Naomi Watts is a British-Australian actress. Naomi Watts is the daughter of Myfanwy, a Welsh antiques dealer and Peter, an English road manager and sound engineer. She wanted to become an actress since she watched the 1980 film Fame.

Her mother worked as an stylist for television commercials, then turning to costume designing. Naomi Watts was enrolled in acting lessons by her mother. She was a classmate of Nicole Kidman. Naomi failed to graduate from school and decided to become a model when she was 18.

Naomi Watts signed with a models agency that sent her to Japan, but after several failed auditions she returned to Sydney. A casual invitation to participate in a drama workshop returned Watts to acting.