Knowledgeable milestone… and a private tragedy.
Nicole Kidman introduced the demise of her mom Janelle on September 6, the identical date on which she gained Finest Actress for her position in Babygirl on the Venice Movie Competition.
Kidman’s mother was 84 years outdated.
The unhappy information was confirmed by way of a press release learn on stage by Halina Rejn, who directed Kidman within the aforementioned movie.
“At the moment, I arrived in Venice to seek out out shortly after, that my stunning, courageous mom Janelle Ann Kidman has simply handed,” Kidman’s message mentioned. “I’m in shock and I’ve to go to my household.”
The assertion continued,
“However this award is for her. She formed me, she guided me and she or he made me. I’m past grateful that I that I get to say her identify to all of you thru Halina. The collision of life and artwork is heartbreaking, and my coronary heart is damaged.”
The reason for Janelle’s demise isn’t identified right now.
Kidman’s mom, who labored as a nursing teacher, had suffered well being points in recent times.
In 2022, amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the Academy Award winner mentioned that she returned to her household’s native Australia to be along with her sick guardian.
“We’re down right here primarily to care for my mom,” the now-57-year-old mentioned in an NPR interview in January of that yr. “And to have her surrounded by her grandchildren.”
Added Kidman again then:
“I’m on the place the place I’m being given the possibility to view the world—due to how shut we’re, my mother is giving me the possibility to view the world via an 81-year-old girl’s eyes. That’s so helpful proper now as a result of she’s so cognizant.
“She has each school, mind school, obtainable. She hasn’t misplaced something. She hasn’t misplaced any reminiscence, which is fascinating.”
In 2020, Kidman spoke with the Sydney Morning Herald concerning the affect her mother had on her life and her wonderful profession.
“She’s given me the hearth to pursue the profession I’ve as a result of I’ve at all times wished to please her,” Kidman instructed the outlet, based on the Hollywood Reporter.
“However she additionally carved her personal path and wished her daughters to have the identical alternative to carve their very own paths…
“Mum didn’t essentially get the profession that she wished, however she was decided that her daughters would have alternatives that have been equal. That’s given me my life. And she or he gave me my life, she and my dad.”
We ship our condolences to Nicole Kidman, her associates, relations and all who knew Janelle.
