Naomi Watts Story

Naomi Watts Story



Date of Birth
28 September 1968, Shoreham, Kent, England, UK

Birth Name
Naomi Ellen Watts

Nickname
Queen of Remakes

Height
5' 5" (1.65 m)

Naomi Watts Biography



Naomi Watts was born in Shoreham, England on September twenty eight, 1968 to Peter and Miv Watts. Peter Watts, the road manager to Pink Floyd, died when Naomi was seven and he or she began to follow her mother and her brother around England till they settled in Australia when she was fourteen. She coaxed her mother into letting her take acting category once they arrived. once bit components in commercials, she landed her initial role in For Love Alone (1986). Naomi met her succor, Nicole Kidman, once they each auditioned for a bikini business and that they shared a taxi ride home. In 1991, Naomi starred along Kidman within the sleeper-hit Flirting (1991) directed by John Duigan. Naomi continued her career by starring within the Australian "Brides of Christ" (1991) co-starring Oscar-winners Russell Crowe and Brenda Fricker. In 1993, she worked with John Duigan once more in Wide Sargasso ocean (1993) and director George Miller in Gross Misconduct (1993). Tank lady (1995), in 1995, an adaptation of the comic book was a cult hit, starred Naomi as "Jet Girl", however it did not fare well at the box-office and did not do abundant for her career as a full. Watts continued to require insignificant components in movies as well as the abundant forgotten film kids of the Corn: The Gathering (1996) (V). It wasn't till David Lynch forged her within the critically acclaimed film Mulholland Dr. (2001) that she began to become noticed. Her half as an aspiring actress showed her robust acting ability and wide selection and earned her abundant respect, the maximum amount on say by some that she was overlooked for a Oscar nomination that year. Stardom finally came to Naomi within the surprise hit The Ring (2002), that grossed over $100,000,000 at the box-office and starred Watts as a investigative reporter searching down the reality behind many mysterious deaths seemingly caused by a video tape. whereas the movie failed to fare well with the critics, it launched her into the spotlight. In 2003, she starred in Alejandro González Iñárritu's twenty one Grams (2003) that earned her - what some say could be a abundant overdue Oscar nomination and brought others to decision her one among the most effective in her generation of actors. identical year, she was nominated for twenty one Grams (2003), Naomi was chosen to play "Ann Darrow" in director Peter Jackson's King Kong (2005) that took her to New Zealand for a 5 month shoot. Watts completed her initial comedy in I Heart Huckabees (2004) for director David O. Russell, enjoying a superficial spokes model - a clear stage from her usual intense and dramatic roles she is understood for. In 2005, she reprized her role because the protective-mother-reporter "Rachel Keller" within the Ring 2 (2005). The movie, released in March, opened to $35,000,000 at the box workplace within the initial weekend and established her as a box-office draw. additionally in 2005, it had been determined that her freelance movie Ellie Parker (2001) would be re-released in late 2005 once its success at resurfacing at the Sundance Film competition. The movie, that Naomi additionally made, options her within the title role and could be a bit biographical, however nonetheless exaggerated take of the lifetime of a struggling actress as she involves Hollywood and encounters nightmares of the profession (it additionally options Watts' own beat-up Honda that she travels around in). In 2006, she starred with Edward Norton within the Painted Veil (2006). In July of 2007, Naomi gave birth to a boy, Alexander Pete in l. a. with Liev Schreiber. Since then her career decisions have gathered even additional essential acclaim with starring roles roles in German director Michael Haneke's yank remake of his thriller Funny Games (2007), David Cronenberg's jap guarantees (2007), and also the action-thriller, The International (2009/I), released in February 2009. In mid-2008, Watts announced she was expecting her second kid with Schreiber and gave birth to a different boy, Samuel Kai in big apple on December thirteen.

Trade Mark

Her 2 front teeth

Often plays characters that endure loss or suffering

Frequently plays Dark and troubled characters

Long Blonde Hair

Often works with Sean Penn

Blue Eyes

Roles in Remakes of Films

Trivia



Daughter of Peter Watts, road manager for Pink Floyd till 1974.

