Naomi Watts was born in Shoreham (England), 28-09-68 and is an actress.

Daughter of Peter Watts, sound engineer and tour manager for Pink Floyd until 1974.

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Naomi Young was born in Fairfield (NSW), 25-03-76 and is a synchronized swimmer.

Living in Guildford (NSW)

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Natalie Hunter was born in 1968. Height: 173cm. Weight: 67 kilograms.

Four months after Natalie Hunter first sat in a kayak, she found herself competing in the national 500 metres semi-final. Halfway through the race, she fell overboard. Fortunately for her, she persevered after this less-than- auspicious introduction to the elite level of kayaking and developed into a strong medal contender for Alanta.

Hunter's rise to the top of her chosen sport is no surprise to those who know her. As one of the first female competitors in the male-dominated sport of surf lifesaving in the 1980s, Hunter (nee Hood) became something of a role model to young women when she won the Australian Surf Lifesaver of the Year award in 1990 for her contribution to the sport.

Two years later, Hunter had finished her medical studies and residency at the Geelong Hospital and was on the verge of breaking into the Australian kayak team. While the training was tough, she always believed in her ability."Once I started paddling, I knew I had the ability to do it. I got into an elite way of thinking right from the start, as I was training with the Victorian Institute of Sport squad."

The VIS squad included world champion Martin Hunter (no relation), who no doubt influenced Hunter's steady rise through the ranks of Australian kayaking. "If you spend time with mediocre people you won't get far, " she said. "You are very much influenced by the people around you."

Hunter set herself realistic goals in 1991: to make the 1993 world championship team, once she had finished her hospital residency. She was selected for the world championships and finished a credible eighth as part of the K4 500 metres team. With Hunter an established member of the K4 crew, the Australians have finished seventh and fourth respectively in the past two world titles. Last year they missed a medal by just 0.14 of a second.

The improvement of women's kayaking in Australia, says Hunter, has resulted from a decision in 1989 to develop the sport and encourage female participation at elite level. "In the 1980s there were few women chosen on Australian teams. Often those that went would be the only female in the team, which was pretty tough in a sport where women had little respect from the male competitors. "The women have just started improving in the last few years. Once the decision was made to send full women's teams in 1989, the standard really improved. Another reason for the improvement was the arrival from Sweden in 1992 of Hunter's current coach, Angela Anderson. Anderson was a dual medallist in 1984 and has competed in the past four Olympics. Her experience and guidance has given the women a lot of confidence in their ability and goals for Atlanta.

"In the past," said Hunter, "our teams would be happy to have made the final at world championships or Olympics. Now, after finishing fourth last year, we're so close that I cannot see us not winning a medal at Atlanta."

Before Atlanta, however, are the all-important Olympic trials.Originally planned as a series of three events over the summer, this weekend's second event was cancelled due to the late completion of the Olympic course in Sydney. The national championships in early March now become the make-or-break races for Australian's kayak paddlers. After the trials, it will be time to focus on the Games, at which the European nations have traditionally dominated men's and women's kayaking. The emergence of the Chinese women at last year's world championships in Germany had disturbing similarities to their emergence in swimming and track and field in recent years. "The Chinese really came out of the woodwork last year, " says Hunter. "You can't accuse people of taking drugs until they're caught, but a number of their men were caught at last year's Asian Games."

Despite the presence of the Chinese, the Australian women have qualified in all events for Atlanta, ensuring a full team will be sent to the Games for the first time. The men have so far qualified in all but two events. For a woman who set goals in 1991 to be competing in Atlanta this year, Hunter's focus now extends no further than July. "My short-term goal, of course, is to make the team. From there, I want the Olympic medal. To me, life doesn't exist after July 1996. I just haven't thought about it."

Event: K4 500 metres. Currently ranked fourth in the world.

Career achievements: Fourth placing in 1995 world championships.

1996 goals: Firstly Olympic team selection. Secondly an Olympic medal.

Source (article from 1996): http://www.smh.com.au/atlanta/articles/nhunter.html

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Natalie Jane Imbruglia was born in Sydney, 04:02:75.

Natalie Jane Imbruglia grew up in a small beach town on the New South Wales coast called Berkleyvale. At the age of 2 she began dancing, and then moves into a special academy to dance six days a week. She got her frst job as an TV extra on Japanese bubblegum commercial as a 'Pinnacle Pincess'. She didn't have much to do in Berkleyvale and was a 'surfer girl'. At the age of 17 she was offered a two week trail to play Beth Brennan in the Aussie soap opera "Neighbours" She and her character became so populer that Natalie stayed on the show for two more years. After she quit the show she went to the nearest hairdresser and cut her once long hair into the shorter style that we see today. She then moved to London and partied and night-clubbing. During this time Natalie deceided to pursue a singing career and wrote many songs. Then she got hooked up with some people on London to record an album. Since then she has had a lot of exposure with her album releasing across the world and also to her boyfriends like David Schwimmer. Her TV appreances have included Saturday Night Live, The David Letterman Show, etc.

