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Nicole Kidman received Greatest Actress on the Venice Movie Competition, however her massive second was marred by disappointment because of the demise of her beloved mother.
On Saturday, “Babygirl” director Halina Reijn learn a press release aloud from the stage, asserting the loss.
Kidman had arrived in Venice, however discovered her mother, Janelle Ann Kidman, had died, inflicting her to go away instantly for residence.
“I am in shock and I’ve to go to my household, however this award is for her,” Kidman’s assertion learn. “She formed me, she guided me and he or she made me. I’m past grateful that I get to say her title to all of you thru Halina. The collision of life and artwork is heartbreaking, and my coronary heart is damaged.”
Reijn mentioned, “We love you all, Nicole,” after studying the assertion.
A rep for Kidman confirmed the passing to Individuals journal, noting that all the household is “heartbroken” and asking for privateness.
In a 2020 THR interview, Kidman mentioned of her mother, “She’s given me the fireplace to pursue the profession I’ve as a result of I’ve at all times needed to please her, however she additionally carved her personal path and needed her daughters to have the identical alternative to carve their very own paths.”
She went on, “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 he or she gave me my life, she and my dad.”
Janelle Ann Kidman was 84.
