Antonia Kidman (born 14 July 1970) is an Australian

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and TV presenter, and the younger sister of the actress,

Nicole Kidman Nicole Mary Kidman (born 20 June 1967) is an American and Australian actress and producer. Known for her work across various film and television productions from several genres, she has consistently ranked among the world's highest-paid act ...

Early life and family

Born in

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, Australia, in 1970, Kidman is the younger daughter of

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, a clinical psychologist. She attended

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in North Sydney.Terry Robson, ''Failure is an Option: How setbacks breed success'' (

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Career

Kidman began her career in

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as a researcher with the

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's ''Today'' program, and later worked as a news reporter for the

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based television network,

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. She has had a long professional involvement with

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, and in 2002 presented her own series, ''The Little Things'', an instructional series about raising children on the W. Channel. In 2003, she released a yoga video called ''Antonia Fitness Yoga: The Power And Style of Ashtanga''. This was followed by the series ''The Bigger Things'' in 2006. In 2008, Kidman was awarded Favourite Female Personality at the

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for the second time. In 2010, she became the "ambassador" for a Chinese travel agency, Book China Online. Kidman has co-written two books about parenting: ''Feeding Fussy Kids'' (2009) and ''The Simple Things: Creating an Organised Home, a Happy Family and A Life Worth Living'' (2012).

Community involvement

Kidman's community involvement has included the

Royal Hospital for Women The Royal Hospital for Women (RHW) is a specialist hospital for women and babies located in the suburb of Randwick in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. The Royal Hospital for Women shares the Randwick Hospitals' Campus site with the Prince of ...

Foundation's Mother's Day Appeal, Randwick Mothers' Hospital, the National Breast Cancer Foundation and

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Foundation in Sydney.

Personal life

Kidman married Angus Hawley in February 1996. Their wedding took place in the

chapel with her sister

and her then-husband

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present. Together, Kidman and Hawley have four children: two daughters, Lucia (born 1998) and Sybella (born 2007) and two sons, Hamish "Hamey" (born 2001) and James (born 2003). In May 2007, Hawley and Kidman's 11-year marriage ended. Kidman remained with the children in the family home in

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, and the couple continued to share the responsibility of parenting their children. Hawley died of a heart attack in April 2015, aged 46. In April 2010, Kidman married Craig Marran, a Singapore-based businessman. Kidman and Marran have two sons, Nicholas (born December 2010), and Alexander Norman Kidman Marran (born December 2012).

Filmography

* ''Premiere'' (1999) ... host * ''The Cover'' (2001) ... reporter * ''The Little Things'' (2002) ... host and producer * ''Cleo Bachelor 2002: Real Men Revealed'' (2002) ... host * ''In Entertainment'' (2003) ... host and producer * ''Pink Ribbon TV'' (2004–2005) ... host * ''The Bigger Things'' (2006) ... host and producer * ''From Here to Maternity'' (2006) ... host and producer

References

External links

*
The real Kidman pregnancy

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