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Born in Kong Kong.

Natalie trained in all facets of music theatre since the age of five. She has most recently performed as the "Frugue" girl in the Sydney season of Sweet Charity. Previously to that Natalie had the wonderful experience of touring Australia, New Zealand and Asia in The Music of Andrew Lloyd Webber concert tour with Sarah Brightman and Anthony Warlow. Natalie completed one year performing as an original cast member of the Australian premiere of Cameron Mackintosh's Miss Saigon at Sydney's Capitol Theatre playing the role of Mimi and understudying the role of Kim. Natalie also featured in the Australian/Asian tours of Cats. She has appeared in concerts for the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, and proudly performs regularly with her much loved and respected father, jazz composer, arranger and pianist Noel Mendoza. Her promotional work includes the Australian/Japanese Dance Tour, fashion parades, The 1994 Peoples Choice Awards and the 1995 TV Week Logie Awards. She has appeared in numerous commercials and was also featured in the ABC nine part mini series "Dancin' Daze." She wishes to share her endeavours with Joanne, and friend and acting coach Peggy. She also thanks God and her family for their blessings.

Source: http://www.geocities.com/Broadway/Stage/5336/mendoza.html

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Australian softball player.

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Nell Campbell (birthname: Laura Campbell) was born in Sydney, 24:05:53 and is a tv-hostess.

Aka 'Little Nell' of Rocky Horror Picture Show, The (1975).

Nell obtained her nickname of "Little Nell" when her father, (Ross Campbell, editor of the Daily Telegraph in Sydney, Australia), called her that in his book of his life and his family.

Owner/founder of Nell's restaurant in New York City, a famed celeb hangout.

Source: http://www.imdb.com

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Triathlete.

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Long jumper.

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Nicole Kidman was born in Honolulu, Hawaii, 20:06:67.

Elegant redhead Nicole Kidman, known as one of Hollywood's top Australian imports, was actually born in Honolulu, Hawaii to Anthony (a biochemist and clinical psychologist) and Janelle (a nursing instructor) Kidman. The family moved almost immediately to Washington, D.C., where Nicole's father pursued his research on breast cancer, then, three years later, made the pilgrimage to her parents' native Sydney.

Young Nicole's first love was ballet, but she eventually took up mime and drama as well (her first stage role was a bleating sheep in an elementary school Christmas pageant). In her adolescent years, acting edged out the other arts and became a kind of refuge, as her classmates sought out fun in the sun, the fair-skinned Kidman retreated to dark rehearsal halls to practice her craft. She worked regularly at the Philip Street Theater, where she once received a personal letter of praise and encouragement from audience member Jane Campion (then a film student).

Kidman eventually dropped out of high school to pursue acting full-time. She broke into movies at age 16, landing a role in the Australian holiday favorite Bush Christmas (1983). That appearance touched off a flurry of film and TV offers, including a lead in BMX Bandits (1983) and a turn as a schoolgirl-turned-protester in the miniseries "Vietnam" (1986) (mini) (for which she won her first Australian Film Institute Award). With the help of an American agent, she eventually made her US debut opposite Sam Neill in the at-sea thriller Dead Calm (1989).

Kidman's next casting coup scored her more than exposure. While starring as Tom Cruise's doctor/love interest in the racetrack romance Days of Thunder (1990), she won over the Hollywood hunk hook, line, and sinker. After a whirlwind courtship (and decent box office returns), the couple wed on December 24, 1990. Determined not to let her new marital statusovershadow her fledgling career, the actress pressed on. She appeared as a catty high school senior in the Australian film Flirting (1991), then as Dustin Hoffman's moll in the gangster flick Billy Bathgate (1991). She reunited with Cruise for Far and Away (1992), the story of young Irish lovers who flee to America in the late 1800s, and starred opposite Michael Keaton in the tear-tugger My Life (1993).

Despite her steady employment, critics and moviegoers still hadn't quite warmed to Kidman as a leading lady. She tried to spice up her image by seducing Val Kilmer in Batman Forever (1995), but achieved her real breakthrough with Gus Van Sant's To Die for (1995). As a fame-crazed housewife determined to eliminate any obstacle in her path, Kidman proved that she had an impressive range and deadly comic timing. She took home a Golden Globe and several critics' awards for the performance.