Best friends with Nicole Kidman, since a casting incorporate business once they were ladies.

Moved to Australia when she was fourteen.

Is a vegetarian.

She once appeared in an Australian tv business turning down a date with Tom Cruise for her mum's lamb roast.

Was named one among the fifty Most stunning individuals by individuals Magazine in 2002.

Her brother, Ben Watts, could be a well-known photographer. he is been living within the US since 1994.

Featured on the duvet of the Australian Empire Magazine March 2003 for ladies of the Year 2002.

Voted the 14th Sexiest feminine Movie Star within the Australian Empire Magazine September 2002.

When her mobile phone sounds, it plays Pink Floyd's "Money".

Her father died when she was seven.

Accepted the role for twenty one Grams (2003) while not reading the script initial.

She contains a Yorkshire terrier named Bob.



Her favorite actresses are Meryl Streep, Jodie Foster and Julianne Moore. For music, her favorite artists/bands are Fiona Apple, Coldplay, Björk, Radiohead, Cat Stevens and Pink Floyd.

Moved in with succor Nicole Kidman once Kidman spilt up from husband Tom Cruise.

Director David Lynch asked her to be within the movie Mulholland Dr. (2001) once selecting out her headshot from a stack of actors.

Claims she needed to become an actor once seeing the movie Fame (1980).

Spent a number of her early childhood in Anglesey, Wales, where her mother is from.

Starred in and made 2001's Ellie Parker (2001), that was created into a sort of cult classic a few struggling actress in Hollywood and also the nightmares she encountered. The movie resurfaced in 2005 at the SunDance Film competition and is about to be re-released in December of 2005.

Ranked #76 on Forbes 2005 Power in Entertainment List.

Had an horrific fall on the New Zealand set of King Kong (2005). She fell from a height into a ditch, to the shock of the forged and crew. She thanked her rigorous follow of yoga for saving her from any permanent injury.

Parents: Peter Watts and Myfanwy (Miv) Watts.

Grandparents: Hugh & Nikki Roberts

Her oldsters divorced when she was four.

When she was twenty years recent, she was an assistant editor at "Follow Me" magazine in Australia. once a follower begged her to do acting, she quit her job instead and never looked back.

Was among her boyfriend Liev Schreiber to the King Kong (2005) US-premiere. it had been their initial public look along.

Model for David Yurman. [2006]

When she was eighteen, she tried her hand at modeling and was employed by office in Japan.

Was among the guests at Nicole Kidman's and Keith Urban's wedding

When shooting a movie, uses a selected song to urge herself prepared for every scene.

Was Fernando Meirelles's initial alternative for the role of Tessa Quayle within the Constant Gardener (2005), however she declined thanks to her commitment to King Kong (2005). Rachel Weisz was then given the role.

Named #99 in FHM magazine's "100 Sexiest girls within the World 2006" supplement. (2006).

Was voted #29 on AskMen.com's Most fascinating girls of 2006.

Named #2 within the French edition of FHM magazine's "100 Sexiest girls within the World 2006".

Ranked #2 within the UK FHM's most eligible girls (2006).

Was voted third in Entertainment Weekly's Entertainers of the Year in December 2005.

Named #4 of Sexiest girls over the age of thirty five per the editors at MSN Lifestyle: Men.

Is good friends with actor Mark Ruffalo and his wife Sunrise Coigney.

Friend of Kate Hudson, Gia Carides and Carla Gugino.

At age thirty-nine she gave birth to her initial kid, a son named Alexander Pete Schreiber, on July 25, 2007, fathered by boyfriend Liev Schreiber. Alexander weighed in at eight lbs. 4 oz., and is 22-1/2 inches (Alexander is called for his grandfather and Peter is called for her father, Peter Watts).

Played a struggling actress living in L.A. twice: in Mulholland Dr. (2001) and in Ellie Parker (2005).

Engaged to actor Liev Schreiber. [2007]

Her mother Miv Watts is an internal designer.

Turned down the role of "Susan Storm" (Invisible Girl) in Fantastic Four (2005). Jessica Alba later got the half.

Enjoys martial arts and trained Judo for an extended time. She participated in amateur Judo championships through the first 90s, from 1989 to 1992. Nowadays, she trains in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu.

