Naomi Watts

 

Naomi Ellen Watts (born 28 September 1968) is an British actor from Britain. When her family relocated to Australia She made her film debut there in the film For Love Alone (1986) and then appeared in three television series, Hey Dad.. (1990), Brides of Christ (1991), and Home and Away (1991) as well as the feature film Flirting (1991). After moving to the United States, Watts initially struggled as an actress, playing roles in smaller-scale films until she was a part of David Lynch's psychological thriller Mulholland Drive in 2001 as an actress in training. Her fame grew internationally by playing the character. Watts was then cast as a depressed journalist in the horror film The Ring (2002). She was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress for her portrayal of a grieving mother in the Alejandro film 21 Grams (2003). Watts's profile continued to rise through her starring parts in I Heart Huckabees (2004), King Kong (2005), Eastern Promises (2007) as well as The International (2009). As a character in Maria Bennett in the disaster film The Impossible (2012), Watts received another Academy Award nomination for Best Actress. In the decade of 2010 she was in films as Birdman (2014) St. Vincent (2014), While We're Young (2015), The Glass Castle (2017), and Luce (2019). Watts also continued to appear in blockbusters, and made appearances in the Divergent franchise (2015-2016).