Naomi Watts Net Worth 2024: Naomi Watts has a decent fortune of around $40 million. She has been acting since early nineties, beginning with TV series Hey Dad..!, Brides of Christ as well as Home and Away.

She had face some difficulty when she arrived in the U.S. but hit it big with Mulholland Drive (2001). She became famous for her role in the picture The Ring (2002) and also got awards for the recognition for the movies 21 Grams (2003) and The Impossible (2012).

She also starred in King Kong, Birdman, and The Glass Castle as well as in tv shows Twin Peaks and The Watcher. She is also associated with emotional movies and has been ranked among the world’s sexiest women.

Naomi Watts Net Worth 2024

Youth

Naomi Watts was born to Myfanwy Edwards, an ex- antiques dealer and Peter Watts, a sound engineer of Pink Floyd band. Her mother is English and she spent her childhood in Australia.

Naomi’s parents got a divorce when she was about four and she lived with her mother and a brother, Ben.

Her father died of a heroin overdose and they moved to North Wales to live with their grandparents. They relocated to Sydney, Australia in 1982 because her mother started working in television. Her grandmother was Australian, which allowed the family to get the citizenship.

Her mother suggested that she should act, and Naomi starting getting roles in commercials and as an additional bonus got to meet Nicole Kidman. She hoped to continue modeling after leaving school at 18 but she went to Japan, but then came back to Australia.

She got a job elsewhere and then lost interest in acting but later on found herself back on set, fully determined to act.

Career

Naomi Watts earns millions today, but she started small. She was born on September 28, 1968, in Shoreham, Kent, England, to antique dealer Myfanwy Edwards and sound engineer Peter Watts from Pink Floyd.

After not graduating high school, Naomi worked as a model and had a small role in an Australian film. She moved to Japan to pursue modeling but returned to Sydney to work in a department store and a fashion magazine. A friend invited her to act in a play, which reignited her passion for acting.

In 1989, at the premiere of Dead Calm, she met director John Duigan, who cast her in Flirting alongside Kidman. Nicole also introduced Naomi to her agents in Los Angeles, helping launch her Hollywood career.

In 1993, Naomi got her first leading role in Seduced, but she faced nearly two years without work. After some moderately successful films, she had her breakthrough in 2001 with Mulholland Drive.

She went on to star in The Ring, Peter Jackson’s King Kong, the US remake of Funny Games, and Diana. Her next major project is a lead role in the upcoming prequel to Game of Thrones.

How Much Money Does She Make from Film and Television Roles?”

Naomi Watts is seen as one of the most profitable actresses in Hollywood because her salaries are relatively low compared to the box office earnings of her films. For example, she earned $5 million for King Kong, which grossed $550.5 million.

Her salary has grown significantly since 1996, when she earned only $5,000 for Children of the Corn IV: The Cult of Murder. Although her other salaries aren’t publicly known, they are likely in the lower seven-figure range.

In 2005, when four films featuring Watts were released—King Kong, Ellie Parker, Ring 2, and Stay—she earned a total of $11.5 million. If $5 million came from King Kong, the other three films likely brought her $6.5 million.

Besides acting, Naomi Watts has also made substantial income from real estate. She sold her five-bedroom home in the Hamptons for $6.1 million in 2007 and a three-bedroom apartment in New York for $3.95 million in 2012. Unlike many other stars, she has not relied on endorsement deals to increase her wealth.

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Private Life

Naomi Watts had a relationship with director Stephen Hopkins in the 1990s. From August 2002 to May 2004, she dated Heath Ledger. In 2006, she began a relationship with fellow actor Liev Schreiber, and they have two children together, born in 2007 and 2008. They announced their separation on September 27, 2016.

In 2017, while working on the TV series Gypsy, she met actor Billy Crudup, and they have been together since. Watts and Crudup got married on June 9, 2023.

Naomi Watts also actively supports the UN project UNAIDS, which focuses on preventing AIDS and HIV.

Social Work

In 2006, Naomi Watts became a goodwill ambassador for the UN Programme on HIV/AIDS, raising awareness about the disease. She has joined fundraising events like the AIDS Walk and met UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on World AIDS Day in 2009.

In 2011, she attended a charity polo match with Hugh Jackman and Isla Fisher to support Haiti earthquake victims. In 2012, she became an ambassador for Pantene’s Beautiful Lengths, which gives wigs to women with cancer.

