Tirohia te wāhanga i raro nei, kātahi ka whakautu i te pātai i muri mai i te reo kotahi me te wāhanga:  Passage: I wheturangitia hoki 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. Neke atu i te US $ 210 miriona puta noa i te ao, i whakawhiwhia hoki te kiriata ki nga tohu tohu Goya Awards, tae atu ki te whakaingoa wahine wahine pai mo Kidman. I riro i a ia tana tohu BAFTA tuarua me tana tohu Golden Globe tuarima. I korero a Roger Ebert "He manawanui a Alejandro Amenábar ki te hanga i tetahi taiao moemoea, moemoea, a ka angitu a Nicole Kidman ki te whakaponohia mai ki a maatau he tangata noa ia i roto i tetahi ahuatanga whakararuraru, ehara i te mea noa he kiriata whakamataku whakaari". I whakaingoatia a Kidman ko te Tangata Tino Ataahua o te Ao e te maheni People. I te tau 2002, i whakamoemiti a Kidman mo tana whakaahua i a Virginia Woolf i roto i te Stephen Daldry's The Hours, e wheturangitia ana e Meryl Streep me Julianne Moore. I rongonui a Kidman i te whakakakahu i nga whakapakoko i whakauruhia ki tona ihu, i kore ai ia e mohio ki te takaro i te kaituhi i tona wa i te tau 1920 i Ingarangi, me ona whiu ki te pouri me te mate hinengaro i a ia e ngana ana ki te tuhi i tana pukapuka, Mrs. Dalloway. I whiwhi te kiriata i nga korero pai me nga tohu maha, tae atu ki te Tohu Academy mo te Whakaahua Pai. I tuhia e te New York Times, "I roto i te mahinga o te maia whakamiharo, e whakaoho ana a Ms. Kidman i te pakanga ā-roto mohoao i whakaekehia e te hinengaro nui ki te punaha o te waea hapa e tuku ana i te werawera, te pukuriri pukuriri ki roto i tona roro". I wini a Kidman i nga tohu whakahe maha, tae atu ki tana BAFTA tuatahi, te Golden Globe tuatoru, me te Academy Award mo te Kaitoi Kaitoi Pai. Hei kaiwhakaari tuatahi o Ahitereiria ki te wikitoria i te Tohu Academy, i korero a Kidman i tetahi korero mo te hiranga o te toi, ahakoa i nga wa o te pakanga, e kii ana, "He aha koe i haere mai ai ki nga Tohu Academy i te wa e raru ana te ao? Na te mea he mea nui te toi. Na te mea e whakapono ana koe ki taau e mahi ana, me te hiahia koe ki te whakahonore i tera, a he tikanga tenei e tika ana kia puritia. "I muri i tana toa Oscar, i puta a Kidman i roto i nga kiriata rereke e toru i te 2003. Ko te...  Pātai: Ko wai te kaiwhakahaere o Dogville?
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