her education at Thomas Mills High School from where she got the ambition to become an actress, Naomi later moved with her family to Sydney, Australia and studied at the Mossman High School. She later got admission to North Sydney Girls High School but failed to graduate from there. Before completing her education she focused on her dream of being a model and actress.
In 1986, at the age of 18, Naomi Watts signed up with an agency that represented models and even though the agency sent her to as far-flung places as Japan, her experience there briefly convinced her that she did not want to work in front of the camera. She then became a fashion editor at a magazine, but her love for acting was reignited when she attended a drama workshop at the urging of a friend. Watts's career began in television, where she made brief appearances in commercials. The same year she managed to land a role in her first film titled For Love Alone, and her career looked set to skyrocket.
Following her film debut, Watts was primarily involved with television in Australia and starred in the series Hey Dad. Watts' career did not truly begin, however, until 1991, when she appeared in the boarding-school romance Flirting (with Nicole Kidman and Thandie Newton). The film starred Nicole Kidman as well. Watts had parts in three Australian movies in 1993, including Wide Sargasso Sea. She then moved to Los Angeles. Watts’s first American movie role was as Jet Girl in Tank Girl (1995), based on a British comic strip. She worked steadily in a variety of movie and TV projects for the next decade, but success eluded her until David Lynch cast her in the starring double role in Mulholland Drive (2001). The movie, originally intended as a television series, showcased her versatility and won her critical notice. The same year she also featured in the film The Shaft.
In 2002, Naomi Watts starred in the blockbuster The Ring alongside Martin Henderson. The film wasn’t only the highest grossing film of that year but also received critical appreciation. Later on that year, she featured in the ensemble cast of the British comedy film Plots with a View and The Outsider.
Though Watts had not attained superstardom, she embodied an unusually wide variety of parts in disparate movies. She received her first Academy Award nomination for her complex performance as a recovering drug addict in 21 Grams (2003). Subsequent films include the domestic drama We Don’t Live Here Anymore (2004); The Assassination of Richard Nixon (2004), a drama in which she portrayed the estranged wife of a deranged man who planned to kill the president; a remake of King Kong (2005), in which she played leading lady Ann Darrow.
Having taken a break after becoming a mother, Watts returned to the screen in 2009 with the film The International in which she played the role of an Interpol agent. Her film Mother and Child was released in the same year and the movie was extremely well received by critics. It was shown at the Sundance Film Festival as well. Two years later she starred in the J. Edgar Hoover biopic titled J. Edgar.
In The Impossible (2012) Watts starred as a British doctor who while on vacation with her family in Thailand is caught by the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami; her performance earned her an Academy Award nomination for best actress. Later she undertook the difficult task of playing Diana, Princess of Wales, in her final two years in the biographical film Diana (2013). In 2014 Watts appeared in the comedies St. Vincent - as a prostitute and stripper who maintains an unconventional friendship with a caddish layabout (Bill Murray) - and Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) - as a stage actress who is cast in a tempestuous production. She played one half of a dissatisfied middle-aged couple in Noah Baumbach’s dark comedy While We’re Young (2014), the mother of a transgender teen in About Ray (2015), and a woman who becomes involved with a widower (Jake Gyllenhaal) in Demolition (2015).
Watts’s credits from 2016 included the dystopian fantasy The Divergent Series: Allegiant, in which she played a rebel leader, and Shut In, a supernatural thriller about a child psychologist who thinks she is being haunted by the ghost of a former patient. In 2017 she appeared in the thriller The Book of Henry and in The Glass Castle, a drama about a dysfunctional family.
