Female Icons of the 2000s: Then and Now

Time has only made Nicole Kidman more interesting. Her work on TV — Big Little Lies, The Undoing, Nine Perfect Strangers — gave her a second career peak, this time as a producer and creative force. She’s still impossibly poised, but now there’s grit beneath the glamour.

Her choices are bold, her performances fearless, and her career longevity quietly staggering. Nicole doesn’t seem to age so much as evolve, moving through genres and decades with total confidence. She’s no longer just part of Hollywood — she’s one of the reasons it still feels glamorous.