An expert milestone… and a private tragedy.

Nicole Kidman introduced the dying 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 previous.

The unhappy information was confirmed through a press release learn on stage by Halina Rejn, who directed Kidman within the aforementioned movie.

“In the present day, I arrived in Venice to seek out out shortly after, that my lovely, courageous mom Janelle Ann Kidman has simply handed,” Kidman’s message stated. “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 title 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 dying shouldn’t be recognized at the moment.

Kidman’s mom, who labored as a nursing teacher, had suffered well being points lately.

In 2022, amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the Academy Award winner stated that she returned to her household’s native Australia to be together with her sick guardian.

“We’re down right here primarily to care for my mom,” the now-57-year-old stated 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 prospect to view the world—due to how shut we’re, my mother is giving me the prospect to view the world by means of an 81-year-old girl’s eyes. That’s so helpful proper now as a result of she’s so cognizant.

“She has each college, mind college, out there. She hasn’t misplaced something. She hasn’t misplaced any reminiscence, which is fascinating.”

In 2020, Kidman spoke with the Sydney Morning Herald in regards to the affect her mother had on her life and her wonderful profession.

“She’s given me the fireplace to pursue the profession I’ve as a result of I’ve at all times wished to please her,” Kidman informed the outlet, in keeping with 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 had 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 buddies, relations and all who knew Janelle.