Nicole Kidman To Receive Honorary César In France

Nicole Kidman will be feted with an Honorary César at the 52nd César Ceremony in Paris in February 2026. She follows in the wake of Jim Carrey (2026) Julia Roberts (2025), Christopher Nolan (2024), David Fincher (2023) Cate Blanchett (2022), Robert Redford (2019) and George Clooney (2017). The Australian actress has worked with a number of directors who the French hold dear including Stanley Kubrick, Jane Campion, Lars von Trier, Baz Luhrmann, and Yorgos Lanthimos, among many others. After breaking out internationally with Dead Calm, she went onto win acclaim for performances in films such as Moulin Rouge!, Eyes Wide Shut, The Others, and Dogville. Her portrayal of Virginia Woolf in The Hours earned her the Academy Award for Best Actress in 2003. Watch on Deadline More recently, she received the Volpi Cup for Best Actress at the 2024 Venice Film Festival for her role in Babygirl. Also active as a producer, Nicole Kidman co-founded Blossom Films, the production company behind series such as Big Little Lies, The Undoing, and Nine Perfect Strangers, projects in which she also starred. Kidman has also won acclaim on the stage with her performances in London in The Blue Room and Photograph 51. Her previous career recognitions include a Companion of the Order of Australia in 2006; the Cannes Film Festival’s 70th Anniversary Award in 2017, and the AFI Life Achievement Award in 2024, as the first Australian to receive the honor. The 52nd César Awards, overseen by France’s Académie des Arts et Techniques du Cinéma with the support of payTV giant Canal+, will take place in the Olympia Theater in Paris on February 25, 2027.