Naomi Ellen Watts (born September 28, 1968) is a British actress. She has been nominated for two Academy Awards for Best Actress for her performances as a grief-stricken mother in Alejandro González Iñárritu's film 21 Grams (2003), and as Maria Bennett in the disaster film The Impossible (2012). After her family moved to Australia, she made her film debut there in the drama For Love Alone (1986) and then appeared in three television series, Hey Dad..! (1990), Brides of Christ (1991), and Home and Away (1991), and the film Flirting (1991). After moving to the United States, she initially struggled as an actress, taking roles in small-scale films until she starred in David Lynch's psychological thriller Mulholland Drive in 2001 as an aspiring actress. This role started her rise to international prominence. She has served as an ambassador for the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS and Pantene's Beautiful Lengths. ​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

Filmography

• 2026Closing Night — April Vale
• Love Story — Jackie Kennedy Onassis
• 2026Spider-Man: Brand New Day — E.V. (voice)
• 2026The Housewife — Executive Producer
• All's Fair — Liberty Ronson, Executive Producer
• Insider — Sig selv
• 2025The Friend — Iris, Executive Producer
• Too Much — Ann Ratigan
• 2024Elephants: Giants of the Desert — Narrator (voice)
• 2024Emmanuelle — Margot
• 2022Goodnight Mommy — Mother, Executive Producer
• 2022Infinite Storm — Pam Bales, Producer
• 2022The Desperate Hour — Amy Carr, Producer
• The Watcher — Nora Brannock, Executive Producer
• 2021Boss Level — Jemma Wells
• 2021Penguin Bloom — Sam Bloom, Producer
• 2021This Is the Night — Marie Dedea, Executive Producer
• Inside Taronga Zoo — Narrator (Voice)
• 2019Luce — Amy Edgar
• 2019Ophelia — Queen Gertrude / Mechtild
• The Loudest Voice — Gretchen Carlson
• 2019The Wolf Hour — June Leigh
• 2018Vice — News Anchor (uncredited)
• 2017Chuck — Linda Wepner
• FEUD — Babe Paley, Executive Producer
• Gypsy — Jean Holloway
• 2017The Book of Henry — Susan Carpenter
• 2017The Glass Castle — Rose Mary Walls
• 20163 Generations — Maggie, Executive Producer
• 2016Allegiant — Evelyn Johnson-Eaton
• 2016Demolition — Karen Moreno
• 2016Shut In — Mary Portman
• 2016The Sea of Trees — Joan Brennan
• 2015Insurgent — Evelyn Johnson-Eaton
• 2015While We're Young — Cornelia Schrebnick
• 2014Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) — Lesley
• BoJack Horseman — Naomi Watts (voice)
• 2014St. Vincent — Daka Parimova
• 2014The Last Impresario — Self, Associate Producer
• 2013Adoration — Lil, Executive Producer
• 2013Diana — Princess Diana
• 2013Movie 43 — Samantha (segment "Homeschooled")
• 2013Sunlight Jr. — Melissa
• 2012The Impossible — Maria Bennett
• 2012Wide-Awake — The Makeup Artist
• 2011Dream House — Ann Patterson
• 2011J. Edgar — Helen Gandy
• 2010Fair Game — Valerie Plame
• 2010You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger — Sally
• 2009Mother and Child — Elizabeth
• 2009The International — Eleanor Whitman
• 2008Funny Games — Ann, Executive Producer
• 2007Eastern Promises — Anna Ivanovna Khitrova
• 2006Inland Empire — Suzie Rabbit (voice)
• 2006The Painted Veil — Kitty Fane, Producer
• 2005Ellie Parker — Ellie Parker, Producer
• 2005King Kong — Ann Darrow
• 2005Stay — Lila Culpepper
• 2005The Ring Two — Rachel Keller
• 2004I ♥ Huckabees — Dawn Campbell
• 2004The Assassination of Richard Nixon — Marie Bicke
• 2004We Don't Live Here Anymore — Edith Evans, Producer
• 200321 Grams — Cristina Peck
• 2003Le Divorce — Roxeanne de Persand
• 2003Ned Kelly — Julia Cook
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• 2002Rabbits — Suzie
• Rabbits — Suzie
• 2002The Outsider — Rebecca Yoder
• 2002The Ring — Rachel Keller
• 2002Undertaking Betty — Meredith Mainwaring
• 2001Down — Jennifer Evans
• 2001Ellie Parker — Ellie Parker, Producer
• 2001Mulholland Drive — Betty Elms / Diane Selwyn
• 2001Never Date an Actress — The Shallow Girlfriend
• 2000The Wyvern Mystery — Alice Fairfield
• 1999Strange Planet — Alice
• The Hunt For The Unicorn Killer — Holly Maddux
• 1999The Hunt for the Unicorn Killer — Holly Maddux
• 1998Babe: Pig in the City — Additional Character Voices (voice)
• 1998Dangerous Beauty — Giulia De Lezze
• 1998The Christmas Wish — Renee
• Sleepwalkers — Kate Russell
• 1997Under the Lighthouse Dancing — Louise
• 1996Bermuda Triangle — Amanda
• 1996Children of the Corn IV: The Gathering — Grace Rhodes
• 1996Persons Unknown — Molly
• 1996Timepiece — Mary Chandler
• 1995Tank Girl — Jet Girl
• 1994The Custodian — Louise
• 1993Gross Misconduct — Jennifer Carter
• 1993Matinee — Shopping Cart Starlet
• 1993Wide Sargasso Sea — Fanny Grey
• The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
• Brides of Christ — Frances Heffernan
• 1991Flirting — Janet Odgers
• Twin Peaks — Janey-E Jones
• 1986For Love Alone — Leo's Girlfriend
• Gypsy — Jean Holloway
• Larrikins — Albatross (voice)
• Margot & Rudi — Margot Fonteyn

