Kidman Recalls Profound Loneliness After 2003 Oscar Win

Nicole Kidman has revisited the night she won her first Academy Award, describing a profound sense of loneliness that contrasted with the highest professional honor of her career. Speaking on the Therapuss podcast hosted by Jake Shane, in an episode that aired Thursday, September 10, the actress said she felt isolated despite her parents being present when she won Best Actress for portraying Virginia Woolf in The Hours at the 75th Academy Awards on March 23, 2003. I had the pinnacle of my success, and I went home and was so lonely, Kidman said, according to remarks quoted across multiple reports. She recalled asking herself, Wheres my partner, someone that I can share this with? The Oscar win came two years after her separation from Tom Cruise, whom she met on the set of Days of Thunder, married on Christmas Eve in 1990, and divorced in 2001 after roughly 11 years of marriage. The couple adopted two children, Isabella and Connor, during their relationship. Kidman described the moment as a turning point.