In 2007, a rumor circulated that she had been forged as Narcissa Malfoy in Harry Potter and also the Half-Blood Prince (2009). The day once the rumor appeared, her PR reps claimed it wasn't true.

Her favorite "scary movie" is do not Look currently (1973) (1973).

Considers herself to be each British and Australian.

At age 40, she gave birth to her second kid, a boy named Samuel Kai, on December thirteen, 2008. He weighed seven lbs. 13 oz.

Is 19 months younger than her brother, Ben.

The maniacal laughter heard within the Pink Floyd song "Money" is her father's, Peter Watts, the band's then road manager.

Returned to figure 2 months once giving birth to her son Alexander so as to start filming The International (2009/I).

Was in competition for the role of Hanna Schmiz within the Reader (2008), beside Marion Cotillard, once Nicole Kidman dropped out thanks to pregnancy. but thanks to scheduling conflicts she had to back out and also the half was eventually given to Kate Winslet.

Was forged in a very King Lear adaptation as Goneril alongside Keira Knightley (as Cordelia), Gwyneth Paltrow (as Regan) and Anthony Hopkins (as King Lear). The movie was shelved.

Worked as a nanny for Nicole Kidman and Tom Cruise when she was struggling in Hollywood.

Godmother of Simon Baker and Rebecca Rigg's son Claude.

Has been in a minimum of seven remakes/revisions: Down (2001), The Ring (2002), Ned Kelly (2003), Ellie Parker (2005), King Kong (2005), The Painted Veil (2006) and Funny Games (2007).

Returned to figure one month once giving birth to her son Samuel so as to start filming Mother and kid (2009).

Before finally accepting a lead role in you'll Meet a Tall Dark Stranger (2010), she was forced to show down roles by Woody Allen in each Melinda and Melinda (2004) and Cassandra's Dream (2007) thanks to scheduling conflicts.

Shot her leading role in Mother and kid (2009) in mere eight days.

Attended North Sydney ladies highschool.

It is typically assumed that she met fiancé Liev Schreiber on the set of The Painted Veil (2006), however they really met at the big apple Met ball in 2005.

Was 3 months pregnant together with her son Alexander when she completed filming on jap guarantees (2007).

Owns homes in each l. a. and big apple town.

Wanted to play Catwoman within the Dark Knight Rises (2012), however was thought of too recent for the half, and also the 14-years-younger Anne Hathaway was forged instead.

Mother Myfanwy Watts is Welsh.

Her maternal grandmother was Australian.

Spokeswoman for Audi (2011).

Spokeswoman for Pantene haircare (2011).

Model for Ann Taylor (2011).

Good friends with frequent co-star, Sean Penn.

Personal Quotes



'Pain is such a crucial issue in life. i believe that as an artist you have got to expertise suffering. it isn't enough to possess lived it once; you have got to relive it. Darkness isn't a pejorative issue."

"There's plenty of skeletons in my closet, however i do know what they are sporting. i am not gonna act all ashamed of it" - on her early career.

It was total naivety that got me to Hollywood. i assumed it had been getting to happen instantly. I told myself 'give it five years, there is not any means i will be here subsequently if it does not happen'. Cut to 10 years later!

On set is where I feel comfy. The red carpet stuff, talking regarding the film, explaining your own life, it does not come back naturally. It's all necessary stuff I suppose however it isn't my strength.

I realize myself gravitating towards drama. It interests me. within the books I browse, the paintings i favor, it is usually the darker stuff.

For the record, i'm truly British similarly as Australian. individuals invariably assume i am Australian however i am happy for the Brits to say me back. i am providing myself up.

Instead of thinking 'how am i able to slow the ageing process?' i believe 'how am i able to bend the rules?' each year you boost your life, you are going to feature a distinct expertise to your face.

Whatever is alleged regarding roles drying up, I will keep operating. actually currently the roles could not be additional attention-grabbing - enjoying mothers, divorcees. i believe it's getting to be exciting to play a mother of teenagers. The longer your life, the deeper it gets.

