# List of awards and nominations received by Nicole Kidman
**Nicole Kidman** is an Australian actress and producer whose honors include an Academy Award, a BAFTA, two [Primetime Emmy Awards](https://www.edgepedia.org/primetime-emmy-awards), six [Golden Globe Awards](https://www.edgepedia.org/golden-globe-awards), and the [AFI Life Achievement Award](https://www.edgepedia.org/afi-life-achievement-award), with IMDb recording 119 wins and 285 nominations across her career.[1](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000173/awards/) • [2](https://www.afi.com/laa/nicole-kidman/) Her awards record spans film, television, and stage, and includes wins as both a performer and a producer.
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Academy Awards | 5 nominations, 1 win: Best Actress for *The Hours* (2003); also nominated for *Moulin Rouge!*, *Rabbit Hole*, *Lion*, and *Being the Ricardos*[3](https://www.televisionacademy.com/bios/nicole-kidman) • [4](https://apnews.com/article/31c5ea6dd66ba4d14b17deda3559b031) |
| Emmy Awards | 4 nominations, 2 wins: at the 2017 Emmys, Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or Movie for *Big Little Lies* and, as executive producer, Outstanding Limited Series[3](https://www.televisionacademy.com/bios/nicole-kidman) |
| Golden Globes | 18 nominations, 6 wins, from *To Die For* (1996) through *Being the Ricardos* (2022)[5](https://goldenglobes.com/person/nicole-kidman/) |
| Career total | 119 wins and 285 nominations (IMDb)[1](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000173/awards/) |
| AFI Life Achievement Award | 2024 recipient, the first Australian actor to receive it[6](https://www.afi.com/press/meryl-streep-morgan-freeman-naomi-watts-reese-witherspoon-and-more-to-honor-nicole-kidman-at-afi-life-achievement-award-gala-tribute/) |
| Venice Film Festival | Volpi Cup for Best Actress for *Babygirl* (2024)[7](https://nicolekidmanofficial.com/) |
| Cannes | 70th Anniversary Award, 2017[8](https://www.festival-cannes.com/en/p/nicole-kidman/) |
## Academy Awards
Kidman's Academy Award recognition began with a nomination for playing the courtesan Satine in [Baz Luhrmann](https://www.edgepedia.org/baz-luhrmann)'s 2001 musical *Moulin Rouge!*.[3](https://www.televisionacademy.com/bios/nicole-kidman) The next year she won the [Academy Award for Best Actress](https://www.edgepedia.org/academy-award-for-best-actress) for playing [Virginia Woolf](https://www.edgepedia.org/virginia-woolf) in *The Hours*, becoming the first Australian to win the award, and also received a BAFTA and a Golden Globe for the performance.[3](https://www.televisionacademy.com/bios/nicole-kidman) Later nominations followed for *Rabbit Hole* (2011), *Lion* (2017, supporting role), and *Being the Ricardos* (2022), her fifth nomination.[1](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000173/awards/) • [2](https://www.afi.com/laa/nicole-kidman/)
## Golden Globe Awards
The Golden Globes database lists Kidman with 18 nominations and 6 wins.[5](https://goldenglobes.com/person/nicole-kidman/) Her wins are Best Actress in a Musical or Comedy for *To Die For* (1996) and *Moulin Rouge!* (2002), Best Actress in a Drama for *The Hours* (2003), and two 2018 awards for *Big Little Lies*, for Best Actress in a Limited Series and for the series itself, followed by Best Actress in a Drama for *Being the Ricardos* (2022).[5](https://goldenglobes.com/person/nicole-kidman/) Among her nominations were *Billy Bathgate* (1992), *The Others* and *Birth*, *Cold Mountain*, *Destroyer* (2019), and *Babygirl* (2025).[5](https://goldenglobes.com/person/nicole-kidman/)
## Emmy Awards
Per the Television Academy, Kidman has 4 nominations and 2 Emmys.[3](https://www.televisionacademy.com/bios/nicole-kidman) Her first nomination came in 2012 for playing [Martha Gellhorn](https://www.edgepedia.org/martha-gellhorn) in the HBO movie *Hemingway & Gellhorn*.[3](https://www.televisionacademy.com/bios/nicole-kidman) At the 69th [Emmy Awards](https://www.edgepedia.org/emmy-awards) in 2017 she won Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or Movie for playing Celeste Wright in *Big Little Lies*, and won a second Emmy as an executive producer when the series won Outstanding Limited Series.[3](https://www.televisionacademy.com/bios/nicole-kidman) A 2026 nomination as executive producer followed for *Margo's Got Money Troubles*, Outstanding Comedy Series.[3](https://www.televisionacademy.com/bios/nicole-kidman)
