Hugh Jackman praises friend Nicole Kidman as actress becomes first Australian to win an American Film Institute Lifetime Achievement Award
Hugh Jackman shared a touching tribute to lifelong friend Nicole Kidman after she received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Film Institute.
The 56-year-old actress became the first Australian to win the award at the star-studded gala on Friday.
On social media, Hugh, 55, reposted a photo of Nicole to his Instagram Stories on Tuesday while talking about her achievement.
He wrote next to the snap: ‘Huge congratulations Nic!! So richly deserved.’
The Hollywood stars are lifelong friends and met in the 1980s through Hugh’s now ex-wife Deborah-Lee Furness, 68.
Hugh Jackman shared a touching tribute to lifelong friend Nicole Kidman on Tuesday after she received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Film Institute
On social media, Hugh, 55, reposted a photo of Nicole to his Instagram Stories on Tuesday as he gushed about her achievement
The pair have also worked together several times, including in the 2006 animated film Happy Feet and Baz Luhrmann’s 2008 film Australia.
Big Little Lies star Nicole last week became the first Australian to receive the American Film Institute’s esteemed Life Achievement Award.
In accepting the award, Nicole thanked all the directors she has worked with throughout her incredible career, including Stanley Kubrick, Jane Campion, Baz Luhrmann, Sofia Coppola, Yorgos Lanthimos, Sydney Pollack and Lars von Trier.
She said: ‘It’s a privilege to make films. And glorious to have made films and television with these storytellers who gave me the opportunity to let loose and be free and play all these unconventional women.
The friends have worked together several times, including the 2006 animated film Happy Feet and Baz Luhrmann’s 2008 film Australia (pictured)
“Thank you for making me better at my craft and for giving me a place, however temporary, in this world.”
She was thrilled that the AFI honor was “beyond my wildest dreams” when she was announced as a recipient last weekend.
“Receiving this award fills me with overwhelming gratitude,” she wrote at the time. “To be the first Australian to be honored in this way leaves me speechless.
She added: “I grew up as a girl from a suburb of Sydney who just wanted to act; having built a career doing what I love is a blessing beyond my dreams. I thank the AFI for this wonderful honor.”
Big Little Lies star Nicole last week became the first Australian to receive the American Film Institute’s esteemed Life Achievement Award
She later shared a throwback photo of herself in one of her first films, 1983’s Bush Christmas.
“This 14-year-old girl could never have predicted how many talented people she would end up working with and how many different characters she would end up playing,” she captioned the post.
“I’m so excited to celebrate with so many friends and colleagues on Saturday with the @AmericanFilmInstitue xx,” Kidman added.
Nicole was supported by several of her famous friends, including Meryl Streep, Reese Witherspoon, Naomi Watts, Morgan Freeman and more.