My mum place me in drama categories once I was regarding fourteen. i might been occurring regarding it for a few time, therefore perhaps it had been some way to shut me up.

"We're therefore frightened of death in our culture, however i believe if we have a tendency to know it higher, then we'll appreciate the life we've got additional." - in response to twenty one Grams (2003).

"I've had individuals who've seen twenty one Grams (2003) say, 'Wow, you are therefore brave to be trying like that'. This shocks me. i believe that is what an actor's job is, to lose yourself in a very role".

You have to form peace with yourself. The secret is to search out the harmony in what you have got. quoted within the Feb 01, 2005 issue of WOMAN'S WORLD.

If I even have to supply movies, direct movies, no matter to vary the means Hollywood treats older girls, I'll do it. If I even have to bend the foundations, I will. If I even have to interrupt them, I will.

Even throughout my most intense scenes with Sean Penn (in twenty one Grams (2003)), we have a tendency to found ways that to possess fun. Sure, I even have my dark moments, however i am the lady you will see driving down the highway singing to Blondie.

It's always nerve-racking to require off your garments on film. however doing it with a girl felt safer than with a person. you recognize you'll be able to say, 'Don't grab me there: that is where my cellulite is'! [after being asked if it had been onerous to try to to a love scene with a girl (Mulholland Dr. (2001)]

I invariably love being within the company of ladies. It's all regarding sensible conversation and nice wine.

"The consequences are that you just concern and dread being abandoned. You get a bit harder, and it's harder for you to become intimate. The professionals are that you just will adapt to any state of affairs which you are open to new surroundings. plenty of individuals get stuck in their ways that, however I embrace amendment." on moving frequently when she was younger.

"The biggest place I seek for validation is from my mother. that is the very little lady in me that may never age." - on why not having an Oscar nonetheless does not faze her.

That ad recently turned up in a very magazine in Australia. My head is in my hands as i am sitting at as desk, thinking, 'When am i able to begin using tampons?' i used to be quite recent, however i used to be purported to look 12". - on one among her initial gigs.

I'm a tomboy currently. I invariably needed to suit in with my brother's cluster, therefore I climbed trees and played with lead troopers. however i am a lady's woman. I never understood girls who do not have lady friends.

Yeah, I suppose i'm ordinarily drawn to the darker stuff. you will not realize me in a very romantic comedy. Those movies do not speak to me. individuals do not come back to speak to me regarding those scripts, as a result of they most likely assume i am this dark, twisted, miserable person.

"Every time I dress up to travel somewhere, I say this can be who I am: like, I feel sort of a Russian hooker tonight. an extended time ago, I placed on a Stella McCartney high with an enormous quantity of feathers, and that i had extremely black eye makeup and stringy hair. My mom was like, 'That top's not working'. however that is what I seemed like, a Russian hooker".

I keep saying to myself, Oh, God, i am sick of enjoying these dark, harrowing roles. i need a giant paycheck, therefore place me in some dumb romantic comedy any day.

When I had dark hair I positively felt that i used to be additional anonymous.

I had gotten to an area where i really believed everything i used to be called: 'not horny,' 'not funny,' 'too intense,' desperate.' All those labels they gave me, I took them as a result of there wasn't a trace of my true self left. - on the struggles of her early career.

To be appreciated or recognized is everything to an artist, however to be placed in a very class where judgment happens is awful, and nonetheless we have a tendency to are all liars if we will not admit that we have not all chased it or dreamed of it, even simply a bit bit.

Every time i might assume to book a price tag to depart L.A., one thing would come back up-even simply a 3 day job or one thing. That was enough to stay me invested. I still pinch myself when a precise director calls and says, 'Would you wish to browse my script?' i do not take any of it with a pinch of salt as a result of I struggled for therefore long.

Yes, I've had six nice years of being in a very position where I will choose and select slightly, however it isn't like I suddenly feel therefore calm and relaxed that. Having spent an outsized portion of my life with a continuing struggle and making an attempt to search out ways that to form it work, that is what sticks with me.

There's a set of rules out there somewhere that says it all ends by forty. I hope to be able to defy that as a result of i really love my work.

