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28 September 1968, Shoreham, Kent, England, UK

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5' 5"

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Daughter of Peter Watts, sound engineer for Pink Floyd until 1974.
Best friends with Nicole Kidman, since a casting call for commercial when they were girls.
Moved to Australia when she was 14.
Is a vegetarian.
She once appeared in an Australian television commercial turning down a date with Tom Cruise for her mum's lamb roast.
Was named one of the 50 Most Beautiful People by People Magazine in 2002.
Her brother Ben Watts is a well-known photographer. He's been living in the US since 1994.
Featured on the cover of the Australian Empire Magazine March 2003 for Women of the Year 2002.
Voted the 14th Sexiest Female Movie Star in the Australian Empire Magazine September 2002.
When her cell phone sounds, it plays Pink Floyds "Money".
Her father died when she was seven.
Accepted the role for 21 Grams (2003) without reading the script first.
She met Heath Ledger on the set of new historical epic _Ned Kelly (2003)_ , and the pair dated until May 2004. He accompanied her to the 2004 Oscar Ceremony.
She has a Yorkshire terrier named Bob.
Her favorite actresses are Meryl Streep, Jodie Foster and Julianne Moore. For music, her favorite artists/bands are Fiona Apple, Coldplay, Björk, Radiohead, Cat Stevens and Pink Floyd.
Moved in with best friend Nicole Kidman after Kidman spilt up from husband Tom Cruise.
Favorite comfort food is baked beans.
Director David Lynch asked her to be in the movie _Mulholland Dr. (2001)_ after picking out her headshot from a stack of actors.
Favorite sports to watch are soccer, boxing, and tennis.
Claims she wanted to become an actor after seeing the movie Fame (1980).
Spent some of her early childhood in Anglesey, Wales, where her mother is from.
Starred in and produced 2001s Ellie Parker (2001), which was made into a kind of cult classic about a struggling actress in Hollywood and the nightmares she encountered. The movie resurfaced in 2005 at the SunDance Film Festival and is set to be re-released in December of 2005.
Ranked #76 on Forbes 2005 Power in Entertainment List.
Had an horrific fall on the New Zealand set of King Kong (2005). She fell from a height into a ditch, to the shock of the cast and crew. She thanked her rigorous practice of yoga for saving her from any permanent damage.
Parents: Peter Watts and Myfanwy (Miv) Watts.
Grandparents: Hugh & Nikki Roberts
Her parents divorced when she was four.
When she was 20 years old, she was an assistant editor at "Follow Me" magazine in Australia. After a friend begged her to try acting, she quit her job instead and never looked back.
Was accompanied by her boyfriend Liev Schreiber to the King Kong (2005) US-premiere.
(2006): Model for David Yurman
When she was 18, she tried her hand at modeling and was hired by an agency in Japan.
Was among the guests at Nicole Kidmans and Keith Urbans wedding
When shooting a movie, uses a specific song to get herself ready for each scene.
Was Fernando Meirelless first choice for the role of Tessa Quayle in Constant Gardener, The (2005), but she declined due to her commitment to King Kong (2005). Rachel Weisz was then given the role.
Named #99 in FHM magazine's "100 Sexiest Women in the World 2006" supplement. (2006).
Was voted #29 on AskMen.com's Most Desirable Women of 2006.
Named #2 in the French edition of FHM magazine's "100 Sexiest Women in the World 2006".
Ranked #2 in the UK FHM's most eligible women (2006).
Was voted 3rd in Entertainment Weekly's Entertainers of the Year in December 2005.
Named #4 of Sexiest Women over the age of 35 according to the editors at MSN Lifestyle: Men.
Is good friends with actor Mark Ruffalo and his wife Sunrise Coigney.
Friend of Kate Hudson and Carla Gugino.
Naomi and Liev Schreiber became the parents of a boy, Alexander Pete Schreiber, on July 25, 2007 in Los Angeles. Alexander weighed in at 8 lbs. 4 oz., and is 22-1/2 inches (Alexander is named for his grandfather and Peter is named for her father, Peter Watts.
Her mother Miv Watts is an interior designer.
Turned down the role of Susan Storm (Invisible Girl) in Fantastic Four (2005). Jessica Alba later got the part.
Enjoys martial arts and trained Judo for a long time. She participated in amateur Judo championships through the early 90s, from 1989 to 1992. Nowadays, she trains in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu.