Naomi Watts

Naomi Watts was born in Shoreham, Kent, England on September 28, 1968. Her father Peter Watts was a sound engineer with the band Pink Floyd. He passed away in 1972 when Naomi was only four years old. Her mom moved the entire family to Sydney, Australia in 1982. While residing at Sydney, Naomi attended acting school where she met Nicole Kidman. In 1986, she decided to quit acting and tried her hand at modeling. She moved to Japan to pursue her modeling career but within four months had to return back as the attempt was fruitless. Naomi herself described her time in Japan as the worst days of her life. Naomi began her acting career with a supporting role in the Australian movie 'Flirting' in 1991. As she moved from Australia to the U.S. she got a supporting role as Jet Girl in the film Tank Girl that released in 1995. Initially, it was difficult for Naomi to get some quality roles so she acted in movies such as Children of the Corn and the series Sleepwalkers. She finally caught the attention of Hollywood when she appeared in David Lynch's, Mulholland Drive. In 2002, Watts starred in the box office blockbuster 'The Ring'. This catapulted her acting career to the top. Ever since she had starred in movies such as 'Ned Kelly', 'Le Divorce', 'The Assasination of Richard Nixon', 'I Heart Huckabees', and 'The Ring 2' to name a few. Her role in the film '21 Grams' alongside Benicio Del Toro earned Watts her first Academy Award nomination for Best Actress. Naomi's greatest success till date came with role of Ann Darrow in the Peter Jackson remake of 'King Kong' in 2005.