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Naomi Ellen Watts

(eng. Naomi Ellen Watts; born September 28, 1968, Shoreham, Kent, England, UK) is an English actress and producer.
Watts made her debut on the big screen with her role in the film For Love Only (English) Russian.
(1986), followed by roles in the Australian television series
Hey Dad..!
"(1990), "
Brides of Christ
" (1991) and "
Home and Away
" (1991), as well as the film "
Flirting
" (1991).
After moving to America, Watts took part in the films " Tank Girl
" (1995), "
Children of the Corn 4: Harvest
" (1996) and "
The Honest Courtesan
" (1998), and also played the main role in the short-lived television series "
Dreamchasers
" (1997-98).

Watts' career breakthrough came with her role in David Lynch's psychological thriller Mulholland Drive.

(2001), followed by her appearance as Rachel Keller in the horror film
The Ring
(2002), which brought her widespread fame.
She was nominated for an Oscar and a Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Actress for her role as Christina Peck in 21 Grams
(2003).
Subsequently, Watts appeared in such films as “ Heart Hackers
” (2004), “
King Kong
” (2005), “
Vice for Export
” (2007), “
International
” (2009), “
Game Without Rules
” (2010) , "
J. Edgar
" (2011).
For her starring role in the disaster film The Impossible
(2012), Watts received her second Oscar and Screen Actors Guild Award nominations for Best Actress, as well as her first Golden Globe Award nomination for Best Actress – Drama. .

Since 2006, Watts has been a Goodwill Ambassador for the Joint United Nations Program on HIV/AIDS, raising awareness of issues related to AIDS.

Early life

She was born on September 28, 1968 in Shoreham, Kent, UK, to Peter Watts and Myfannwy (Meave) Roberts. His mother sold antiques, and his father was the road manager for Pink Floyd until 1974. When Naomi turned four, her parents divorced; when she was seven, her father died of a heroin overdose. In search of a better life, Mrs. Watts with her two children (Naomi's brother Benjamin, now a famous photographer in the USA, is 2 years older than her) traveled half of England and, in the end, decided to move the family to Australia, to Sydney, her mother's homeland. Naomi was 14 years old by then.

As a child, thanks to her mother, who played in a local amateur theater, Naomi also became interested in acting. After graduating from acting school, Naomi attended numerous auditions, where she met Nicole Kidman, who is her best friend to this day. Naomi Watts's first acting job was a small role in the 1986 film For Love Alone.

Naomi Watts' Rules of Life

everything in the world has a reason. If you want, you will always find it.

in a way I was lucky. I was thirty when success fell on me, and at this age you already understand who you really are.

auditions are an insulting and humiliating event. In a room full of people who hardly look in your direction, you are given five minutes to demonstrate something that you have been preparing for, perhaps, for six months. Over and over again, all this leaves new wounds in your mind, and at some point you simply no longer find the strength to show your best side. That's why I will never forget what David Lynch did for me. When I was called to audition for the role in Mulholland Drive, I didn’t look my best, but he was able to see something behind my fatigue, disappointment and anger.

You don't have to sleep with the director to get the role.

I still don’t understand why Lynch chose me, and he himself will never say. He is a very private person - secretive and superstitious. I can assume anything: for example, that as a child his nanny was named Naomi, and he saw something like a sign in my name.

signs, symbols and signs always exist in your life. But there is no need to wait for the thundering voice of heaven or burning letters in the sky. Listen to whispers and rustles, pay attention to trifles.

in life you make choices and decisions, but in life there is such a thing as fate.

I grew up a real kid. As a child, I was always hanging out with my brother, so I had a blast climbing trees and playing with soldiers. But still, I am a woman, and I have never understood those women whose friends are all men.

As a child, I didn’t have a box of nail polishes or cute pink dresses. The way my body works and the way I look didn't bother me until I was in my twenties.

I remember early in my career one of the agents said to me: “Aren't you worried about how time passes? Don't you think you're aging too quickly? And I was thirty then. You see, thirty!

In America there is a popular opinion, almost a rule: an actress under forty will never get a leading role. But in Europe, things are a little different - just look at Catherine Deneuve. So instead of thinking about how to slow down the aging process, I think about how to get rid of these stupid rules.

