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Naomi Watts
Born in England, but raised in Australa, Naomi Watts had her big break when she starred in David Lynch's Mulholland Drive in 2001. Since then she has numerous important roles include the lead in the remake of The Ring, King Kong and Divorce, Le.
She is a close friend of Nicole Kidman, who she met at a shoot for a bikini ad.
Wise words: "I want a big paycheck, so put me in some dumb romantic comedy any day".
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Naomi Watts - news / articles
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Watts and Owen lead AFI Awards nominations -
28 October 2010
-Naomi Watts, Sam Worthington and Clive Owen are leading this year's (10) nominations list for the Australian Film Institute (AFI) Awards.-
-Watts' role in Mother and Child has landed her a place on the shortlist for the International Award For Best Actress along wit
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Top 10 Naomi Watts -
26 August 2010
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-Up until the early 2000s, Naomi Watts’ career was largely overshadowed by her 5’10” Aussie pal Nicole Kidman. While Kidman was off keeping her Eyes
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Watts sent to boot camp for spy movie -
21 May 2010
-Naomi Watts was pushed to the limits for her upcoming spy movie Fair Game - she was ordered off to boot camp to "toughen up".-
-The King Kong star plays secret agent Valerie Plame, opposite Sean Penn, in the film, and when she hit the set shortly after giving birth
Naomi Watts - what members say
review by A customer from Stafford England
Intelligent Dark Thriller 25 May 2004
review by A customer from Nottingham, England
worthy re-make of superior japanese shocker 14 September 2003
review by from London
powerful, bleak but compelling 26 October 2004
Naomi Watts - filmography
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J. Edgar
(2012)
Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio, Naomi Watts, Josh Lucas
Director: Clint Eastwood
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As the face of law enforcement in America for almost fifty years, J. Edgar Hoover was feared and admired, reviled and revered. But behind closed doors, he held secrets that would have destroyed his image, his career and his life. Under the direction of Clint Eastwood, Leonardo DiCaprio stars in ..read more »
 
64%
from 338 members
Due for release on 10th July 2012
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J. Edgar - Blu-ray
(2011)
Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio, Naomi Watts, Josh Lucas
Director: Clint Eastwood
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As the face of law enforcement in America for almost fifty years, J. Edgar Hoover was feared and admired, reviled and revered. But behind closed doors, he held secrets that would have destroyed his image, his career and his life. Under the direction of Clint Eastwood, Leonardo DiCaprio stars in ..read more »
66%
from 49 members
Due for release on 10th July 2012
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Dream House
on DVD
(2011)
Starring: Daniel Craig, Naomi Watts, Rachel Weisz
Director: Jim Sheridan
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Soon after moving into their seemingly idyllic new home, a family learns of a brutal crime committed against former residents of the dwelling.
62%
from 703 members
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Fair Game - Blu-ray
(2010)
Starring: Naomi Watts, Sean Penn
Director: Doug Liman
Certificate: 
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Based on the true story of Joseph Wilson and Valerie Plame. When Wilson wrote op-ed columns accusing the Bush Administration of manipulating intelligence about weapons of mass destruction to justify the war in Iraq, his wife Plame soon found that her CIA status had been leaked to journalists. ..read more »
66%
from 2,632 members
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Fair Game
on DVD
(2010)
Starring: Naomi Watts, Sean Penn
Director: Doug Liman
Certificate:
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Based on the true story of Joseph Wilson and Valerie Plame. When Wilson wrote op-ed columns accusing the Bush Administration of manipulating intelligence about weapons of mass destruction to justify the war in Iraq, his wife Plame soon found that her CIA status had been leaked to journalists. ..read more »
67%
from 10,022 members
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The International - Blu-ray
(2009)
Starring: Clive Owen, Naomi Watts, Armin Mueller-Stahl
Director: Tom Tykwer
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Clive Owen and Naomi Watts star in RUN LOLA RUN director Tom Tykwer's action thriller concerning an ambitious Interpol agent who targets corruption at the top levels of the world's largest banking institutions. The world's most powerful banks have become hopelessly corrupt, prompting Interpol agent ..read more »
62%
from 6,635 members
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The International
on DVD
(2008)
Starring: Clive Owen, Naomi Watts, Armin Mueller-Stahl
Director: Tom Tykwer
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RUN LOLA RUN and PERFUME director Tom Tykwer assembles a fine international cast for this thriller that spans continents. Clive Owen (CHILDREN OF MEN, SHOOT 'EM UP) and Naomi Watts (FUNNY GAMES, EASTERN PROMISES) stars as a besieged pair who encounter many obstacles as they try to expose a bank's ..read more »
