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| | Naomi Watts - born on September 28, 1968 - is a British-Australian actress.
Biography:
Naomi Watts was born in Shoreham (county Kent) Great Britain, on September 28, 1968 to Peter Watts and Myfannwy (Miv) Roberts. Mother sold antiques and father was sound engineer of popular Pink Floyd rock group. When Naomi was four years old, parents got divorced and when Naomi was just seven, her father died. In search of better life, Mrs. Watts, with two children (Brother Naomi Benjamin, presently a popular photographer in USA, who is elder to Naomi by 2 years) traveled half of Britain and eventually decided to shift the family to Australia, Sydney, native of her mother. By then, Naomi was 14.
In childhood, thanks to mother, who played in local amateur theater, Naomi also took great interest in acting. After completing the acting schools, Naomi visited numerous auditions, where she met Nicole Kidman, who is till date, Naomi’s best girlfriend. In 1986, she bagged a small role in the film “For Love Alone”, which was her first work as an actress.
At the age of 18, Naomi decided to attempt modeling and was hired, through agency, for working in Japan. After a year of struggle in modeling, she understood, that it is not her “cup of tea” and returned back to Australia. Now, she appeared on the other side of modeling business — started working as a correspondent in fashion magazine. After a number of trials and mistakes in the selection of profession, at last she realized, that her true love is to become an actress.
Soon, Watts could get small roles in the film “Flirting” (1991) with Nicole Kidman and Thandie Newton and also in Australian mini-series, where she acted in film with future Australian star — Russell Crowe. Director of the film “Flirting” John Duigan invited Naomi to do his next film — “Wide Sargasso Sea” (1992).
After this, young actress relocated to Los Angeles. First Hollywood experience of Naomi Watts — “Matinee” (1993). Neither this nor the other roles played by her in 1990s (“Tank Girl”, “Children of the Corn IV: The Gathering”, “Dangerous Beauty”, “Strange Planet” and others) did not make Naomi a star.
Film career:
David Lynch's film “Mulholland Drive” paved path towards glory for Noami Watts. It’s magical, since the highway, intersecting the City of Angels, is also called Mulholland Drive, on which Naomi very frequently drove the car in an attempt to disappear after subsequent unsuccessful audition. Strange dual personality, portrayed by the actress in “Muklholland Drive” (originally made as pilot project before directing TV-series) was her first major role. Film of David Lynch, which was nominated for “Oscar” and received “Best Director” award in Cannes, brought huge rewards to Noami including award of American Film Critics Association.
“Mulholland Drive” was the launching pad for the career of Naomi Watts. Her subsequent roles — Ellie Parker in the film with same name (for this role, Naomi received an award “Best Actress” of short films at festival in Sundance) and journalist Rachel Keller in the thriller-blockbuster “The Ring”, which grossed 230 million USD, have consolidated the reputation of star, after which the actress was showered with offers. Among the best films of Naomi Watts: “ 21 Grams” with Benicio del Toro and Sean Penn, which brought her “Oscar” award in “Best Actress” category, “The Assassination of Richard Nixon” again with Sean Penn, “Le Divorce” with Kate Hudson & Glenn Close, “I Heart Huckabees” with Dustin Hoffman & Jude Law, “Stay” with Ewan McGregor. Besides being an actress, Naomi has also turned into producer (“Ellie Parker”, “We Don’t Live Here Anymore”).
In 2005, Peter Jackson’s film “King Kong” was released, in which Naomi played the love angle of huge ape — Ann Darrow. She was not afraid to play the cult role of girl of King Kong, which was earlier played by stars such as Fay Wray & Jessica Lange. In the following film “The Painted Veil”, Naomi Watts performs the roles of an actress in main role as well as a co-producer. It is the second screen version of novel with same name by Somerset Maugham (first, with Greta Garbo was released in 1934).
Personal life:
Naomi Watts dated director Daniel Kirby, playwright Jeff Smeenge, director Stephen Hopkins & actor Heath Ledger, her co-star in film “Ned Kelly”. Since 2005, Naomi was engaged to actor Liev Schreiber. In 2007, Naomi gave birth to their son Alexander Pete.
Naomi Watts is a good friend of Benicio del Toro, with whom she acted in the film “21 Grams”.
Interesting facts:
* At the age of 18, Naomi got her first role in movies — played in the film “For Love Alone”(1986);
* Naomi is a vegetarian;
* In 2006, after tallying the votes (50 million persons participated in voting), French magazine FHM (For him magazine) published the list of sexiest women of world. Naomi Watts occupied second place (out of 100);
* Magazine WHO published the list of most beautiful people of 2006 in which, Naomi Watts occupies second place (from 27). According to the results of poll, conducted by the same edition, Naomi Watts was one amongst the top ten most desired women from a number of representatives from show business.
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British actress Naomi Watts turned 40 last Sunday. She's best known for her roles in Mulholland Drive, the remake of King Kong, and The Ring. My personal favorite of Naomi's performances was her role in 21 Grams, which brought her the Academy Award nomination for the best actress. We wish her Happy (belated) Birthday and Academy Awards for her future roles!
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