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Nicole Kidman Reveals How 2003 Oscar Win Changed Her Life
Nicole Kidman had one most life-changing hours of her life.
In fact, the Oscar winner remembered exactly how picking up the coveted statue at the 2003 Oscars for her role as Virginia Woolf in 2002’s The Hours changed the trajectory of her career.
“There was Moulin Rouge, The Hours, The Others,” Nicole exclusively shared with Zuri Hall during Live From E!: Oscars 2026 March 15, “and it all sort of came in the same time period.”
The 58-year-old—who looked stunning in a feathered Chanel gown and is set to present at the Conan O’Brien-hosted ceremony at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood—added, “It was overwhelming at the time, but it was incredibly exciting as well.” (For every star on the Oscars 2026 red carpet, see here.)
Since her big win for Best Actress in a Leading Role, Nicole—who finalized her divorce from Keith Urban in January, with whom she shares daughters Sunday Rose, 17, and Faith Margaret, 14—has been candid about how difficult her life was at the time she earned the award. Especially as it came two years after her divorce from Tom Cruise, with whom she shares children Isabella Cruise, 32, and Connor Cruise, 30.
“When I won the Oscar, I went home and I didn’t have [love] in my life,” she said in 2014, per Vanity Fair. "That was the most intensely lonely experience in my life.”
“Strangely for me, the greatest highs have coincided with the greatest lows,” Nicole continued. “So [during] my professional highs a lot of times I’ve had personal lows and they’ve collided.”
She admitted at the time, “That’s always aggravated me that it’s gone that way.”
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And her post-winning celebrations were also tinged with sadness.
"I need a new life. Please," she recalled thinking on The Jess Cagle Show in 2024. "I'm sitting here and I don't have anyone, as I say, to jump on the bed with. There's certain times when you just go, 'I need to jump on the bed.'"
She added, "I want to order French fries and a burger and celebrate this with my lover and I don't have one."
For more stars on the red carpet at the 2026 Academy Awards, keep reading.
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Demi Moore
in custom Gucci.
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Zoe Saldana
in Saint Laurent.
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Odessa A'zion
in Valentino.
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Wagner Moura
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Rei Ami
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EJAE
in custom Dior.
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Kelly Ripa & Mark Consuelos
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Audrey Nuna
in custom Thom Browne.
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Jessie Buckley
in custom Chanel.
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Kieran Culkin
in Paul Smith.
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May Hong
in archive Roberto Cavalli.
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Miles Caton
in Amiri.
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Heidi Klum
in Chrome Hearts .
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Chase Infiniti
in custom Louis Vuitton and De Beers jewelry.
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Renate Reinsve
in custom Louis Vuitton and Giuseppe Zanotti shoes.
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Felicity Jones
in Prada.
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Hudson Williams
in custom Balenciaga and Bvlgari jewelry.
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McKenna Grace
in Vera Wang and Smiling Rocks jewelry.
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Shaboozey
in Campillo, Christian Louboutin shoes and Mikimoto jewelry.
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Arden Cho
in Miss Sohee and Christian Louboutin shoes.
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Alicia Silverstone
in Christian Siriano.
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Chase Stokes
in Dunhill.
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Jacob Elordi
in Bottega Veneta.
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Paul Mescal
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Leonardo DiCaprio
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Anne Hathaway
in Valentino and Bvlgari jewelry.
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Elle Fanning
in custom Givenchy by Sarah Burton and Cartier jewelry.
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Mia Goth
in custom Dior.
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Ed Harris & Amy Madigan
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Mikey Madison
Watch the Oscars 2026 Sunday, March 15, at 7 p.m. ET/4 p.m. PT on ABC and streaming on Hulu.
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