Naomi Watts is not an actress.
Eastern Promises . The film stars Viggo Mortensen , Naomi Watts , Vincent Cassel , and Armin Mueller-Stahl . Naomi Ellen Watts ( born 28 September 1968 ) is an English actress and film producer . The following year she enjoyed box-office success with her role as Rachel Keller in The Ring ( 2002 ) , the remake of a successful Japanese horror film . She then received nominations at the Academy Awards and the Screen Actors ' Guild Awards in the Best Actress categories for her portrayal of Cristina Peck in Alejandro González Iñárritu 's neo-noir 21 Grams ( 2003 ) . Since then , Watts has portrayed Valerie Plame Wilson in the biographical drama Fair Game ( 2010 ) and Helen Gandy in Clint Eastwood 's biographical drama J. Edgar ( 2011 ) .