61%
from 27,082 members
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Funny Games - Blu-ray
(2007)
Starring: Tim Roth, Naomi Watts, Brady Corbet
Director: Michael Haneke
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In 1997, writer-director Michael Haneke (HIDDEN) made the controversial Austrian thriller, FUNNY GAMES, about two young men who terrorize a family on holiday. A decade later, Haneke was convinced by producer Chris Coen to bring the story to America, filming a nearly word-for-word, shot-for-shot ..read more »
58%
from 1,730 member
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Eastern Promises
on DVD
(2007)
Starring: Naomi Watts, Viggo Mortensen, Vincent Cassel
Director: David Cronenberg
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The film follows the mysterious and ruthless Nikolai (Viggo Mortensen), who is tied to one of London's most notorious organized crime families. His carefully maintained existence is jarred when he crosses paths with Anna (Naomi Watts), an innocent midwife trying to right a wrong, who accidentally ..read more »
69%
from 52,211 members
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Inland Empire
on DVD
(2007)
Starring: Diane Ladd, William Macy, Laura Dern
Director: David Lynch
Certificate:
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With INLAND EMPIRE, David Lynch--creator of such mind-bending works as ERASERHEAD and LOST HIGHWAY--delivers his most avant-garde, abstract, and impenetrable vision yet. A three-hour fever nightmare of a film, INLAND EMPIRE takes the basic structure of Lynch's 2001 masterpiece, MULHOLLAND DRIVE, ..read more »
54%
from 9,086 members
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Funny Games
on DVD
(2007)
Starring: Naomi Watts, Tim Roth, Michael Pitt
Director: Michael Haneke
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Director Michael Haneke (CACHE) remakes his own 1997 feature, this time casting Naomi Watts, Brady Corbet, Tim Roth, Michael Pitt, and Devon Gearhart. Following the original's premise, the thriller explores the chaos surrounding a family hostage situation.
55%
from 8,886 members
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Inland Empire - Blu-ray
(2006)
Starring: Diane Ladd, William Macy, Laura Dern
Director: David Lynch
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With INLAND EMPIRE, David Lynch--creator of such mind-bending works as ERASERHEAD and LOST HIGHWAY--delivers his most avant-garde, abstract, and impenetrable vision yet. A three-hour fever nightmare of a film, INLAND EMPIRE takes the basic structure of Lynch's 2001 masterpiece, MULHOLLAND DRIVE, ..read more »
58%
from 313 members
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The Painted Veil
on DVD
(2006)
Starring: Naomi Watts, Edward Norton, Liev Schreiber
Director: John Curran
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China, 1925: Bacteriologist Dr. Walter Fane (Norton) jealously ends his spoilt wife Kittys (Watts) adulterous affair by making her accompany him to a remote province where a cholera epidemic rages. Amid hostility and disease, the couple rediscover purpose, and each other.
72%
from 35,390 members
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Stay
on DVD
(2005)
Starring: Elizabeth Reaser, Janeane Garofalo, Ewan McGregor
Director: Marc Forster
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Sam Foster (Ewan McGregor) is a young psychiatrist who is filling in for a colleague on leave. Among his new patients is Henry Letham (Ryan Gosling), a young art student who hears voices and is seriously contemplating suicide. This resonates strongly with Sam, who rescued his painter girlfriend, ..read more »
49%
from 14,192 members
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Ellie Parker
on DVD
(2005)
Starring: Naomi Watts, Rebecca Riggs, Scott Coffey
Director: Scott Coffey
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Irreverently funny, intensly raw and a little bit mad, Ellie Parker is all about performances. A talented young aspiring actress, Ellie Parker, hops from one audition to personal crisis and back again as she tries to make sense of her career, love life and personal misadventures. An original look ..read more »
42%
from 2,420 members
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King Kong - Blu-ray
(2005)
Starring: Naomi Watts, Adrien Brody, Jack Black
Director: Peter Jackson
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KING KONG is director Peter Jackson's sprawling, epic remake of Merian C. Cooper and Ernest B. Schoedsack's 1933 movie of the same name, and it sees a film crew travel to the mysterious Skull Island, picks up giant gorilla King Kong, and bring him back to 1930s New York City. Despite his origins as ..read more »
68%
from 1,717 member
Not currently released
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King Kong
on DVD
(2005)
Starring: Naomi Watts, Adrien Brody, Jack Black
Director: Peter Jackson
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It is 1933, and vaudeville actress Ann Darrow (Oscar nominee Naomi Watts) has found herself - like so many other New Yorkers during the Great Depression - without the means to earn a living. Unwilling to compromise and allow herself to sink into a career in burlesque, she considers her limited ..read more »
63%
from 86,391 members
