Nicole Kidman’s AFI Lifetime Achievement Award Gala Gown & Extra

Nicole Kidman has gained an Oscar, two Primetime Emmy Awards, six Golden Globe Awards, a Display screen Actors Guild Award and a BAFTA Award, however she’s not bragging.

“I’d suppose that I’m simply getting began, however that’s not true, let’s simply hope I’m within the center. I’ve received my fingers crossed,” stated Kidman when she accepted the 2024 AFI Life Achievement Award at a star-studded gala on Saturday on the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles, the place she was honored for her affect on the movie trade.

Her first position was at 14 years previous within the Australian movie “Bush Christmas.”

Kidman described the occupation of appearing as a “nomad’s life” throughout her acceptance speech, highlighting how a few of the transient relationships that include the profession might be enduring. “Some individuals whom you get to know change into your mates, or they change into allies or change into your supporters or greatest champions,” she added in a room crammed with colleagues, collaborators, companions and household.

Tributes all through the evening got here from former co-stars Reese Witherspoon, Zac Efron, Miles Teller, Zoe Saldana and Mike Myers — who appeared in a masks and gown a la “Eyes Broad Shut.”

Kidman was showered with extra reward from Naomi Watts, her longtime buddy and fellow Aussie whom she recalled sharing cabs with on auditions; Morgan Freeman, who parodied Kidman’s viral AMC Theatres business onstage to an uproarious crowd; and her husband Keith City, who sat alongside their daughters Sunday Rose and Religion Margaret. Meryl Streep, whom Kidman referred to as her “guiding gentle,” offered her with the award.

Greater than 40 years later, and an Academy Award alongside the way in which for “The Hours,” Kidman stays influential within the movie trade and a muse to the style group.

For her milestone second, the AFI honoree selected Balenciaga for the ceremony’s look — a gold robe with a glowing end. Final yr she was named because the model’s latest ambassador.

Omega discovered a gilded companion for the costume — a customized 26 mm De Ville Mini Trésor watch in its proprietary Moonshine Gold. She’s been an envoy for the watchmaker since 2005.

Chatting with WWD, Omega CEO and president Raynald Aeschlimann mirrored on their longstanding relationship.

“As a model like Omega, we’re so common, you’re going to have a number of individuals which are at this type of extraordinarily excessive stage, an actress, profitable all of the awards, however on the similar time, near the center of all individuals due to the values,” he stated, including that her performances in “Moulin Rouge” and “Large Little Lies” are amongst his favorites. “And that’s why it’s all the time unimaginable to suppose that that is an achievement, a lifetime achievement, that’s one thing that not many get. And in order that’s precisely the identical motive she’s a really, very large inspiration for all of us.”

Kidman (and George Clooney) have carte blanche entry to Omega’s archives, in keeping with the model. It’s a uncommon privilege for Omega’s lineup of icons throughout leisure and sports activities.

“After we search for ambassadors, we search for individuals that aren’t simply round at some point, one yr or two years — the largest of the largest folks that have a whole lot of character, dedication and devotion to their occupation and produce lots to us. Due to this continuity in our values, it’s fairly uncommon to search out individuals like her or like George Clooney, who’ve been so a few years doing their job in a superb approach. And what we’re doing tonight is celebrating the excellence of our job. And that’s why we like being related to some individuals like that as a result of they’re our heroes.”