Nicole Kidman has acquired numerous accolades in her decades-long profession, because of her chameleon-like skills on-screen. (Who can neglect that prosthetic nostril in The Hours?) Off-screen, although, she solely desires to feel and look like herself.
“I’ve obtained to have the ability to stroll a crimson carpet and really feel comfy,” she says, “really feel like myself and really feel very free. If I really feel too confined, that gained’t be good for anybody. That capacity to be happy and regular in these actually excessive conditions, I’m wired for that now.”
It seems that sense of freedom just isn’t innate. It’s one thing that has include age to Kidman, who’s 59. “I began modeling at 14 and 15, and I began appearing on the identical time. I needed to be an actress, however I used to be utilizing the modeling to earn a living in order that I may fund my appearing,” she says. “Individuals used to all the time say to me, ‘If you develop up, you’re gonna be so fairly. I used to be like, ‘Huh?’” The backhanded compliments did their injury. “I’d look within the mirror and I’d go, What does that imply? I wanna be fairly now. However I suppose I used to be a gawky type of teenager.” Kidman, 5’10 even then, towered over her friends—“I used to be all legs and arms, and I didn’t have management over my physique, in a approach’” she says—and lamented not having pin-straight, blonde hair.
These early checks to her confidence didn’t hamper her appearing profession; if something they could have fueled it by an astonishing collection of memorable roles. In 2026, she’s had one other busy 12 months (the brand new season of Lioness debuted this month, and the sequel to cult basic Sensible Magic is slated for launch in September). She additionally fronts a video collection, The Many Sides of Radiance, a marketing campaign for Clé de Peau Beauté, unveiled Monday, for which she has served as a spokesperson since final 12 months. That collection focuses on her appearing work, her work as a producer, and her advocacy for fellow girls movie administrators and actors.
Nicole Kidman in Clé de Peau Beauté’s “The Many Sides of Radiance” marketing campaign.Courtesy of Clé de Peau Beauté
It’s what Kidman calls “the numerous sides of myself.” In pursuit of these completely different sides, she’s not a stranger to journey, having carried out an Attract cowl interview final 12 months in a hyperbaric oxygen chamber. For her work on digicam, she says, “I really like the concept of making a personality. That’s what make-up costumes, hair, all of it—even altering the best way you progress, does.” These are nuances she’s all the time been delicate to. Previous to technicolor, she notes that motion coaches had been de rigueur, and she or he’s enthused by their return. “They’re actually using how one can turn out to be completely different characters,” she says, “I’ve zero curiosity in enjoying myself on display.”
