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Naomi Watts was born on September 28, 1968 in Shoreham, Kent, England, where she lived until the age of eight. Her father, before his death, was a sound engineer with the rock band Pink Floyd and her mother is described by Watts as a hippie. Her parents separated when she was four years old, and when she was seven, her father died. Following her father's death, her mother relocated the family to the town of Llangefni, on the Isle of Anglesey in North Wales, where they lived with Naomi's grandparents, Hugh and Nikki Roberts. Although her mother occasionally moved the family around Wales and England, usually to follow boyfriends, she always ended up returning to Llangefni. She lived there until she was 14. Her mother then moved the family to Sydney Australia in 1982.

In Sydney, she attended several acting schools. She met her now best friend Nicole Kidman at the first of those acting schools. She acted in many TV series and had small parts in numerous films, but her big break did not come until 2001. She caught the attention of critics and audiences when she appeared in the highly acclaimed Mulholland Drive. Soon after this hit, her movie roles improved and quickly shot the actress to the top. In 2002, she starred in one of the biggest box office hits of that year, the English language remake of the Japanese horror film, The Ring. The following year, she starred in the film Ned Kelley as well as the film Le Divorce with Kate Hudson. It was her performance opposite Sean Penn and Benicio Del Toro in director Alejandro González Ińárritu 21 Grams that earned Watts her first Academy Award nomination as Best Actress.

Since then Watts has been one of the most in-demand actresses. She produced and starred in the well received independent picture We Don't Live Here Anymore. She also had starring roles in The Assassination of Richard Nixon, I Heart Huckabees, The Ring 2 and the much anticipated re-make of King Kong. Her role in King Kong, proved to be her most commercial film yet. It was directed by Peter Jackson, earned high critical acclaim and grossed more than $400 million dollars world wide since its release.

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