Her big break came after being cast in the 1989 thriller Dead Calm. Tom Cruise saw her and was captivated. She was cast in Days Of Thunder opposite him and the pair famously went on to marry, also appearing beside each other in Far And Away and Eyes Wide Shut. She has been the highest paid actress in Hollywood at various times over the past two decades, appearing in countless box office hits such as Batman Forever, Moulin Rouge, To Die For, Billy Bathgate, Cold Mountain, The Interpreter, Australia, Birth, The Paperboy, Rabbit Hole and The Railway Man. She has won no end of award nominations - the pinnacle being the award of a Best Actress Oscar for playing troubled author Virginia Woolf in the 2002 movie The Hours. Her second husband is country singer Keith Urban. Despite her A-list status, Nicole has not been afraid to bare all for her art. Long may she continue!