I don't assume i am extremely the go-to lady for that kind of cheery popcorn movie. I've done that tiny little bit of lightness in King Kong, and that i Heart Huckabees was positively goofy, however I simply do not connect that well to romantic comedies as a result of they are sometimes therefore formulaic and not extremely primarily based really.

I'm not this dark, twisted person. Yes, I even have my demons and this can be my means of exorcising them. It gets them out - and higher out than in. Actually, i believe that it is the comedians who are the darkest individuals on the earth, as a result of they assume life's simply bloody hilarious. - on the same old dark roles that she is understood for.

To be a producer isn't one thing that I inspect as a footing of power. I simply assume that I even have these nice connections, let's use them. i think in it. you suspect in it. Let's do it.

People think about me because the go-to-girl for nervous breakdowns. (On the sort of roles she's offered.)

I've done a couple of remakes currently, as you recognize. And my philosophy is, you see the first film once, and that is it. you have got to try to to no matter you'll be able to to shut it out, as a result of you do not need your performance to be tainted. you do not need to fall into the entice of comparisons, basically.

Auditions are simply therefore humiliating and degrading. You get a five-minute time slot for a region you have spent six hours or additional finding out for or considering, and you get into these rooms filled with those who barely build eye contact. they are bored and annoyed that they can not realize the proper person, energy that's instantly crushing and that makes it onerous to shine. prying that method over and over, you become therefore wounded and guarded that it's not possible to offer you best stuff away. that is why i will be able to always remember what David Lynch did on behalf of me. When he forged me in Mulholland Dr. (2001), i used to be literally at very cheap place, and nonetheless he managed to drag away all those masks.

It was quite troublesome to show off throughout the tip of the day. the majority can question me, 'Was this scary to form, scary to watch?' sometimes the solution is not any, as a result of in most films, you shoot out of sequence therefore everything's fragmented. however this film was shot pretty much in chronological order and it just about takes place all on one set. Michael does not cut plenty -- one shot is held for endless minutes. therefore it had been onerous. The set was from time to time a really tense place - On filming Funny Games (2007).

They each had such troublesome components. Michael, significantly, had endless amounts of dialog, and Haneke needed to shoot long takes while not angles, that meant each guys had to be pretty much on their game. i used to be therefore impressed with each of them. they are terribly fine actors and though they struggled with it -- enjoying these hideous, psychotic individuals -- i believe there was some fun in it, too. Michael Pitt is additionally somebody who works from a really organic place and Haneke had many instruction for him. you're feeling terribly trapped and confined. and also the material is therefore serious and it causes you to therefore terribly tense. - on "Funny Games" co-stars Michael Pitt and Brady Corbet.

Since this was a remake, there was the concern that you are going to be compared to the first actors. the actual fact that Michael was coming up with every shot the precise same means because the original meant that you just had to try to to identical blocking and tread identical steps as those actors. And then you're thinking that, oh wow, how am i able to invent this character, how am i able to realize this scene in my very own organic means? Michael's way is therefore sort out -- i might attend the sink, attend the fridge, then back to the sink -- it became such a heady issue and it isn't like I favor to work. i favor to feel it and surprise myself. - additional on "Funny Games" writer/director Michael Haneke.

Aside from the endless discussions and imagining varied situations -- the 'what-ifs' -- I happen to grasp 2 folks that had been held hostage in their home. to grasp even 2 individuals is scary; it reminds you that this kind of issue extremely will happen. - on getting ready and regarding "Funny Games"

It was the character that drew me to the present project. it is a genre film, and you get all those moments that you just get in a very genre film, however you get a bit bit additional. i believe it's additional psychological. and also the character has her own personal journey to travel through, and that i significantly liked it for that reason. Rachel starts out as a flawed person and not the best mother. She's not asking the queries, she's a bit bit driven and targeted on what she thinks is that the right issue to try to to, that is figure, work, work, survive, survive and supply for my kid. however it's solely finally the drama and also the chaos happens that she realizes that it isn't with regards to that. It's regarding spending time and asking the queries and recognizing what your kid wants before he states it. -- On what drew her to The Ring (2002).

