Naomi Watts
Overview
Naomi Ellen Watts (born September 28, 1968) is a British actress. 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, Watts 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. Watts then played a tormented journalist in the horror remake The Ring (2002). She was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance as a grief-stricken mother in Alejandro González Iñárritu's film 21 Grams (2003). Her profile continued to grow with starring roles in I Heart Huckabees (2004), King Kong (2005), Eastern Promises (2007), and The International (2009). For her role as Maria Bennett in the disaster film The Impossible (2012), Watts received another Academy Award nomination for Best Actress. In the 2010s, she starred in such films as Birdman (2014), St. Vincent (2014), While We're Young (2015), The Glass Castle (2017), and Luce (2019). Watts also continued to act in blockbusters, with appearances in the Divergent franchise (2015–2016), and she ventured into television with the Showtime mystery drama series Twin Peaks (2017) and the biographical limited series The Loudest Voice (2019). Watts is particularly known for her work in remakes and independent productions with dark or tragic themes, as well as portrayals of characters that endure loss or suffering. Description above from the Wikipedia article Naomi Watts, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
Average rating: 7.5
King Kong
Average rating: 6.9
Boss Level
Average rating: 6.9
Mulholland Drive
Average rating: 7.8
Insurgent
Average rating: 6.4
Adore
Average rating: 6.1
St. Vincent
Average rating: 7.1
Demolition
Average rating: 6.8
The Ring
Average rating: 6.7
Infinite Storm
Average rating: 5.7
Inland Empire
Average rating: 7
The Impossible
Average rating: 7.4
Emmanuelle
Average rating: 0
Allegiant
Average rating: 6.1
Movie 43
Average rating: 4.6
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Average rating: 6.6
The Daily Show
Average rating: 6.3
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Average rating: 5.9
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Average rating: 5.9
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Average rating: 5.4
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Average rating: 5.4
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Average rating: 4.9
Twin Peaks
Average rating: 8.3
BoJack Horseman
Average rating: 8.6
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Average rating: 5.8
The Oscars
Average rating: 7
Golden Globe Awards
Average rating: 6.8
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Average rating: 5.6
The View
Average rating: 4.5Images See all
Acting history
| Year | Media type | Title | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Movie | Emmanuelle | Margot |
| 2024 | Movie | The Friend | Iris |
| 2024 | Movie | Periodical | Self |
| 2023 | Tv Show | Off Script with The Hollywood Reporter | Self |
| 2022 | Tv Show | The Watcher | Nora Brannock |
| 2022 | Movie | Goodnight Mommy | Mother |
| 2022 | Movie | Infinite Storm | Pam Bales |
| 2021 | Movie | This Is the Night | Marie Dedea |
| 2021 | Movie | The Desperate Hour | Amy Carr |
| 2021 | Movie | Boss Level | Jemma Wells |
| 2021 | Movie | Penguin Bloom | Sam Bloom |
| 2020 | Tv Show | Inside Taronga Zoo | Narrator (Voice) |
| 2020 | Tv Show | Taronga: Who's Who In The Zoo | Self - Narrator (voice) |
| 2019 | Movie | Luce | Amy Edgar |