In 1996, Kidman stepped into a corset to work with her countrywoman and onetime admirer, Jane Campion, on the adaptation of Henry James's Portrait of a Lady, The (1996). A few months later, she tore across the screen as a nuclear weapons expert in Peacemaker, The (1997), adding "action star" to her professional repertoire. She and Cruise then disappeared into a notoriously long, secretive shoot for Stanley Kubrick's sexual thriller Eyes Wide Shut (1999). The couple's on-screen shenanigans prompted an increase in public speculation about their sex life (rumors had long been circulating that their marriage was a cover-up for Cruise's homosexuality); tired of denying tabloid attacks, they successfully sued 'The Star' for a story alleging that they needed a sex therapist to coach them through love scenes.

Family life has always been a priority for Kidman. Born to social activists (mom was a feminist, dad a labor advocate), Nicole and her little sister, Antonia, discussed current events around the dinner table and participated in their parents' campaigns by passing out pamphlets on street corners. When her mother was diagnosed with breast cancer, 17-year-old Nicole stopped working and took a massage course so that she could provide physical therapy (her mom eventually beat the cancer). She and Cruise adopted two children: Isabella Jane (born in 1993) and Connor Antony (born 1995). Despite their rock-solid image, the couple announced in early 2001 that they were separating due to career conflicts.

Spouse:Tom Cruise (24 December 1990 - 5 February 2001) (divorced), 2 adopted children.

(1999) Chosen by People Magazine as one of the 50 Most Beautiful People in the World.

(1996) Chosen by People Magazine as one of the 50 most beautiful people in the world.

Wore a corset while filming Portrait of a Lady, The (1996) to take her waist down to 19".

Spent two weeks in bed after filming of Portrait of a Lady, The (1996) diagnosed as suffering from "emotional stress".

Once dated Tom Burlinson.

Oct 1999 - Crusader against child abuse. "Children should be allowed to grow up without fear of cruelty."

Personal quotes: "Every day there is a compromise. Living with somebody requires a lot of understanding. But I love being married. I really love it. Sometimes I try to downplay it a bit because people are like, 'God you guys.' I just feel so fortunate that I have found someone who will put up with me and stay with me." - on her marriage to Tom Cruise - August 2000 On husband Tom Cruise: "I wouldn't want to be married to me, but luckily he does."

Source: http://www.imdb.com

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Nicole Stevenson was born in Sydney, 24-06-71.

One of the all-time greats of Australian Swimming, Nicole Stevenson has been a member of the Australian swimming team for twelve consecutive years.Her international career began at just fifteen when she travelled to Edinburgh for the 1986 Commonwealth Games. The following year she began the longest winning sequence of any Australian swimmer at the national titles, winning ten consecutive 100m backstoke titles between 1987 and 1996.Her career achievements speak for themselves. She has won an impressive number of medals at three Olympic Games, three Commonwealth Games and six Pan Pacific Championships. She also broke the world record in 200m backstroke (short course) in 1993.

Outside the pool, Nicole played a prominent part representing her fellow athletes during the Sydney 2000 bid. She has also been kept busy in her role on the Australian Olympic Committee Athletes Commission and as Chairperson of the AIS Athletes Commission.

Following the 1996 Olympic Games Nicole retired from competitive swimming and is now focusing on her professional career in television as a sports commentator/host with Channel 9.

Source : http://www.elitesports.com.au/NicoleStevenson.html

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Nikka Costa was born on June 4, 1972).

Nikka Costa's career began at age five when she sang with Don Ho in Hawaii for a Christmas release produced by her father, Don Costa, who had worked with the likes of Frank Sinatra and Paul Anka. In her father's home recording studio, the young Costa would hang out with stars like Quincy Jones and Sammy Davis Jr. Concerts and performing have represented some of the most significant moments in Costa's life.

Although she was raised and lives in Los Angeles, she was born in Tokyo during the Tokyo Music Festival. At age seven, she sang "On My Own" with the full Don Costa Orchestra as the encore of one of his Milan shows. The crowd and Italian press reacted with enthusiasm to her performance, which led to her first record. It was released in Europe, Israel, Sough and Central America, where it reached platinum status in each territory.

Following the release of her second non-U.S. release Fairy Tales, Costa took a four-year break from recording when her father died. She then got back in the business at age 14 with a record for a small German recording label before moving to Los Angeles.

In the following years, she moved to Australia to hone her chops. She gigged incessantly, developed her own live show, and started to seriously write songs. Costa landed a deal with Mushroom Records and released Butterfly Rocket, which earned her a nomination for Best New Artist at the Australian Recording Industry Awards.

