Naomi Watts

Acting · Born 1968-09-28 in Shoreham, Kent, England, UK

Biography

Naomi Ellen Watts (born September 28, 1968) is a British actress. She has been nominated for two Academy Awards for Best Actress for her performances as a grief-stricken mother in Alejandro González Iñárritu's film 21 Grams (2003), and as Maria Bennett in the disaster film The Impossible (2012). After her family moved to Australia, she made her film debut there in the drama For Love Alone (1986) and then appeared in three television series, Hey Dad..! (1990), Brides of Christ (1991), and Home and Away (1991), and the film Flirting (1991). After moving to the United States, she initially struggled as an actress, taking roles in small-scale films until she starred in David Lynch's psychological thriller Mulholland Drive in 2001 as an aspiring actress. This role started her rise to…

Filmography

• 21 Grams as Cristina Peck
• Mulholland Drive as Betty Elms / Diane Selwyn
• Eastern Promises as Anna Ivanovna Khitrova
• Dangerous Beauty as Giulia De Lezze
• The Painted Veil as Kitty Fane
• The Impossible as Maria Bennett
• Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) as Lesley
• St. Vincent as Daka Parimova
• Vice as News Anchor (uncredited)
• The Book of Henry as Susan Carpenter

TV

• BoJack Horseman as Naomi Watts (voice)
• Twin Peaks as Janey-E Jones
• Inside the Actors Studio as Self
• The Ellen DeGeneres Show as Self
• Jimmy Kimmel Live! as Self - Guest
• The Daily Show as Self
• Today as Self
• LIVE with Kelly and Mark as Self
• The View as Self
• LIVE with Kelly and Mark as Self - Guest