Nicole Kidman, Patron Saint of Thriving After a Divorce

Kidman traveled home to Australia for the holidays and was photographed looking happy, healthy, and healed.

By Lauren Tousignant  |  December 26, 2025 | 12:34pm
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Nicole Kidman, Patron Saint of Thriving After a Divorce

September’s news that Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban were divorcing after 19 years of marriage was one of the more genuinely shocking celebrity breakups of 2025. Did he cheat? Did he want to cheat? Did he suffer a MAGA-induced aneurysm? We don’t really know. What we do know is that Nicole continues to be very, very good at thriving after a divorce.

She debuted a stunning set of revenge bangs in October, appeared on the cover of Vogue‘s November issue, and put on a show on the runway at Vogue World 2025, in which she strutted like a woman who had finally rid herself of a man who plays guitar.

For the holidays, she traveled home to Australia with her daughters, Sunday Rose, 17, and Faith Margaret, 14, in which the paparrazi captured her wearing her natural curls—a universally recognized symbol of inner peace and emotional closure.

“Nicole and the girls are in Australia for Christmas. This is all she wanted after a tumultuous fall,” a source told People. “She just wanted to celebrate Christmas at home. She’s very excited.” Translation: Keith is trash and she is free.

 

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In the Vogue interview, which was conducted before news of their separation went public, Kidman gushed about having spent the summer in London filming Practical Magic 2 and traveling throughout Europe with her kids, her sister, her nieces and nephews, her best friend, her best friend’s kids…basically her entire extended family tree, minus her husband. While reflecting on her 50s, she said, “How many times do you have to be taught that you think you know where your life is going, and then it isn’t?” Sadly, who among us hasn’t at one point or another been emotionally bamboozled by a guy with highlights and a soul patch?

Here’s to us all entering 2026 as happy, healthy, and healed as Kidman.

  • Jennifer Aniston also appears to be thriving. [People]
  • Taylor Swift got to watch the Chiefs lose again. [Page Six]
  • Cardi B had a Labubu Christmas tree. [Pop Crave]
  • Congrats to Jordyn Woods. [Just Jared]
  • Nicki Minaj has deactivated her Instagram. [People]
  • Life continues to appear wonderful for Dua Lipa and Callum Turner. [Pop Crave]

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