At the premiere of her drama ‘Lioness,’ Kidman opened up about mourning her mother, Janelle Ann Kidman
Nicole Kidman is “hanging in there” while mourning the loss of her mother, Janelle Ann Kidman.
“I wish my mama was here,” the Oscar winner, 57, told The Hollywood Reporter at the Wednesday, Oct. 23 premiere of Lioness season 2 in Los Angeles. “That’d be the one thing I’d say. Everything is great with work but I wish my mama was here.”
On Sept. 7, Babygirl director Halina Reijn announced at the Venice Film Festival that Kidman — winner of the fest’s best actress prize — had left the event early due to her mother’s death at age 84.
In a statement read aloud by the filmmaker, Kidman praised her “beautiful, brave mother,” writing that Janelle “shaped me, she guided me and she made me… The collision of life and art is heartbreaking, and my heart is broken.” The Australian actress-producer also missed Babygirl’s Toronto International Film Festival premiere on Sept. 10.