Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban are separated, Variety confirms. The couple has been married for 19 years.
Kidman, 58, and Urban, 57, first met in 2005 at G’day USA Gala in Los Angeles. The couple revealed their engagement about a year later, before they got married in Sydney in June 2006. their two daughters, Sunday Rose and Faith Margaret, are 17 and 14, respectively.
In the first months of her marriage, Kidman intervened to help her husband stand up to the struggle against alcohol abuse, urban to enter rehabilitation. In interviews since then, Urban believes Kidman is essential for his rehabilitation.
The couple has been a regular fixture on the red carpet for the past 20 years, including appearances at Met Gala, the Academy Awards and the Academy of Country Music Awards. In April 2024, Kidman won the AFI Life Achievement Award at the Hollywood Gala, where Urban gave a speech on stage.
Kidman was ranked as the world’s highest paid actress in 2024 by Forbes. She won the Oscar Best Actress Award in 2003 for her performance in “The Hours” and was nominated for four other occasions. She is a big fan of both film and television, and has earned recent credits such as “Big Little Rice,” “Baby Girl,” “Nine Perfect Strangers,” “Ricard,” and “Perfect Couple.” Before marrying Urban, she was married to Tom Cruise from 1990 to 2001. They shared two children, Bella and Connor.
Urban is a country singer-songwriter who gained fame in the US early on. He has won four Grammy Awards and 15 Academy of Country Music Awards. Urban released 11 studio albums and served as a judge for three seasons on “American Idol.” He has been on the tour for the past few months, with his next engagement scheduled for Thursday in Hershey, Pennsylvania.
