{{Short description|Australian journalist}} {{Use Australian English|date=October 2011}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2020}} {{Infobox person | name = Antonia Kidman | image = <!-- just the filename, without the File: or Image: prefix or enclosing brackets --> | alt = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1970|7|14}} | birth_place = Melbourne, Victoria, Australia | other_names = | known_for = | occupation = Journalist<br>television presenter | spouse = {{plainlist| * {{marriage|Angus Hawley|1996|2007|end=divorced}} * {{marriage|Craig Marran<br>|2010}} }} | children = 6 | parents = Antony Kidman<br>Janelle Glenny | relatives = Nicole Kidman (sister) }}
'''Antonia Kidman''' (born 14 July 1970) is an Australian journalist and TV presenter, and the younger sister of actress Nicole Kidman.
==Early life== Born in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, in 1970, Kidman is the younger daughter of Antony Kidman, a clinical psychologist.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://datasearch2.uts.edu.au/science/staff/details.cfm?StaffId=599 | title=UTS Staff Listing - Dr Antony Kidman | publisher=Datasearch2.uts.edu.au | access-date=3 March 2013 | archive-date=24 March 2012 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120324061853/http://datasearch2.uts.edu.au/science/staff/details.cfm?StaffId=599 | url-status=dead }}</ref> She attended Monte Sant' Angelo Mercy College in North Sydney.<ref name="Robson">Terry Robson, ''Failure is an Option: How setbacks breed success'' (HarperCollins Australia, 2011), {{ISBN|978-0730496076}}, chapter 10. [https://books.google.com/books?id=MFMd38i-GK0C&dq=antonia+kidman&pg=PT132 Excerpts available] at Google Books.</ref>
==Career== Kidman began her career in journalism as a researcher with the Nine Network's ''Today'' program, and later worked as a news reporter for the Newcastle based television network, NBN Television. She has had a long professional involvement with Foxtel, 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''.<ref>Sarah Ebner, [https://www.questia.com/read/1G1-97248529 "New Kidman on the Block"]{{dl|date=July 2021}} ''Birmingham Post'', 5 February 2003</ref> This was followed by the series ''The Bigger Things'' in 2006.
In 2008, Kidman was awarded Favourite Female Personality at the ASTRA Awards for the second time.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.smh.com.au/news/tv--radio/kidman-wins-at-astras--again/2008/04/21/1208742854421.html | work=The Sydney Morning Herald | title=Kidman wins at ASTRAs - again | access-date=21 April 2008 | date=21 April 2008}}</ref> In 2010, she became the "ambassador" for a Chinese travel agency, Book China Online.<ref>{{cite web|title=Website |url=http://www.bookchinaonline.com/blog/antonia-kidman-ambassador-of-china-holidays-travel-group/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100517021604/http://www.bookchinaonline.com/blog/antonia-kidman-ambassador-of-china-holidays-travel-group/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 May 2010 |publisher=Book China Holidays Online |access-date=21 December 2011 }}</ref>
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).<ref>Megan Miller, [http://www.heraldsun.com.au/entertainment/antonia-kidman-sister-of-oscar-winning-actress-nicole-wants-us-to-embrace-a-simpler-life/story-e6frf96f-1226467322486 "Antonia Kidman, sister of Oscar-winning actress Nicole, wants us to embrace a simpler life"], ''Herald Sun'', 8 September 2012.<br>- {{cite news|url=http://www.smh.com.au/lifestyle/cool-and-collected-20120925-26j26.html |title=Cool and collected |publisher=Smh.com.au |date=30 September 2012 |access-date=20 November 2013}}</ref>
==Personal life== Kidman married Angus Hawley in February 1996. Their wedding took place in the Monte Sant' Angelo Mercy College chapel with her sister Nicole Kidman and her then-husband Tom Cruise present. Together, Kidman and Hawley have two daughters and two sons. In May 2007, Hawley and Kidman's 11-year marriage ended. Kidman remained with the children in the family home in Greenwich, Sydney, and the couple continued to share the responsibility of parenting their children.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/news/life-and-style/antonia-kidmans-marriage-woes/2007/05/13/1178995033249.html |title=Antonia Kidman's marriage woes - Entertainment |work=BrisbaneTimes |date=13 May 2007 |access-date=20 November 2013}}<br>- {{cite news| url=http://www.smh.com.au/news/people/antonias-marriage-collapse/2007/05/13/1178994982751.html | newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald | title=Antonia and Angus marriage collapse|access-date=20 November 2013}}</ref> Hawley died of a heart attack in April 2015, aged 46.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.smh.com.au/lifestyle/celebrity/private-sydney/death-of-antonia-kidmans-exhusband-angus-hawley-rocks-sydney-society-20150427-1mu1hg.html|title=Death of Antonia Kidman's ex-husband Angus Hawley rocks Sydney society|date= 27 April 2015|access-date=7 May 2016|first=Andrew|last=Hornery|work=The Sydney Morning Herald}}<br>- {{cite web|url=http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/entertainment/sydney-confidential/angus-hawleys-family-inconsolable-as-they-piece-together-his-last-hours/news-story/0366c7fff038a6d7e9999fc5f411cc3f|title=Angus Hawley's family inconsolable as they piece together his last hours|first=Annette|last=Sharp|work=The Daily Telegraph|date=29 April 2015|access-date=7 May 2016}}</ref>
In April 2010, Kidman married Craig Marran, a Singapore-based businessman.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.heraldsun.com.au/entertainment/confidential/antonia-kidmans-engagement-to-craig-marran-causes-concern-to-family-and-friends/story-e6frf96o-1225778192554 |title=Antonia Kidman's engagement to Craig Marran causes concern to family and friends |website=Heraldsun.com.au |access-date=20 November 2013}}<br>- {{cite news| url=http://www.smh.com.au/lifestyle/people/a-host-of-kidmans-at-wedding-kneesup-20100615-ydbo.html | newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald | date=16 June 2010 | title=A host of Kidman's at wedding knees-up|access-date=20 November 2013}}</ref> Kidman and Marran have two sons together.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/showbiz/news/a246296/kidman-over-the-moon-to-be-pregnant.html |title=Kidman "over the moon" to be pregnant |website=Digital Spy |date=19 July 2010 |access-date=20 November 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.essentialbaby.com.au/life-style/family-entertainment/antonia-kidman-pregnant-with-baby-number-six-20120903-2595p.html# |title=Antonia Kidman Pregnant |website=Essentialbaby.com.au |access-date=20 November 2013}}</ref>
==Filmography== * ''Joe Wilson'' (1988) ... actress (two episodes) * ''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== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *{{IMDb name|id=1159418|name=Antonia Kidman}} *[http://www.smh.com.au/news/opinion/private-sydney/2006/10/06/1159641528390.html The real Kidman pregnancy], Luke Ricketson, ''The Sydney Morning Herald'', 6 October 2006
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