Naomi Watts is known to film enthusiasts for her roles in the horror film The Bell and the thriller David Lynch's Mulholland Drive. The double Oscar nominee did not immediately work out with the acting profession: the famous Watts became closer to thirty. How did she live before she turned into a Hollywood star, and what has changed in the actress with the advent of popularity?
Naomi Watts: photos, options
Naomi Watts became interested in fans of a good movie after filming in David Lynch's film "Mulholland Drive." At that time, the actress was 33 years old, but at the same time she was distinguished by a well-groomed appearance and a slender figure. Naomi Watts, whose height is 164 cm, weighs approximately 55 kg.
The actress's chest volume is 86 cm, the waist is 63 cm, and the hips are 89 cm.
Naomi's chest size is 2. Shoe size is 40.
Since the actress was born on September 28, she is Libra by the zodiac sign.
Childhood and youth
Naomi Watts, whose biography originates in England, was born in 1968 in the family of a sound engineer and antique saleswoman. Naomi's father collaborated with the legendary Pink Floyd, but, unfortunately, was not reliable. In the 75th year, he died from an overdose of heroin. Mother Naomi divorced her father three years earlier. She did not wait for alimony from her missus, so she decided to move to Australia with her children, closer to her parents.
Naomi has an older brother - Benjamin. She spent her childhood in Australia with him. The family lived modestly. According to the actress, in childhood she ate almost one bean.
The girl showed interest in acting from childhood. Therefore, after graduation, she went to study at the Australian acting school.
Carier start
Naomi Watts first played a small role in the movie at the age of 18. It was a picture "Just for the Love." Numerous auditions ended in failure, so Naomi decided to try herself in the modeling business and worked for a year in Japan under a contract. However, the responsibilities of the model she soon got bored, and the girl returned to Australia.
After several episodic roles in the series, Naomi finally got into the cast of the flirtation Flirt, where she met Nicole Kidman. Since then, Watts and Nicole remain friends.
After filming in the Australian film "The Coastless Sargasso Sea" Naomi went to conquer Hollywood. And she had a hard time, because the actress got the main role in a decent film only eight years after her move to Los Angeles.
Naomi Watts: filmography. Mulholland Drive
After a series of low-budget films in which Naomi starred from 1993 to 2001, the girl felt disappointed and tired. After unsuccessful film screenings, she loved to drive fast on the Mulholland Drive highway.
In 2001, Watts unexpectedly won the lead role in David Lynch's Mulholland Drive. She immediately felt that this was a sign, and did everything in her power to cope well with the role entrusted to her. After filming in this picture, the actress’s life really changed dramatically: she began to be invited to big-budget projects, Naomi began to receive decent fees for her work.
Naomi Watts, whose photo now appeared on the covers of magazines, stood on the red carpet in Cannes, where she arrived for the premiere of Mulholland Drive, and at that moment in Los Angeles, the landlady threw her belongings out of the door due to rental debts. But this did not bother Naomi much, since the black streak in her life was over.
"Call"
Naomi Watts has strengthened its position in Hollywood, starring in the commercially successful thriller “Call”. According to the script, the heroine of Naomi - journalist Rachel - is investigating a series of mysterious deaths of teenagers. Rachel finds one thing that connected all the dead - before they died, they watched a strange tape on which a girl with long hair was recorded. The journalist watches the tape, and then she is informed by telephone that she will die in seven days. In just a week, Rachel has to solve the terrible secret of the tape in order to stay alive.
“Horror” at the box office raised $ 249 million with a budget of $ 48 million. Naomi Watts for the role of journalist Rachel received the Saturn Award in the nomination for Best Actress.
"21 grams"
Naomi Watts received her first Academy Award nomination for her role as Christine Peck in the film 21 Grams. The director of the picture was Alejandro González Iñárritu, he also wrote the script. Watts partners on the set were Sean Penn, Benicio del Torro and Danny Houston.
The heroine Watts in the past was a drug addict who was lucky enough to tie up with her addiction. Kristin Peck's life got better. She got married and gave birth to two children. But on one terrible day, both the husband and her two children die in an accident. The heart of her husband Peck receives a seriously ill mathematician Paul Rivers. After the operation, he suddenly begins to have warm feelings for the widowed Christine.
The film represents three short stories, the plots of which develop in parallel, and the characters are interconnected. Watts was nominated for an Oscar, but did not win. But she took the Audience Award at the Venice Film Festival.
"King Kong"
Naomi Watts, whose filmography by 2005 totaled more than 30 films, soon after filming "21 Grams" got a role in Peter Jackson's famous film "King Kong".
Naomi Watts starred in King Kong - actress Ann Darrow (King Kong's lover). They say that Jackson noticed Watts back in Mulholland Drive, so he wrote the script, focusing on it. And, of course, Naomi without hesitation agreed to shoot in the film. Working with the director of The Lord of the Rings is a great success for any actress.
Together with Watts, such actors as Jack Black, Adrien Brody, Thomas Kretschmann and many other celebrities were involved in the film. For shooting in "King Kong" Naomi won the Saturn Award.
Other films
Actress Naomi Watts managed to play in many interesting films: in 2006 she shines in the drama “The Painted Veil”, in 2007 the actress produces the thriller “Funny Games” and plays the main role in it.
Noteworthy is the work of Naomi in the picture of David Cronenberg's "vice for export." The film also starred such famous actors as Viggo Mortensen and Vincent Cassel.
In 2010, Naomi starred in Woody Allen’s melodrama “You Will Meet the Mysterious Stranger,” and in 2013, she plays Princess Diana in the biopic “Diana: A Love Story”. The picture was coldly received by critics and received no distinction for the role of Diana Watts.
In 2014, Watts appears in the black comedy Birdman along with stars such as Michael Keaton and Edward Norton.
Today, the actress is involved in the Divergent series of films. In 2015, the movie “Divergent, Chapter 2: Insurgent” was released on cinema screens, in which Watts played the role of Evelyn, the mother of the outcast. After that, the actress received an offer to star in the continuation of the film, so in 2016 and 2017 she will appear in two parts of the film “The Divergent Series: Allegiant”.
Naomi Watts: personal life
Naomi met with many famous people in Hollywood. For example, with directors Daniel Kirby and Stephen Hopkins, as well as screenwriter Jeff Smengi. From 2002 to 2004, the actress lived with Hollywood celebrity Heath Ledger (Brokeback Mountain, The Dark Knight).
Since 2005, Watts has been married to the English actor Leo Schreiber ("Love X. Beginning. Wolverine", "Ket and Leo"). Two years later, the couple had their first son, Alexander, and in 2008, another son, Samuel. The actress admits that she would like to give birth to another child, despite the fact that in 2015 she will be 48 years old.