Naomi Watts

Actor

Blonde actress Naomi Watts was the star of the hit horror films The Ring (2002) and The Ring Two (2005). Watts was born in England but grew up in Australia. She made her film debut in the 1986 Australian feature For Love Alone, and followed that with several years of lesser roles in films and TV programs, in both Australia and the United States. Watts gained international attention when she was widely praised for her leading role in David Lynch's Mulholland Drive (2001). She then starred in The Ring, a surprise horror hit, and landed the lead in Peter Jackson's 2005 remake of King Kong. Her other films include Flirting (1991, co-starring Nicole Kidman), The Kelly Gang (2003, co-starring Orlando Bloom), The Painted Veil (2006, based on a story by Somerset Maugham) and Eastern Promises (2007, starring Viggo Mortensen).

Extra credit: Watts's son with actor Liev Schreiber, Alexander Pete Schreiber, was born in July of 2007. According to Television New Zealand, "Watts named her son...in honour of her late father, Peter Watts, a former sound engineer for pioneering British band, Pink Floyd, who died when she was seven."