Nicole Kidman Opens Up — It’s “Very Frightening” to See Her Teen Daughters Walk Into the Entertainment World, and Here’s Why
Nicole Kidman recently opened up about something deeply personal — the mix of pride and fear she feels watching her daughters begin their journeys in the entertainment industry. In a new interview with Vogue, the Oscar-winning actress spoke candidly about her teenage daughters, Sunday Rose, 17, and Faith Margaret, 14, saying that while it’s exciting to see them follow their dreams, it’s also “very frightening.”
“It’s very frightening for me,” Nicole said with a soft laugh. “But I started working at 14, so I don’t really have a leg to stand on.” The line captures both her humor and honesty — she understands exactly what her girls are walking into, because she lived it herself. She started acting as a young teenager in Australia, long before fame and social media made the spotlight even more intense.
Sunday and Faith, her daughters with country star Keith Urban, are growing up fast — and both are beginning to explore creative careers of their own. Sunday recently walked her first major runway during Paris Fashion Week for Miu Miu, and Faith has shown early interest in music and film. For Kidman, it’s a bittersweet feeling: immense pride mixed with quiet anxiety.
She explained that her biggest concern isn’t about talent or opportunity, but about the emotional weight that comes with fame. “You have to protect your spirit in this industry,” she said. “It’s not just about skill — it’s about surviving all the noise.” She’s seen how criticism and online culture can wear people down, especially young women. Her advice to her daughters has been simple and strong: “Walk away from negativity. Don’t read everything. It will destroy you if you let it.”
Her words come from experience. Nicole has been in the public eye for nearly four decades, with every part of her life — her career, her relationships, even her parenting — examined under a magnifying glass. She wants her daughters to have more balance, more control over their own lives than she did at their age. But she also knows she can’t stop them from chasing their passions.
“I can guide them,” she said. “I can love them. But I can’t live their lives for them.”
Her role now, she explained, is to create a home where they can come back, fall apart, and feel safe when the world outside feels too harsh. That’s something she’s learned through years of ups and downs, and it’s something she wants to pass on to Sunday and Faith.
Nicole’s appearance with her daughters at fashion events and premieres has been more than just a red-carpet moment — it’s been symbolic of this new chapter in her life. She’s not only a world-famous actress but also a mother learning to let go, one small step at a time.
“It’s scary,” she admitted, “but it’s also beautiful. They’re becoming who they’re meant to be.”
Through her vulnerability, Nicole reminded the world that even those who’ve spent a lifetime in the spotlight are still just parents at heart — protective, hopeful, and sometimes terrified, watching their children take their first steps into a world that can be both dazzling and difficult.
