Despite winning an Academy Award and being nominated on two other occasions before this year's ceremony, it seems that many people have only just realised that Nicole Kidman is a good actress. 

The Australian is having is a real moment in 2017 thanks in part to her fourth Oscar nomination for Lion but mostly due to her turn in HBO's Big Little Lies which looks destined to be rewarded with some Emmy love in September. 

But why has she never received her dues before now? And been considered lesser than contemporaries such as Cate Blanchett and Julieanne Moore?

Variety Film Critic, Guy Lodge was dismayed that people were only waking up to Kidman's greatness following the conclusion of Big Little Lies and decided to start the #KidmanWorldCup in appreciation of the actress. The #KidmanWorldCup is exactly what it sounds like, every one of the Oscar Winner's performances pitted against each other in Twitter pools until one comes out victorious as the ultimate Nicole Kidman performance. 

The competition was brutal and the final four came down to Moulin Rouge vs To Die For in one semi-final while The Others duked it out with Birth in the other semi-final.

To Die For faced off with Birth in an very tightly contested final and it was the 1995 Gus Van Sant film that ultimately reigned victorious, taking 52% of the votes. Which is quite fitting really as this was the performance that first made critics take note of what she was capable of after she'd previously been dismissed as little more than Mrs. Tom Cruise. 

Many Kidman fans in the industry gave their two cents during the tournament. Moonlight director Barry Jenkins threw his weight behind Birth.

Melanie Lynskey also got in on the act and backed the eventual winner.

Via Variety