It’s very difficult for me to undress in front of the camera, but doing it with a woman is, of course, easier than with a man. You can easily whisper to a woman: “Be careful, I have cellulite here.”

If you're not scared of what's in front of you, maybe you shouldn't start.

The easiest sex scene in my life was the scene from Mulholland Drive, because I was with a woman. I just didn’t feel any shame or discomfort.

More than anything else, I'm afraid to say righteous things.

pain is the most important thing on earth. After going through pain, you can say that you have seen something in this life.

there is no need to knock on a door that is about to open.

I grew up eating baked beans. There were times when we simply could not afford anything else. Now I can afford black caviar, but you will never catch me eating caviar. Beans are my food.

For Australians, I will forever remain English. For the British, I will forever remain Australian. My maternal grandmother was from Australia, so when my mother decided it was time to move somewhere away from England, we went there. However, Americans prefer not to think about it at all. To them I am American.

I like everything about Australia - the sun is brighter there and the stars are clearer.

I started smoking when I moved to Los Angeles. This is such a lonely city that sharing a cigarette with someone is sometimes the only opportunity for communication.

There is a popular misconception that I am a very gloomy and unbalanced person. Is it because I play women on the verge of a nervous breakdown too often?

Our culture teaches us to fear death, but I think that if we knew more about death, we would learn to appreciate life more.

I don't try to exorcise my demons, I prefer to negotiate with them.

sometimes it seems to me that happiness is just another Hollywood fantasy.

Lately I've been gravitating more and more towards drama. You're unlikely to see me in a romantic comedy.

Every year there are more and more remakes. We are running out of ideas about what is inherently sinful and why we will all burn in hell.

After King Kong, I swore that I would never again act in films where you have to run, jump and fall. But this is the same thing as with the birth of children. You die from pain and tell yourself that you will never dare to take such a step again. But you forget about it very quickly.

being a mother is exactly what everyone talks about and then some.

I want my children to have as much travel as possible in their lives. They have already visited a whole bunch of countries, and I am sure that their heads are full of wonderful memories. Even if they missed six weeks of junior school - so what? What’s better: for them to move the letter cubes somewhere far away from me, or for them to be nearby - on an elephant in Thailand?

As soon as I'm about to fly somewhere from Los Angeles, someone always appears on the horizon and offers me a job.

Now I would like to act in a movie that my children will like.

Once upon a time, I played in either the fourth or fifth part of “Children of the Corn” and received $5,000 for it. But so what?

there are still some perks to being a celebrity. Now I know exactly what I want to wear, what kind of house I want to live in and what roles I want to take on. When you become famous, you begin to understand much more about yourself.

I'm lucky: I'll never be recognized on the streets. On the red carpet I seem to everyone to be a beautiful screen star, but in everyday life everything is completely different. I easily blend into the crowd, but Lev (Liev Schreiber is an American actor, the father of the Watts children. - Esquire) is much more noticeable, and very often people literally push me away to get to him. They usually tell me: “Girl, could you take a picture of us?”

I can get ready to go out very quickly if we are going to some big event, but I don’t wear makeup on normal days, and I don’t even always have time to blow-dry my hair. To be honest, I have neither the time nor the desire for this. If you look in my purse, you are unlikely to find anything there other than sunglasses. I don't even have mascara there.

an honest person always looks sexier.

I think it's normal to portray another person in front of the camera, but I find it completely unnatural to walk around the red carpet, give comments and talk about my personal life.

The actor's task is to completely dissolve in the role.

After I played the role of Princess Diana, everyone around me started talking again about the fact that I didn’t look British.

More than anything else, I fear justice.

Career

At the age of 18, Naomi decided to try herself as a model and was hired through an agency to work in Japan. After a year of struggle in this business, she realized that it was “not hers” and returned home. Now she found herself on the other side of the modeling business - she began working as a correspondent for a fashion magazine. After a series of trials and errors in choosing a profession, she finally realized that her true calling was to be an actress.