## Other honors
**Festival awards.** At Cannes, where *Moulin Rouge!*, *Dogville*, and *The Beguiled* were among her competition entries, Kidman received the festival's 70th Anniversary Award in 2017.[8](https://www.festival-cannes.com/en/p/nicole-kidman/) For *Babygirl*, directed by [Halina Reijn](https://www.edgepedia.org/halina-reijn), she won the Volpi Cup for Best Actress at the [Venice Film Festival](https://www.edgepedia.org/venice-film-festival) and was named Best Actress by the [National Board of Review](https://www.edgepedia.org/national-board-of-review).[7](https://nicolekidmanofficial.com/)
**Career awards.** In 2024 Kidman received the AFI Life Achievement Award, established in 1973, at a [Dolby Theatre](https://www.edgepedia.org/dolby-theatre) ceremony; she was the first Australian actor to receive the honor, whose previous recipients include [Orson Welles](https://www.edgepedia.org/orson-welles), Bette Davis, Sidney Poitier, and [Tom Hanks](https://www.edgepedia.org/tom-hanks).[6](https://www.afi.com/press/meryl-streep-morgan-freeman-naomi-watts-reese-witherspoon-and-more-to-honor-nicole-kidman-at-afi-life-achievement-award-gala-tribute/) • [4](https://apnews.com/article/31c5ea6dd66ba4d14b17deda3559b031)
**Australian awards.** [The Australian](https://www.edgepedia.org/the-australian) academy's international arm has recognized her repeatedly: she won the AACTA International Award for Best Lead Actress for *Babygirl* in 2025, her fourth AACTA International win, after earlier wins for *Lion* and a nomination for *The Killing of a Sacred Deer*.[9](https://www.aacta.org/our-news/media-room/winners-announced-for-the-14th-international-aacta-award-winners/) • [10](https://www.aacta.org/assets/PDFs/6th-AACTA-Awards/6th%20AACTAs_Year%20In%20Review.pdf) • [11](https://www.aacta.org/assets/PDFs/2017/YearInReview_2018_%20WebReady.pdf) She also serves as vice president of the Australian Academy.[12](https://www.aacta.org/our-news/media-room/aacta-festival-line-up-revealed/)
**Early career recognition.** Her awards record begins in Australian television, with an Australian Film Institute Award for the miniseries *Vietnam* (1988) and nominations for *Emerald City* and *Bangkok Hilton* (both 1989), plus a Golden Globe nomination for *Billy Bathgate* (1992) and, for *To Die For*, a 1996 sweep of critics' honors including the Boston Society of Film Critics and London Film Critics' Circle awards.[13](https://www.encyclopedia.com/people/literature-and-arts/film-and-television-biographies/nicole-kidman) For the stage production *The Blue Room* she received a Special Award from the Evening Standard Theatre awards in 1998 and a Laurence Olivier Award nomination for Best Actress.[13](https://www.encyclopedia.com/people/literature-and-arts/film-and-television-biographies/nicole-kidman)
## By the numbers
The totals differ by database because each counts only its own body: the Television Academy lists 4 Emmy nominations and 2 wins,[3](https://www.televisionacademy.com/bios/nicole-kidman) the Golden Globes database 18 nominations and 6 wins,[5](https://goldenglobes.com/person/nicole-kidman/) and IMDb aggregates all bodies at 119 wins and 285 nominations.[1](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000173/awards/) Her 2010 film *Rabbit Hole* illustrates the breadth: it drew Academy Award, Golden Globe, Screen Actors Guild, and Independent Spirit Award nominations for Best Actress.[14](https://cdn.festival-cannes.com/media/uploads/2023/03/56657.pdf)
## References
1. [Nicole Kidman – Awards, IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000173/awards/)
2. [Nicole Kidman, American Film Institute](https://www.afi.com/laa/nicole-kidman/)
3. [Nicole Kidman | Emmy Awards and Nominations, Television Academy](https://www.televisionacademy.com/bios/nicole-kidman)
4. [Nicole Kidman gets AFI Life Achievement Award, AP News](https://apnews.com/article/31c5ea6dd66ba4d14b17deda3559b031)
5. [Nicole Kidman, Golden Globes Awards Database](https://goldenglobes.com/person/nicole-kidman/)
6. [Meryl Streep, Morgan Freeman, Naomi Watts, Reese Witherspoon and more to honor Nicole Kidman at AFI Life Achievement Award gala tribute, AFI](https://www.afi.com/press/meryl-streep-morgan-freeman-naomi-watts-reese-witherspoon-and-more-to-honor-nicole-kidman-at-afi-life-achievement-award-gala-tribute/)
7. [Nicole Kidman, official website](https://nicolekidmanofficial.com/)
8. [Nicole KIDMAN, Festival de Cannes](https://www.festival-cannes.com/en/p/nicole-kidman/)
9. [Winners Announced for the 14th International AACTA Awards, AACTA](https://www.aacta.org/our-news/media-room/winners-announced-for-the-14th-international-aacta-award-winners/)
10. [6th AACTA Awards Year in Review, AACTA](https://www.aacta.org/assets/PDFs/6th-AACTA-Awards/6th%20AACTAs_Year%20In%20Review.pdf)
11. [7th AACTA Awards presented by Foxtel, AACTA](https://www.aacta.org/assets/PDFs/2017/YearInReview_2018_%20WebReady.pdf)
12. [AACTA Festival Line Up Revealed, AACTA](https://www.aacta.org/our-news/media-room/aacta-festival-line-up-revealed/)
13. [Nicole Kidman, Encyclopedia.com](https://www.encyclopedia.com/people/literature-and-arts/film-and-television-biographies/nicole-kidman)
14. [Nicole Kidman, Cannes festival dossier (PDF)](https://cdn.festival-cannes.com/media/uploads/2023/03/56657.pdf)
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