This weekend, Nicole Kidman will join the ranks of Hollywood heavyweights Meryl Streep, Al Pacino, Alfred Hitchcock and others in receiving one of the highest honours possible for a career in film: the Life Achievement Award from the American Film Institute.
The award acknowledges an artist who has fundamentally advanced film and whose work stands the test of time. Kidman is the first Australian to ever receive it and noted this week that it’s a long way from her debut inNicole Kidman is receiving a life achievement award from the American Film Institute.It was the very tail end of 1990, I was on summer holidays with my family in country Victoria, flicking through the newspaper and there it was. Nicole Kidman had married Tom Cruise.
But it’s not just this that spurs my fandom. I won’t lie that her somewhat intriguing private life adds to her public appeal. We’ll never really know what it was like to be married to Scientology-mad Cruise for a decade, and to then be somewhat estranged from the two children they share.
She’s also a red carpet legend . Don’t come at me with your “But what has she done to her face?” claims, because that’s so early ’00s, none of our business and incorrectly placing blame for trying to survive as an actress past 30.BewitchedGrace of MonacoHow To Talk To Girls At PartiesHowever, Kidman’s desire to constantly push herself in roles that many others wouldn’t touch, and to consistently work with exciting directors keeps her oeuvre something to marvel at.
She’s bigger than her performances, though. She has been a UN ambassador since way before it became celebrity currency, and a generous philanthropist. She’s a prolific television producer, and an advocate for female talent, making a clear vow to work with women directors every 18 months, supporting those just breaking through like Australian Kim Farrant (
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