From iconic red carpet moments to memorable performances, join us as we celebrate the most endearing moments from Nicole Kidman's illustrious career! Whether she's stealing scenes in "Moulin Rouge!", making viral commercials, or advocating for female directors, this acclaimed actress continues to win our hearts.
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00:00We come to this place for magic.
00:04Welcome to Miss Mojo, and today we're counting down our picks for the most endearing moments
00:08throughout Nicole Kidman's lengthy career that completely won over our hearts.
00:13Indecent or not, this case is about mothering.
00:19Number 10, when she clapped back at Giada De Laurentiis.
00:22Nicole, have you made meatballs or anything?
00:24Just look, go ahead.
00:26Oh boy, this is a family-friendly shot.
00:29Back in May 2017, Nicole Kidman appeared on The Ellen DeGeneres Show
00:33and somehow got roped into a cooking segment with celebrity chef Giada De Laurentiis.
00:39But to the food wasn't the only thing that got roasted.
00:41The segment began on a tense note after De Laurentiis made a snide comment
00:45about Kidman's cooking skills, to which she responded with an eye roll.
00:49The chef then took it a step further, blatantly joking that the actress couldn't cook.
00:52Oh my god, the woman who can't cook made the perfect ball.
00:55That's amazing.
00:56Kidman seemed to take this all in stride, until she got her chance to return the favour.
01:01After tasting De Laurentiis' focaccia, she casually admitted it was a little hard to keep down.
01:06I know you're not meant to criticise, but it's a little hot.
01:10What's it they say about she who laughs last?
01:17Number nine, the diamonds are a girl's best friend scene.
01:20Nicole Kidman really solidified her status as a versatile actress,
01:24with her dazzling performance as Satine, the cabaret star of Moulin Rouge.
01:28Spending the night with you, how did he refuse?
01:32What's his type?
01:34Wilting flower?
01:35Bright and bubbly?
01:36Or smouldering temptress?
01:38I say, smouldering temptress.
01:41Perhaps her most memorable moment in the film is her show-stopping take on Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend,
01:46the jazz classic immortalised on screen by Marilyn Monroe.
01:50But I prefer a man who lives and gives expensive jewels.
02:00Kidman makes the musical number entirely her own, twirling, soaring through the air, and tossing flirtatious kisses to the crowd.
02:07Her dedication to the role was so intense that she reportedly fell while filming the number and tore her knee cartilage in the process.
02:14Yet, watching the scene, you'd never guess it.
02:17But square cup or pear shape, these rocks don't lose their shape.
02:21Diamonds are a girl's best friend.
02:25On screen, Kidman remains flawless and graceful, casually holding the audience in the palm of her hand.
02:31Number eight, her Chanel No. 5 commercial.
02:33It's beautiful up here.
02:35Everything seems so peaceful.
02:38Who are you?
02:39I'm a dancer.
02:41Three years after the success of Moulin Rouge, Nicole Kidman reunited with director Baz Luhrmann for an ultra-glamorous Chanel No. 5 ad.
02:49The three-minute spectacle became one of the most expensive commercials ever made,
02:53with a $33 million budget, three million of which went to Kidman alone.
02:58It's the right thing to do.
03:01No one can stay like me. No one.
03:05Goodbye.
03:07Titled No. 5, The Film, the ad follows Kidman as a world-famous star who flees from paparazzi and ends up in a cab with a man who seemingly doesn't recognize her.
03:17It's as close to a fairy tale as a commercial can get, setting the gold standard for the wave of opulent fashion ads that followed.
03:24Has she forgotten?
03:27I know.
03:30I will not.
03:31Despite the extravagant budget, what truly makes this film shine is Kidman's effortless charm.
03:36Number seven, her seal clapping at the Oscars.
03:39The 2017 Oscars gave us one of the most unforgettable blunders in award show history.
03:44So Moonlight was the best picture, and now we have the producers of two movies on stage, and who the hell even knows who is who from which movie?
