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Nicole Kidman Used To Work As A Massage Therapist

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One of the 100 most influential people in the world and listed among the highest-paid actresses on the planet, the stunning Australian actress, singer, and film producer, Nicole Kidman, used to be extremely shy and even had a stutter before she studied theater and took up drama classes. However, she dropped out of school when she was 17 and worked as a massage therapist to help out her family when her mother was diagnosed with breast cancer.

Having overcome her shyness, Kidman made her breakthrough film with the psychological thriller Dead Calm. She made her Hollywood debut in the American sports action drama Days of Thunder where she met her first husband, Tom Cruise. She gained more recognition with leading roles in Far and Away where she again starred opposite Cruise, Batman Forever, and Eyes Wide Shut—also with Cruise. Kidman earned Oscar nominations and awards with her roles as a writer in the psychological drama The Hours, a courtesan in the musical Moulin Rouge!, and a troubled mother both in the independent drama Rabbit Hole and the biopic Lion.