Naomi Ellen Watts (born 28 September 1968) is a British-Australian actress. She is known for her roles in
Mulholland Drive, the film remakes of
The Ring,
King Kong,
Funny Games and her
Academy Award-nominated role in the film
21 Grams.
Biography
Early life
Watts was born in
Shoreham,
Kent, England, the daughter of Myfannwy Glennys Edwards "Miv" (
née Roberts), an antiques dealer and costume and set designer, and Peter Watts, a road manager and sound engineer who worked with
Pink Floyd (her father's manic laugh and mother's comment about "cruisin' for a bruisin'" are featured in the song "Money" from
The Dark Side of the Moon).
Watts is pictured, in her mother's arms, with her father, brother, the band, and other crew members, in the hardback edition of drummer
Nick Mason's autobiography of the band
Inside Out.
Watts has one brother,
Ben, a year older and now a photographer in the United States. Watts' parents separated when she was four years old, and when she was seven, her father died. Following her father's death, her mother relocated the family to Llanfawr Farm, on the Isle of
Anglesey in North Wales, where they lived with Watts' maternal grandparents, Nikki and Hugh Roberts.