03:51And I'm standing there like an idiot, feeling bad for these guys, but also trying really hard not to laugh.
03:57But before Ryan Gosling was caught chuckling awkwardly in a corner, Nicole Kidman had already gifted the internet another meme-worthy moment.
04:04How beautiful does your wife look tonight?
04:06Beautiful.
04:07And how proud of her.
04:08Always proud of her.
04:09Yeah.
04:10Nominated for Best Supporting Actress that night, Kidman rose to applaud when Meryl Streep was introduced.
04:15But her unusual clapping style, which can only be described as a seal struggling to smack its flippers together, left many weirded out.
04:22Clapping, but it was really difficult because I had a huge ring on that was not my own, but was absolutely gorgeous.
04:30And I was terrified of damaging it.
04:33The moment spawned thousands of memes, but as it turns out, she was only trying to protect the insanely expensive rings that she was wearing.
04:41Although Kidman was initially roasted for it, the moment has since been embraced for showcasing one of her many quirks.
04:46Number 6.
04:47Her 1997 Oscars red carpet look.
04:50In the late 90s, few Hollywood stars were bigger than Tom Cruise.
04:53I am out here for you.
04:56You don't know what it's like to be me out here for you.
05:00It is an up-at-dawn, pride-swallowing siege.
05:04However, when he hit the Oscars red carpet in 1997, he was completely upstaged by his then-wife, Nicole Kidman.
05:11Still a rising star at the time, Kidman stole the spotlight in a chartreuse Christian Dior dress.
05:16The gown was understated, simple and chic, precisely why it made such a statement.
05:21It was mini-mini, it was like two decades ago now, but still, it matched her hair perfectly and she looked like a pole.
05:27It has since been hailed as one of the most influential Oscar gowns ever, and the first true couture dress on the red carpet.
05:34Kidman won over just about everyone, except Joan Rivers, who famously called the colour ugly.
05:39Regardless, she has remained true to her refined style, turning heads again in a nude sequined gown at the 2006 Rome Film Festival.
05:48Number 5. The courtroom scene from Big Little Lies
05:51Nicole Kidman made a triumphant return in television in 2017 with HBO's Big Little Lies, earning an Emmy Award for her performance.
05:58Take them to a show.
06:00Sometimes I have to make decisions.
06:02You don't think it would be nice if Josh and Max would spend a little time with their dad? It's been gone a week.
06:06Alright.
06:06The second season upped the ante with a tense showdown between Kidman's Celeste and her mother-in-law, Mary Louise, played by none other than Meryl Streep.
06:15Their simmering conflict boils over in an explosive courtroom scene, where Celeste grills Mary Louise on the stand in their custody battle.
06:22This witness has testified that I put my sons in peril. It is relevant to this proceeding as to whether or not she has ever killed a child in her career.
06:31Mrs. Wright, please sit.
06:32The scene was a masterclass in acting, with two of Hollywood's finest in a high-stakes duel.
06:38Facing off against a legend like Streep is no easy feat, but Kidman commands the scene, conveying volumes with just a single glance.
06:46Why are you doing this?
06:46I am simply trying to protect my children. Now the idea of you driving with my children in the backseat of your car, while you lose your temper, that is terrifying to me.
06:58No, I'm...
06:59In the end, as Celeste won the custody battle, Kidman won all of our hearts.
07:03Number four, her 2017 Emmys acceptance speech.
07:06For her role as Celeste Wright, a successful attorney trapped in a violent marriage, Nicole Kidman won her first ever Emmy, for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or Movie.
07:23When she took the stage to accept the trophy, she used the moment to advocate for a great cause.
07:27In her speech, Kidman talked about the significance of her character's story and drew attention to the widespread issue of domestic violence.
07:34It is a complicated, insidious disease. It exists far more than we allow ourselves to know.
07:42While fighting back tears, she also thanked her husband and her daughters for the sacrifices they make to support her career.
