Speaking to the British magazine “GQ” this November 18, Nicole Kidman spoke about her anxiety problems as she approaches her 60th birthday. The Australian-American actress returned to the difficult acceptance of the deaths of both her parents.
Nicole Kidman is on all fronts lately. In 2024, the 57-year-old actress has played a series of roles, starring in the television series “Expats” and “A Perfect Couple”, as well as the romance “Les Dessous de la famille” on the big screen. Visiting London on November 17 to present a commemorative prize to Quincy Jones at the “Governors Awards”, the international star is also expected at the cinema for her thriller “Babygirl” in 2025. But this Monday, it’s a completely different Nicole Kidman who spoke during an interview with the English edition of “GG” magazine.
As she approaches sixty, the Oscar-winning actress evokes the new emotions that approaching sixty arouses in her: “Mortality… Life that passes and hits you”. Overcome by these thoughts once night falls, Nicole Kidman reveals that she suffers from insomnia. “Life is definitely an adventure. And, it hits you harder as you get older. Sometimes I wake up at three in the morning, I cry, I suffocate with anxiety…” she says. Anxieties that consume the star of “Big Little Lies”, despite appearances: “I’m in there. Really ! »
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If she only has rare news of her adopted children with Tom Cruise, Isabella and Connor, Nicole Kidman maintains a very strong relationship with her youngest Sunday Rose, whom she had with her husband Keith Urban. A little sibling that the mother hopes to continue to see grow up, for as long as possible: “There is the dimension of mortality which is part of life. And when you start to look at it in the face, it’s very heavy. When you raise children, you say to yourself: ‘I have to stay here. I want to see all this. It’s devastating, beautiful and extraordinary at the same time,'” she concludes.
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Nicole Kidman orphaned, still upset
In her confidences, Nicole Kidman highlights the difficulty of accepting seeing your parents leave: “Losing your parents and raising children, marriage and all the things that come and go and that make you feel human,” she continues. . Nicole Kidman has still not really recovered from the death of her mother, who disappeared last September. A death that the star of “Moulin Rouge” learned while she was traveling in Italy at the Venice Film Festival.
Ten years ago, the actress had already lost her father, Antony. This renowned psychologist from the University of Technology in Sydney tragically died after falling from his hotel room. At the time, Nicole Kidman expressed her grief on Facebook: “We are all heartbroken, but knowing that we are in the hearts and thoughts of others is so comforting. I send you all my love.” Now an orphan, the actress is trying to move forward, with the support of those close to her.