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We Don't Live Here Anymore
on DVD
(2004)
Starring: Mark Ruffalo, Laura Dern, Peter Krause
Director: John Curran
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Jack Linden (Mark Ruffalo) and Hank Evans (Peter Krause) are best friends who both teach at the same university in a small New England town. They both have young children and Jack's wife, Terry (Laura Dern) is close with Hank's wife, Edith (Naomi Watts). But while things appear happy on the surface,..read more »
49%
from 4,463 members
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The Assassination Of Richard Nixon
on DVD
(2004)
Starring: Sean Penn, Naomi Watts, Don Cheadle
Director: Niels Mueller
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In 1974, one man made an appointment with history. His story is gripping, shocking, unbelievable, and true. Samuel J. Bicke is a salesman whose overly idealistic midset is hopelessly at odds with the life that surrounds him. He desperately clings to his estranged wife and children, a job that ..read more »
56%
from 25,010 members
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Ned Kelly - Blu-ray
(2003)
Starring: Heath Ledger, Orlando Bloom, Naomi Watts
Director: Gregor Jordan
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In the latter part of the 19th century, Australia is still largely untamed. The former penal colony's first-generation Irish immigrant population lives in poverty. Having already experienced police brutality and the death of his father, bushranger Ned Kelly is wrongfully imprisoned on the trumped-..read more »
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from 4 members
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Ned Kelly
on DVD
(2003)
Starring: Heath Ledger, Orlando Bloom, Naomi Watts
Director: Gregor Jordan
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In the latter part of the 19th century, Australia is still largely untamed. The former penal colony's first-generation Irish immigrant population lives in poverty. Having already experienced police brutality and the death of his father, bushranger Ned Kelly is wrongfully imprisoned on the trumped-..read more »
57%
from 9,713 members
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Le Divorce
(2003)
Starring: Kate Hudson, Naomi Watts, Glenn Close
Director: James Ivory
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LE DIVORCE, based on the novel by Diane Johnson, is a contemporary Merchant/Ivory production that explores the fundamental differences between Americans and the French, especially in matters of the heart and manners. Isabel (Kate Hudson) is a brash, outspoken Californian who travels to Paris to ..read more »
43%
from 6,179 members
Not currently released
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The Ring
on DVD
(2002)
Starring: Naomi Watts, Martin Henderson, Brian Cox
Director: Gore Verbinski
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In Gore Verbinski's remake of Hideo Nakata's chilling horror film, a group of teenagers all die suddenly and inexplicably exactly one week after watching a mysterious videotape at a remote cabin in the Pacific Northwest. Journalist Rachel Keller (Naomi Watts), a relative of one of the victims, ..read more »
64%
from 29,982 members
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Mulholland Drive - HD
(2001)
Starring: Justin Theroux, Naomi Watts, Laura Harring
Director: David Lynch
Certificate:
Watch now: Included in all packages with LOVEFiLM Instant
David Lynch strikes again with this literal nightmare of a motion picture--a brilliant, scathing, hysterical, and haunting ode to Hollywood. In the film, a mysterious dark-haired woman (Laura Elena Harring) emerges from an accident with a purse full of cash and a head full of amnesia. Meanwhile, ..read more »
70%
from 545 members
Not currently released
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Mulholland Drive
on DVD
(2001)
Starring: Justin Theroux, Naomi Watts, Laura Harring
Director: David Lynch
Certificate:
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David Lynch strikes again with this literal nightmare of a motion picture--a brilliant, scathing, hysterical, and haunting ode to Hollywood. In the film, a mysterious dark-haired woman (Laura Elena Harring) emerges from an accident with a purse full of cash and a head full of amnesia. Meanwhile, ..read more »
65%
from 22,613 members
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Mulholland Drive - Blu-ray
(2001)
Starring: Justin Theroux, Naomi Watts, Laura Harring
Director: David Lynch
Certificate:
Watch now: Included in all packages with LOVEFiLM Instant
David Lynch strikes again with this literal nightmare of a motion picture--a brilliant, scathing, hysterical, and haunting ode to Hollywood. In the film, a mysterious dark-haired woman (Laura Elena Harring) emerges from an accident with a purse full of cash and a head full of amnesia. Meanwhile, ..read more »
71%
from 633 members
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The Hunt For The Unicorn Killer
on DVD
(1999)
Starring: Kevin Anderson, Tom Skerritt, Naomi Watts
Director: William A. Graham
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Based on a true story, this tells of Ira Einhorn, credited with being one of the founders of Earth Day, who in the late 60s and early 70s lived with Holly Maddux. When she tries to leave him in 1977, she suddenly disappears and her body is found in a trunk in Einhorn's apartment...
