Venice Film Festival jury president Isabelle Huppert expressed support for Nicole Kidman after the actress was unable to accept her Best Actress prize for Babygirl in person, due to her mother’s death.
Kidman had traveled to Italy to receive the award but had to get back on a plane shortly after landing. “I just wanted to express my compassion to Nicole Kidman, who can’t be here tonight, who had to go back unexpectedly, and I just want to tell her that we really miss her and we love her,” Huppert told the jury press conference.
Isabelle Huppert expresses condolences to Nicole Kidman following her mother’s passing.Huppert says “we love you, Nicole” and explains why the jury awarded Kidman the Best Actress prize #Venezia81 pic.twitter.com/FKdn5YTIFU Earlier at the awards ceremony, Babygirl director Halina Reijn had read out a message from Kidman as she accepted the award on her behalf, in which the actress said she was in shock and was dedicating the prize to her mother.
Kidman plays a high-powered CEO in the thriller, who puts her life’s work on the line when she begins a torrid affair with her much-younger intern. “I thought she was quite extraordinary.
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