Naomi Watts

Naomi Watts 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.

Watts previously dated director Daniel Kirby, director Stephen Hopkins and Heath Ledger, her co-star in the film Ned Kelly. Since spring 2005, Watts has dated actor Liev Schreiber. The couple’s first son, Alexander Pete, was born on 25 July 2007 in Los Angeles, and their second son, Samuel Kai, on 13 December 2008 in New York City.

After filming The Painted Veil, she became attracted to Buddhism, claiming, “I have some belief but I am not a strict Buddhist or anything yet. There was a lot of excitement and energy there.”