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Nicole Kidman talks 'miracle' daughter in unearthed interview about family life

The Oscar-winning actress shares daughters Sunday and Faith with husband Keith Urban in addition to her grown kids with ex Tom Cruise


Nicole Kidman and husband Keith Urban arrive to the Los Angeles premiere of "The Northman"
Ahad Sanwari
Ahad Sanwari - New York
Senior WriterNew York
On 24 April 2023
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Nicole Kidman has long been open about her struggles to conceive children when she was younger.

The actress, now 55, suffered from an ectopic pregnancy and a miscarriage when she was married to ex Tom Cruise from 1990-2001, resulting in them adopting daughter Bella and son Connor.

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However, once she met musician Keith Urban in 2005 and wed the following year, the feelings of angst returned and she admitted to giving up on having biological children.

That all changed when she discovered she was pregnant in 2007 at the age of 40, eventually giving birth to their first daughter, Sunday, the following year.

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Speaking with the British division of You magazine in 2019, Nicole relived the joy of welcoming her child, emotionally deeming it "a miracle."

She continued: "I was like, 'Your only job, Keith, is to get me the epidural if I scream for it.' And I screamed for it. I was doing OK and then I went, 'Oh boy!'"

Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman at the Annual American Cinematheque Moving Picture Ball© Getty Images
Tom and Nicole were married from 1990 to 2001, during which they adopted two children

In 2010, they welcomed their second daughter, Faith, via gestational surrogacy and now divide their private time between their family homes in Australia and Nashville.

The Moulin Rouge star is determined to continue to destigmatize the conversation surrounding miscarriage and the struggle with natural conception alive, though.

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She further elaborated to the outlet that it was important for women to keep talking about it "so that then they're not full of shame. I do believe we help carve paths that bring us together and you go, 'Oh, OK, you're going through this, too. There is hope.'"

While Sunday and Faith lead a life away from the spotlight unlike their famous parents, they will make their opinions known about the work their parents do, whether good or bad.

Nicole Kidman with daughters Sunday and Faith filming "The Undoing"© Getty Images
The actress gave birth to Sunday and welcomed Faith via surrogacy

In an interview with Page Six in 2021, Nicole deemed her daughters to be her "hardest critics," saying that they weren't particularly keen on watching her movies.

At a screening of Being the Ricardos, she said of the two: "I'm like, 'You wanna come watch it?' And they're like, 'No.'"

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