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.

KNOWN FOR

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2017
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2022
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2019
Spider-Man: Brand New Day
2026
The Daily Show
2010
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2025
The View
2004
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2008
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
2006
Twin Peaks
2017
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
2005
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
2002

FILMOGRAPHY

All
Movies
TV
Acting
147
Producing
18
2026
The Housewife
2026
Closing Night
as April Vale
2026
Spider-Man: Brand New Day
as E.V. (voice)
2026
Once Upon a Time in Seattle
as Self (archive footage)
2026
Love Story
as Jackie Kennedy Onassis
2026
Love Story: John F. Kennedy Jr. & Carolyn Bessette Official Podcast
as Self
2025
The Friend
as Iris
2025
An Oprah Winfrey Special: The Menopause Revolution
as Self
2025
Legacy of Screams: The Evolution of Horror Movies
as Self (archive footage)
2025
All's Fair
as Liberty Ronson
2025
The Kelly Clarkson Show
as Self
2025
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Nominee
2025
Too Much
as Ann Ratigan
2025
Insider
as Sig selv
2024
Periodical
as Self
2024
Emmanuelle
as Margot
2024
Elephants: Giants of the Desert
as Narrator (voice)
2024
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Presenter
2024
FEUD
as Babe Paley
2024
Off Script with The Hollywood Reporter
as Self
2024
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
as Self
2024
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
as Self
2022
The Desperate Hour
as Amy Carr
2022
Infinite Storm
as Pam Bales
2022
Goodnight Mommy
as Mother
2022
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
as Self
2022
The Watcher
as Nora Brannock
2022
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
as Self - Guest
2021
Boss Level
as Jemma Wells
2021
This Is the Night
as Marie Dedea
2021
Penguin Bloom
as Sam Bloom
2021
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
as Self - Guest
2020
Inside Taronga Zoo
as Narrator (Voice)
2020
Taronga: Who's Who in the Zoo
as Self - Narrator (voice)
2019
Ophelia
as Queen Gertrude / Mechtild
2019
The Wolf Hour
as June Leigh
2019
Luce
as Amy Edgar
2019
The Loudest Voice
as Gretchen Carlson
2019
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
as Self - Guest
2018
Vice
as News Anchor (uncredited)
2018
Beyond Boundaries: The Harvey Weinstein Scandal
as Self (archive footage)
2018
Goldene Kamera
as Self
2017
Chuck
as Linda Wepner
2017
The Book of Henry
as Susan Carpenter
2017
The Glass Castle
as Rose Mary Walls
2017
I Am Heath Ledger
as Self
2017
Do Not Pick Up Hitchhikers
as Self
2017
A Bloody Finger in Your Mouth
as Self
2017
Gypsy
as Jean Holloway
2017
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
as Self - Guest
2017
Twin Peaks
as Janey-E Jones
2016
Allegiant
as Evelyn Johnson-Eaton
2016
Demolition
as Karen Moreno
2016
Shut In
as Mary Portman
2016
3 Generations
as Maggie
2016
The Sea of Trees
as Joan Brennan
2016
Entertainment Tonight
as Self
2015
While We're Young
as Cornelia Schrebnick
2015
Insurgent
as Evelyn Johnson-Eaton
2015
Birdman: All-Access (A View From the Wings)
as Self
2014
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
as Lesley
2014
St. Vincent
as Daka Parimova
2014
The Last Impresario
as Self
2014
BoJack Horseman
as Naomi Watts (voice)
2013
Movie 43
as Samantha (segment "Homeschooled")
2013
Adoration
as Lil
2013
Diana
as Princess Diana
2013
Sunlight Jr.
as Melissa
2013
Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis
as Self
2012
The Impossible
as Maria Bennett
2012
Wide-Awake
as The Makeup Artist
2011
Dream House
as Ann Patterson
2011
Woody Allen: A Documentary
as Self
2011
J. Edgar
as Helen Gandy
2010
You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger
as Sally
2010
Fair Game
as Valerie Plame
2010
The Daily Show
as Self
2009
The International
as Eleanor Whitman
2009
Mother and Child
as Elizabeth
2009
Heath Ledger: A Tribute
as Self
2008
Funny Games
as Ann
2008
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
as Self - Guest
2008
E! True Hollywood Story
as Self (archive footage)
2007
Eastern Promises
as Anna Ivanovna Khitrova
2006
The Painted Veil
as Kitty Fane
2006
Recreating the Eighth Wonder: The Making of 'King Kong'
as Self
2006
Inland Empire
as Suzie Rabbit (voice)
2006
The Eighth Blunder of the World
as Self
2006
Kong's New York, 1933
as Self
2006
Today
as Self
2006
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
as Self
2006
The Early Show
as Self
2005
King Kong
as Ann Darrow
2005
The Ring Two
as Rachel Keller
2005
Stay
as Lila Culpepper
2005
Ellie Parker
as Ellie Parker
2005
King Kong: Peter Jackson's Production Diaries
as Self
2005
Icons
2005
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
as Self - Guest
2004
I ♥ Huckabees
as Dawn Campbell
2004
The Assassination of Richard Nixon
as Marie Bicke
2004
We Don't Live Here Anymore
as Edith Evans
2004
21 Grams: In Fragments
as Self
2004
The Making of ‘Mulholland Drive’
as Self
2004
The Present
as Self
2004
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
as Self
2004
The View
as Self
2004
Celebrities Uncensored
as Self
2003
21 Grams
as Cristina Peck
2003
Ned Kelly
as Julia Cook
2003
Le Divorce
as Roxeanne de Persand
2003
Inside the Actors Studio
as Self
2002
The Ring
as Rachel Keller
2002
Undertaking Betty
as Meredith Mainwaring
2002
Rabbits
as Suzie
2002
The Outsider
as Rebecca Yoder
2002
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
2002
The Oscars
as Self
2002
Rabbits
as Suzie
2001
Mulholland Drive
as Betty Elms / Diane Selwyn
2001
Down
as Jennifer Evans
2001
Never Date an Actress
as The Shallow Girlfriend
2001
Ellie Parker
as Ellie Parker
2000
The Wyvern Mystery
as Alice Fairfield
1999
Strange Planet
as Alice
1999
The Hunt for the Unicorn Killer
as Holly Maddux
1999
The Hunt For The Unicorn Killer
as Holly Maddux
1998
Dangerous Beauty
as Giulia De Lezze
1998
The Christmas Wish
as Renee
1998
Babe: Pig in the City
as Additional Character Voices (voice)
1997
Under the Lighthouse Dancing
as Louise
1997
Sleepwalkers
as Kate Russell
1996
Children of the Corn IV: The Gathering
as Grace Rhodes
1996
Timepiece
as Mary Chandler
1996
Persons Unknown
as Molly
1996
Bermuda Triangle
as Amanda
1995
Tank Girl
as Jet Girl
1994
The Custodian
as Louise
1993
Matinee
as Shopping Cart Starlet
1993
Gross Misconduct
as Jennifer Carter
1993
Wide Sargasso Sea
as Fanny Grey
1991
Flirting
as Janet Odgers
1991
Brides of Christ
as Frances Heffernan
1986
For Love Alone
as Leo's Girlfriend
Larrikins
as Albatross (voice)
Margot & Rudi
as Margot Fonteyn
Gypsy
as Jean Holloway