Nicole Kidman was supported by her doting husband Keith Urban as they attended her mother Janelle’s funeral in Sydney on Tuesday.
The Australian actress, 57, looked sombre as she joined her family at St Francis Xavier Church in Lavender Bay to farewell her beloved mother.
Janelle devastatingly died at the age of 84 last month – just hours before Nicole was awarded the Best Actress gong for her role in Babygirl at the Venice Film Festival.
Nicole was supported by her sister Antonia, her husband Keith and her daughters Sunday Rose, 16, and Faith, 14, during the emotional day.
Nicole was seen arriving at the church holding hands with her doting husband Keith, 56, as he leant his support to her throughout the service.
They said farewell to Janelle at the same church where they held Nicole’s father Antony’s funeral after his death from a heart attack in September 2014.
Nicole was born in Honolulu and raised in Sydney by Janelle and her psychologist father Antony alongside her younger sister Antonia.
Nicole pursued her passion for acting when she was a teenager and was supported by both of her parents as she soared to global fame.
Nicole Kidman was supported by her doting husband Keith Urban as they attended her mother Janelle’s funeral in Sydney on Tuesday
They both remained closely involved with her career over the years, with Nicole recently admitting she would still go to her mother for advice.
In November, the Big Little Lies star told how she would often ask her mother Janelle for advice on her outfits, despite working with a whole string of professional stylists.
In a sign of their close bond, Nicole told People: ‘My mother is still — she’s so involved in what I wear.’
Nicole is known for her daring fashion choices but told how it was her mother and grandmother who first fostered her love for clothes.
‘I love fashion. I’ve always loved fashion,’ she gushed while speaking at the Planet Omega pop-up launch in New York.
‘I grew up as a little girl with a grandmother that loved fashion and could sew and my mother the same. They loved beautiful clothes. They could make beautiful clothes,’ she went on.
‘I watched them sew, embroider, and knit, crochet. And I think when you grow up seeing the people in your household do that, then you love that.’
Nicole was never shy of gushing over her affections for Janelle, sharing a touching tribute on her mother’s 82nd birthday last year.
Taking to Instagram, she posted a gallery of photographs of herself and her family celebrating with Janelle at a party and penned some sweet words in a caption.
‘Happy birthday, mumma. You are so loved by all of us,’ Nicole wrote.
She had also taken the time to send her mother birthday well wishes while on the Oscars red carpet in Los Angeles with her husband Keith Urban.
‘It’s my mum’s birthday today. Happy Birthday, mama. We love you soo much,’ Nicole said to the camera.
‘We did a party for her when we were back in Sydney. She is the heartbeat of our family, so we love you, mama.’
In an interview with The Sydney Morning Herald in May 2020, Nicole also spoke about missing her mother while living abroad in the United States.
‘I would love to be able to have a cup of tea with Mum and sit on the balcony and talk about life, and have her tell me what I should be doing,’ she said at the time.
Nicole had an equally close relationship with her father Antony and was left devastated when he died of a heart attack in September 2014 at the age of 75.
The Oscar-winning actress previously revealed that the ‘sudden’ death of her father, as well as a string of other losses, had deeply affected her.
‘I’ve been given death as a very sudden thing. I’ve not nursed someone through a slow death, I’ve just had people taken,’ she told the Sydney Morning Herald in 2020.
‘I’ve now had it happen repeatedly, I almost get scared saying it because I get terrified it’s going to happen again. I still have a lot of fear of that.’