Nicole Kidman in the action-thriller "The Peacemaker" (1997) as White House nuclear expert Dr. Julia Kelly, opposite George Clooney. The film grossed $110,000,000 worldwide. In 1998, she co-starred with Sandra Bullock in the poorly received fantasy "Practical Magic" as a modern-day witch. Kidman returned to her work on stage the same year in the David Hare play "The Blue Room", which opened in London. In 1999, Kidman reunited with then husband, Tom Cruise, to portray a married couple in "Eyes Wide Shut", the final film of director Stanley Kubrick. The film was subject to censorship controversies due to the explicit nature of
Nicole Kidman filmography garnered her a nomination for Best Actress at the British Academy Film Awards. For her role as writer Virginia Woolf in the drama "The Hours" (2002) she became the first Australian to win the Academy Award for Best Actress. In 2003, Kidman starred in Lars von Trier's "Dogville", the drama "The Human Stain", and the epic war drama "Cold Mountain". The following year, she appeared in the sci-fi comedy film "The Stepford Wives" (2004), and the drama "Birth" (2004). Four years later, Kidman reunited with Luhrmann on the historical drama "Australia". In 2010, she starred in the drama "Rabbit Hole"