She's the beloved British-born actress who started her stellar acting career Down Under after moving to Australia as a young girl. Following a head-turning performance in the 1991 Aussie teen movie Flirting alongside her pal Nicole Kidman she tried her luck in Hollywood.
![[Naomi also shares a photo of herself from 1980, in which she can be seen reclining on a couch and dressed in a pastel top]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/22/04/94376079-14311519-image-a-52_1737521166342.jpg)
After years of struggle, the blonde beauty finally scored a breakout role in 2001 in a sexed-up mystery film that wowed critics and fans alike. Other performances in highly praised films came thick and fast, including 21 Grams (2001), the blockbuster King Kong in 2005 and the Oscar-winning Birdman (2014).
![[Naomi posing for a school photo while she was living on Sydney's north shore]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/22/04/94376077-14311519-image-a-53_1737521259741.jpg)
She also won accolades for her roles in the Twin Peak TV reboot in 2017 and the hard-hitting streaming hit The Loudest Voice. Of course, it's Naomi Watts. British-born actress Naomi Watts shares a series of throwback pictures in her new memoir Dare I Say It. Pictured: Naomi with her brother Ben.
![[Naomi's major films include 21 Grams (2001), the blockbuster King Kong in 2005 and the Oscar-winning Birdman (2014). Pictured: Naomi in New York on Tuesday]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/22/04/94376067-14311519-image-a-54_1737521277258.jpg)
Naomi also shares a photo of herself from 1980, in which she can be seen reclining on a couch and dressed in a pastel top. Naomi posing for a school photo while she was living on Sydney's north shore. The 56-year-old former Home and Away actress shares a series of throwback pictures in her new memoir Dare I Say It.
![[Naomi in her breakthrough role in Mulholland Drive from 2001]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/22/05/94371663-14311519-Naomi_in_her_break_through_role_in_Mulholland_Drive_from_2001-a-14_1737522281599.jpg)
One of the adorable images shows the future star posing with her brother Ben. Taken in 1973, when the actress was just five, Naomi, her hair cut in a fashionable bob, brandishes her familiar smile. Naomi also shares a photo of herself from 1980, in which she can be seen reclining on a couch and dressed in a pastel top.
