16 interesting facts about Naomi Watts
- Naomi Watts became instant friends with Nicole Kidman when the two of them met on a casting call for a commerical in Australia when they were teenagers.
- Naomi Watts and longtime boyfriend Liev Schreiber welcomed their first baby, a boy named Alexander Pete on July 26, 2007. A second child, Samuel Kai, joined the family when he was born on December 13, 2008.
- Naomi Watts' best friend is Nicole Kidman.
- Naomi Watts once appeared in an Australian television commercial turning down a date with Tom Cruise for her mother's lamb roast.
- Naomi's favorite sports to watch are tennis, soccer and boxing.
- Naomi Watts accepted her role in the 2003 film 21 Grams before she ever read the script.
- Naomi Watts turned down the role of Susan Storm (The Invisible Girl) in the 2005 film The Fantastic Four. Jessica Alba later got the part.
- Naomi has a Yorkshire Terrier named Bob.
- Naomi's three favorite actresses are Meryl Streep, Jodie Foster and Julianne Moore.
- Naomi Watts says [about her experience filming King Kong], "My arms and legs were black and blue with bruises... It's like I was in marine boot camp. Now I want to do something where the most strenuous thing I do is kiss the leading man!"
- Director David Lynch asked her to be in the 2001 film Mulholland Dr after picking out her headshot from a stack of actors.
- She has been nominated for a Saturn Award twice, in 2002 for Mulholland Dr., and again in 2003 for The Ring.
- Naomi Watts dated actor Heath Ledger for almost two years, but the two have since gone their seperate ways. As of 2006 she is dating actor Liev Schreiber, her co-star in the film The Painted Veil.
- Her father died when Naomi was only 7 years old.
- She was named one of the 50 Most Beautiful People by People Magazine in 2002.
- Naomi Watts and her mother moved to Australia when she was 14 years old.
