Nicole Kidman cut her Venice Film Festival appearance short on Saturday after learning that her mother Janelle an Kidman had died baby girl director helina rain announced the big Little Liza lum's departure from the event while accepting a Best Actress award on her behalf for their movie Saturday her video deadline posted on X Nicole shared in the written statement that she had made it to Venice but was made aware shortly after that her beautiful and brave mother Janelle an Kidman has just passed I'm in shock and I have to go to my family but this award is for her the Mulan Rouge Star ad she shaped me she guided me and she made me I am beyond grateful that I get to say her name to all of you through helina the Collision of life and art is heartbreaking and my heart is broken a representative for Nicole also confirmed the death of the Oscar Winner's mom to page six telling the family is heartbroken and asks for privacy at this time no other details surrounding Janelle's death have been revealed at this time she was 84 years old Nicole and her mother reportedly had a close relationship that included bonding over the movie stars acting gigs and fashion in November 2023 the Bewitched star told people that Janelle still played a role in many of her outfit choices I grew up as a little girl with a grandmother that loved fashion and could sew in my mother the same they loved beautiful clothes they could make beautiful clothes she told the outlet at the time I watched them sew embroider and knit crochet and I think when you grow up seeing the people in your household do that then you love that the family a fair star concluded and my mother is still she's so involved in what I wear