Nicole Kidman, the Oscar-winning actress, has separated from her husband, the country music star Keith Urban, after 19 years of marriage.
Kidman, 58, and Urban, 57, began living apart in early summer, with Urban moving out of their home in Nashville, Tennessee, and acquiring his own residence in the city, according to the website TMZ.
TMZ and People magazine both reported that Kidman was opposed to splitting up and had been fighting to keep the marriage intact.
The couple with their daughters Faith Margaret and Sunday Rose in 2017
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The couple met in January 2005 at a Hollywood event promoting Australia — where they both grew up — and started dating in the summer of that year. They got married in June 2006 in Sydney.
Four months into their marriage, Kidman staged an intervention that led to Urban, who has spoken about his struggles with alcohol and drug addiction, checking into rehab.
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In 2009, he released the song Thank You, which included the lyrics: “I was in too deep, I’d gone too far/ I thank you for my life/ and I thank God for grace and mercy/ and that you became my wife.”
They have two daughters, Sunday Rose, 17, and Faith Margaret, 14. Kidman has two adopted children from her previous marriage to Tom Cruise, the actor.
Kidman with her first husband Tom Cruise in 1992
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Kidman, whose portrayal of the author Virginia Woolf in The Hours earned her an Academy award, last shared a photo of herself and Urban together on social media in June to celebrate their wedding anniversary, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Urban shared photos of himself and Kidman in May at an awards ceremony.
Urban has won four Grammys and all seven of the albums he has released since marrying Kidman have reached the top ten in the US charts.
The couple on stage at last year’s Concert for Carolina in Charlotte, North Carolina
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At the 2017 Academy Awards
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