Watts appeared in Twin Peaks, a limited event television series and a continuation of the 1990 show of the same name. It was broadcast on Showtime in 2017, to critical acclaim. Watts starred as "a therapist who begins to develop dangerous and intimate relationships with the people in her patients' lives" in the Netflix drama series Gypsy (also 2017) and served as one of its executive producers. While the response was mixed, Gypsy was canceled by Netflix after one season. In The Book of Henry (2017), Watts portrayed the mother of a young genius who plans to save the girl next door from abuse. The film polarized critics and audiences, but Rolling Stone described her as "a plus in any movie" and found her to be "excellent" in the role. In her other 2017 film, The Glass Castle, an adaptation of Jeannette Walls' best selling memoir of the same name, Watts played the nonconformist mother of the author. The film was a moderate commercial success.
Watts was cast in the Game of Thrones prequel, playing the role of "a charismatic socialite hiding a dark secret". The rest of the cast includes Josh Whitehouse, Naomi Ackie, Denise Gough, Jamie Campbell Bower, Sheila Atim, Ivanno Jeremiah, Georgie Henley, Alex Sharp, Toby Regbo, Miranda Richardson, Marquis Rodriguez, John Simm, Richard McCabe, John Heffernan, and Dixie Egerickx.
Watts hasn’t spoken of any childhood religion, she is not religious today. She once stated: "I am fairly pragmatic I would say, I am more on the pragmatic side of things, I like to think I have a spiritual side, and I do, I believe in, I don’t know, I am not religious. I am definitely not religious."
There was a time when Watts seemed cruising down the religious road toward Buddhism. She said she was “drawn” to the religion and studying it, but qualified any sort of conversion, saying: "I have some belief but I am not a strict Buddhist or anything yet. There was a lot of excitement and energy there."
Politics
Naomi Watts supported Hillary Clinton during the 2016 presidential elections, posting a simple message of support using the hashtags 'I'm with her' and 'stronger together'.
Views
In 2006, Watts became a goodwill ambassador for Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS, which helps raise awareness of issues related to the disease. She has used her high profile and celebrity to call attention to the needs of people living with this disease. Watts has in campaigns for fundraising, events, and activities, including the 21st Annual AIDS Walk. On 1 December 2009, Watts met with United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon at a public event commemorating World AIDS Day 2009.
In 2011, 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. In 2012, she became an ambassador for Pantene's Beautiful Lengths, a program that donates real-hair wigs to women with cancer. She has visited the St Vincent's Hospital in Sydney to meet some of the women the program helps.
In 2016, 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 the public figures photographed by Italian photographer Fabrizio Ferri for Bulgari's digital campaign "Raise Your Hand". In November 2018, she hosted the Worldwide Orphans 14th Annual Gala in NYC, and teamed up with McDonald's, to serve as a McHappy Day ambassador, making a special appearance and stepping behind the counter in Haberfield, Sydney.
Quotations:
"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."
"You have to make peace with yourself. The key is to find harmony in what you have."
"To be a producer is not something that I look at as a position of power. I just think that I have these great connections, let's use them. I believe in it. You believe in it. Let's do it."
Membership
In February 2016, it was reported that Watts had agreed to become the honorary president of Glantraeth F.C., a small football club in Malltraeth, Anglesey, Wales, near her grandparents' farm, where she spent time as a child.
Personality
Naomi Watts has a fear of swimming in deep water, she was caught in an ocean current when she was age 14 and was rescued by her brother, Ben Watts, who was age 15.
Physical Characteristics:
Watts has a slim build, a height of 5 ft 5 in or 165 cm, and a weight of 57 kg or 125.6 pounds. She has blonde hair and blue eyes.
Watts once commented on her height: "I'm five-foot-four and a half. I could never be a model... I did go to Japan on a modeling contract. I was told that they really like blonde little things. "
Interests
Politicians
Hillary Clinton
Writers
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë, One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez
Watts had a relationship with Australian actor Heath Ledger from August 2002 to May 2004. In the spring of 2005, Watts began a relationship with American actor Liev Schreiber. The couple's first son, Alexander "Sasha" Pete, was born in July 2007 in Los Angeles, and their second son, Samuel "Sammy" Kai, in December 2008 in New York City. On 26 September 2016, Watts and Schreiber announced their separation, after 11 years together.