Naomi Watts
Acting • Born 1968-09-28
Biography
Naomi Ellen Watts (born September 28, 1968) is a British actress. She has been nominated for two Academy Awards for Best Actress for her performances as a grief-stricken mother in Alejandro González Iñárritu's film 21 Grams (2003), and as Maria Bennett in the disaster film The Impossible (2012). After her family moved to Australia, she made her film debut there in the drama For Love Alone (1986) and then appeared in three television series, Hey Dad..! (1990), Brides of Christ (1991), and Home and Away (1991), and the film Flirting (1991). After moving to the United States, she initially struggled as an actress, taking roles in small-scale films until she starred in David Lynch's psychological thriller Mulholland Drive in 2001 as an aspiring actress. This role started her rise to international prominence. She has served as an ambassador for the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS and Pantene's Beautiful Lengths. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
Filmography
144 credits
King Kong
Movie • 2005
Ann Darrow
21 Grams
Movie • 2003
Cristina Peck
Mulholland Drive
Movie • 2001
Betty Elms / Diane Selwyn
The Ring
Movie • 2002
Rachel Keller
I ♥ Huckabees
Movie • 2004
Dawn Campbell
Eastern Promises
Movie • 2007
Anna Ivanovna Khitrova
The Assassination of Richard Nixon
Movie • 2004
Marie Bicke
Ned Kelly
Movie • 2003
Julia Cook
The Ring Two
Movie • 2005
Rachel Keller
Undertaking Betty
Movie • 2002
Meredith Mainwaring
The International
Movie • 2009
Eleanor Whitman
Flirting
Movie • 1991
Janet Odgers
We Don't Live Here Anymore
Movie • 2004
Edith Evans
Stay
Movie • 2005
Lila Culpepper
Funny Games
Movie • 2008
Ann
Dangerous Beauty
Movie • 1998
Giulia De Lezze
Matinee
Movie • 1993
Shopping Cart Starlet
Tank Girl
Movie • 1995
Jet Girl
Children of the Corn IV: The Gathering
Movie • 1996
Grace Rhodes
Le Divorce
Movie • 2003
Roxeanne de Persand
21 Grams: In Fragments
Movie • 2004
Self
The Painted Veil
Movie • 2006
Kitty Fane
The Wyvern Mystery
Movie • 2000
Alice Fairfield
Mother and Child
Movie • 2009
Elizabeth
The Christmas Wish
Movie • 1998
Renee
Rabbits
Movie • 2002
Suzie
You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger
Movie • 2010
Sally
The Outsider
Movie • 2002
Rebecca Yoder
Fair Game
Movie • 2010
Valerie Plame
Ellie Parker
Movie • 2005
Ellie Parker
Heath Ledger: A Tribute
Movie • 2009
Self
Strange Planet
Movie • 1999
Alice
Dream House
Movie • 2011
Ann Patterson
The Impossible
Movie • 2012
Maria Bennett
Down
Movie • 2001
Jennifer Evans
Woody Allen: A Documentary
Movie • 2011
Self
Timepiece
Movie • 1996
Mary Chandler
Persons Unknown
Movie • 1996
Molly
King Kong: Peter Jackson's Production Diaries
Movie • 2005
Self
Movie 43
Movie • 2013
Samantha (segment "Homeschooled")
J. Edgar
Movie • 2011
Helen Gandy
Recreating the Eighth Wonder: The Making of 'King Kong'
Movie • 2006
Self
The Hunt for the Unicorn Killer
Movie • 1999
Holly Maddux
Adoration
Movie • 2013
Lil
Gross Misconduct
Movie • 1993
Jennifer Carter
Under the Lighthouse Dancing
Movie • 1997
Louise
Diana
Movie • 2013
Princess Diana
The Making of ‘Mulholland Drive’
Movie • 2004
Self
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
Movie • 2014
Lesley
Sunlight Jr.
