Naomi Watts - Biography

Last Editor: zbwesiora				Naomi Watts Biography -   Name : Naomi Watts Birth Date : September 28, 1968 Birth Place : Shoreham, England, UK Height : 5' 5 Nationality : British Profession : Actress Relationship : Heath Ledger (actor; born on April 4, 1979; split) Best Known As : The star of The Ring

Naomi Watts Trivia -

Daughter of Peter Watts, sound engineer for Pink Floyd until 1974. Best friends with Nicole Kidman, since a casting call for commercial when they were girls. Moved to Australia when she was 14. Is a vegetarian. She once appeared in an Australian television commercial turning down a date with Tom Cruise for her mum's lamb roast. Was named one of the 50 Most Beautiful People by People Magazine in 2002. Her brother, Ben Watts, is a well-known photographer. He's been living in the US since 1994. Featured on the cover of the Australian Empire Magazine March 2003 for Women of the Year 2002. Voted the 14th Sexiest Female Movie Star in the Australian Empire Magazine September 2002. When her cell phone sounds, it plays Pink Floyd's "Money". Her father died when she was seven. Accepted the role for 21 Grams (2003) without reading the script first. She met Heath Ledger on the set of the new historical epic movie Ned Kelly (2003), and the pair dated until May 2004. He accompanied her to the 2004 Oscar Ceremony. She has 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 best friend Nicole Kidman after Kidman spilt up from husband Tom Cruise. Favorite comfort food is baked beans. Director David Lynch asked her to be in the movie Mulholland Dr. (2001) after picking out her headshot from a stack of actors. Favorite sports to watch are soccer, boxing, and tennis. Claims she wanted to become an actor after seeing the movie Fame (1980). Spent some of her early childhood in Anglesey, Wales, where her mother is from. Starred in and produced 2001's Ellie Parker (2001), which was made into a kind of cult classic about a struggling actress in Hollywood and the nightmares she encountered. The movie resurfaced in 2005 at the SunDance Film Festival and is set 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 cast and crew. She thanked her rigorous practice of yoga for saving her from any permanent damage. Parents: Peter Watts and Myfanwy (Miv) Watts. Grandparents: Hugh & Nikki Roberts Her parents divorced when she was four. When she was 20 years old, she was an assistant editor at "Follow Me" magazine in Australia. After a friend begged her to try acting, she quit her job instead and never looked back. Was accompanied by her boyfriend Liev Schreiber to the King Kong (2005) US-premiere. Model for David Yurman [2006] When she was 18, she tried her hand at modeling and was hired by an agency in Japan. Was among the guests at Nicole Kidman's and Keith Urban's wedding When shooting a movie, uses a specific song to get herself ready for each scene. Was Fernando Meirelles's first choice for the role of Tessa Quayle in The Constant Gardener (2005), but she declined due to her commitment to King Kong (2005). Rachel Weisz was then given the role. Named #99 in FHM magazine's "100 Sexiest Women in the World 2006" supplement. (2006). Was voted #29 on AskMen.com's Most Desirable Women of 2006. Named #2 in the French edition of FHM magazine's "100 Sexiest Women in the World 2006". Ranked #2 in the UK FHM's most eligible women (2006). Was voted 3rd in Entertainment Weekly's Entertainers of the Year in December 2005. Named #4 of Sexiest Women over the age of 35 according to the editors at MSN Lifestyle: Men. Is good friends with actor Mark Ruffalo and his wife Sunrise Coigney. Friend of Kate Hudson and Carla Gugino. Naomi and Liev Schreiber became the parents of a boy, Alexander Pete Schreiber, on July 25, 2007 in Los Angeles. Alexander weighed in at 8 lbs. 4 oz., and is 22-1/2 inches (Alexander is named for his grandfather and Peter is named for her father, Peter Watts). Her mother Miv Watts is an interior designer. Turned down the role of "Susan Storm" (Invisible Girl) in Fantastic Four (2005). Jessica Alba later got the part. Enjoys martial arts and trained Judo for a long time. She participated in amateur Judo championships through the early 90s, from 1989 to 1992. Nowadays, she trains in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. Her favorite "scary movie" is Don't Look Now (1973) (1973). In summer 2007 she and her friend, Isla Fisher, were both pregnant at the same time. Considers herself to be both British and Australian. Gave birth to her second child, a boy named Samuel Kai, on December 13, 2008. He weighed 7 lbs. 13 oz. Is 19 months younger than her brother, Ben. The maniacal laughter heard in the Pink Floyd song "Money" is her father's, Peter Watts, the band's then road manager. Did not return to work until three months after giving birth to her son Samuel in order to begin filming Fair Game (2010). Was in contention for the role of Hanna Schmiz in The Reader (2008), along with Marion Cotillard, after Nicole Kidman dropped out due to pregnancy. However due to scheduling conflicts she had to back out and the part was eventually given to Kate Winslet. Was cast in a 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.

Naomi Watts Detailed Biography -

Born in Britain and raised in Australia, Watts began acting in her teens, landing her first film role in For Love Alone (1986). Watts subsequently appeared with future Hollywood headliners Nicole Kidman and Thandie Newton in John Duigan's disarming teen romance Flirting (1991). Watts's next film with Duigan, Wide Sargasso Sea (1992), was not so well received. After her first taste of Hollywood with Joe Dante's schlock movie homage Matinee (1992), Watts nabbed a starring role as Jimmy Smits's disturbed student in George Miller's little seen courtroom drama Gross Misconduct (1993). Watts then starred as Jet Girl to Lori Petty's Tank Girl (1995), but the science fiction fantasy suffered an ignominious box office fate. After a series of TV movies and thrillers, including Sleepwalkers (1997) and Children of the Corn IV (1996), Watts appeared in Marshall Herskovitz's high-toned Venetian courtesan costumer Dangerous Beauty (1998) and successful TV docudrama The Hunt for the Unicorn Killer (1999). Watts's breakthrough finally arrived when David Lynch cast her in his ABC pilot Mulholland Drive. Though ABC canceled the project in 1999 after Lynch turned in a typically mood-drenched work, StudioCanal financed its transformation into a feature that debuted to acclaim at Cannes in 2001. A Los Angeles dreamscape akin to Lost Highway, Mulholland Drive featured Watts as the blonde half of a female duo caught in a mystery of shifting identities. Drawing attention for her not-for-network TV love scene with co-star Laura Harring, Watts also earned praise as a rising "new" actress. Though Mulholland Drive didn't exactly set box office records, Watts's tour-de-force dual performance earned her numerous accolades and critics' awards, igniting her career. Working steadily in the wake of Mulholland Drive, Watts scored a box office as well as critical success a year later with The Ring (2002), the Hollywood remake of the Japanese horror blockbuster. Starring Watts as an intrepid reporter investigating the origins of a lethal videotape, The Ring overcame studio doubts to become a sleeper hit, solidifying Watts's new star status. Watts subsequently donned period dress for the Showtime western The Outsider (2002), and to co-star alongside fellow Aussie Heath Ledger in The Kelly Gang (2003). Balancing her genre work with potentially headier fare guided by notable directors, Watts also appeared with Kate Hudson, Glenn Close and Stockard Channing in the Ismail Merchant - James Ivory romantic comedy Le Divorce (2003), and won a leading role opposite formidable actors Sean Penn and Benicio Del Toro in Alejandro González Iñárritu's 21 Grams (2003).