Nicole Kidman continues to privately mourn the dying of her mom, Janelle Ann Kidman.
The Oscar winner didn’t seem on the Toronto Worldwide Movie Competition premiere of Babygirl on Tuesday, Sept. 10, days after information of her mom’s dying.
In the course of the Toronto premiere, the movie’s director, Halina Reijn, defined Kidman’s absence.
“We simply got here again from Venice the place we had the world premiere of our film, and it was fairly an emotional expertise as you may need learn as a result of Nicole Kidman had simply gained the award for finest actress,” Reijn instructed attendees.
“Sadly, proper earlier than she was going to go on the stage and settle for the award, she sadly heard of her mom’s passing and needed to rush off to her household, and that is why she’s not right here with us tonight. However she wished all of us to know that she was so excited for today,” the director continued. “It is very particular to us. That is our North American premiere.”
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On the Venice Movie Competition over the weekend, Kidman, 57, was awarded with the occasion’s finest actress prize for her efficiency however despatched an announcement in her absence.
Learn aloud by Reijn, 48, on the time, Kidman wrote that she had arrived in Italy, solely to search out out “shortly after that my stunning, courageous mom, Janelle Ann Kidman, has simply handed.”
“I am in shock and I’ve to go to my household, however this award is for her. She formed me, she guided me and she or he made me. I’m past grateful that I get to say her title to all of you thru Halina,” the director continued, studying Kidman’s assertion. “The collision of life and artwork is heartbreaking, and my coronary heart is damaged.”
After studying Kidman’s phrases to the packed home in Venice, Reijn stated merely: “We love you all, Nicole.”
A rep for Kidman confirmed Janelle’s dying to PEOPLE and stated “the household is heartbroken and asks for privateness at the moment.”
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The Massive Little Lies actress opened as much as PEOPLE in November 2023 about how her mom influenced her profession and her sense of fashion, sharing on the time that Janelle “is so concerned in what I put on.”
Kidman additionally beforehand spoke with the Sydney Morning Herald about their relationship. She stated Janelle all the time inspired her and helped her to realize her objectives.
“She’s given me the hearth to pursue the profession I’ve as a result of I’ve all the time wished to please her,” Kidman instructed the outlet in 2020, per the Hollywood Reporter. “However she additionally carved her personal path and wished her daughters to have the identical alternative to carve their very own paths.”
“Mum didn’t essentially get the profession that she wished, however she was decided that her daughters would have alternatives that had been equal,” Kidman added. “That’s given me my life. And he or she gave me my life, she and my dad.”
The actress stars with Harris Dickinson and Antonio Banderas in Babygirl, during which Kidman portrays a enterprise govt who begins an affair with an intern (Dickinson). Banderas performs Kidman’s character’s husband.
Babygirl is in theaters Dec. 25.