In 2016, Watts collaborated with Sportscraft and Barnardos to create a line of coats, donating part of the sales to charity. She was also part of Bulgari’s “Raise Your Hand” campaign. In 2018, she hosted the Worldwide Orphans Gala in NYC and helped out at McHappy Day in Sydney.

Filmography

1980s:

• 1986: For Love Alone

1990s:

• 1990: Hey Dad! (TV Series)
• 1991: Flirting – Playing with Love (Flirting)
• 1991: Brides of Christ (TV Series)
• 1991: Home and Away (TV Series)
• 1993: The Custodian
• 1993: Matinée
• 1993: Wide Sargasso Sea (Sargasso Sea)
• 1993: Gross Misconduct (Seduced – Guilty or Not Guilty?)
• 1995: Tank Girl
• 1996: Bermuda Triangle (Out of Atlantis)
• 1996: Children of the Corn IV: The Gathering
• 1996: Timepiece (Fragile Happiness)
• 1996: Persons Unknown
• 1997: Under the Lighthouse Dancing
• 1997–1998: Sleepwalkers (TV Series)
• 1998: Dangerous Beauty
• 1998: The Christmas Wish
• 1999: The Hunt for the Unicorn Killer
• 1999: Strange Planet

2000s:

• 2000: Wyvern Mystery
• 2001: Down
• 2001: Mulholland Drive
• 2002: The Ring
• 2002: Plots with a View
• 2002: The Outsider
• 2003: Ned Kelly
• 2003: Le Divorce
• 2003: 21 Grams
• 2004: We Don’t Live Here Anymore
• 2004: The Assassination of Richard Nixon
• 2004: I Heart Huckabees
• 2005: Ellie Parker
• 2005: The Ring Two
• 2005: Stay
• 2005: King Kong
• 2006: The Painted Veil
• 2007: Eastern Promises
• 2007: Funny Games US
• 2009: The International
• 2009: Mother and Child

2010s:

• 2010: You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger
• 2010: Fair Game
• 2011: Dream House
• 2011: J. Edgar
• 2012: The Impossible (Lo Imposible)
• 2013: Movie 43
• 2013: Adore
• 2013: Diana
• 2014: St. Vincent
• 2014: Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
• 2014: While We’re Young
• 2015: The Divergent Series: Insurgent
• 2015: Demolition
• 2015: The Sea of Trees
• 2015: About Ray
• 2016: The Divergent Series: Allegiant
• 2016: Shut In
• 2016: Chuck
• 2017: Twin Peaks (TV Series, 10 episodes)
• 2017: The Book of Henry
• 2017: Gypsy (TV Series, 10 episodes)
• 2017: The Glass Castle
• 2018: Ophelia
• 2018: Vice
• 2019: The Wolf Hour
• 2019: Luce
• 2019: The Loudest Voice (Miniseries, 5 episodes)

2020s:

• 2020: Penguin Bloom
• 2021: Boss Level
• 2021: Lakewood
• 2021: The Desperate Hour
• 2021: This Is the Night
• 2022: Infinite Storm
• 2022: Goodnight Mommy
• 2022: The Watcher (Miniseries, 7 episodes)
• 2024: Feud (TV Series)
• 2024: The Friend

Awards and Nominations

2002:

• Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress in Mulholland Drive
• National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actress in Mulholland Drive
• Chlotrudis Award for Best Actress in Mulholland Drive

2003:

• Audience Award at the Venice International Film Festival for Best Actress in 21 Grams
• Saturn Award for Best Actress in The Ring

2004:

• Screen Actors Guild Award: Nomination for Best Actress in 21 Grams
• British Academy Film Award (BAFTA): Nomination for Best Actress in 21 Grams
• Academy Award (Oscar): Nomination for Best Actress in 21 Grams

2006:

• London Critics Circle Film Award for Actress of the Year in King Kong
• Saturn Award for Best Actress in King Kong

2013:

• Saturn Award: Nomination for Best Actress in The Impossible
• Screen Actors Guild Award: Nomination for Best Actress in The Impossible
• Golden Globe Award: Nomination for Best Actress in a Drama for The Impossible
• Academy Award (Oscar): Nomination for Best Actress in The Impossible

2014:

• Golden Raspberry Award (Razzie): Nomination for Worst Actress in Diana and Movie 43

2015:

• Screen Actors Guild Award: Nomination for Best Supporting Actress in St. Vincent
• Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Acting Ensemble in Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)

2017:

• Golden Raspberry Award (Razzie): Nomination for Worst Actress in The Divergent Series: Allegiant and Shut In

2018:

• Golden Camera for Best Actress International

2019:

• Bambi Award in the category Acting International

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