Born: 28-09-1968
Birthplace: Shoreham
Country: England
Nickname: Queen of Remakes
Height: 5' 4½" (1,64 m)

British actress Naomi Watts grew up in Shoreham with her elder brother Ben Watts. Her father is the English sound engineer Peter Watts who worked as road manager for Pink Floyd. Her mother is Welsh antiques dealer Myfanwy Edwards (née Roberts) who also had a career in the burgeoning film business. Her parents divorced when she was four years old. Her father was found dead in a flat with an apparent heroin overdose in August, 1976. She moved with her mother and brother to the Llanfawr family Farm in Llangefni (North Wales) after her fathers dead. The family lives with her mothers maternal grandparents Nikki and Hugh Roberts for three years. She studied succesful at the Welsh language school "Ysgol Gyfun" in Llangefni during that period. She moves later to Suffolk with her family where she studied at the Thomas Mills High School. Even her mother meets a new man who becomes her stepfather. She moves to the Australia city Sydney (her maternal grand mother was Australian) with her mother, brother and stepfather when she was 14 in 1982. Her mother stimulated her to start acting lessons during her time in Australia. She studied at the Mosman High School and later at the North Sydney Girls High School.

She had an relation with director Stephen Hopkins in the 90s and had an relation with actor Heath Ledger from august 2002 until may 2004. She falls in love on actor Liev Schreiber after their meeting at the New York Met ball in the spring of 2005. The couple start an relation and have a son named Alexander "Sasha" Pete, who was born on 25-06-2007 in Los Angeles. Their second son Samuel "Sammy" Kai was born on 13-12-2008 in New York City.

Her mother inspires her to become movie actress after seeing her mother performing on stage in the film "Fame" (1980). She worked outside school as paper girl and manages an delicacies store in Sydney's affluent North Shore. She works also as set designer and costume designer for television commercials and worked at the soap opera ''Return to Eden''.

She started with judo on very young age and competes in several Judo championships as amateur in the period 1989-1992. She is also trained in Brazilian jiu-jitsu for many years which gives her beauty and power as woman.

She decided to become model and signed her first contract with a models agency when she was 18 years old. The agency sent her to Japan where several auditions failed for her before she goes back to Sydney. She was hired to do advertising for a department store where she attracts the attention of Follow Me magazine. The editors hires her to work as assistant fashion editor. She's hired as model by David Yurman and Ann Taylor in order to pose for the photo camera. She is spokeswoman for the brands Audi and Pantene haircare in the year 2011.

There are many covershoots and articles about her in magazines as Entertainment Weekly, Playboy, Femme Fatales, Premiere, Allure, Sunday style, Esquire Magazine, Harper's Bazaar, Femina, Grazia, Glamour, Cosmopolitan and many more.

Action Movie Career

She made her action movie debut as Jet Girl next to Lori Petty who plays the lead role as Tank Girl in ''Tank Girl'' (1995). Tank Girl and her friends are the only remaining citizens on earth who live in wasteland. The remaining water is controlled by the mega corporation/government Water and Power. Tank Girl and some mutant kangaroo/humans fight against the Water and Powers company in order to save world's water supply.

She plays Molly in this story about former cop Jim Holland (played by Joe Mantegna) who works as security expert in ''Persons Unknown'' (1996). Jim is hired to protect a client against robbers after his meeting with a woman named Amanda (played by Kelly Lynch). She steals the security codes of his client while they have a romantic night. Amanda and her sister Molly rob the stash of his client and Jim notices that his client is a dangerous drug dealers.

She plays female reporter Jennifer Evans in this story about the Millennium Building who is one of New York's most famous landmarks where the express elevators are damaged in "Down" (2001). Elevator mechanic Mark Newman (played by James Marshall) is sent out to find the cause of the problem. An deadly incident happens during his investigations of the elevator. There is also a security guard decapitated and the police starts an investigation. He gets help from female reporter Jennifer and they are determined to find the cause.

She plays Julia Cook in this story about Ned Kelly (played by Heath Ledger) who is recognized for heroism as lad, but he can't prevent that he gets problems with a well known criminal in ''Ned Kelly'' (2003). He is arrested by the Victorian police and is unfairly sentenced to three years hard labor. His brother Dan forms an outlaw gang with friends Joe Byrne and Steve who fight against the oppressive Victorian government, in order to rescue Ned.

She plays actress Ann Darrow who is casted by ambitious movie producer Carl Denham (played by Jack Black) as leading lady in his movie in ''King Kong'' (2005). He must finish his movie and coerces his cast and hired crew, to travel to the mysterious Skull Island. No one knows what they will encounter on this island and why it's so mysterious. King Kong is the name of a giant gorilla who lives on the island. Then the beast grasps leading actress Ann during the filming on the island. Carl and Jack Driscoll (played by Adrien Brody) travel through the jungle in order to free her.

