She carved her own path and wanted her daughters to have the same opportunity, Nicole once said of beloved Kidman family matriarch Janelle.
Janelle Kidman, the mother of Australian actress Nicole Kidman, has died. Nicole’s US representatives confirmed the news overnight. A brief statement was released: “The family is heartbroken and asks for privacy at this time.”
“She shaped me, she guided me, and she made me. I’m beyond grateful that I get to say her name to all of you through Halina. The collision of art and life is heartbreaking, and my heart is broken.” In one of our many interviews, Nicole referred to her mother as “my mentor, my guide and my nurturer”.“She’s given me the fire to pursue the career I have because I’ve always wanted to please her,” Nicole said in 2020. “But she also carved her own path and wanted her daughters to have the same opportunity to carve their own paths.
My first conversation with Janelle was an unexpectedly serious one: we were seated next to each other at a media lunch in the early 2000s and, when she realised I worked forBecause she and Tony had two subscriptions to the Herald at the time - “We fight over the sections, so in the end it was easier to just have two copies,” she told me - I nicknamed her Subscriber #001 and gave her permission to call if she ever needed anything.
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