- By André Rhoden-Paul
- bbc information
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Nicole Kidman has stated “it's a privilege to make motion pictures” after being honored with the American Movie Institute's (AFI) Life Achievement Award.
Kidman, 56, is the primary Australian actor to obtain the group's prime honor.
The Moulin Rouge actress acquired the celebrated award from Meryl Streep in Hollywood.
Different stars in attendance included her husband, singer Keith City, and her Massive Little Lies co-star Reese Witherspoon.
Accepting the award in a glowing gold floor-length Balenciaga gown, Kidman thanked all the administrators she has labored with.
“It's a privilege to make motion pictures. And it's superb to have made motion pictures and tv with these storytellers who allowed me to go loopy and be free and play all these unconventional ladies,” she stated.
“Thanks for making me higher at my craft and giving me a spot, even when short-term, on this world.”
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In the course of the ceremony, Kidman cried when her husband stated she confirmed him “what love in motion actually seems like” when her substance abuse issues arose shortly after they married in 2006.
“4 months into our marriage, I'm in rehab for 3 months,” City stated, addressing Kidman and her two teenage daughters, who joined her on the crimson carpet for the primary time.
“Nic overcame all of the destructive voices, I'm certain even a few of his personal, and selected love. And right here we’re, 18 years later.”
Australian actors Russell Crowe, Hugh Jackman and Cate Blanchett additionally paid video tribute to their nation's first actor to win the award.
Previous winners of the award, which AFI calls “American cinema's highest honor,” embrace Streep, Julie Andrews, Denzel Washington, Robert De Niro, Martin Scorsese and Steven Spielberg.
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Kidman made her Hollywood breakthrough alongside Tom Cruise in 1990's Days Of Thunder and married him that very same 12 months.
She divorced him in 2001, however her stardom solely grew after this.
She acquired her first Oscar nomination for Moulin Rouge in 2001, earlier than profitable the Greatest Actress Oscar for The Hours in 2003.