39) NICOLE KIDMAN

RANK LAST YEAR: 36.

TITLE: Woolf in Sheep’s Clothing.

CAREER DOMESTIC BOX OFFICE: $1.1 billion.

2005 BOX OFFICE: $135 million.

STATUS REPORT: Translated The Interpreter into $164 million worldwide, but Bewitched cast a disappointing spell. Her sci-fi thriller The Visiting awaits a release date; meanwhile, she’ll play Diane Arbus in this fall’s Fur and lend her voice to animated penguin adventure Happy Feet. Kicking off her production company Blossom Films’ three-year deal at Fox with a spy thriller written by Simon Kinberg.

NEXT: Noah Baumbach’s untitled drama with Jack Black and Jennifer Jason Leigh.

YES, IT’S TRUE: Baked a Thanksgiving turkey for the Americans in the Cold Mountain cast and crew while shooting in Romania.