Naomi Watts

Naomi Watts

Known for
Acting
Born
September 28, 1968 (age 58)
Birthplace
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 international prominence. She has served as an ambassador for the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS and Pantene's Beautiful Lengths. ​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

Known For

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Filmography

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Larrikins poster

Larrikins

Movie · as Albatross (voice)

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Margot & Rudi

Margot & Rudi

Movie · as Margot Fonteyn

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Gypsy poster

Gypsy

Movie · as Jean Holloway

2026
The Housewife poster

The Housewife

Movie

2026
Closing Night poster

Closing Night

Movie · as April Vale

2026
Spider-Man: Brand New Day poster

Spider-Man: Brand New Day

Movie · as E.V. (voice)

2026
Once Upon a Time in Seattle poster

Once Upon a Time in Seattle

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2026
Love Story poster

Love Story

TV · as Jackie Kennedy Onassis · 3 eps

2026
Love Story: John F. Kennedy Jr. & Carolyn Bessette Official Podcast poster

Love Story: John F. Kennedy Jr. & Carolyn Bessette Official Podcast

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2025
The Friend poster

The Friend

Movie · as Iris

2025
An Oprah Winfrey Special: The Menopause Revolution poster

An Oprah Winfrey Special: The Menopause Revolution

Movie · as Self

2025
Legacy of Screams: The Evolution of Horror Movies poster

Legacy of Screams: The Evolution of Horror Movies

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2025
All's Fair poster

All's Fair

TV · as Liberty Ronson · 17 eps

2025
Too Much poster

Too Much

TV · as Ann Ratigan · 4 eps

2025
Insider poster

Insider

TV · as Sig selv · 1 ep

2024
Periodical poster

Periodical

Movie · as Self

2024
Emmanuelle poster

Emmanuelle

Movie · as Margot

2024
Elephants: Giants of the Desert poster

Elephants: Giants of the Desert

Movie · as Narrator (voice)

2023
Off Script with The Hollywood Reporter poster

Off Script with The Hollywood Reporter

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2022
The Desperate Hour poster

The Desperate Hour

Movie · as Amy Carr

2022
Infinite Storm poster

Infinite Storm

Movie · as Pam Bales

2022
Goodnight Mommy poster

Goodnight Mommy

Movie · as Mother

2022
The Watcher poster

The Watcher

TV · as Nora Brannock · 7 eps

2021
Boss Level poster

Boss Level

Movie · as Jemma Wells

2021
This Is the Night poster

This Is the Night

Movie · as Marie Dedea

2021
Penguin Bloom poster

Penguin Bloom

Movie · as Sam Bloom

2020
Inside Taronga Zoo poster

Inside Taronga Zoo

TV · as Narrator (Voice) · 39 eps

2020
Taronga: Who's Who in the Zoo poster

Taronga: Who's Who in the Zoo

TV · as Self - Narrator (voice) · 76 eps

2019
Ophelia poster

Ophelia

Movie · as Queen Gertrude / Mechtild

2019
The Wolf Hour poster

The Wolf Hour

Movie · as June Leigh

2019
Luce poster

Luce

Movie · as Amy Edgar

2019
The Loudest Voice poster

The Loudest Voice

TV · as Gretchen Carlson · 7 eps

2019
The Kelly Clarkson Show poster

The Kelly Clarkson Show

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2018
Vice poster

Vice

Movie · as News Anchor (uncredited)

2018
Beyond Boundaries: The Harvey Weinstein Scandal poster

Beyond Boundaries: The Harvey Weinstein Scandal

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2017
Chuck poster

Chuck

Movie · as Linda Wepner

2017
The Book of Henry poster

The Book of Henry

Movie · as Susan Carpenter

2017
The Glass Castle poster

The Glass Castle

Movie · as Rose Mary Walls

2017
I Am Heath Ledger poster

I Am Heath Ledger

Movie · as Self

2017
Do Not Pick Up Hitchhikers poster

Do Not Pick Up Hitchhikers

Movie · as Self

2017
A Bloody Finger in Your Mouth poster

A Bloody Finger in Your Mouth

Movie · as Self

2017
Gypsy poster

Gypsy

TV · as Jean Holloway · 10 eps

2017
FEUD poster

FEUD

TV · as Babe Paley · 8 eps

2016
Allegiant poster

Allegiant

Movie · as Evelyn Johnson-Eaton

2016
Demolition poster

Demolition

Movie · as Karen Moreno

2016
Shut In poster

Shut In

Movie · as Mary Portman

2016
3 Generations poster

3 Generations

Movie · as Maggie

2016
The Sea of Trees poster

The Sea of Trees

Movie · as Joan Brennan

2015
While We're Young poster

While We're Young

Movie · as Cornelia Schrebnick

2015
Insurgent poster

Insurgent

Movie · as Evelyn Johnson-Eaton

2015
Birdman: All-Access (A View From the Wings) poster

Birdman: All-Access (A View From the Wings)

