Nicole Kidman leaves Venice Film Festival early after her mom’s de@th: ‘I’m in shock’

Nicole Kidman at “The Perfect Couple” premiere in LA on Sept. 4.

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Nicole Kidman is mourning the death of her mother, Janelle Ann Kidman.

The actress, 57, had to leave the Venice Film Festival early on Saturday due to her mom’s passing.

Janelle was 84.

Nicole Kidman with her mom, Janelle Ann Kidman, at the American Film Institute Awards in 2004.

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Janelle and Nicole Kidman at the 2004 Golden Globe Awards.

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Halina Reijn, the director of Nicole’s new film “Babygirl,” accepted the festival’s Volpi Cup award for Best Actress on Nicole’s behalf. She read a statement aloud from the Oscar winner about Janelle’s death on stage.

“Today, I arrived in Venice to find out shortly after that my beautiful, brave mother, Janelle Ann Kidman, has just passed,” Reijn read to the audience. “I’m in shock and I have to go to my family, but this award is for her. She shaped me, she guided me, and she made me.”

Nicole Kidman with her mom Janelle and niece Lucia Hawley at the 2018 AACTA Awards.

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“I am beyond grateful that I get to say her name to all of you through Halina,” the statement continued. “The collision of life and art is heartbreaking, and my heart is broken.”

“We love you all, Nicole,” Reijn said in her own words, as the audience applauded.

Nicole’s rep confirmed Janelle’s death to The Post.

“The family is heartbroken and asks for privacy at this time,” the rep said in a statement.

Nicole Kidman hugs her mom at the “Being the Ricardos” premiere in 2021.

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Nicole briefly addressed her mother’s health back in 2022 during an interview with NPR’s Fresh Air from Australia.

“We’re down here primarily to take care of my mother and to have her surrounded by her grandchildren,” she said. “We were able to take her into the gallery after hours and show her the Matisse exhibit. Which, coming from a mother who raised me in the arts, was a soothing balm.”

Nicole added, “I’m at the place where I’m being given the chance to view the world—because of how close we are, my mom is giving me the chance to view the world through an 81-year-old woman’s eyes. That is so beneficial right now because she’s so cognizant. She has every faculty, brain faculty, available. She hasn’t lost anything. She hasn’t lost any memory, which is fascinating.”

Janelle and Nicole Kidman at the 2004 Golden Globes.

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Janelle and Nicole Kidman on a walk in Sydney, Australia in 2017.

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“And she’s extremely bright. So she’s giving me access ’cause she’s also very direct and very honest. And so I’m getting access to the world through her eyes, my mother’s eyes, so, therefore, a part of me almost at 80,” Nicole added.

The “Big Little Lies” star always had a close relationship with her parents. Her dad, Antony Kidman, died in 2014 at age 75.

Nicole Kidman with her parents in 1998.

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In 2020, she told the Sydney Morning Herald that her mom always supported her throughout her career in Hollywood.

“She’s given me the fire to pursue the career I have because I’ve always wanted to please her,” Nicole explained/ “But she also carved her own path and wanted her daughters to have the same opportunity to carve their own paths.”

Nicole Kidman and her parents at the 2002 Golden Globe Awards.

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“Mum didn’t necessarily get the career that she wanted, but she was determined that her daughters would have opportunities that were equal,” she went on. “That’s given me my life. And she gave me my life, she and my dad.”

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