07:48Her speech was lauded as a powerful statement, proving once again that Kidman shows how to use her influence to shed light on a very important issue.
07:56It is filled with shame and secrecy, and by you acknowledging me with this award, it shines a light on it even more.
08:06So thank you, thank you, thank you. I bow down to you.
08:10Number three, her 2015 appearance on The Tonight Show.
08:13Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban are one of Hollywood's most iconic power couples, but their story could have turned out very differently.
08:19In a 2015 appearance on The Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon, Kidman recounted an awkward encounter with the host that could have changed everything.
08:27So Rick, our mutual friend, says, oh, you know, Jimmy wants to meet you and you can go over to his apartment and da-da-da-da, and I'm single, and I'm like, okay, yeah, cool.
08:36Wait, what?
08:37Yes!
08:37As she told it, she had a crush on Fallon years earlier and went to his New York City apartment for what she believed was a date.
08:46However, Fallon was unaware of her intentions and assumed that she was there for a chemistry read for her movie Bewitched.
08:52And so after about an hour and a half, I thought, he has no interest. This is so embarrassing.
08:59I had no clue that I'm on.
09:02The misunderstanding resulted in a painfully awkward date that ended in Kidman leaving disappointed.
09:08This revelation left Fallon utterly embarrassed, but made for a highly entertaining segment.
09:13So tell me, Jimmy.
09:14Well, doctor, I remember it like it was yesterday.
09:19Nicole Kidman walked to my apartment.
09:20That was our date.
09:21Do you remember what the apartment looked like?
09:23Number two, the AMC Theatres commercial.
09:25These days, we go to the movies for one reason and one reason only,
09:29to bask in the glory of Nicole Kidman's AMC Theatres commercial.
09:33We come to AMC Theatres to love, to cry, to care, because we need that, all of us.
09:41Back in 2021, when theater attendance was still recovering from the COVID-19 pandemic,
09:46AMC recruited Kidman to remind us all of the magic of cinema.
09:49Little did they know that they were creating a cultural phenomenon.
09:53And we go somewhere we've never been before.
09:57Not just entertained, but somehow reborn.
10:01With its melodramatic narration, sweeping score, and cinematic direction, the ad resonated with
10:06audiences and quickly became a viral sensation.
10:09Movie goers cheered when it played, and its quotes became so iconic that people recited them aloud in theaters.
10:15Our heroes feel like the best part of us, and stories feel perfect and powerful.
10:22Because here, they are.
10:25The feeling we get whenever we watch this commercial is, frankly, indescribable.
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10:45Number one, her pledge to work with more female directors.
10:50I love supporting, you know, women in this, in their capacity now as writers and directors,
10:57and really trying to balance that in the industry.
11:00In 2017, Nicole Kidman made a pledge that some might have found bold, perhaps even radical.
11:06Hoping to uplift female filmmakers and combat Hollywood's gender disparity,
11:11Kidman vowed to work with at least one female director every 18 months.
11:15Pretty much every 18 months, I'm making a movie with a female director,
11:19because that's the only way the statistics are going to change.
11:22So, did she follow through?
11:24Oh, absolutely.
11:26As of February 2025, the actress has since teamed up with 19 women directors across film and television,
11:32far surpassing her initial target.
11:34This commitment has given us gems like the second season of Big Little Lies,
11:38the Netflix miniseries The Perfect Couple,
11:40and 2024's Baby Girl, which earned her a Golden Globe nomination.
11:45What?
11:46The warehouse automation dream.
11:48That is your question?
11:50Yeah.
11:51Google it.
11:51No, I just wanted to hear from you.
11:53Why?
11:54They say, be the change you wish to see, and Kidman definitely took that advice to heart.
11:59For that, we simply couldn't love her more.
12:01What's your favourite Nicole Kidman moment?
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12:05I can't believe this.
12:07What a day.
12:07I am never coming on this show again.
12:08No, come on, you please.
12:09No, come on.
12:10You gotta, they're feeling it.
12:12This is fantastic.
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