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After nearly two decades of marriage, the actress acknowledged that the life she once imagined has changed and that her future now feels entirely uncertain.
LONDON, United Kingdom — August 2026. Nicole Kidman has spoken candidly about rebuilding her life after her divorce from country singer Keith Urban, admitting that she never expected her personal journey to take its current direction.
In an interview for the September issue of British Vogue, the 59-year-old actress said she once held a very different vision of what her future would look like. Now, she is learning to accept uncertainty without withdrawing from life.
Kidman and Urban married in 2006 after meeting the previous year. Their separation became public in September 2025, after 19 years of marriage, and their divorce was finalized in January 2026.
The former couple share two daughters, Sunday Rose and Faith Margaret. Kidman emphasized that protecting her family remains her priority, despite the transformation of the relationship she and Urban built together.
Rather than discuss the specific reasons behind the separation, the Oscar-winning actress focused on its emotional consequences. She acknowledged feeling frightened and vulnerable while adjusting to circumstances she had never anticipated.
Experience, Kidman explained, does not necessarily make heartbreak easier. Even after navigating an intensely public divorce from Tom Cruise in 2001, the end of another long marriage presented an entirely new emotional reality.
The actress said she intends to remain open to love, personal growth and unexpected possibilities. For Kidman, living fully means accepting mistakes, disappointment and the possibility that carefully constructed plans may collapse.
She credited time, family and the wisdom of influential women in her life with helping her develop resilience. Her mother, Janelle Ann Kidman, who died in 2024, remains one of the central figures shaping her understanding of strength and perseverance.
Kidman is also moving forward professionally, with projects including Practical Magic 2, the film The Young Peopleand the television series Discretion. Her work, however, now unfolds alongside a personal future she admits she can no longer predict.
Her reflections reveal a woman attempting to embrace uncertainty without allowing it to become despair—a recognition that beginning again does not require knowing exactly where the next chapter will lead.
Not everything that shines is guaranteed.