Watts soon managed to get small roles in the film Flirting (1991) with Nicole Kidman and Thandie Newton, as well as in the Australian mini-series, where she starred with another future Australian star, Russell Crowe. The director of “Flirting,” John Duigan, invited Naomi to his next film, “The Boundless Sargasso Sea” (1992).

Watts at the premiere of
Vice for Export
, 2007.

After this, the young actress went to Los Angeles. Naomi Watts' first Hollywood experience was “The Afternoon” (1993). Neither this nor the other roles she played in the 1990s (“Tank Girl,” “Children of the Corn 4,” “The Honest Courtesan,” “Alien Planet” and others) made Naomi a star.

The road to fame for Watts was the David Lynch film with the magical title “Mulholland Drive.” Magical, because it is also the name of the highway that crosses the City of Angels, along which Naomi so often drove the car, trying to unwind after yet another unsuccessful audition.

The actress's bizarre split personality display in Mulholland Drive (originally filmed as a pilot before a television series) was her first starring role. David Lynch's film, which received an Oscar nomination and won a prize for best director at Cannes, brought Naomi her first major awards, including an award from the Association of American Film Critics.

Mulholland Drive was the beginning of her career taking off. Subsequent roles - Ellie Parker in the film of the same name (for this role Naomi was awarded at the Sundance Film Festival as best actress in a short film) and journalist Rachel Keller in the blockbuster thriller "The Ring", which grossed almost $250 million at the box office, cemented her reputation stars, after which offers began to pour in for the actress[1].

Among the best projects of Naomi Watts: “21 Grams”, which brought her an Oscar nomination, with Benicio del Toro and Sean Penn, “Assassinate the President” again with Sean Penn, “Divorce” with Kate Hudson and Glenn Close, “Heart Burglars” with Dustin Hoffman and Jude Law, "Stay" with Ewan McGregor. In addition, Naomi is involved in producing (“Ellie Parker,” “We Don’t Live Here Anymore”).

Watts with Liev Schreiber in 2012.

In 2005, Peter Jackson's King Kong was released, in which Naomi played the role of the beloved huge ape, Ann Darrow. She was not afraid to play the iconic role of King Kong's girl, played before her by such stars as Fay Wray and Jessica Lange.

In her next film, The Painted Veil, Naomi Watts acts both as the leading actress and as a co-producer. This is the second film adaptation of Somerset Maugham's novel of the same name (the first, starring Greta Garbo, was released in 1934). The plot of the film revolves around the relationship of a married couple during their trip to China. The same year, she voiced Susan the Rabbit in David Lynch's psychological thriller Inland Empire.

Roles of Naomi Watts

Watts' acting debut was a small role in the film “Only for Love” (1986). After the film was released, Naomi wanted to try herself in the modeling business, and she got a job in Japan through an agency. After a year spent in this field, the girl realized that a modeling career was not for her and returned home, where she settled down on the “other side” of the business - she became a correspondent for a fashion magazine. However, this profession did not bring her proper satisfaction, and Naomi realized that she still wanted to be an actress. In 1991, Watts received a cameo role in John Duigan's film Flirting, which also starred Nicole Kidman and Thandie Newton. After the release of the film, Daigan invited Naomi to star in his next work, the film “The Boundless Sargasso Sea” (1992).

A year later, Watts moved to Los Angeles and made her Hollywood debut in the film The Afternoon (1993). By that time, Naomi had played in several more films (“Tank Girl”, “Children of the Corn 4”, “Honest Courtesan”, “Alien Planet”, etc.), but the girl was not able to find an actress. A career breakthrough for Naomi Watts was David Lynch's film Mulholland Drive, in which the actress played a girl with an unusual split personality. This was her first “star role”. The film was nominated for an Oscar and won an award for Best Director, and Naomi Watts was awarded the prestigious Association of American Film Critics award. After the success of “Mulholland Drive,” the actress starred in the film “Ellie Parker” (2001) and for this role she received the “Best Actress in a Short Film” award at the Sundance Film Festival. Watts next played the lead role of journalist Rachel Keller in the thriller The Ring (2002), which grossed $250 million worldwide. Several successful roles in a row cemented the actress’s reputation as a screen star, and the girl began to receive a huge number of offers.

