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Nicole Kidman is one of the greatest movie stars weve ever had.
Fascinatingly, Kidman has also blossomed into a television star in recent years.
8.Roar: The Woman Who Ate Photographs
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Robin is in a tough spot in life.
7.Top of the Lake: China Girl(Sundance TV, 2013)
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Everythings connected, man!
6.Expats
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Second, Kidman gives a compelling performance as a woman thoroughly destroyed by the loss of her child.
For Kidman, even sadness is glamorous.
5.Nine Perfect Strangers
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2021, Hulu
Kidmanwent Method for this one, which makes sense.
(Drugs and what can be legibly described as psychological torture factor into the proceedings.)
4.Special Ops: Lioness
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2023-current, Paramount+
Speaking of a character whod step on your neck, heres Kaitlyn Meade.
(When we want to hear you speak, we will tell you to fucking speak.)
3.The Perfect Couple
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2024, Netflix
The Perfect Coupleisnt perfect.
But hey, a cheeseburger still tastes good.
Its a character that makes particularly good use of Kidmans eyes: piercing, watchful, indiscernible.
2.Big Little Lies
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Also, the second season wasnt very good.
Which leads us to …
1.The Undoing
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But its success almost certainly had more to do with how it offered the pure, uncut Kidman.