Nicole Kidman about her mother`s influence
The 42-year-old actress won two prizes at the InStyle Women of Style Awards in Sydney last night. She was unable to attend the ceremony as she is filming new movie Just Go With It in Hawaii, and sent her mother Janelle and sister Antonia to collect the award on her behalf.
When the women were onstage, ceremony organisers played a video acceptance speech Nicole had made before the event, in which she paid tribute to the "amazing" influence of the two women.
"I grew up in a family of women who are very strong and wonderfully opinionated," Nicole said, while blowing kisses to Janelle and Antonia. "My mother was such a huge influence on me, and my education.
"She encouraged me to have a voice and ultimately to give back, so to then be recognised for that makes me very, very proud. It`s something I want to continue doing."
Nicole said she was enjoying her own role as a mother, after giving birth to daughter Sunday Rose in 2008. She said she was proud to have worked so hard her whole life because it means she can have time off to watch her daughter grow up.
"Right now I`m very much in a place of nurturing: I love my family, I love being able to take care of my family and I`ve worked hard so that I can do that," Nicole said.
Sunday Rose is Nicole`s daughter with her country singer husband Keith Urban.
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