Yes, I did. I saw it once. I browse the script and that i extremely liked the script. I got excited regarding it, and then I managed to urge hold of the copy of the japanese version. it had been significantly troublesome to search out as i used to be shooting a movie within the south of Wales. The video store individuals checked out me blankly. And once I got hold of it, i used to be in my hotel area alone and watching it on a really little TV monitor, and that i keep in mind being pretty freaked out. I simply saw it the once, which was enough to urge me excited regarding doing it. But then, after that, I did not need to appear at it an excessive amount of, as a result of when you are doing a remake, i believe it will be dangerous, as a result of seeing how the opposite actor played the role might corrupt your own ideas or take you in a very direction that is not specifically where you'd have planned to travel -- On watching "Ringu" before shooting The Ring (2002).

I'd need to say once I identified that my son was watching the tape. And save for, once I was totally exasperated at the tip. ... i actually felt like i used to be relating melodrama, and you are simply going for it, and you are a bit like shrieking, and you are invariably afraid that it's an excessive amount of, however it extremely warrants that within the story. It's extremely regarding trusting Gore, as a result of we have to form positive that everything is paced well up to that time therefore it is not melodrama. Obviously, it is a terribly, terribly dramatic state of affairs, and she's reached that time where she simply cannot take it anymore. therefore you are doing it on the day and you are simply invariably involved how it's getting to play out within the structure of the story. And then additionally, i might need to say that the horses on the boat was significantly troublesome. I mean, I felt terrible for the horses, however we have a tendency to had the animal individuals there who we have a tendency tore watching terribly closely and telling us what we might and could not do, and everybody on the set was incredibly quiet and respectful so as to not spook them anymore than they were already being spooked. ... however it had been nice. i believe it is a pretty powerful scene. -- on what her most troublesome scenes were within the Ring (2002).

Well, in Mulholland Dr. (2001), I played these 2 characters that weren't primarily based on any reality and that they were terribly extreme individuals. I felt this character, "Rachel Keller", was terribly standard albeit she's presented with extraordinary circumstances. She's a standard person who's simply a mother and to her everything is OK. Life is simply dandy. Then this horrible issue comes into her life. She's forced to question her sanity. It appears fully implausible and then the journalist a part of her goes out the window and it becomes regarding survival for her and for her family. It's pretty intense -- On what attracted her to the role of "Rachel Keller" within the Ring (2002).

It's a bunch of pictures that are extremely quite nasty. they do not specifically correlate however you're employed out what they mean anon within the story, which alone is pretty scary -- On the videotape within the Ring (2002).

I went straight from one movie to a different. I had a few week of rehearsal which was my preparation. it had been an enormous movie and that i had sort of a billion costume, changes and things like that took precedence over any acting preparation. however extremely concern could be a pretty straightforward emotion to play. it is a pretty sensible driving force, therefore imagination extremely was my key -- On getting ready for The Ring (2002).

[on her role in honest Game (2010/I)] i am most likely one among the few those who will say I breastfed my baby whereas packing a loaded gun.

I'm therefore not feeling in my best physical form and there i'm having to strip naked -- that i might never even done before [on her role in Mother and kid (2009)].

I'm incredibly grateful for being in a very position where the phone still rings and also the calls are still coming back in from administrators I respect. I feel like my intentions are identical as they need invariably been. i can not be seduced into doing (a film) for the incorrect reason. the instant I do, i am going to most likely fail.

Everyone said i used to be an overnight success, however it had been 10 years leading up to that.

[Woody Allen is] the most effective actor's director I've ever worked with. there is not the maximum amount free rein as we're led to believe, as a result of he contains a sense of how the scene's getting to work and that we ought to move among those parameters. [But] he needs to empower us to search out it ... and he'll do it in such a delicate fashion that we do not even perceive it's being done.

Salary
Children of the Corn: The Gathering (1996) (V) $5,000
King Kong (2005) $5,000,000

Where Are They currently

(2004) In New Zealand, filming Peter Jackson's King Kong (2005).

(August 2009) She is currently filming in London for Woody Allen in you'll Meet a Tall Dark Stranger (2010) opposite Anthony Hopkins, Antonio Banderas and Josh Brolin, among others.