Nicole Kidman recollects studying of her mom’s demise earlier than Venice award

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Nicole Kidman is opening up concerning the day she discovered her mom had died.

The 58-year-old actress spoke on the reside speaker sequence, HISTORYTalks 2026, which is organized by the Historical past Channel, on Saturday about quite a few issues, together with studying of her mom's demise simply previous to accepting the perfect actress award for "Babygirl" on the Venice Movie Pageant in September 2024.

"I’d received greatest actress at Venice Movie Pageant. This appears to be such a standard theme by my life," she mentioned, per The Hollywood Reporter . "I used to be about to go on stage, and I discovered my mom had died. I went proper again to the room in Venice, bought into mattress and was utterly devastated."

She recalled feeling as if she did not understand how she would be capable to proceed on with out her mother, saying, she "was a lot part of my existence. The concept of being there at that exact second was harrowing."

Kidman recalled studying of her mom's demise proper earlier than accepting an award on the Venice Movie Pageant. (Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic)

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The " Big Little Lies " star went on to say that "the thought of being there at that exact second was harrowing," and he or she started to take steps to depart Venice as quickly as doable.

"I bear in mind stepping into a ship within the canal, and actually at night time looking for my technique to the airport, after which turning round and going, I can’t even do that," she mentioned. "After which went again into the mattress, and I used to be alone. My husband wasn’t there. My kids weren’t there. I’d gone to win an award. What ought to have been a wonderful factor, ended up with that. However there's the distinction of life."

Having gone by this tragic expertise alone, Kidman says she now tells folks "that’s once I know I’m resilient," and "can survive just about something."

Kidman's mom, Janelle, died in September 2024 on the age of 84.

Nicole Kidman on the New York premiere of "Scarpetta" in March 2026, carrying a black swimsuit jacket with sheer tuelle on the backside. (Michael Loccisano/WireImage)

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Two years after her mom's demise, the Academy Award-winning actress shared with investigative journalist, Vicky Nguyen, as a part of the non-public faculty's Silk Speaker Sequence, that she has plans to become a death doula .

"As my mom was passing, she was lonely, and there was solely a lot the household may present," Kidman mentioned per the San Francisco Chronicle . "Between my sister and I, we have now so many kids and our careers and our work, and eager to care for her as a result of my father wasn’t on this planet anymore, and that’s once I went, ‘I want there was these folks on this planet that have been there to sit down impartially and simply present solace and care.’"

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Kidman shares two daughters — Sunday Rose, 17, and Religion Margaret, 15 — together with her ex-husband, Keith City, whereas her sister, Antonia, has six children.

The actress has spoken about her shut bond together with her mom many instances through the years, telling the Sydney Morning Herald about how her mother at all times pushed her to pursue her desires, saying, "she carved her personal path and wished her daughters to have the identical alternative to carve their very own paths."

Sunday Rose Kidman City, left, Nicole Kidman and Religion Margaret Kidman-City attend the Chanel Womenswear Spring/Summer season 2026 present as a part of Paris Style Week in Paris, France. (Dominique Charriau/Getty Photos)

"Mother didn’t essentially get the profession that she wished, however she was decided that her daughters would have alternatives that have been equal," Kidman added. "That’s given me my life. And he or she gave me my life, she and my dad."

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Kidman is following in her mom's footsteps as a supportive mother, as she is supporting her daughter, Sunday Rose, in her budding modeling profession.