Naomi Watts finds her new calling on the small screen

Naomi Watts found huge success on the big screen but is now among the female A-listers who are discovering better roles on TV, writes Laura Harding.

There is a mass exodus going on in Hollywood right now — a flood of top-flight female actresses are turning their backs on the big screen in hot pursuit of the better writing and more interesting characters in television.

Oscar nominee Naomi Watts is the latest to join the ranks, which includes her friend Nicole Kidman, Reese Witherspoon, and Shailene Woodley, who headlined the recent Sky Atlantic hit Big Little Lies, and Susan Sarandon and Jessica Lange, who play Bette Davis and Joan Crawford in Feud: Bette And Joan, which will air on BBC Two later this year.