Nicole Kidman leaves Venice Film Festival early after her mom’s death: ‘I’m in shock’
nypost.comVenice Film Festival early on Saturday due to her mom’s passing. Janelle was 84. 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.”“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 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.
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