Nicole Kidman Wows at the 49th AFI Life Achievement Gala

Nicole Kidman looked regal as ever at the 49th AFI Life Achievement Award Gala at Hollywood’s Dolby Theatre, where she is the 2024 recipient of the prestigious award.

The Oscar winner, 46, stepped out for the annual event by the American Film Institute on Saturday, April 27 with her husband Keith Urban and their daughters Sunday, 15, and Faith, 13.

And she looked every inch the Hollywood icon on the night, wearing a glamorous custom Balenciaga look from the Fall ’24 collection. The fitted gown was embroidered with gold sequins and featured a long train. Kidman teamed the showstopper look with black pumps, also from Balenciaga.

Her long, strawberry blonde hair was styled in a side part with loose waves framing her face and she opted for elegant glam, with a gentle smokey eye, rose blush and a soft pink lip.

Ahead of the Gala, Kidman shared a throwback video of her first acting role at age 14 in celebration of receiving the Lifetime Achievement Award. On Tuesday, April 23, the star posted a video montage of her role as Helen in Bush Christmas in 1983.

“This 14-year-old girl could have never predicted all the talented people she would get to work with and the many different characters she would get to play 😱. So excited to celebrate with so many friends and peers on Saturday with the @AmericanFilmInstitute xx,” she wrote in the caption.

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Meryl Streep, Morgan Freeman, Naomi Watts and Reese Witherspoon — all former costars of Kidman’s — are set to be presenters at the gala. 

Streep, who is also an AFI Life Achievement Award winner, and Witherspoon both worked with Kidman on HBO’s Emmy Award-winning series Big Little Lies. Witherspoon and Kidman also both served as executive producers. Watts and Kidman have a years-long friendship and appeared together in the 1991 romantic drama Flirting. Freeman and Kidman both starred in the 2023 Paramount series Special Ops: Lioness.