Nicole Kidman name "Hōkūlani". The inspiration for the name came from a baby elephant born around the same time at the Honolulu Zoo, but the name is also a commonly used Hawaiian name for girls, Hokulani meaning "Heavenly Star". At the time of Kidman's birth, her father was a graduate student at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa. He became a visiting fellow at the National Institute of Mental Health of the United States. Opposed to the war in Vietnam, Kidman's parents participated in anti-war protests while living in Washington, D.C. The family returned to Australia when Kidman was four and her
Nicole Kidman She went on to achieve wide recognition with leading roles in the romantic drama "Far and Away" (1992), the superhero film "Batman Forever" (1995), the crime comedy-drama "To Die For" (1995), for which she won a Golden Globe Award, and the erotic thriller "Eyes Wide Shut" (1999). She received two consecutive Academy Award for Best Actress nominations for playing a courtesan in the musical "Moulin Rouge!" (2001) and the writer Virginia Woolf in the drama film "The Hours" (2002); she won the award for the latter, and received Golden Globes for both films. Kidman continued to star in commercially successful