Naomi Watts British Actress Known for Mulholland Drive

Naomi Watts, born 28 September 1968 in Shoreham, is a British actress. She is known for Mulholland Drive (2001) and King Kong (2005).

Early life

Peter Watts is her father. Naomi Watts was educated at Mosman High School, North Sydney Girls High School and Thomas Mills High School.

Career

The earliest credit on record for Naomi Watts is For Love Alone (1986). During the 1990s, she worked on Tank Girl (1995) and Babe: Pig in the City (1998). Work from the 2000s includes The Ring (2002) and 21 Grams (2003). J. Edgar (2011, as Helen Gandy) and Birdman (2014, as Lesley Truman) are among her 2010s credits. In the 2020s, she appeared in Boss Level (2020) and The Watcher (2022).

Her filmography here covers 66 films and 7 TV series from 1986 to 2025. Drama is the most frequent genre among her listed titles (19), followed by comedy (6) and thriller (6). The most recent title listed is All's Fair (2025). Of her five titles with worldwide box-office figures on record, King Kong (2005) has the highest, at $551 million.

Sean Penn appears in three of her listed titles, including The Assassination of Richard Nixon (2004) and Fair Game (2010). Other co-stars who recur in her credits are Emma Stone (two titles) and Edward Norton (two titles). David Lynch directed three of her titles on record, among them Inland Empire (2006) and Twin Peaks (2017). Alejandro González Iñárritu is credited as director on two of them.

Recognition

Among her honours are two Saturn Awards (2002 and 2005). She has also won an award at the Film Independent Spirit Awards (2004) and the Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress (2001) for Mulholland Drive. Naomi Watts also earned a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress in 2004 for 21 Grams. Awards come to 23 wins and 3 nominations in total.

Personal life

She has been married to Billy Crudup since 2023. She is the mother of Kai Schreiber, and has 2 children in total.