| 2019 | Tv Show | The Loudest Voice | Gretchen Carlson |
| 2019 | Movie | Ophelia | Queen Gertrude / Mechtild |
| 2019 | Movie | The Wolf Hour | June Leigh |
| 2018 | Movie | Vice | News Anchor (uncredited) |
| 2018 | Movie | Beyond Boundaries: The Harvey Weinstein Scandal | Self (archive footage) |
| 2017 | Movie | Do Not Pick Up Hitchhikers | Self |
| 2017 | Movie | A Bloody Finger in Your Mouth | Self |
| 2017 | Movie | The Glass Castle | Rose Mary Walls |
| 2017 | Tv Show | Gypsy | Jean Holloway |
| 2017 | Movie | The Book of Henry | Susan Carpenter |
| 2017 | Movie | Chuck | Linda Wepner |
| 2017 | Movie | I Am Heath Ledger | Self |
| 2017 | Tv Show | FEUD | Babe Paley |
| 2016 | Movie | Shut In | Mary Portman |
| 2016 | Movie | 3 Generations | Maggie |
| 2016 | Movie | The Sea of Trees | Joan Brennan |
| 2016 | Movie | Demolition | Karen Moreno |
| 2016 | Movie | Allegiant | Evelyn Johnson-Eaton |
| 2015 | Tv Show | The Late Show with Stephen Colbert | Self |
| 2015 | Movie | Birdman: All-Access (A View From the Wings) | Self |
| 2015 | Movie | While We're Young | Cornelia Schrebnick |
| 2015 | Movie | Insurgent | Evelyn Johnson-Eaton |
| 2014 | Movie | Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) | Lesley Truman |
| 2014 | Movie | St. Vincent | Daka Parimova |
| 2014 | Tv Show | BoJack Horseman | Naomi Watts (voice) |
| 2014 | Tv Show | The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon | Self |
| 2014 | Tv Show | The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon | Self - Guest |
| 2013 | Movie | Diana | Princess Diana |
| 2013 | Movie | Sunlight Jr. | Melissa |
| 2013 | Movie | Adore | Lil |
| 2013 | Movie | Movie 43 | Samantha (segment "Homeschooled") |
| 2012 | Movie | Wide-Awake | The Makeup Artist |
| 2012 | Movie | The Impossible | Maria Bennett |
| 2011 | Movie | Woody Allen: A Documentary | Self |
| 2011 | Movie | J. Edgar | Helen Gandy |
| 2011 | Movie | Dream House | Ann Patterson |
| 2010 | Movie | You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger | Sally |
| 2010 | Movie | Fair Game | Valerie Plame |
| 2009 | Movie | Mother and Child | Elizabeth |
| 2009 | Tv Show | Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen | Self - Guest |
| 2009 | Movie | Heath Ledger: A Tribute | Self |
| 2009 | Movie | The International | Eleanor Whitman |
| 2008 | Movie | Funny Games | Ann |
| 2008 | Tv Show | Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis | Self |
| 2007 | Movie | Eastern Promises | Anna Ivanovna Khitrova |
| 2006 | Movie | The Painted Veil | Kitty Fane |
| 2006 | Movie | Inland Empire | Suzie Rabbit (voice) |
| 2006 | Movie | Recreating the Eighth Wonder: The Making of 'King Kong' | Self |
| 2006 | Movie | The Eighth Blunder of the World | Self |
| 2005 | Movie | King Kong: Peter Jackson's Production Diaries | Self |
| 2005 | Movie | King Kong | Ann Darrow |
| 2005 | Movie | Stay | Lila Culpepper |
| 2005 | Movie | The Ring Two | Rachel Keller |
| 2005 | Movie | Ellie Parker | Ellie Parker |
| 2004 | Movie | The Present | Self |
| 2004 | Movie | I ♥ Huckabees | Dawn Campbell |
| 2004 | Movie | We Don't Live Here Anymore | Edith Evans |
| 2004 | Movie | The Assassination of Richard Nixon | Marie Bicke |
| 2004 | Movie | The Making of ‘Mulholland Drive’ | Self |
| 2004 | Movie | 21 Grams: In Fragments | Self |
| 2003 | Tv Show | The Ellen DeGeneres Show | Self |
| 2003 | Movie | 21 Grams | Cristina Peck |
| 2003 | Movie | Le Divorce | Roxeanne de Persand |
