Nicole Kidman may receive a lifetime achievement award in a few days from the American Film Institute. The Australian actress has been working for 42 years, as she said, she almost “grew up in front of the camera” and is receiving the recognition for this reason, among other things.
56-year-old Nicole Kidman will receive the award from the American organization on April 27. In preparation for this, he shared with his followers the short video excerpt in which he appeared in his first film, a In Bush Christmas you can see Nicole Kidman, then 14 years old.
Nicole Kidman wrote about the nostalgic video: “This 14-year-old girl would never have dreamed of the talented people she would work with and the many different roles she would play. I’m so excited to celebrate with so many friends and colleagues on Saturday at the American Film Institute.”
In this regard, we have collected 5 little-known things about the one-time Oscar winner, two-time Emmy winner and six-time Golden Globe winner Nicole Kidman!
Nicole Kidman once saved Hugh Jackman’s life
The Australia on the set of the movie, he spotted a scorpion climbing up the leg of his colleague and good friend, Hugh Jackman. Nicole Kidman calmly asked Jackman not to move, then crouched at his feet and herded the animal into her hat before releasing it into a nearby wooded area. Several people asked why he didn’t trample him there right away? “I would never kill an animal, they all have a purpose. He shouldn’t have been on Hugh’s leg,” Kidman replied.
Nicole Kidman in 1993
Nicole Kidman always chooses the director, never the film
Natalie Portman declared that their film together, a Cold mountain on the set, Nicole Kidman advised him to always be the director and not to choose his next film work based on the script. “The film can be anything, good or bad. But if you choose a director you like, it’s guaranteed that you’ll always have an interesting experience, no matter what the film turns out to be,” said Kidman, whose advice Portman has been using ever since.
Nicole Kidman loves sharks
The actress considers sharks to be “beautiful creatures”. He often dives next to them, he likes to swim with the dangerous animals.
Nicole Kidman was hiding in a fake nose
Australian Nicole Kidman was awarded the Oscar Hours in the film she played Virginia Woolf, the American writer. In order to impersonate as authentically as possible, he received a prosthetic nose, which he did not take off at the end of the day’s filming. At that time, she was divorced from her first husband, Tom Cruise, so the paparazzi were constantly following her. Thanks to the artificial nose, however, it was more difficult to recognize him, so he was happy to wear the piece even outside of work.
Nicole Kidman gave birth to her first child at the age of 41
During her marriage to Tom Cruise, she was pregnant twice, but once had an ectopic pregnancy and once had a miscarriage. She and musician Keith Urban, her second husband, welcomed the birth of their first child, Sunday Rose Kidman-Urban, in 2008, when Kidman was 41 years old. Their second daughter, Faith Margaret, was born with the help of a surrogate mother.
Nicole Kidman with her husband Keith Urban and their two daughters
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