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NICOLE KIDMAN AND TOM CRUISE - TOGETHER - Thomas Cruise Mapother IV, known as Tom (Syracuse, July 3, 1962), is an American actor and film producer. Among the highest-paid actors in the history of cinema, Cruise has been nominated for four Academy Awards and has won three Golden Globes. Most film critics consider him one of the most representative action film stars. Since his debut, he has been welcomed by the public as a movie star, so much so that his films have grossed over 12 billion dollars. His first success was the 1983 film Risky Business, which has been described as ”a Generation X classic and the start of a constructive career” for the actor. He achieved international fame as an actor for his role in Top Gun (1986), of which a highly successful sequel was filmed entitled Top Gun: Maverick (2022). Another role that brought him international fame is that of secret agent Ethan Hunt in the film series ”Mission: Impossible”, of which seven films were shot. In his career, Cruise has taken part in mainly action or sentimental films such as Born on the Fourth of July (1989), Cocktail (1988) and Jack Reacher - The decisive test (2012). The actor is also known for his membership and support of Scientology. His notable public criticism of psychiatry and the use of anti-depressant drugs have aroused controversy and interest from the media. Forbes magazine has often ranked him as one of the most famous celebrities in the world. Nicole Mary Kidman (born 20 June 1967) is an Australian actress, film producer and television producer with American citizenship. Widely regarded as one of the best actresses of her generation, she has received numerous awards throughout her career, including an Academy Award, six Golden Globe Awards, a BAFTA Award, a Screen Actors Guild Award, three Critics Choice Awards, two Primetime Emmy Awards, a Silver Bear at the Berlin Film Festival and a Coppa Volpi at the Venice Film Festival. She is also the first Australian actress to receive the AFI Life Achievement Award in 2024. Having been born to Australian parents in Hawaii, she holds dual Australian and US citizenship. The founder and owner of the production company Blossom Films, she has been a goodwill ambassador for UNICEF since 1994 and for UNIFEM since 2006. In 2006, she was awarded the title of Companion of the Order of Australia. She came to international attention for her roles in the films Dead Calm (1989), Billy Bathgate: The School for Gangsters (1991) and in 1995, thanks to the role of Suzanne Stone in the film To Die For (1995) she won her first Golden Globe for Best Actress in a Comedy or Musical. She later starred in another successful film, The Portrait of a Lady (1996). Between the late nineties and the early 2000s she reached the peak of her film career, playing challenging roles in different film genres: Eyes Wide Shut (1999) by Stanley Kubrick, the thriller The Others (2001), the musical Moulin Rouge! (2001), which also revealed her singing skills and thanks to which she won the second Golden Globe and her first nomination for the Oscar for Best Actress. Her subsequent films include Dogville (2003), Cold Mountain (2003), Birth (2004) and, most notably, The Hours (2002), in which she plays English writer Virginia Woolf, receiving critical acclaim and winning, among other awards, the Silver Bear for Best Actress at the Berlin International Film Festival, the Golden Globe for Best Actress in a Drama, the BAFTA for Best Actress in a Leading Role and the Academy Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role. She received her third Oscar nomination for Best Actress for her performance in Rabbit Hole (2010), while her fourth nomination - this time as Best Supporting Actress - was for Lion (2016). She went on to win her fourth and fifth Golden Globe Awards and two Emmy Awards for her role as producer and star of the hit television series Big Little Lies (2017–2019). In recent years, Kidman has enjoyed further success with films such as Boy Erased (2018), Destroyer (2018), Bombshell (2019) and the television miniseries The Undoing (2020). For her portrayal of Lucille Ball in the biopic The Ricardos (2021), she won her sixth Golden Globe Award and received her fifth Academy Award nomination for Best Actress in a Leading Role. She, Geoffrey Rush and Cate Blanchett are the only Australian actors to have won an Academy Award. In 2024, she received critical acclaim for her performance in the film Babygirl, for which she won the Coppa Volpi for Best Actress at the Venice Film Festival. BEAUTIFUL PHOTOS OBTAINED BY THE COLLECTOR DURING VARIOUS FESTIVALS, PLUS TWO POSTERS FOR THE PRESENTATION OF ”FAR AND AWAY” (1992), PRODUCED FOR JOURNALISTS AT THE FILM PREMIERE, WITH AUTOGRAPHS.