She plays the Manhattan Assistant District Attorney Eleanor Whitman in this story where Interpol Agent Louis Salinger (played by Clive Owen) and Eleanor determined are to bring one of the world's most powerful banks to justice in ''The International'' (2009). They try to prove the guiltiness of the Salinger and Whitman's investigation bank in an international arms dealing ring. Eleanor and Louis uncover illegal activities as money laundering, arms trading and the destabilization of governments. Their hunt brings them from Berlin to Milan and from New York to Istanbul.

Achievements and Awards

• She was named one of the 50 Most Beautiful People by People Magazine in 2002.
• She was featured on the cover of the Australian Empire Magazine March 2003 for Women of the Year 2002.
• She was voted as the 14th Sexiest Female Movie Star in the Australian Empire Magazine September 2002.
• She was ranked #76 on Forbes 2005 Power in Entertainment List.
• She was voted 3rd in Entertainment Weekly's Entertainers of the Year in December 2005.
• She was named #99 in FHM magazine's "100 Sexiest Women in the World 2006" supplement.
• She was voted #29 on AskMen.com's Most Desirable Women of 2006.
• She was named #2 in the French edition of FHM magazine's "100 Sexiest Women in the World 2006".
• She was ranked #2 in the UK FHM's most eligible women (2006).
• She was named #4 of Sexiest Women over the age of 35 according to the editors at MSN Lifestyle: Men.
• She won the NBR Awardin 2001 for ''Best Breakthrough Performance by an Actress'' at the National Board of Review (USA).
• She won the ShoWest Award in 2002 for ''Female Star of Tomorrow'' at the ShoWest Convention.
• She won the CFCA Award in 2002 for ''Best Actress'' at the Chicago Film Critics Association Awards.
• She won the Chlotrudis Award in 2002 for ''Best Actress'' at the Chlotrudis Awards.
• She won the Hollywood Breakthrough Award in 2002 for ''Breakthrough Acting'' at the
• Hollywood Film Festival.
• She won the Screen Idol Award in 2002 for ''Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role'' at the L.A. Outfest.
• She won the Sierra Award in 2002 for ''Best Supporting Actress'' at the Las Vegas Film Critics Society Awards.
• She won the NSFC Award in 2002 for ''Best Actress'' at the National Society of Film Critics Awards (USA).
• She won the SEFCA Award in 2003 for ''Best Actress'' at the Southeastern Film Critics Association Awards.
• She won the Audience Award for ''Best Actress'' and the Wella Prize in 2003 at the Venice Film Festival
• She won the WAFCA Award in 2003 for ''Best Actress'' at the Washington DC Area Film Critics Association Awards.
• She won the Global Achievement Award in 2004 at the Australian Film Institute.
• She won the FFCC Award in 2004 for ''Best Actress'' at the Florida Film Critics Circle Awards.
• She won the Special Distinction Award in 2004 at the Independent Spirit Awards.
• She won the LAFCA Award in 2004 for ''Best Actress'' at the Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards.
• She won the New American Cinema Award in 2005 for ''Honorable Mention'' at the Seattle International Film Festival.
• She won the ALFS Award in 2006 for ''Actress of the Year'' at the London Critics Circle Film Awards.
• She won the Montecito Award in 2006 at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival.
• She won the CEC Award in 2013 ''Best Actress'' at the Cinema Writers Circle Awards (Spain)
• She won the Desert Palm Achievement Award in 2013 at the Palm Springs International Film Festival.
• She won the FCCA Award in 2014 for ''Best Actress'' at the Film Critics Circle of Australia Awards.
• She won the Critics Choice Award in 2015 for ''Best Acting Ensemble'' at the Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards.
• She won the Screen Actors Guild Award in 2015 for her ''Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture'' at the Screen Actors Guild Awards
• She won the SDFCS Award for ''Best Supporting Actress'' in 2001 and won the SDFCS Award for ''Best Actress'' in 2003 at the San Diego Film Critics Society Awards.
• She won two OFCS Awards for ''Best Actress'' and ''Best Breakthrough Performance'' in 2002 and won an OFCS Award  for ''Best Actress'' again in 2004 at the Online Film Critics Society Awards.
• She won the Saturn Award for ''Best Actress'' in 2003 and won the Saturn Award for ''Best Actress'' again in 2006 at the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films (USA).
• She won two PFCS Awards for ''Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role'' and ''Best Ensemble Acting'' in 2004 and won an PFCS Award for ''Best Ensemble Acting'' in 2014 at the Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards.

She became ambassador of the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS which helps to raise awareness of AIDS issues in 2006. She appears as inaugural member in several campaigns for AIDS Red Ribbon Awards fundraising and appears at the 21st Annual AIDS Walk. She meets United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on 01-12-2009 and joined the AIDS response at the dramatic public event commemorating World AIDS Day 2009. She competes against the Australian actors Hugh Jackman and Isla Fisher at a charity polo match in New York City in 2011. This match is organized to raise money for the victims of the 2010 Haiti earthquake.

Action Movie Filmography

• The International (2009)
• King Kong (2005)
• Ned Kelly (2003)
• Down (2001)
• Persons Unknown (1996)
• Tank Girl (1995)