Biografia

Her front incisor teeth

Often works with Sean Penn.

Often plays dark and troubled characters who endure trauma from loss and suffering

She frequently plays a sensitive woman forced to adapt in response to extreme hardships

Her loud scream

Moved in with best friend Nicole Kidman after Kidman's divorce from husband Tom Cruise.

Daughter of Peter Watts, road manager for Pink Floyd until 1974.

She once appeared in an Australian television commercial turning down a date with Tom Cruise for her mum's lamb roast.

Had a 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 and serious damage.

Accepted the role for 21 Gramas (2003) without reading the script first.

'Pain is such an important thing in life. I think that as an artist you have to experience suffering. It's not enough to have lived it once; you have to relive it. Darkness is not a pejorative thing."

"There's a lot of skeletons in my closet, but I know what they're wearing. I'm not gonna act all ashamed of it" - on her early career.

It was total naivety that got me to Hollywood. I thought it was going to happen straight away. I told myself 'give it 5 years, there's no way I'll be here after that if it doesn't happen'. Cut to ten years later!

On set is where I feel comfortable. The red carpet stuff, talking about the film, explaining your own life, it doesn't come naturally. It's all necessary stuff I suppose but it's not my strength.

I find myself gravitating towards drama. It interests me. In the books I read, the paintings I like, it's always the darker stuff.