Movie • 2013
Melissa
While We're Young
Movie • 2015
Cornelia Schrebnick
St. Vincent
Movie • 2014
Daka Parimova
Larrikins
Movie
Albatross (voice)
For Love Alone
Movie • 1986
Leo's Girlfriend
The Custodian
Movie • 1994
Louise
The Present
Movie • 2004
Self
Allegiant
Movie • 2016
Evelyn Johnson-Eaton
Periodical
Movie • 2024
Self
Insurgent
Movie • 2015
Evelyn Johnson-Eaton
Emmanuelle
Movie • 2024
Margot
Demolition
Movie • 2016
Karen Moreno
Vice
Movie • 2018
News Anchor (uncredited)
The Housewife
Movie
Shut In
Movie • 2016
Mary Portman
The Friend
Movie • 2025
Iris
3 Generations
Movie • 2016
Maggie
Chuck
Movie • 2017
Linda Wepner
The Book of Henry
Movie • 2017
Susan Carpenter
The Sea of Trees
Movie • 2016
Joan Brennan
The Glass Castle
Movie • 2017
Rose Mary Walls
Ophelia
Movie • 2019
Queen Gertrude / Mechtild
Bermuda Triangle
Movie • 1996
Amanda
Never Date an Actress
Movie • 2001
The Shallow Girlfriend
I Am Heath Ledger
Movie • 2017
Self
Inland Empire
Movie • 2006
Suzie Rabbit (voice)
The Wolf Hour
Movie • 2019
June Leigh
Luce
Movie • 2019
Amy Edgar
Boss Level
Movie • 2021
Jemma Wells
Wide-Awake
Movie • 2012
The Makeup Artist
This Is the Night
Movie • 2021
Marie Dedea
Ellie Parker
Movie • 2001
Ellie Parker
Birdman: All-Access (A View From the Wings)
Movie • 2015
Self
Beyond Boundaries: The Harvey Weinstein Scandal
Movie • 2018
Self (archive footage)
Penguin Bloom
Movie • 2021
Sam Bloom
The Eighth Blunder of the World
Movie • 2006
Self
The Desperate Hour
Movie • 2022
Amy Carr
The Burning Season
Movie
June Engle
Infinite Storm
Movie • 2022
Pam Bales
Goodnight Mommy
Movie • 2022
Mother
Wide Sargasso Sea
Movie • 1993
Fanny Grey
Babe: Pig in the City
Movie • 1998
Additional Character Voices (voice)
Do Not Pick Up Hitchhikers
Movie • 2017
Self
A Bloody Finger in Your Mouth
Movie • 2017
Self
An Oprah Winfrey Special: The Menopause Revolution
Movie • 2025
Self
Elephants: Giants of the Desert
Movie • 2024
Narrator (voice)
Kong's New York, 1933
Movie • 2006
The Shaft
Movie
Jennifer Evans
Untitled Cody Fern Film
Movie
April Vale
Inside the Actors Studio
TV • 1994
Self
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
TV • 2003
Self
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
TV • 2003
Self - Guest
The Daily Show
TV • 1996
Self
Today
TV • 1952
Self
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
TV • 1988
Self
The View
TV • 1997
Self
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
TV • 1988
Self - Guest
Icons
TV • 2002
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
TV • 1992
The Early Show
TV • 1999
Self
Sleepwalkers
TV • 1997
Kate Russell
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
TV • 1993
Self - Guest
Celebrities Uncensored
TV • 2003
Self
Brides of Christ
TV • 1991
Frances Heffernan
The Oscars
TV • 1953
Self
E! True Hollywood Story
TV • 1996
Self (archive footage)
Inside Taronga Zoo
TV • 2020
Narrator (Voice)
BoJack Horseman
TV • 2014
Naomi Watts (voice)
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
TV • 2014
Self
Gypsy
TV • 2017
Jean Holloway
Golden Globe Awards
TV • 1944
Self - Presenter
Wolves and Villagers
TV
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
TV • 2009
Self - Guest
The Watcher
TV • 2022
Nora Brannock
FEUD
TV • 2017
Babe Paley
Twin Peaks
TV • 1990
Janey-E Jones
Goldene Kamera
TV • 1984
Self
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
TV • 2014
Self - Guest
The Hunt For The Unicorn Killer
TV • 1999
Holly Maddux
Entertainment Tonight
TV • 1981
Self
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
TV • 2015
Self
Off Script with The Hollywood Reporter
TV • 2023
Self
Taronga: Who's Who in the Zoo
TV • 2020
Self - Narrator (voice)
Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis
TV • 2008
Self
All's Fair
TV • 2025
Liberty Ronson
The Loudest Voice
TV • 2019
Gretchen Carlson
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
TV • 2014
Self
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
TV • 1973
Self
Rabbits
TV • 2002
Suzie
The Kelly Clarkson Show
TV • 2019
Self
Golden Globe Awards
TV • 1944
Self - Nominee
Too Much
TV • 2025
Ann Ratigan
Insider
TV • 2025
Sig selv
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
TV • 2015
Self - Guest
Love Story
TV • 2026
Jackie Kennedy Onassis