Naomi Watts
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 international prominence.
She has served as an ambassador for the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS and Pantene's Beautiful Lengths.
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Acting History
2025
All's Fair as Liberty Ronson
2025Too Much as Ann Ratigan
2025Insider as Sig selv
2025An Oprah Winfrey Special: The Menopause Revolution as Self
2025The Friend as Iris
2024Emmanuelle as Margot
2024Elephants: Giants of the Desert as Narrator (voice)
2024Periodical as Self
2023Off Script with The Hollywood Reporter as Self
2022The Watcher as Nora Brannock
2022Goodnight Mommy as Mother
2022Infinite Storm as Pam Bales
2022The Desperate Hour as Amy Carr
2021This Is the Night as Marie Dedea
2021Boss Level as Jemma Wells
2021Penguin Bloom as Sam Bloom
2020Inside Taronga Zoo as Narrator (Voice)
2020Taronga: Who's Who In The Zoo as Self - Narrator (voice)
2019The Kelly Clarkson Show as Self
2019Luce as Amy Edgar
2019The Loudest Voice as Gretchen Carlson
2019Ophelia as Queen Gertrude / Mechtild
2019The Wolf Hour as June Leigh
2018Vice as News Anchor (uncredited)
2018Beyond Boundaries: The Harvey Weinstein Scandal as Self (archive footage)
2017A Bloody Finger in Your Mouth as Self
2017Do Not Pick Up Hitchhikers as Self
2017The Glass Castle as Rose Mary Walls
2017Gypsy as Jean Holloway
2017The Book of Henry as Susan Carpenter
2017Chuck as Linda Wepner
2017I Am Heath Ledger as Self
2017FEUD as Babe Paley
2016Shut In as Mary Portman
20163 Generations as Maggie
2016The Sea of Trees as Joan Brennan
2016Demolition as Karen Moreno
2016Allegiant as Evelyn Johnson-Eaton
2015The Late Show with Stephen Colbert as Self
2015Birdman: All-Access (A View From the Wings) as Self
2015While We're Young as Cornelia Schrebnick
2015Insurgent as Evelyn Johnson-Eaton
2014Variety Studio: Actors on Actors as Self
2014Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) as Lesley
2014St. Vincent as Daka Parimova
2014BoJack Horseman as Naomi Watts (voice)
2014The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon as Self
2014The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon as Self - Guest
2013Diana as Princess Diana
2013Sunlight Jr. as Melissa
2013Adore as Lil
2013Movie 43 as Samantha (segment "Homeschooled")
2012Wide-Awake as The Makeup Artist
2012The Impossible as Maria Bennett
2011Woody Allen: A Documentary as Self
2011J. Edgar as Helen Gandy
2011Dream House as Ann Patterson
2010You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger as Sally
2010Fair Game as Valerie Plame
2009Mother and Child as Elizabeth
2009Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen as Self - Guest
2009Heath Ledger: A Tribute as Self
2009The International as Eleanor Whitman
2008Funny Games as Ann
2008Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis as Self
2007Eastern Promises as Anna Ivanovna Khitrova
2006The Painted Veil as Kitty Fane
2006Inland Empire as Suzie Rabbit (voice)
2006Recreating the Eighth Wonder: The Making of 'King Kong' as Self
2006The Eighth Blunder of the World as Self
2006Kong's New York, 1933
2005King Kong: Peter Jackson's Production Diaries as Self
2005King Kong as Ann Darrow
2005Stay as Lila Culpepper
2005The Ring Two as Rachel Keller
2005Ellie Parker as Ellie Parker
2004The Present as Self
2004I ♥ Huckabees as Dawn Campbell
2004We Don't Live Here Anymore as Edith Evans
2004The Assassination of Richard Nixon as Marie Bicke
2004The Making of ‘Mulholland Drive’ as Self
200421 Grams: In Fragments as Self
2003The Ellen DeGeneres Show as Self
200321 Grams as Cristina Peck
2003Le Divorce as Roxeanne de Persand
2003Celebrities Uncensored as Self
2003Ned Kelly as Julia Cook
2003Jimmy Kimmel Live! as Self - Guest
2002Undertaking Betty as Meredith Mainwaring
2002The Outsider as Rebecca Yoder
2002The Ring as Rachel Keller
2002Rabbits as Suzie
2002Rabbits as Suzie
2002Icons
2001Down as Jennifer Evans
2001Mulholland Drive as Betty Elms / Diane Selwyn
2001Ellie Parker as Ellie Parker
2001Never Date an Actress as The Shallow Girlfriend
2000The Wyvern Mystery as Alice Fairfield
1999The Early Show as Self
1999Strange Planet as Alice
1999The Hunt For The Unicorn Killer as Holly Maddux
1999The Hunt for the Unicorn Killer as Holly Maddux
1998The Christmas Wish as Renee
1998Babe: Pig in the City as Additional Character Voices (voice)
1998Dangerous Beauty as Giulia De Lezze
1997Sleepwalkers as Kate Russell
1997Under the Lighthouse Dancing as Louise
1997The View as Self
1996Persons Unknown as Molly
1996Timepiece as Mary Chandler
1996Children of the Corn IV: The Gathering as Grace Rhodes
1996E! True Hollywood Story as Self (archive footage)
1996The Daily Show as Self
1996Bermuda Triangle as Amanda
1995Tank Girl as Jet Girl
1994Inside the Actors Studio as Self
1994The Custodian as Louise
1993Late Night with Conan O'Brien as Self - Guest
1993Gross Misconduct as Jennifer Carter
1993Wide Sargasso Sea as Fanny Grey
1993Matinee as Shopping Cart Starlet
1992The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1991Brides of Christ as Frances Heffernan
1991Flirting as Janet Odgers
1990Twin Peaks as Janey-E Jones
1988LIVE with Kelly and Mark as Self
1988LIVE with Kelly and Mark as Self - Guest
1986For Love Alone as Leo's Girlfriend
1984Goldene Kamera as Self
1981Entertainment Tonight as Self
1973The American Film Institute Salute to ... as Self
1953The Oscars as Self
1952Today as Self
1944Golden Globe Awards as Self - Presenter
1944Golden Globe Awards as Self - Nominee
—The Burning Season as June Engle
—Love Story as Jackie Kennedy
—The Housewife
—Larrikins as Albatross (voice)
—Wolves and Villagers