Naomi Watts as Rachel Keller
Remake of the spine tingling thriller from Japan. After the death of her niece Katie, reporter Rachel hears stories of a videotape that kills everyone who sees it exactly one week after viewing. At first she discounts the rumors, but when she learns that Katie's friends (who watched the video with her) died at exactly the same time, she begins to investigate. After viewing the tape herself, strange things start happening, and so she teams up with her old boyfriend to try to stop the death clock that has once again begun ticking.
Biography for Naomi Watts
Date of birth
28 September 1968
Shoreham, England, UK
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Born in Shoreham, England and raised in Australia, 33-year-old Naomi Watts has been working actively in the film industry for 15 years. After she moved to Hollywood, she worked regularly, acting in small roles in film projects she was less than enthusiastic about. Finally, her big break came when she was contacted to audition for a coveted spot in David Lynch's Mulholland Dr. (2001). Her star-turning performance in the dual role of Betty Elms/Diane Selwyn has garnered an array of critic's awards and the attention of some major players in Hollywood and beyond. Watts is now enjoying greater choice of film roles and is slated to play the lead in Gore Verbinski's upcoming remake of the Japanese horror classic Ring (2002). She is also in negotiations to star opposite Kate Hudson in a Merchant/Ivory adaptation of the Diane Johnston novel Divorce, Le (2003).
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Trivia
Daughter of Peter Watts, sound engineer for Pink Floyd until 1974.
Best friends with Nicole Kidman, since a casting call for commercial when they were girls.
Moved to Australia when she was 14.
Father died when she was 10.
Is a vegetarian.
Naomi once appeared in an Australian television commercial turning down a date with Tom Cruise for her mum's lamb roast.
Was named one of the 50 Most Beautiful People by People Magazine in 2002.
Divorce, Le (2003) .... Roxy
Rain Falls (2003)
21 Grams (2003)
Kelly Gang, The (2003) .... Julia Cook
Plots with a View (2002) .... Meredith
... aka Plotz with a View (2002) (UK)
Outsider, The (2002) (TV) .... Rebecca Yoder
Ring, The (2002) .... Rachel Keller
74th Annual Academy Awards, The (2002) (TV) .... Herself
Mulholland Dr. (2001) .... Betty Elms/Diane Selwyn
... aka Mulholland Drive (2001) (France) (USA: closing credits title)
Down (2001) .... Jennifer Evans
Ellie Parker (2001) .... Ellie Parker
Wyvern Mystery, The (2000) (TV) .... Alice Fairfield
Strange Planet (1999) .... Alice
Hunt for the Unicorn Killer, The (1999) (TV) .... Holly Maddux
Christmas Wish, The (1998) (TV) .... Renee
Babe: Pig in the City (1998) (voice) .... Additional Voices
Dangerous Beauty (1998) .... Guila De Lezze
... aka Destiny of Her Own, A (1999) (Australia)
"Sleepwalkers" (1997) TV Series .... Kate Russell
Under the Lighthouse Dancing (1997) .... Louise
Children of the Corn IV: The Gathering (1996) (V) .... Grace Rhodes
... aka Deadly Harvest (1996) (V)
Persons Unknown (1996) .... Molly
Timepiece (1996) (TV) .... Mary Chandler
Bermuda Triangle (1996) (TV) .... Amanda
Tank Girl (1995) .... Jet Girl
Custodian, The (1993) .... Louise
Gross Misconduct (1993/I) .... Jennifer Carter
... aka Gross Indecency (1993)
Wide Sargasso Sea (1993) .... Fanny Grey
Matinee (1993) .... Shopping Cart Starlet
"Brides of Christ" (1991) (mini) TV Series .... Frances Heffernan
Flirting (1991) .... Janet Odgers
"Home and Away" (1988) TV Series .... Julie Gibson (1991)
For Love Alone (1986) .... Leo's Girlfriend