Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban.Photo: Kevin Winter/ACM2009/Getty Images
Nicole Kidmanwas overcome with emotion on Tuesday after learning she had been nominated for anAcademy Award.
The 54-year-old star is up for Best Actress for her portrayal of comedic television iconLucille BallinBeing the Ricardos, alongsideJessica Chastain(The Eyes of Tammy Faye),Olivia Colman(The Lost Daughter),Penélope Cruz(Parallel Mothers) andKristen Stewart(Spencer).
Describing the moment she learned she was in the running, Kidman recalled on Thursday’s episode ofThe View, “We had come back from (her native) Australia; we were jet-lagged.”
“My kids (daughtersFaith Margaret, 11, andSunday Rose, 13), my husband (Keith Urban) and I were having breakfast, and I thought the next morning was when they wereannouncing the nominations, so I was not aware,” she continued. “And suddenly I get a FaceTime call and my kids are like, ‘Your phone’s going [off] — someone’s FaceTiming you, Mom.’ "
“And I pick it up and they go, ‘You’ve just been nominated for an Oscar,’ " Kidman said.
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The actress — who previouslywon an Oscar forThe Hours(2002) — said she “literally started crying” when she heard the news, as “there’s so much emotion attached to [the project] that I didn’t realize I was carrying.”
But her daughters soon hilariously broke through the haze: “My kids are looking at me like, ‘Wow, congrats, Mom. Anyway, we’re gonna be late, we gotta get going,’ " Kidman said.
TheBig Little Liesstar revealed that Sunday, Faith and Urban, 54, are “always a part of every decision” she makes in her career “because, obviously, the family has to come and has to support — I’m asking for them to let me go and do it and take time away from them.”
And they were also her “audience” while she waspreparing to play Ball, giving constructive criticism: “I’d sit them on the couch and I’d do it and they’d be saying, ‘Hey, you got a lot more work to do.’ "
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“[It’s] interesting, ‘causemy daughter wants to be a director, as well,” Kidman said. “She’s got that eye and she’s watching.”
“And obviously my husband, sound is so important to him, so he can hear [what’s needed],” she continuedof country singer Urban. “And I was checking, always, the voice and the tone of the voice with him. So it feels incredibly shared, as a family.”
Her nomination marks the fifth for Kidman who, aside fromThe Hours, was nominated forMoulin Rouge!(2001),Rabbit Hole(2010) andLion(2016).
ForBeing the Ricardos, Kidman has already nabbed theGolden Globe Awardfor best actress in a motion picture — drama. She is also up for theScreen Actors Guild Awardfor outstanding actress in a motion picture.
source: people.com
