Keith Urban’s wife, Nicole Kidman, is an extraordinary actress and has won numerous awards, including an Academy Award and a Golden Globe for Best Actress in The Hours. This year, she’s up for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or a Movie for her role as “Celeste” in HBO’s Big Little Lies. What’s even more remarkable is she helped make the nominated series actually happen, which impressed her husband even more.
“Everything about it was done with such a raw authenticity. It was extraordinary work and, for me, among some of Nic’s finest work ever,” Keith tells Toronto’s Metro News. “What I love especially is it was all them, it was all the girls that made this happen. This wasn’t a project that got brought to Nic or Reese (Witherspoon). This was them — Reese — reading the book, Nic getting on a plane and flying to Australia to meet (author) Liane Moriarty and seeing if they can get their support in securing the rights in getting it made into a series.”
Nicole’s role as a lawyer caught in an abusive marriage was very emotionally draining on her, but by being a loving husband, Keith was there to comfort and support her and help her get through those difficult scenes.
“Nic is an accessor more than an actor, meaning that, for me, she accesses everything that you’re seeing or feeling on camera. If she’s getting tossed around or she’s being traumatized, she’s really feeling it. It’s legit,” he says. “Those scenes were pretty heavy. She would call me after a day of shooting and be just really shaken. I could hear it in her voice. Luckily, we’re both artists and I get the passion and commitment in her life, in storytelling.”
Nicole is currently in the process of filming Aquaman, in which she plays Queen Atlanna. The movie also stars Jason Momoa, Amber Heard, Patrick Wilson and Willem Dafoe.
Keith, who just scored his latest No. 1 single “The Fighter” last week, is set to perform for fans North of the border beginning August 11th with shows in Ontario, Quebec and Montreal.
