Rịba ama amaokwu a dị n'okpuru ma zaa ajụjụ ahụ mgbe e mesịrị n'otu asụsụ ahụ dị ka amaokwu ahụ:  Passage: Kidman mekwara ihe nkiri egwu Alejandro Amenábar bụ The Others (2001), dịka Grace Stewart, nne bi na Channel Islands n'oge Agha Worldwa nke Abụọ onye na-enyo ụlọ ya enyo. Ihe nkiri a nwetara ihe karịrị US $ 210 nde n'ụwa niile, ihe nkiri ahụ nwetakwara ọtụtụ ọkwa Goya Awards, gụnyere ọkwa nke Best Actress maka Kidman. Ọ natara BAFTA nke abụọ ya na Golden Globe nke ise. Roger Ebert kwuru na "Alejandro Amenábar nwere ndidi iji mepụta ọnọdụ dị nro, nke na-arọ nrọ, Nicole Kidman na-enwe ihe ịga nke ọma n'ime ka anyị kwenye na ọ bụ onye nkịtị n'ọnọdụ na-enye nsogbu, ọ bụghị naanị ihe nkiri ihe nkiri na-atụ egwu". N'afọ 2002, Kidman nwetara otito ndị nkatọ maka igosi Virginia Woolf na Stephen Daldry's The Hours, nke Meryl Streep na Julianne Moore na-eme. Kidman ama ama na-eyi ihe eji eme ihe nke etinyere na imi ya na-eme ka ọ bụrụ ihe a na-amaghị ama na-egwu onye edemede n'oge oge ya na 1920s England, na nsogbu ya na ịda mbà n'obi na ọrịa uche mgbe ọ na-anwa ide akwụkwọ akụkọ ya, Oriakụ Dalloway. Ihe nkiri ahụ nwetara ọkwa dị mma na ọtụtụ nhọpụta, gụnyere maka Academy Award maka Best Picture. Akwụkwọ akụkọ bụ́ The New York Times dere, sị, "Nwunye Kidman, n'ime ihe ngosi nke obi ike na-eju anya, na-eme ka a mara banyere agha ime mmụọ obi ọjọọ nke otu onye nwere ọgụgụ isi dị nkọ na-alụ megide usoro ikuku na-adịghị mma nke na-eziga ụzarị ọkụ na-agbawa obi n'ụbụrụ ya". Kidman nwetara ọtụtụ ihe nrite ndị nkatọ, gụnyere BAFTA mbụ ya, Golden Globe nke atọ, na Academy Award maka Best Actress. Dịka onye omee Australia mbụ meriri ihe nrite Academy Award, Kidman kwuru okwu nnata anya mmiri banyere mkpa nka dị, ọbụlagodi n'oge agha, na-ekwu, "Gịnị kpatara ị ji abịa Academy Awards mgbe ụwa nọ n'ọgba aghara dị otú ahụ? N'ihi na nkà dị mkpa. Na n'ihi na ị kwenyere n'ihe ị na-eme ma chọọ ịsọpụrụ nke ahụ, ọ bụkwa ọdịnala a ga-akwado. "Mgbe ọ meriri Oscar, Kidman pụtara na fim atọ dị iche iche na 2003. Ihe ahụ...  Ajụjụ: Ònye duziri Dogville?
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