“I would love to meet them,” Teresa Giudice (right) said of the Aussie Real Housewives. Whitney Rose (left) agreed!

Nicole Kidman, 57, was raised in Sydney and began her acting career there at 16. Klára Šimonová/Getty Images ...

For some, the Real Housewives is a means to achieve their 15 minutes of fame, but for other cast members, it has been a vehicle to break free from traditional roles expected of women and take ...