Nicole Kidman at 54: see how she changed over time

Nicole Kidman was born on June 20, 1967 and turns 54 in 2021. We've known her for nearly 40 years now. In 1983, she made one of her first appearances on the silver screen with 'BMX Bandits.' At the time she was only 16.

Three years later, she was the star of the film 'Windrider,' in which she played a singer. Her hair was naturally red and very curly.

In 1989, Nicole Kidman appeared in the thriller 'Dead Calm.' It was a big part for the Australian actress who was just 22 years old at the time.

Nicole Kidman and Tom Cruise met in 1990. According to both of them, it was love at first sight. Around that time, the actress decided to tame her curls and wear her hair straight.

In 1991, she appeared in the film 'Billy Bathgate' with actor Dustin Hoffman. Her hair was shorter and in waves rather than curls.

In 1992, she shared the top-billing for the film 'Far and Away' with her husband Tom Cruise. To play the stunning Shannon in the film, she appeared once again with her natural curls.

In 'Batman Forever' (1995) Kidman wore her hair in waves again. The blonde shade gave her character, psychiatrist Chase Meridian, a sophisticated look.

In the Australian magazine 'Who', Kidman admitted that she always wanted to have blond hair and a tanned skin. "I wanted to conform and be the Aussie beach girl. And I was never going to be that."

In 1997, she appeared in 'The Peacemaker' with George Clooney. Her hair was shorter, wavey, and darker. A serious look for Dr. Julia Kelly, a nuclear weapons specialist.

At the Golden Globe ceremony of 2001, she had her natural colour and curls back. 'The Peacemaker' never won anything, but Clooney got his first Golden Globe with 'O Brother, Where Art Thou?'

In 1999, Kidman and her husband Tom Cruise starred in 'Eyes Wide Shut.' The couple worked with director Stanley Kubrick in what would be his last film, a high-voltage erotic thriller.

Shortly after, the couple announced that their marriage of 10 years had come to an end.

In those early 2000s, the media began to detect and criticize her aesthetic retouching. Her face seemed frozen and inexpressive. But the actress denied having undergone plastic surgery. "To be honest, I am completely natural. I have nothing in my face or anything," she told 'Marie Claire' in 2007.

In 'Moulin Rouge' (2001), Nicole Kidman reconciled with her red hair and porcelain complexion. But it was only temporary...

Director Alejandro Amenábar offered Nicole the main role in 'The Others,' a psychological horror film that came out in 2001.

A year later, Nicole Kidman played Virginia Woolf in 'The Hours.' An impressive transformation, with a fake nose, made her nearly unrecognizable.

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For the historical drama 'Cold Mountain' (2003), Kidman kept her hair blond, but some curls escaped the classic nineteenth-century hairdo. She would look very similar in another drama about the same period: 'The Beguiled' in 2017.

Kidman met her current partner, the Australian country singer Keith Urban, in 2005. At this time, she usually wore her hair straight and blonde while seemingly applying botox in her face.

She married Keith Urban in 2006 and gave birth to her daughter Sunday two years later. Thanks to a surrogate mother, the family welcomed another daughter, Faith, in 2010.

Somewhat ironically, while the actress tried to make us forget her red curls, her daughter Faith looked just like her... with natural ginger hair.

In 2008, Kidman starred in 'Australia' with Hugh Jackman. Once again, her hair was platina blond and her face somewhat frozen.

During an interview with the German magazine 'TV MOVIE' in 2011, Nicole Kidman finally admitted to having used botox. But she claimed it was all in the past: "I did try Botox, unfortunately, but I got out of it and now I can finally move my face again."

Without any difficulty, Kidman adapted her looks to play the part of Grace Kelly, the blond American actress who became the Princess of Monaco. The film 'Grace Of Monaco' was directed by Olivier Dahan and came out in 2014.

The actress should be commended for accepting risky transformations, like this one in the film 'Lion' in 2016. She starred in the adaptation of the book "A long way home" with Dev Patel and David Wenham.

Sofia Coppola's 2017 costume drama 'The Beguiled' is available on Netflix, and we can now admire Nicole Kidman in the starring role from the comfort of our homes. The Australian actress was 50 at the time of the film's release.

Nicole Kidman embraced the red hair she was so famous for in the series 'Big Little Lies.' The series was very well received and Kidman earned a Golden Globe and Emmy for the role.

In the film 'Boy Erased' (2018), she wore her hair platinum blond and short. It was in line with her character, a hairdresser with an unusual style.

Another professional metamorphosis, causing a lot of ink to flow, took place during the shooting of the film 'Destroyer.' It came out in 2018. Again, she was unrecognizable.

In 2019, Kidman appeared alongside Charlize Theron and Margot Robbie in the movie 'Bombshell,' based on the true stories of sexual intimidation behind the screens at Fox News. Nicole Kidman played the most established news reporter getting accosted by her boss, and her real age (52) was a good match for the role.

In this gut-wrenching thriller mini-series, Nicole Kidman worked with Hugh Grant. The intense role she played was rewarded with a nomination for a Golden Globe.

Kidman and her husband Keith Urban gave a rare view into their family life by appearing at the remote Golden Globe gala with their children. To see how Sunday and Faith had grown was one of the highlights of the evening. The actress did not win the award but still had everyone talking about her appearance.

During interviews with Women's Health Magazine (2013) and Allure (2018), the actress has confirmed that 'the ageing process' worried her. But, she said in 2013, “over the years I’ve realized that if you don’t have your health, you’ve got nothing. So that comes first."

And in 2018 she added: "I really believe in taking vitamins and supporting my skin with inside health. Besides that, I meditate and stay out of the sun."

A star in her fifties, Kidman seems to have accepted the way she looks. Still, the natural red curls and the uninhibited, youthful smile seem to lie in the past forever.

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