Antonia Kidman | |
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Born |
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia |
14 July 1970
Residence | Singapore |
Nationality | Australian |
Occupation | Journalist, television presenter |
Spouse(s) |
Angus Hawley (m. 1996–2007) Craig Marran (m. 2010) |
Children | 6 |
Relatives |
Antony Kidman (father) Nicole Kidman (sister) |
Antonia Kidman (born 14 July 1970) is an Australian journalist and TV presenter, and the younger sister of the actress Nicole Kidman.
Born in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, in 1970, Kidman is the younger daughter of Antony Kidman, a clinical psychologist, and Janelle Ann (née Glenny), a nursing educator. When Kidman was one, her family moved to Sydney. She attended Monte Sant' Angelo Mercy College in North Sydney.
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. 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. 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).
Kidman's community involvement has included the Royal Hospital for Women Foundation’s Mother’s Day Appeal, Randwick Mothers’ Hospital, the National Breast Cancer Foundation and Taronga Zoo Foundation in Sydney.