Movie · as Self

2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert poster

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

2014
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) poster

Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)

Movie · as Lesley

2014
St. Vincent poster

St. Vincent

Movie · as Daka Parimova

2014
The Last Impresario poster

The Last Impresario

Movie · as Self

2014
BoJack Horseman poster

BoJack Horseman

TV · as Naomi Watts (voice) · 1 ep

2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon poster

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

TV · as Self, Self - Guest · 3 eps

2014
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors poster

Variety Studio: Actors on Actors

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2013
Movie 43 poster

Movie 43

Movie · as Samantha (segment "Homeschooled")

2013
Adoration poster

Adoration

Movie · as Lil

2013
Diana poster

Diana

Movie · as Princess Diana

2013
Sunlight Jr. poster

Sunlight Jr.

Movie · as Melissa

2012
The Impossible poster

The Impossible

Movie · as Maria Bennett

2012
Wide-Awake poster

Wide-Awake

Movie · as The Makeup Artist

2011
Dream House poster

Dream House

Movie · as Ann Patterson

2011
Woody Allen: A Documentary poster

Woody Allen: A Documentary

Movie · as Self

2011
J. Edgar poster

J. Edgar

Movie · as Helen Gandy

2010
You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger poster

You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger

Movie · as Sally

2010
Fair Game poster

Fair Game

Movie · as Valerie Plame

2009
The International poster

The International

Movie · as Eleanor Whitman

2009
Mother and Child poster

Mother and Child

Movie · as Elizabeth

2009
Heath Ledger: A Tribute poster

Heath Ledger: A Tribute

Movie · as Self

2009
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen poster

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

TV · as Self - Guest · 2 eps

2008
Funny Games poster

Funny Games

Movie · as Ann

2008
Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis poster

Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2007
Eastern Promises poster

Eastern Promises

Movie · as Anna Ivanovna Khitrova

2006
The Painted Veil poster

The Painted Veil

Movie · as Kitty Fane

2006
Recreating the Eighth Wonder: The Making of 'King Kong' poster

Recreating the Eighth Wonder: The Making of 'King Kong'

Movie · as Self

2006
Inland Empire poster

Inland Empire

Movie · as Suzie Rabbit (voice)

2006
The Eighth Blunder of the World

The Eighth Blunder of the World

Movie · as Self

2006
Kong's New York, 1933 poster

Kong's New York, 1933

Movie · as Self

2005
King Kong poster

King Kong

Movie · as Ann Darrow

2005
The Ring Two poster

The Ring Two

Movie · as Rachel Keller

2005
Stay poster

Stay

Movie · as Lila Culpepper

2005
Ellie Parker poster

Ellie Parker

Movie · as Ellie Parker

2005
King Kong: Peter Jackson's Production Diaries poster

King Kong: Peter Jackson's Production Diaries

Movie · as Self

2004
I ♥ Huckabees poster

I ♥ Huckabees

Movie · as Dawn Campbell

2004
The Assassination of Richard Nixon poster

The Assassination of Richard Nixon

Movie · as Marie Bicke

2004
We Don't Live Here Anymore poster

We Don't Live Here Anymore

Movie · as Edith Evans

2004
21 Grams: In Fragments poster

21 Grams: In Fragments

Movie · as Self

2004
The Making of ‘Mulholland Drive’ poster

The Making of ‘Mulholland Drive’

