Has Nicole Kidman ever been busier? From ‘Holland' to 'Babygirl,’ a look at her most recent projects

If you think you’ve been seeing a lot of Nicole Kidman lately, you’re not alone. The Oscar-winning actress has been seemingly everywhere on the big and small screens.

While she’s acted in at least one project every year since 2001, Kidman ramped up her output to include a whopping six projects in 2024 alone, with more on the way in 2025.

The trailer for her latest film, Holland, dropped on Feb. 25. In the “wildly unpredictable thriller,” directed by Mimi Cave (Fresh), Kidman plays a “picture-perfect” teacher in the idyllic Michigan town who discovers that her family’s life might not be what it seems. Holland begins streaming March 27 on Prime Video.

Fans of the Aussie actress were last able to see her on the big screen in Babygirl, about a CEO who engages in a passionate affair with an intern.

“I’ve made some films that are pretty exposing, but not like this,” she told Vanity Fair about the A24 release.

The erotic thriller, which arrived in theaters on Christmas and was rereleased on Valentine’s Day, served as its own gift from the actress who has practically created a subgenre of wealthy power women keeping a secret. (Think Big Little Lies, Nine Perfect Strangers and The Perfect Couple — and that’s just TV.)

Kidman has also shared her mission to work with emerging female directors every 18 months, a pledge she has fulfilled and then some since 2017 on projects like the Halina Reijn-directed Babygirl and Cave-helmed Holland.

Though Kidman is arguably best known for her film roles, the actress has become an increasingly visible presence on streaming services, too. In fact, it’s been that near-constant presence on various series that’s had some questioning her choices, with Indiewire asking, “Is Nicole Kidman making too much TV?”

Kidman, however, is unphased. She told L’Officiel in August, “I've fallen in love with the long format because I like the building of character and I like that they're limited.” She added that working on a series has a “cinematic feel” and a “slow burn” that she appreciates.

Her appreciation appears to be strong as she’s logged as many or more TV credits than film in the past few years. In 2023, she appeared in DC Comics film Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom (a project she insisted was about working with director James Wan rather than the paycheck), which was in addition to the first season of Special Ops: Lioness on Paramount+ and Hulu’s Faraway Downs with fellow Aussie Hugh Jackman.

In 2024, she doubled that output and has more in store for 2025.

Here’s a look at the actress’s packed lineup, which doesn’t appear to be slowing down anytime soon.

March 2025: Holland

Nicole Kidman stars as a picture-perfect homemaker in Holland. (Amazon Studios/Courtesy Everett Collection)

In the thriller, Kidman stars as the Stepford Wives-esque homemaker and mom Nancy Vandergroot who suspects that her husband (Matthew Macfadyen) is hiding a secret. She teams up with a friendly colleague (Gael García Bernal) to investigate and discovers that their lives aren’t what they seem.

December 2024: Babygirl

Nicole Kidman plays a CEO to Harris Dickinson's intern in "Babygirl." (Niko Tavernise/A24/Courtesy Everett Collection)

The Halina Reijn film is the second of the year to feature Kidman as the older woman in a passionate affair with a younger man — this time with Harris Dickinson as an intern to Kidman’s CEO. With strong reviews — 93% fresh on Rotten Tomatoes and the actress’s performance being called “spectacular” and “fearless” — the erotic thriller was the actress’s first theatrical release of 2024.

November 2024: Spellbound

"Spellbound" will feature the voices of Rachel Zegler and Nicole Kidman (as Queen Ellsmere). (Netflix/Courtesy Everett Collection)

Joining a starry voice cast led by Rachel Zegler as a princess who must break a spell that has turned her parents into monsters, Kidman lends her voice to Spellbound as Queen Ellsmere.

October 2024: Lioness Season 2

Nicole Kidman joins Zoe Saldaña in the second season of "Lioness." (Ryan Green/Paramount+)

The actress returned for Season 2 of the Taylor Sheridan series (formerly called Special Ops: Lioness) starring Zoe Saldaña as Joe, a CIA recruit who’s working in the Lioness program, which is made up of other female Marines. Kidman plays a high-ranking CIA official who is also Joe’s boss. One outlet noted how unusual it was to have a series with two Oscar winners (Morgan Freeman being the other) whose first season logged a mere 56% on Rotten Tomatoes.

September 2024: The Perfect Couple

"The Perfect Couple" stars Nicole Kidman as a famous author and Liev Schreiber as her husband. (Hilary Bronwyn Gayle/Netflix/Courtesy Everett Collection)

Returning to Netflix, this time for a mystery series based on the novel by Elin Hilderbrand, Kidman stars as a successful novelist whose son (Billy Howle) is about to be married at her and her husband’s (Liev Schreiber) lush home on Nantucket when the wedding is suddenly derailed by a murder. While one review said it was “retreading some well-worn ground” and audiences would need to decide if they liked Kidman enough to stick around, another called it “soapy fun.”

June 2024: A Family Affair

Nicole Kidman and Zac Efron have a May-December romance in "A Family Affair." (Aaron Epstein/Netflix/Courtesy Everett Collection)

This Netflix romantic comedy was Kidman’s first performance in 2024 in which she was part of a May-December romance. In the film, the actress stars as a widowed writer who gets entangled with an actor (Zac Efron) who also happens to be her daughter’s (Joey King) boss. This is the second time Kidman and Efron have gotten together onscreen, the first being 2012 film The Paperboy.

January-February 2024: Expats

Nicole Kidman stars with Brian Tee in "Expats." (Amazon/Courtesy Everett Collection)

Kidman kicked off the year with Expats, a Prime Video limited series based on the novel The Expatriates by Janice Y.K. Lee. The show follows an American woman who moves with her husband (Brian Tee) to Hong Kong, where they form a bond with other expats while dealing with a family tragedy. While one critic called Kidman “mesmerizing,” another accused her of “running on the fumes of her talent.”

What’s ahead

Kidman is keeping the momentum strong this year. Season 3 of HBO’s Big Little Lies, which earned the actress (and executive producer on the series) two Emmys, will reportedly be returning in 2025. Practical Magic 2, the sequel to her 1998 film with Sandra Bullock, is also in the works.