Appearances as themselves (43)

• Love Story: John F. Kennedy Jr. & Carolyn Bessette Official Podcast — Self
• 2026Once Upon a Time in Seattle — Self (archive footage)
• 2025An Oprah Winfrey Special: The Menopause Revolution — Self
• 2025Legacy of Screams: The Evolution of Horror Movies — Self (archive footage)
• 2024Periodical — Self
• Off Script with The Hollywood Reporter — Self
• Taronga: Who's Who in the Zoo — Self - Narrator (voice)
• The Kelly Clarkson Show — Self
• 2018Beyond Boundaries: The Harvey Weinstein Scandal — Self (archive footage)
• 2017A Bloody Finger in Your Mouth — Self
• 2017Do Not Pick Up Hitchhikers — Self
• 2017I Am Heath Ledger — Self
• 2015Birdman: All-Access (A View From the Wings) — Self
• The Late Show with Stephen Colbert — Self - Guest
• The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon — Self, Self - Guest
• Variety Studio: Actors on Actors — Self
• 2011Woody Allen: A Documentary — Self
• 2009Heath Ledger: A Tribute — Self
• Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen — Self - Guest
• Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis — Self
• 2006Kong's New York, 1933 — Self
• 2006Recreating the Eighth Wonder: The Making of 'King Kong' — Self
• 2006The Eighth Blunder of the World — Self
• 2005King Kong: Peter Jackson's Production Diaries — Self
• 200421 Grams: In Fragments — Self
• 2004The Making of ‘Mulholland Drive’ — Self
• 2004The Present — Self
• Celebrities Uncensored — Self
• Jimmy Kimmel Live! — Self - Guest
• The Ellen DeGeneres Show — Self
• The Early Show — Self
• The View — Self
• E! True Hollywood Story — Self (archive footage)
• The Daily Show — Self
• Inside the Actors Studio — Self
• Late Night with Conan O'Brien — Self - Guest
• LIVE with Kelly and Mark — Self, Self - Guest
• Goldene Kamera — Self
• Entertainment Tonight — Self
• The American Film Institute Salute to ... — Self
• The Oscars — Self
• Today — Self
• Golden Globe Awards — Self - Presenter, Self - Nominee