Nicole Kidman will receive the honorary César for her overall contribution at the 52nd ceremony of France’s film awards, on 25 February 2027 at the historic Olympia theatre in Paris.
The award was announced jointly by the French Academy of Cinema Arts and Techniques (Académie des Arts et Techniques du Cinéma) and television network Canal+. They said they were honouring “an actress and producer who has never allowed her status as a star to dictate her artistic choices”.
Kidman follows Jim Carrey (2026), Julia Roberts (2025), Christopher Nolan (2024), David Fincher (2023), Cate Blanchett (2022), Robert Redford (2019) and George Clooney (2017) as a recipient of the distinction.
Over the course of her award-winning career, she has worked with acclaimed filmmakers, including Stanley Kubrick on “Eyes Wide Shut” (1999), Jane Campion on “The Portrait of a Lady” (1996), Lars von Trier on “Dogville” (2003) and Baz Luhrmann on “Moulin Rouge” (2001).
Accolades
From her international debut in “Dead Calm” (1989) to her performance in “The Others” (2001), she has repeatedly earned praise from critics.
In 2003, she won the Academy Award for Best Actress for her portrayal of Virginia Woolf in Stephen Daldry’s “The Hours”. She has received five Oscar nominations in total.
In 2024, she received the Volpi Cup for Best Actress at the Venice Film Festival for her performance in Halina Reijn’s film “Babygirl”, according to Deadline.
Kidman is also active in production. She co-founded Blossom Films, which is behind successful series including “Big Little Lies”, “The Undoing” and “Nine Perfect Strangers”, in which she starred. She has also earned acclaim for her theatre appearances in London’s West End in “The Blue Room” and “Photograph 51”.
Since 2006, she has served as a United Nations goodwill ambassador for women. She has also helped raise millions of dollars for women’s cancer programmes at Stanford University and the Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center, among other institutions, according to Variety.
Source: CNA
