Nicole Kidman is honoring her late mom, Janelle Ann Kidman.

The Babygirl star paid tribute to her mother, who died in September, in an emotional speech as she accepted the Worldwide Star Award from Jamie Lee Curtis on the Palm Springs Worldwide Movie Pageant on Friday night time. "Thanks for giving me the possibility to say: That is for my mother," Kidman stated.

Kidman added that her dad and mom impressed her total physique of labor. "My complete profession has been for my mother and my dad, and so they're not right here now, however I nonetheless wish to preserve working and giving to the world as a result of I really like what I do, and I really like you all, and I'm so grateful for the privilege to be part of this movie neighborhood," she stated. "I'm sorry I'm crying. I didn't wish to try this, however I really feel my mama proper now, so that is for you, Mama."

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The Moulin Rouge actress defined that she didn't have the chance to ship comparable remarks throughout a speech on the 2024 Venice Worldwide Movie Pageant, the place Babygirl premiered and he or she gained the award for Greatest Actress, as a result of she needed to depart the occasion on account of her mom's dying. "I'm nonetheless grieving my mother, and so I wish to dedicate [this award to her], as a result of I didn't get to do it on the Venice Movie Pageant," she stated. "I didn't get to do this as a result of I arrived in Venice and he or she was gone and I acquired the decision. And so I stated to [Babygirl director] Halina [Reijn], 'Are you able to go on stage for me and settle for the award for me?' And he or she did."

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In phrases Reijn learn on the Venice stage in September, Kidman stated, "As we speak I arrived in Venice to seek out out shortly after that my stunning, courageous mom, Janelle Ann Kidman, has simply handed. I'm in shock and I’ve to go to my household, however this award is for her. She formed me, she guided me, and he or she made me."

Kidman continued, "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."

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Kidman additionally acquired consideration in Palm Springs for her viral pink carpet interplay with Depraved star Ariana Grande, who clasped her palms earlier than kneeling earlier than Kidman and kissing her on the hand.

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The actress lately addressed her mom's dying in an interview with W. "The extra love and the extra intimacy and closeness you will have with an individual, the extra it's going to harm dropping them. However I'll take the ache," Kidman stated, itemizing a number of of her mother's favorites in her filmography. "She beloved Rabbit Gap. She beloved The Paperboy. She by no means noticed Babygirl. She beloved The Hours. She was robust, although, in her criticism. So I'm used to that, which is sort of good."

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