Naomi Watts made her acclaimed U.S. debut in David Lynch’s MULHOLLAND DRIVE - screened in Cannes in 2001 - a role for which she earned Best Actress awards from a number of critics’ organizations including the National Board of Review and the National Society of Film Critics. The following year, she starred in Gore Verbinski’s THE RING and in Nick Hurran’s romantic comedy PLOTS WITH A VIEW.
In 2003, she played alongside Heath Ledger, Orlando Bloom and Geoffrey Rush in Gregor Jordan’s NED KELLY and then starred in James Ivory’s LE DIVORCE with Kate Hudson and Glenn Close.
In 2004, she was honoured with an Academy Award nomination for Best Actress for her role in Alejandro González Iñárritu’s drama 21 GRAMS. Her performance in the film, in which she starred alongside Sean Penn and Benicio Del Toro, also garnered Best Actress Awards from many film critics associations as well as Best Actress nominations from the SAG Awards, BAFTAs and Golden Satellites.
The same year, she played in John Curran’s WE DON’T LIVE HERE ANYMORE, Niels Mueller’s THE ASSASSINATION OF RICHARD NIXON in which she starred again opposite Sean Penn, and David O. Russell’s I HEART HUCKABEES.
In 2005, she took back her role as a journalist in Hideo Nakata’s THE RING 2. She also starred alongside Ewan McGregor and Ryan Gosling in Marc Forster’s STAY and then played the delicate Ann Darrow in Peter Jackson’s KING KONG alongside Adrien Brody and Jack Black.
The following year, Naomi Watts had the lead role and produced John Curran’s THE PAINTED VEIL opposite Edward Norton. Her other recent credits also include David Cronenberg’s EASTERN PROMISES (2007), Michael Haneke’s FUNNY GAMES U.S. (2008) and Tom Tylwer’s THE INTERNATIONAL (2009).
In 2010, she played Josh Brolin’s wife in Woody Allen’s YOU WILL MEET A TALL DARK STRANGER, CIA agent Valerie Plame in Doug Liman’s FAIR GAME and Annette Bening’s daughter in Rodrigo Garcia’s MOTHER AND CHILD which won the Grand Prize at the Deauville American Film Festival last year.
She will next be seen in Jim Sheridan’s DREAM HOUSE alongside Daniel Craig and Clint Eastwood’s J. EDGAR opposite Leonardo DiCaprio.
Filmography Naomi Watts
2012 Blonde by Andrew Dominik
2011 Dream House by Jim Sheridan
2010 Untitled Comedy by Peter Farrelly
2010Fair Game by Doug Liman
2010Mother and Child by Rodrigo García
2010 You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger by Woody Allen
2009 The International by Tom Tykwer
2007 Funny games by Michael Haneke
2007 Eastern Promises by David Cronenberg
2006 The Painted Veil
2006 Inland Empire by David Lynch
2005 King Kong by Peter Jackson
2005 Stay by Marc Forster
2005 The Ring Two by Hideo Nakata
2005 Ellie Parker by Scott Coffey
2004 I Heart Huckabees by David O. Russell
2004 The Assassination of Richard Nixon by Niels Mueller
2004 We Don't Live Here Anymore by John Curran
2003 21 Grams by Alejandro González Iñarritu
2003 Le Divorce by James Ivory
2003 Ned Kelly by Gregor Jordan
2002 Plots with a View
2002 The Ring by Gore Verbinski
2001 Mulholland Dr by David Lynch
2001 Down
2001 Never Date an Actress by David Baer
1999 Strange Planet by Emma-Kate Croghan
1998 Babe: Pig in the City by George Miller
1998 Dangerous Beauty
1998 A House Divided
1997 Under the Lighthouse Dancing by Graeme Rattigan
1996 Persons Unknown by George Hickenlooper
1995 Tank Girl by Rachel Talalay
1993 The Custodian by John Dingwall
1993 Gross Misconduct
1993 Wide Sargasso Sea
1993 Martine
1991 Flirting by John Duigan
1986 For Love Alone by Stephen Wallace
