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Nicole Kidman’s mom, Janelle Ann Kidman, has died.
Nicole, 57, confirmed her mother’s demise in a press release learn by Babygirl director Halina Reijn throughout a Venice Worldwide Movie Pageant panel. (Kidman made an early exit from the purple carpet occasion in gentle of the information.)
“Immediately I arrived in Venice to search out out shortly after, that my lovely, courageous mom Janelle Ann Kidman has simply handed,” Reijn, 38, learn on Kidman’s behalf on Saturday, September 7. “I’m in shock and I’ve to go to my household, however this award is for her, she formed me, she guided me and he or she made me.”
The assertion continued, “I’m past grateful that I get to say her title to all of you thru Halina, the collision of life and artwork is heart-breaking, and my coronary heart is damaged.”
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Reijn then added, “We love you all, Nicole.”
The Excellent Couple star gained the very best actress prize on the movie pageant for her position in Babygirl.
A explanation for demise for Janelle has not been confirmed, with a rep for the Oscar winner telling Us Weekly that she was “heartbroken” by the information.
“The household is heartbroken and asks for privateness presently,” Kidman’s spokesperson advised Us in a press release.
Nicole beforehand hinted that her mom was in ailing well being.
Nicole Kidman’s best position isn’t on the massive or small display. As a substitute, it’s being the very best mother potential to her 4 youngsters. “I simply at all times needed a toddler,” Nicole, 56, advised Vogue Australia in December 2017. “I believe from a really early age, I needed a toddler. I knew that I used to be going to have […]
“We’re down right here [in Australia] primarily to care for my mom and to have her surrounded by her grandchildren,” Nicole mentioned on NPR’s “Contemporary Air” podcast in January 2022. “So fortunately, final — yesterday, despite the fact that [COVID-19 strain] Omicron is raging via this nation, we have been in a position to take her into the gallery after hours and present her the Matisse exhibit, which, coming from a mom who’s raised me within the arts was very, very — it was soothing balm.”
Nicole lives Down Underneath together with her husband, nation singer Keith City, and their teenage daughters Sunday, 15, and Religion, 13. (Nicole can be mother to 2 grownup youngsters with ex-husband Tom Cruise.)
Nicole had lengthy praised her mom’s assist as she grew to become each a father or mother and an actress.
“She’s given me the hearth to pursue the profession I’ve as a result of I’ve at all times needed to please her,” Nicole advised the Sydney Morning Herald in a 2020 profile. “However she additionally carved her personal path and needed her daughters to have the identical alternative to carve their very own paths.”
The Huge Little Lies alum continued, “Mum didn’t essentially get the profession that she needed, however she was decided that her daughters would have alternatives that have been equal. That’s given me my life. And she or he gave me my life, she and my dad.”