{"id":887770,"date":"2026-09-11T05:24:09","date_gmt":"2026-09-11T05:24:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/887770\/"},"modified":"2026-09-11T05:24:09","modified_gmt":"2026-09-11T05:24:09","slug":"nicole-kidmans-divorce-from-tom-cruise-left-her-lonely-on-oscar-night","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/887770\/","title":{"rendered":"Nicole Kidman\u2019s divorce from Tom Cruise left her \u2018lonely\u2019 on Oscar night"},"content":{"rendered":"

Nicole Kidman reflected on feeling \u201cbeyond lonely\u201d on the night she won her Oscar, saying her 2001 divorce from Tom Cruise left her wanting \u201csomeone that I can share this with.\u201d<\/p>\n

Kidman took home the coveted Best Actress trophy for her role in The Hours in 2003, fresh on the heels of her contentious divorce<\/a> from the Top Gun star years prior.<\/p>\n

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Speaking of Oscar night on the Therapuss <\/a>podcast, Kidman said the career-high moment came amid a personal low. <\/p>\n

\u201cI had the pinnacle of my success, and I went home and was so lonely,\u201d she recalled.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat sort of confluence of events where you go, \u2018I wish\u2026\u2019\u201d she continued. \u201cI had my mum with me and my dad, but I was like, \u2018Where\u2019s my partner, someone that I can share this with?\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

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The Oscar-winner added that the mixed emotions felt jarring. \u201cIt was one of the most profound moments where I went, \u2018I\u2019ve got to get a life,\u2019 and at the same time, I\u2019m holding this gold statue where you go, \u2018This is it. This is the highest sort of prize you can get in our industry,\u2019 and so grateful and yet so lonely,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Summing up the experience in one word, Kidman said her 2003 Oscar night was \u201cweird\u201d while imagining what it would\u2019ve been like to share her success with a partner. <\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019d love to be able to just be wrapped in somebody\u2019s arms right now,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

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It\u2019s not the first time Kidman has spoken of her conflicted feelings about her Oscar win. In 2024, she said \u201cwas struggling with things in my personal life, yet my professional life was going so well,\u201d adding that she \u201cwish[ed] I could have enjoyed it more.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI went to bed alone,\u201d she told journalist Dave Karger. \u201cI was in bed before midnight. If I ever won again, I\u2019m telling you, I\u2019d be out for 24 hours.\u201d<\/p>\n

Kidman and Cruise married in 1990 and welcomed two children, Isabella and Connor, before their 2001 split. Kidman was said to be blindsided by Cruise\u2019s divorce filing, with reports circulating at the time that his involvement in the Church of Scientology caused friction in their marriage.<\/p>\n

The Practical Magic star later married Keith Urban in 2006, and welcomed two daughters, Sunday Rose and Margaret Faith, with the musician in 2008 and 2010. <\/p>\n

The pair separated in 2025 <\/a>before finalising their divorce earlier this year.<\/p>\n

Kidman is currently promoting Practical Magic 2<\/a>, a sequel to the 1998 cult classic fantasy co-starring Sandra Bullock.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Nicole Kidman reflected on feeling \u201cbeyond lonely\u201d on the night she won her Oscar, saying her 2001 divorce…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":887771,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[444808,457467,457473,349509,393297,342544,457440,25668,4891,169436,457453,391196,408519,457456,403987,64,63,55751,447,457439,45120,22426,457441,50028,134,3172,25065,457465,457459,457474,457442,457449,457463,457460,380405,440126,457461,436550,457452,457468,117841,2899,258898,457446,139120,457447,37309,378954,387067,409981,457466,457464,457472,44,7438,35062,428103,25986,269102,425681,457444,5899,27441,232,438824,213691,395161,457454,457445,424939,457471,386885,382541,376549,377955,457470,400833,457475,457462,457450,414283,377486,376757,457455,387717,457457,376539,457448,457458,390243,457443,457451,17689,457469,379345,402704],"class_list":["post-887770","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-s-arms","tag-s-divorce-filing","tag-282m","tag-349509","tag-393297","tag-342544","tag-2008-and-2010","tag-25668","tag-4891","tag-24-hours","tag-a-career-high-moment","tag-a-life","tag-a-partner","tag-a-personal-low","tag-a-sequel","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-bed","tag-celebrities","tag-confluence","tag-cruise","tag-divorce","tag-earlier-this-year-kidman","tag-ed","tag-entertainment","tag-events","tag-friction","tag-goodit","tag-her-2001-divorce","tag-her-2003-oscar-night","tag-her-conflicted-feelings","tag-her-contentious-divorce","tag-her-oscar","tag-her-oscar-win","tag-her-role","tag-her-split","tag-her-success","tag-his-involvement","tag-isabella-and-connor","tag-journalist-dave-karger","tag-keith","tag-keith-urban","tag-kidman","tag-kidman-and-cruise","tag-lonely","tag-margaret-faith","tag-midnight","tag-my-dad","tag-my-mum","tag-my-partner","tag-my-personal-life","tag-my-professional-life","tag-my-success","tag-news","tag-nicole-kidman","tag-night","tag-one-word","tag-oscar","tag-oscar-winner","tag-our-industry","tag-our-new-appspeaking","tag-practical-magic-2","tag-prize","tag-reports","tag-scientology","tag-sunday-rose","tag-that-sort","tag-the-1998-cult-classic-fantasy-co-starring-sandra-bullock","tag-the-career-high-moment","tag-the-church","tag-the-coveted-best-actress-trophy","tag-the-experience","tag-the-first","tag-the-first-time","tag-the-heels","tag-the-highest-sort","tag-the-hours","tag-the-legendary-australian-actress","tag-the-mixed-emotions","tag-the-most-profound-moments","tag-the-musician","tag-the-night","tag-the-pair","tag-the-pinnacle","tag-the-same-time","tag-the-therapuss-podcast","tag-the-time","tag-the-top-gun-star-years","tag-their-2001-split","tag-their-divorce","tag-their-marriage-the-practical-magic-star","tag-this-gold-statue","tag-tom-cruise","tag-tom-cruise-confession","tag-two-children","tag-two-daughters"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/887770","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=887770"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/887770\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/887771"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=887770"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=887770"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=887770"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}