Movie · as Self

2004
The Present poster

The Present

Movie · as Self

2003
21 Grams poster

21 Grams

Movie · as Cristina Peck

2003
Ned Kelly poster

Ned Kelly

Movie · as Julia Cook

2003
Le Divorce poster

Le Divorce

Movie · as Roxeanne de Persand

2003
The Ellen DeGeneres Show poster

The Ellen DeGeneres Show

TV · as Self · 3 eps

2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live! poster

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

TV · as Self - Guest · 4 eps

2003
Celebrities Uncensored poster

Celebrities Uncensored

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2002
The Ring poster

The Ring

Movie · as Rachel Keller

2002
Undertaking Betty poster

Undertaking Betty

Movie · as Meredith Mainwaring

2002
Rabbits poster

Rabbits

Movie · as Suzie

2002
The Outsider poster

The Outsider

Movie · as Rebecca Yoder

2002
Icons poster

Icons

TV · 1 ep

2002
Rabbits poster

Rabbits

TV · as Suzie · 5 eps

2001
Mulholland Drive poster

Mulholland Drive

Movie · as Betty Elms / Diane Selwyn

2001
Down poster

Down

Movie · as Jennifer Evans

2001
Never Date an Actress poster

Never Date an Actress

Movie · as The Shallow Girlfriend

2001
Ellie Parker poster

Ellie Parker

Movie · as Ellie Parker

2000
The Wyvern Mystery poster

The Wyvern Mystery

Movie · as Alice Fairfield

1999
Strange Planet poster

Strange Planet

Movie · as Alice

1999
The Hunt for the Unicorn Killer poster

The Hunt for the Unicorn Killer

Movie · as Holly Maddux

1999
The Early Show poster

The Early Show

TV · as Self · 3 eps

1999
The Hunt For The Unicorn Killer poster

The Hunt For The Unicorn Killer

TV · as Holly Maddux · 2 eps

1998
Dangerous Beauty poster

Dangerous Beauty

Movie · as Giulia De Lezze

1998
The Christmas Wish poster

The Christmas Wish

Movie · as Renee

1998
Babe: Pig in the City poster

Babe: Pig in the City

Movie · as Additional Character Voices (voice)

1997
Under the Lighthouse Dancing poster

Under the Lighthouse Dancing

Movie · as Louise

1997
The View poster

The View

TV · as Self · 2 eps

1997
Sleepwalkers poster

Sleepwalkers

TV · as Kate Russell · 9 eps

1996
Children of the Corn IV: The Gathering poster

Children of the Corn IV: The Gathering

Movie · as Grace Rhodes

1996
Timepiece poster

Timepiece

Movie · as Mary Chandler

1996
Persons Unknown poster

Persons Unknown

Movie · as Molly

1996
Bermuda Triangle poster

Bermuda Triangle

Movie · as Amanda

1996
The Daily Show poster

The Daily Show

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1996
E! True Hollywood Story poster

E! True Hollywood Story

TV · as Self (archive footage) · 1 ep

1996
Film Independent Spirit Awards poster

Film Independent Spirit Awards

TV · as Self - Presenter & Winner · 1 ep

1995
Tank Girl poster

Tank Girl

Movie · as Jet Girl

1994
The Custodian poster

The Custodian

Movie · as Louise

1994
Inside the Actors Studio poster

Inside the Actors Studio

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1993
Matinee poster

Matinee

Movie · as Shopping Cart Starlet

1993
Gross Misconduct poster

Gross Misconduct

Movie · as Jennifer Carter

1993
Wide Sargasso Sea poster

Wide Sargasso Sea

Movie · as Fanny Grey

1993
Late Night with Conan O'Brien poster

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

1992
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno poster

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

TV · 4 eps

1991
Flirting poster

Flirting

Movie · as Janet Odgers

1991
Brides of Christ poster

Brides of Christ

TV · as Frances Heffernan · 5 eps

1990
Twin Peaks poster

Twin Peaks

TV · as Janey-E Jones · 10 eps

1988
LIVE with Kelly and Mark poster

LIVE with Kelly and Mark

TV · as Self, Self - Guest · 1 ep

1986
For Love Alone poster

For Love Alone

Movie · as Leo's Girlfriend

1984
Goldene Kamera

Goldene Kamera

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1981
Entertainment Tonight poster

Entertainment Tonight

TV · as Self · 2 eps

1973
The American Film Institute Salute to ... poster

The American Film Institute Salute to ...

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1953
The Oscars poster

The Oscars

TV · as Self · 3 eps

1952
Today poster

Today

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1944
Golden Globe Awards poster

Golden Globe Awards

TV · as Self - Presenter, Self - Nominee · 1 ep