Music exec Dominique Trenier (D'Angelo, R. Kelly) then took Costa under his wing, signing her to his label Cheeba Sound. Trenier hooked her up with album producers Justin Stanley and DJ Mark Ronson, and the three created Everybody Got Their Something--a fierce fusion of rock and soul. Costa wrote or co-wrote all of the songs on the album. Costa also proved she can still tear it up on stage when she recently appeared on the season finale of The Chris Rock Show--her first performance in over three years.

Nikka's first album for Cheeba Sound (and U.S. Debut), Everybody Got Their Something, is scheduled for release on May 22nd, 2001. The music video for her first single, Like a Feather (which you may recognize from a Tommy Hilfiger commercial), premiered on MTV on May 7th and a song called "Push & Pull" made it onto the soundtrack of the film Blow, released a month ago.

Source: http://www.nikka-costa.com/biography.html

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Television host.

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Nicola Vicars Coghill was born in Melbourne, 04:01:64.

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Model and television hostess.

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Noni Hazlehurst (Leonie Elva Hazlehurst) was born in Melbourne, 17:08:53.She is an actress and tv presenter.

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Nova Peris- Kneebone was born in Darwin, Northern Territory, 25 of February 1971. Height: 170 cm Weight: 54 kg

Sports: Athletics and Hockey

Other Talents: Nova is a well respected Artist. she designed two Olympic coins, one of which won second prize at the 1998 World Coin Fair. She also painted Dreamtime paintings and has released a set of three commemorative Olympic pins and also a watch.

Pets: 2 Dogs and a Rabbit

Family: Jessica Kneebone (Daughter) Sean Kneebone( ex husband)

Personal Motto: "To see it with the mind and believe it with the heart you can achieve."

Nova Peris-Kneebone is an aborigine and was born in Darwin on the 25th of February 1971. She did not know yet that she was not going to grow up to be famous.

She grew up in Darwin with her mother and father, and after a while she had an interest in hockey because it ran in the family. She practiced for a long time until she was great at doing it and got into the Olympics.

Quite a while later Nova married a man called Sean, and he helped Nova in training for her hockey and athletics. After a while Nova stopped training hockey and athletics in 1993 for a while because she had found out that she was pregnant with her daughter Jessica, which is now eight.

Nova had found out her big talent and she finally ended up going into the Australian Women’s hockey team and that was when she was put to the test. In 1994 Nova and her team had won the hockey world cup in Dublin, Ireland. In 1996 she had done it again and won another gold medal in hockey in Atlanta, USA. After all of that glory she did it again (can you believe it?) but this time it was not in hockey, she was the first aboriginal athlete to win a gold medal! That was in the Atlanta Olympic games in 1996. In 1997 Nova was presented with Young Australian of the Year Award. In 1998 Nova won gold medals for the 200m and the 4x100m at the Commonwealth Games.

Before Nova went to the European Campaign she caught Glandular Fever and did not run very well. When she returned home she was able to recover. Nova was the first aboriginal athlete to win a gold medal in two different sports!

Nova is also an artist and has sold dreamtime paintings around the world. Most of her recent work has been Olympic paintings. She has designed two Olympic coins, which came second in the 1998 World Coin Fair. Nova has also done a set of three commemorative Olympic pins and a commemorative Olympic watch which was "Nova Swatch".

In Nova’s free time she likes to study her Aboriginal Culture, painting, camping and fishing.

Source: http://teachit.acreekps.vic.edu.au/cyberfair2001/novaperriskneebone.htm

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Natasha Jessica Stott Despoja was born on the 9th September 1969 in Adelaide. Her father is Croatian, Mario Despoja, who came to Australia from Italy, after rowing there from communist Croatia across the Adriatic Sea. Her mother is Australian journalist, Shirley Stott. Her parents met whilst Shirley was interviewing Mario for an article about his stunning success on Coles 3000 pound Question Quiz. After the Senator's birth, the family moved to Canberra where her brother Luke Despoja, was born. Her parent's marriage broke up in 1976 and Natasha moved back to Adelaide with her mother.

Natasha's schooling took place at Canberra Boy's Grammar (it was going through a co-educational phase at the time), Stradbroke Primary and Pembroke School.In 1984, she changed her name to Stott Despoja, as did her mother. However her brother, Luke, who is closer to their father, kept his original surname - Despoja.

She completed a Bachelor of Arts (History and Politics) at the University of Adelaide. She was on the South Australian Suffrage Centenary Committee. In 1989 she was the Women's officer at the University of Adelaide and in 1991 became president. She was also the State women's office on the National union of students.

Senator Stott Despoja has a deep love of US politics and spends most of her time in Adelaide (except when she is in Canberra for Senate sittings).

Source: http://www.natasha-stott-despoja.f2s.com/

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