Big Little Lies star Nicole Kidman tells us why she’s ‘always going to support female directors’
The Australian actress, who turns 52 on June 20, discusses helping women in the film industry, her love of sports and her delight at the slow-burn success of the returning HBO drama
Australian actress, singer and producer Nicole Kidman turns 52 on June 20.
We speak to the award-winning mother-of-four about working with women, Australia and the success of the 2017 HBO drama series, Big Little Lies, which co-stars Reese Witherspoon and Meryl Streep, and returns for a second series on June 9.
She’s going to keep working with female filmmakers regularly
“Look at the statistics of women in film and see there’s still a gross imbalance,” she says.
“It’s there, there’s no getting away from it. I’m always going to support female directors, I’m not going to go a year, at most two years, without working with a female director, a female filmmaker.
“I want to support women in the industry. We have to support each other. We can’t rest on our laurels, we can’t ever get complacent because it will revert to what it was. So I’m going to keep talking about it, keep pushing, keep promoting women, create opportunity for women.”
It’s not about the money
“[Indie films are] art to me, and art is never about money. It’s instinct, it’s about what and who I’m connecting with at that moment.