In 2005, the film “King Kong” by Peter Jackson was released, where Watts played the role of Ann Darrow, the lover of a huge ape. The actress was not afraid to play the iconic role, which was played before her by Fay Wray and Jessica Lange. In 2006, Naomi Watts starred in the film The Painted Veil (an adaptation of Somerset Maugham's novel of the same name), and also acted as a co-producer. Later that year, the actress voiced Susan Rabbit in David Lynch's psychological thriller Inland Empire. Among the latest films with her participation are “Divergent, Chapter 3: Beyond the Wall,” “Locked Up,” “Bleeder.” In 2020, Naomi will appear on screens in several films at once.

Selected filmography

Actress

Producer

• 2001 — “Ellie Parker”
• 2004 - “We don’t live here anymore”
• 2006 — “The Painted Veil”
• 2007 — “Funny Games”
• 2013 — “Secret Attraction”
• 2013 — “The Last Impresario”
• 2015 — “Three Generations”
• 2015 — “Oh Ray”

Awards and nominations

Full list of awards and nominations on IMDb

[4].

Star biography: Naomi Watts

Naomi Watts was born on September 28, 1968 in Shoreham, UK. When the girl turned 14 years old, the family moved to Australia. Naomi's mother played in a local amateur theater, which influenced her daughter's choice of profession. After graduating from acting school, Watts went to numerous auditions, where she met Nicole Kidman, who became her best friend.

Naomi's first acting job was a small role in the 1986 film “Only for Love.” At the same time, the actress decided to try herself in the modeling business and flew to Japan for a year, then worked for a short time as a correspondent for a fashion magazine and, in the end, chose acting. Naomi received small roles in the film Flirting (1991) with Nicole Kidman and in the Australian mini-series with another future Australian star, Russell Crowe.

In 1992, Watts went to Los Angeles. Her first roles in Hollywood (“The Afternoon,” “Tank Girl,” “Children of the Corn 4,” “The Honest Courtesan,” “Alien Planet”) did not bring much success to the actress. Everything changed after the release of David Lynch's Mulholland Drive. The film was nominated for an Oscar, won the prize for best director at Cannes and made actress Naomi Watts famous throughout the world.

For her role in the film “Ellie Parker,” Watts was awarded at the Sundance Film Festival as best actress in a short film, and the thriller “The Ring” (2002) with her participation grossed $230 million.

Among the best projects of Naomi Watts: “21 Grams” (2003) with Benicio del Toro and Sean Penn, which brought her an Oscar nomination, “Kill the President” (2004) again with Sean Penn, “Divorce” (2003) with Kate Hudson and Glenn Close , Heartbreakers (2004) with Dustin Hoffman and Jude Law, Stay (2005) with Ewan McGregor.

In 2005, Watts played the role of King Kong's lover in the film of the same name by Peter Jackson. In her next film, The Painted Veil, Naomi acts not only as the leading actress, but also as a co-producer. The actress also acted as a producer in films (“Ellie Parker”, “We Don’t Live Here Anymore”).

In 2009, two projects with Naomi Watts were released: the Tom Tykwer thriller “International” and the drama “Mother and Child”. In 2010, Woody Allen's You Will Meet a Tall Strange Brunette was presented at the Cannes Film Festival, where Watts' partners were Anthony Hopkins and Freda Pinto Antonio Banderas.

Naomi is married to film and stage actor Liev Schreiber, and they have two sons: Alexander Piet (July 25, 2007) and Samuel Kai Schreiber (December 13, 2008).

Notes

1. "Watts drawn to Buddhism". Actress Actives. Ugo Intertaiment 3 February 2006. Retrieved 3 August 2011.
2. Guglielmi, Jodi
   .
   Naomi Watts Calls Former Boyfriend Heath Ledger a 'Darling Heart' on Late Actor's 39th Birthday (English), People
   (April 4, 2018).
3. Nessif, Bruno
   .
   Liev Schreiber and Naomi Watts Split After 11 Years Together, E!
   News (September 26, 2016).
4. Naomi Watts - Awards (English). Naomi Watts—IMDb
   (August 16, 2017).