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Nicole Kidman says her ‘heart is broken’ after death of mother Janelle

Nicole Kidman with her mother Janelle Ann Kidman (left) in December 2018 in Sydney.
‘She shaped me, she guided me, and she made me’: Nicole Kidman with her mother Janelle Kidman (left) in December 2018 in Sydney. Janelle has died at the age of 84. Photograph: James D Morgan/Getty Images

Nicole Kidman has announced the death of her mother, Janelle, as the Oscar-winner was named best actress at the 2024 Venice film festival on Saturday.

The Australian actor was not in the Italian city to accept the award for her new film Babygirl, after arriving in Venice to hear that her “beautiful, brave mother” Janelle had died.

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