Nicole Kidman has revealed that she’s not exactly a “cool mom.”
The Australian actress takes parenthood very seriously and says she never treats her daughters, Sunday, 18, and Faith, 15, as if she were their partner instead of their mother.
The 59-year-old explained that she is a “rock” for her children, but that’s a very different role from being a “friend.”
‘First and foremost you are a mother. You are a mother, but you are also a guide, a mentor, a safe haven, the place where you can always come home,” she said The Daily Telegraph.
“But at the end of the day, as I always tell my kids, no, I’m not here to be your best friend, I’m here to actually be the person who is your rock.”
Kidman also shared the moving reason why her teenage daughter Faith was by her side during the screening of Practical Magic 2 Sydney on Friday.
Nicole Kidman has revealed she isn’t exactly a ‘cool mom’. The Australian actress takes parenthood very seriously and says she never treats her daughters, Sunday, 18, and Faith, 15, as if she were their partner instead of their mother. Pictured with her daughters
While her eldest daughter was unable to attend on Sunday, Faith made sure her mother did not travel to Australia alone.
“Sunny is working now, so she wishes she could have been here, but Faithy got on the plane with me and she said, ‘I’m coming, you’re not doing this alone,’” Kidman explained.
Kidman previously shared that she never fails to carve out precious time for her teenage daughters.
During a conversation, the star revealed how she makes her family a priority even with her extremely busy filming schedule Extra and co-star of Lioness Zoe Saldana.
The topic came up after Saldana, who has twins Cy and Bowie and son Zen with husband Marco Perego-Saldana, talked about how the Lioness cast bonded over several seasons and spent time together outside of filming by going to concerts, riding horses and celebrating. Thanksgiving together.
But Kidman always flew home to Sunday and Faith immediately after wrapping her scenes in the action-packed spy thriller.
Kidman also shared the touching reason why her teenage daughter Faith was by her side at the Practical Magic 2 screening in Sydney on Friday (pictured at the event)
While her eldest daughter was unable to attend on Sunday, Faith made sure her mother did not travel to Australia alone
“Nicole would do that if she was there, but as soon as Nicole is done, she flies home to her family. And it is so beautiful to see,” praised Saldana.
Kidman explained, “I’m going home to my family. I have one child in freshman year and one freshman.
‘So I thought, “Okay, I have to be there to pay attention,” you know? Multitasking, right?’
The Oscar winner shares her youngest daughters with country music star Keith Urban, 58, whom she divorced in September 2025 after 19 years of marriage.
She retained primary residential custody after the couple’s divorce was finalized in January.
Kidman too has two children, Bella, 33, and Connor, 31, with ex-husband Tom Cruise.
