[Tery]

~WELCOME TO THE NAOMI WATTS APPRECIATION THREAD~



Biography:

Naomi Watts was born in Shoreham, England on September 28, 1968 to Peter and Miv Watts. Peter Watts, the sound engineer to Pink Floyd died when Naomi was ten and she began to follow her mother and her brother around England until they settled in Australia when she was fourteen. She coaxed her mother into letting her take acting class when they arrived. After bit parts in commericals, she landed her first role in For Love Only (1986). Naomi met her best friend Nicole Kidman when they both auditioned for a bikini commerical and they shared a taxi ride home. In 1991, Naomi starred along Kidman in the sleeper-hit Fliriting (1991) directed by John Duigan. Naomi continued her career by starring in the Australian Brides of Christ (1991) co-starring Oscar-winners Russell Crowe and Brenda Fricker. In 1993 she worked with John Duigan again in Wide Sargasso Sea (1993) and director George Miller in Gross Misconduct (1993). Tank Girl (1995), in 1995, an adaptation of the comic book was a cult hit, starred Naomi as Jet Girl, but it didn't fare well at the box-office and didn't do much for her career as a whole. Watts continued to take insignifant parts in movies including the much forgotten film Children of the Corn IV: The Gathering (1996). It wasn't until 'David Lynch' cast her in the critically acclaimed film Mulholland Drive (2001) that she began to become noticed. Her part as an aspiring actress earned showed her strong acting ability and wide range and earned her much respect, as much as to say by some that she was over-looked for a Oscar nomination that year. Stardom finally came to Naomi in the suprise hit Ring, The (2002), which grossed over a hundred million dollars at the box-office and starred Watts as a investigative reporter hunting down the truth behind several mysterious deaths seemingly caused by a video tape. While the movie did not fair well with the critics, it launched her into the spotlight. In 2003, she starred in Alejandro González Iñárritu's 21 Grams (2003) which earned her - what some say is a much over due Oscar nomination and brought others to call her one of the best in her generation of actors.

Filmography:

• King Kong (2005) (pre-production) .... Ann Darrow
• Ring 2, The (2005) (filming) .... Rachel Keller
• Stay (2004) (post-production) .... Lila Culpepper
• I Heart Huckabees (2004) .... Dawn Campbell
• Assassination of Richard Nixon, The (2004) .... Marie Bicke
• We Don't Live Here Anymore (2004) .... Edith Evans
• 21 Grams (2003) .... Cristina Peck
• Divorce, Le (2003) .... Roxeanne de Persand
• Ned Kelly (2003) .... Julia Cook
• Rabbits (2002) .... Suzie
• Outsider, The (2002) (TV) .... Rebecca Yoder
• Plots with a View (2002) .... Meredith
• Ring, The (2002) .... Rachel Keller
• Mulholland Dr. (2001) .... Betty Elms/Diane Selwyn
• Down (2001) .... Jennifer Evans
  ... aka Shaft, The (2001) (USA: video title)
• Ellie Parker (2001) .... Ellie Parker
• Wyvern Mystery, The (2000) (TV) .... Alice Fairfield
• Strange Planet (1999) .... Alice
• Hunt for the Unicorn Killer, The (1999) (TV) .... Holly Maddux
• House Divided, A (1998) .... Amanda
• Christmas Wish, The (1998) (TV) .... Renee
• Babe: Pig in the City (1998) (voice) .... Additional Voices
• Dangerous Beauty (1998) .... Guila De Lezze
  ... aka Honest Courtesan, The (1998) (UK) (USA: working title)
  ... aka Destiny of Her Own, A (1999) (Australia)
• "Sleepwalkers" (1997) TV Series .... Kate Russell
• Under the Lighthouse Dancing (1997) .... Louise
• Persons Unknown (1996) .... Molly
• Timepiece (1996) (TV) .... Mary Chandler
• Children of the Corn IV: The Gathering (1996) (V) .... Grace Rhodes
  ... aka Deadly Harvest (1996) (V)
• Bermuda Triangle (1996) (TV) .... Amanda
• Tank Girl (1995) .... Jet Girl
• Custodian, The (1993) .... Louise
• Gross Misconduct (1993/I) .... Jennifer Carter
  ... aka Gross Indecency (1993)
• Wide Sargasso Sea (1993) .... Fanny Grey
• Matinee (1993) .... Shopping Cart Starlet
• "Home and Away" (1988) TV Series .... Julie Gibson (1991)
• "Brides of Christ" (1991) (mini) TV Series .... Frances Heffernan
• Flirting (1991) .... Janet Odgers
• For Love Alone (1986) .... Leo's Girlfriend

The Ring


Ned Kelly

Post away!

[last beautiful girl]

I think she's gorgeous. I haven't seen any of her work, but she seems to go for very diverse roles, which I like a lot. I'm def. seeing 'I heart huckabees' at some point, whether it's on DVD or whatever.

[ashleyboreanaz]

wheres all the Naomi love?


I love her, I think she is the opitme of classic, ageless beauty.

[Tery]

Welcome to the thread ashleyboreanaz!

last beautiful girl, I agree.
I think Naomi's done movies of all genres. I haven't actually seen a lot of them, but seeing 21 Grams and Ned Kelly in a course of a week made me open a thread for such an amazing actress!
Speaking of NK, I have to say I was a bit disappointed. Not by her performance, but the fact that she was in 10 minutes of the movie. She was always listed at the beginning of the cast list (right after Orlando Bloom) and I thought she had a bigger role. I guess it's just like with Liv Tyler in the LotR movies.

[sir_drinks_alot]

i was going to start this thread but you beat me to it Tery yup
naomi is one of the best Actresses of her Generation and oh
so hot

[*Lethe's Bramble*]

::runs in::

I'm a Naomi fan!!

She's so talented and hot and god I wish she would give me a call to go out sometime

[Tery]

Welcome, welcome!

Originally posted by sir_drinks_alot i was going to start this thread but you beat me to it Tery yup

Sorry I guess. I love the picture you've posted. Thanks!

Originally posted by cleis666 ::runs in:: I'm a Naomi fan!! She's so talented and hot and god I wish she would give me a call to go out sometime

Glad you found your way here!

**So, how many Naomi movies have you all seen? Which one was your favourite?

[-Kelly-]

I have Brides of Christ, Ned Kelly, The ring on dvds
Brides of Christ is my fave one

And didn't know she was from England thanks for the info

[Tery]

Originally posted by JustaGirl I have Brides of Christ, Ned Kelly, The ring on dvds Brides of Christ is my fave one

I've seen The Ring (that was the first movie with Naomi I've seen), Le Divorce (I didn't really like that one, although the cast was great!), 21 Grams (such a brilliant movie! ) and Ned Kelly. I'm going to watch Mulholland Dr. today.

Originally posted by JustaGirl And didn't know she was from England thanks for the info

Yeah, me neither. I've always thought she's Australian.

[-Kelly-]

In my eyes she is
Maybe she came an australian on australia day

[last beautiful girl]

Dude, I thought she was an Aussie, too. Is she a British citizen, though?

[-Kelly-]

Originally posted by last beautiful girl Is she a British citizen, though?

I don't know if she changed it

[ComeAwayWithMe]

[DanceWithLife]

She is, I believe, one of the most talented actresses out there at the moment.

[artist]

Love her!

Some of her public appearances: