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Nicole Kidman says her ‘heart is broken’ after death of mother Janelle

Australian actor learned of mother’s death upon arriving in Venice for film festival, where she won best actress award for new film Babygirl

Nicole Kidman has announced the death of her mother, Janelle, as the Oscar-winner was named best actress at the 2024 Venice film festivalon Saturday. The Australian actor was not in the Italian city to accept the award for her new film Babygirl, after arriving in Venice to hear that her “beautiful, brave mother” Janelle had died. She shaped me, she guided me, and she made me,” Kidman said in a statement read out by Babygirl’s Dutch director Halina Reijn.

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