| 2003 | Tv Show | Celebrities Uncensored | Self |
| 2003 | Movie | Ned Kelly | Julia Cook |
| 2003 | Tv Show | Jimmy Kimmel Live! | Self |
| 2002 | Movie | Undertaking Betty | Meredith Mainwaring |
| 2002 | Movie | The Outsider | Rebecca Yoder |
| 2002 | Movie | The Ring | Rachel Keller |
| 2002 | Movie | Rabbits | Suzie |
| 2002 | Tv Show | Icons | - |
| 2001 | Movie | Down | Jennifer Evans |
| 2001 | Movie | Mulholland Drive | Betty Elms / Diane Selwyn |
| 2001 | Movie | Ellie Parker | Ellie Parker |
| 2001 | Movie | Never Date an Actress | The Shallow Girlfriend |
| 2000 | Movie | The Wyvern Mystery | Alice Fairfield |
| 1999 | Tv Show | The Early Show | Self |
| 1999 | Movie | Strange Planet | Alice |
| 1999 | Movie | The Hunt for the Unicorn Killer | Holly Maddux |
| 1999 | Tv Show | The Hunt For The Unicorn Killer | Holly Maddux |
| 1999 | Movie | Mulholland Dr. | Betty / Diane Selwyn |
| 1998 | Movie | The Christmas Wish | Renee |
| 1998 | Movie | Babe: Pig in the City | Additional Character Voices (voice) |
| 1998 | Movie | Dangerous Beauty | Giulia De Lezze |
| 1997 | Tv Show | Sleepwalkers | Kate Russell |
| 1997 | Movie | Under the Lighthouse Dancing | Louise |
| 1997 | Tv Show | The View | Self |
| 1996 | Movie | Persons Unknown | Molly |
| 1996 | Movie | Timepiece | Mary Chandler |
| 1996 | Movie | Children of the Corn IV: The Gathering | Grace Rhodes |
| 1996 | Tv Show | E! True Hollywood Story | Self (archive footage) |
| 1996 | Tv Show | The Daily Show | Self |
| 1996 | Movie | Bermuda Triangle | Amanda |
| 1995 | Movie | Tank Girl | Jet Girl |
| 1994 | Tv Show | Inside the Actors Studio | Self |
| 1994 | Movie | The Custodian | Louise |
| 1993 | Tv Show | Late Night with Conan O'Brien | Self - Guest |
| 1993 | Movie | Gross Misconduct | Jennifer Carter |
| 1993 | Movie | Wide Sargasso Sea | Fanny Grey |
| 1993 | Movie | Matinee | Shopping Cart Starlet |
| 1992 | Tv Show | The Tonight Show with Jay Leno | - |
| 1991 | Tv Show | Brides of Christ | Frances Heffernan |
| 1991 | Movie | Flirting | Janet Odgers |
| 1990 | Tv Show | Twin Peaks | Janey-E Jones |
| 1988 | Tv Show | LIVE with Kelly and Mark | Self - Guest |
| 1988 | Tv Show | LIVE with Kelly and Mark | - |
| 1986 | Movie | For Love Alone | Leo's Girlfriend |
| 1981 | Tv Show | Entertainment Tonight | Self |
| - | Tv Show | Wolves and Villagers | - |
| - | Tv Show | All's Fair | - |
| 1966 | Tv Show | Goldene Kamera Verleihung | Self |
| 1953 | Tv Show | The Oscars | Self |
| 1952 | Tv Show | Today | Self |
| 1944 | Tv Show | Golden Globe Awards | Self - Presenter |
Producing history
| Year | Media type | Title | Department |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Movie | The Friend | Production |
| 2022 | Tv Show | The Watcher | Production |
| 2022 | Movie | Goodnight Mommy | Production |
| 2022 | Movie | Infinite Storm | Production |
| 2021 | Movie | This Is the Night | Production |
| 2021 | Movie | The Desperate Hour | Production |
| 2021 | Movie | Penguin Bloom | Production |
| 2017 | Tv Show | FEUD | Production |
| 2016 | Movie | 3 Generations | Production |
| 2013 | Movie | Adore | Production |
| 2008 | Movie | Funny Games | Production |
| 2006 | Movie | The Painted Veil | Production |
| 2005 | Movie | Ellie Parker | Production |
| 2004 | Movie | We Don't Live Here Anymore | Production |
| 2001 | Movie | Ellie Parker | Production |
| - | Tv Show | All's Fair | Production |