Before starring in the 2001 film directed by Lynch, Watts had starred in 1995’s Tank Girl and 1996’s Children of the Corn IV: The Gathering. Watts noted that due to the lack of big opportunities, she had “planned on going home multiple times” and then got a call from Lynch.

With the passing of beloved director David Lynch, many of the actors he worked with – along with countless staunch admirers – have shared emotional tributes and testaments to his legacy.

Naomi Watts said on Tuesday that she almost quit acting before David Lynch cast her in Mulholland Drive.

Naomi Watts is remembering her friend and former collaborator David Lynch after his death at age 78. "My heart is broken. My Buddy Dave," Watts, 56, wrote via Instagram on Thursday, January 16. "The world will not be the same without him.

David Lynch, whose career spanned more than 50 years, directed surrealist mystery Mulholland Drive, in which Naomi Watts, from Shoreham, Kent, played a lead character

David, I remain forever changed, and forever your Kale. Thank you for everything.” Naomi Watts starred in Lynch’s 2001 “Mulholland Drive,” which began as an aborted television pilot, only to be retooled into a feature film, one of the director’s ...

Naomi Watts says her “heart is broken” following the death of her Mulholland Drive director David Lynch. After the four-time Oscar-nominated filmmaker’s family announced Thursday that Lynch died at the age of 78,

Naomi Watts wouldn’t be a Hollywood star if it weren’t for David Lynch.Naomi Watts nearly left the acting world before a pivotal meeting with the late director changed her

Kyle MacLachlan, Naomi Watts, Isabella Rossellini and other collaborators of David Lynch mourned the filmmaker's death on social media.

Kyle MacLachlan, Isabella Rossellini, Laura Harring, Questlove, and more shared tributes following the death of one of Hollywood’s most relentlessly experimental filmmakers

Mulholland Drive star Watts said Lynch "put me on the map" with her 2001 break-out film about the dark side of Hollywood, which earned him the award for Best Director at the 2001 Cannes Film Festival alongside an Oscar nod. "My heart is broken. My Buddy Dave… The world will not be the same without him," Watts wrote on Instagram.

With the passing of beloved director David Lynch ... never have conceived on my own,” he also wrote. Naomi Watts, who famously starred in Lynch’s twisty 2001 tale “Mulholland Drive ...