Actor: Nicole Kidman

Nicole Kidman won Best Actress for The Hours, playing Virginia Woolf under a prosthetic nose that generated more discussion than the performance deserved to be overshadowed by.

To Die For is where the range first showed, playing a weather presenter of total ruthlessness as a comedy, and Eyes Wide Shut required a year and a half of shooting with Kubrick.

She has consistently chosen difficult directors: von Trier, Campion, Lanthimos, Glazer, and Dogville in particular is a punishing film to have made.

Moulin Rouge and Big Little Lies show the commercial range, and she produces extensively through her own company.