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Nicole Kidman is one of the greatest movie stars weve ever had.

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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.

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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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The Lie is the Truth

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.

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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.

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