Hollywood’s babygirl changed because of her baby girl.
Nicole Kidman almost left acting behind after having her first child with husband Keith Urban.
Kidman, 57, spoke about her career and motherhood during a new interview with CBS News.
While discussing her latest film, “Babygirl,” Kidman was asked whether there was a time that she thought about giving up on acting.
“Yeah, of course,” she replied before sharing that her late mother, Janelle Ann Kidman, advised her to stick with it.
“When I gave birth to [Sunday Rose Kidman-Urban], I was like, ‘Well, I think I’m pretty much done now,’” the Oscar-winner recalled.
“We were living on a farm, and that’s when my mother said, ‘I wouldn’t give up completely. Keep a finger sort of in it.’ And I’m like, ‘No, no. I’m done now. I’m done.’ She’s going, ‘Just listen to me. Keep moving forward. Not saying that you have to do it to the level you’ve been doing it, but I wouldn’t give it up completely.’”
Kidman went on to say that the generational difference between the two may have colored her mother’s guidance.
“That came from a woman who was from a generation that didn’t have the opportunities that I had, that she had helped create for her daughters,” the star added. “So that’s probably something that she wished she’d had when she was little.”
Kidman clearly took her mother’s advice. Three years later, she landed a Best Actress Oscar nomination — her third — for her role in “Rabbit Hole.”
She has since been nominated for two more Oscars, including for Best Supporting Actress in 2017 for “Lion” and Best Actress in 2022 for “Being the Ricardos.” She previously won a Best Actress Academy Award in 2003 for her portrayal of Virginia Woolf “The Hours.”
Today, Kidman is one of the most prolific actresses in Hollywood.
However, her busy schedule sometimes makes it difficult to balance her work, family life and self-care.
“Finding that balance is part of the journey. You make mistakes, you overdo it,” Kidman told CBS. “So then you go, ‘Okay, now I need to go and take care of this part of my life because it suffered.’”
In addition to Sunday Rose, 16, the “A Family Affair” star shares daughter Faith Margaret, 13, with country singer Urban, whom she married in 2006.
Kidman also has two children with ex-husband Tom Cruise, daughter Bella, 31, and son Connor, 29.
Kidman’s mother passed away in September at the age of 84. The star was at the Venice Film Festival at the time and left early upon learning the news. She ended up winning the festival’s Best Actress honor for her work in “Babygirl,” which also stars Harris Dickinson.
“Babygirl” opens in theaters Dec. 25.
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