When she won the Volpi Cup for Best Actress at the Venice Film Festival in 2024, her personal life took a heartbreaking turn. Just as she arrived in Venice and was heading to the closing ceremony, she was informed that her mother had passed away. Kidman had to leave Italy immediately and was unable to accept the award in person. Instead, director Halina Reijn accepted the award on her behalf.

Had to stop the scene

When it comes to the very intimate scenes in Babygirl, the 57-year-old Oscar winner admitted that it sometimes became too much to handle. Playing out those scenes, where she fakes orgasms with Dickinson and Antonio Banderas, who plays her husband in the film, turned out to be a bigger challenge than she initially expected.

She noted that while filming the erotic scenes, there was a level of trust and vulnerability with her co-stars, but also moments of frustration. At one point, she said she had to stop the scene, feeling overwhelmed and needing a break.