Nicole Kidman accepts the 49th AFI Life Achievement Award

Nicole Kidman was honored with the 49th AFI Life Achievement Award and became the first Australian actor to receive the award by the American Film Institute Life Achievement Award.

red mill The award was presented to the star by Meryl Streep in Hollywood, with other stars including her husband and singer Keith Urban in attendance to witness the honor. big little lies Co-star Reese Witherspoon.

Wearing a shimmering gold floor-length Balenciaga dress, Kidman emphasized the importance of working with every director in her career.

She said, “It’s a privilege to make films. And it’s an honor to make films and television with these storytellers, who gave me the opportunity to be free and play all these unconventional women.”

“Thank you for making me better at my art and giving me a place in this world, even if it is temporary.”

The ceremony also had moments of extreme emotion for Kidman, as her husband said she showed him “what love really looks like” when her drug abuse problems spiraled out of control shortly after their marriage in 2006.

“We’ve been married for four months, I’ve been in rehab for three months,” Urban said, addressing Kidman and their two teenage daughters.

She added, “Nick shrugged off every negative voice, I’m sure including his own, and he chose love. And here we are 18 years later.”