56%
from 46 members
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Dangerous Beauty
on DVD
(1998)
Starring: Catherine McCormack, Rufus Sewell, Oliver Platt
Director: Marshall Herskovitz
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The sensuous true story of the woman who defied convention in 16th-century Venice. Catherine McCormack plays Veronica Franco who, under the knowing tutelage of her mother, becomes a courtesan to the rich and powerful. She'll pay a price. Veronica may have to turn away forever from the nobleman she ..read more »
68%
from 1,301 member
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Ring 2
on DVD
(1998)
Starring: Daisuke Ban, Kyoko Fukada, Kenjiro Ishimaru
Director: Hideo Nakata
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Hideo Nakata's sequel to his notoriously creepy RING continues the chilling tale after the unforgettable finale of the original. Reporter Reiko Asakawa (Nanako Matsushima) continues her investigation of the ghostly Sadako and the cursed videotape. Meanwhile, Reiko's son, Yoichi (Rikiya Otaka), ..read more »
57%
from 7,345 members
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Tank Girl
on DVD
(1995)
Starring: Lori Petty, Malcolm McDowell, Ice-T
Director: Rachel Talalay
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In the year 2033, the world's water supply is controlled by Kesslee (Malcolm McDowell), a maniacal dictator who presides over the Water & Power company. Tank Girl (Lori Petty), a tough punk water poacher, struggles alongside her comrades to deliver the valuable resource to parched persons around ..read more »
60%
from 2,514 members
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The Custodian
on DVD
(1993)
Starring: Anthony La Paglia, Hugo Weaving, Barry Otto
Director: John Dingwall
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Dogwatch
A cop who holds little regard for the low-life of New York, witnesses his partner's death in a bar. He shoots the assailant dead, only to discover that it's another cop. In a panic he dumps the body in the river...
The Custodian
A tough Australian police thriller in which an honest cop ..read more »
46%
from 105 members
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Matinee
(1992)
Starring: David Clennon, Robert Picardo, John Sayles
Director: Joe Dante
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It's 1962 and 15-year-old horror film fan Gene Loomis (Simon Fenton) is the new kid in a small Key West town; the Cuban Missile Crisis is happening in his own backyard; an intriguing girl (Lisa Jakub) is actually looking his way, and best of all, master showman Lawrence Woolsey (John Goodman) is in ..read more »
62%
from 406 members
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King Kong Production Diaries
(2 discs)
on DVD
Starring: Peter Jackson, Naomi Watts, Jack Black
Director: Peter Jackson
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Academy Award-winning filmmaker Peter Jackson invites you to join him on a journey into the creation of King Kong. This groundbreaking 2-disc set will transport you onto the set to experience the thrilling highlights of the intense eight-month production. From the first day of filming, to the last ..read more »
60%
from 207 members
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Strange Planet
on DVD
Starring: Claudia Karvan, Naomi Watts, Alice Garner
Director: Emma-Kate Croghan
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Judy, Alice and Sally are best friends and room-mates. Judy thinks that turning into a ruthless career woman will help overcome her fixation for older, married men; Alice's broken heart and strict moral code has kept her life in an idle state for too long; and Sally is hungry to experience ..read more »
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from 169 members
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King Kong - HD
Starring: Naomi Watts, Adrien Brody, Jack Black
Director: Peter Jackson
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KING KONG is an epic remake of Merian C. Cooper and Ernest B. Schoedsack's 1933 movie of the same name, and it is as big as the gorilla that runs riot through Jackson's rendering of Depression-era New York. Keeping the simple yet effective plot intact a film crew travels to the mysterious Skull ..read more »
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from 1,301 member
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Naomi Watts facts
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...for yourself and enjoy a film that doesn't follow the norm then this is superb. Naomi Watts excels in one of the most memorable and brilliantly acted movie audition scenes...
