I puta ano a Kidman i te kiriata whakamataku a Alejandro Amenábar, The Others (2001), hei Grace Stewart, he whaea e noho ana i nga Moutere Channel i te Pakanga Tuarua o te Ao e whakapae ana kei te whakaekehia tona whare. I neke atu i te US $ 210 miriona puta noa i te ao, i whakawhiwhia te kiriata ki nga tohu tohu Goya Awards maha, tae atu ki te tohu Kaitito Pai rawa atu mo Kidman. I whakawhiwhia ia ki tana tohu BAFTA tuarua me tana tohu Golden Globe tuarima. I korero a Roger Ebert "Alejandro Amenábar he manawanui ki te hanga i tetahi taiao moemoea, moemoea, a ka angitu a Nicole Kidman ki te whakaponohia ki a maatau he tangata noa ia i roto i te ahuatanga whakararuraru, ehara i te kiriata whakamataku-a-taiao noa iho". I whakaingoatia a Kidman hei tangata ataahua rawa atu o te ao e te People. I te tau 2002, i whakawhiwhia a Grace Stewart mo tana whakaari i a Stephen Woolf i roto i te whare o te Pakanga Tuarua o te Ao e whakapae
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