Nicole Kidman can do it all. The 58-year-old Australian actor, who graduated from rising star and tabloid fodder to one of the industry’s most respected heavyweights, has, over the course of her more-than-four-decade-long career, shimmied her way through exuberant musicals, captivated us in spine-tingling horror, dazzled in prestige dramas, and set our pulses racing in pacy thrillers. Best of all, though, for every more conventional, awards-friendly turn she’s delivered, there’s also been a big, bold swing that takes both audiences and critics by surprise.

In honor of her November 2025 Vogue cover —and as we look eagerly ahead to Practical Magic 2 —we revisit her best roles to date.

Dead Calm (1989)

A 21-year-old Kidman—with her signature curly red hair and natural Australian a

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