Stars turn out as Kidman get life achievement gong

Nicole Kidman has said "it is simply a privilege to marque films" aft being honoured with an American Film Institute (AFI) Life Achievement Award.

Kidman, 56, is the archetypal Australian histrion to beryllium fixed the highest honour bestowed by the organisation.

The Moulin Rouge histrion was presented with the prestigious grant by Meryl Streep successful Hollywood.

Other stars successful attendance included her husband, vocalist Keith Urban, and Big Little Lies co-star Reese Witherspoon.

Accepting the grant successful a floor-length shimmering golden Balenciaga gown, Kidman thanked each the directors she has worked with.

"It is simply a privilege to marque films. And glorious to person made films and tv with these storytellers who allowed maine to tally chaotic and beryllium escaped and play each of these unconventional women," she said.

"Thank you for making maine amended astatine my trade and giving maine a place, nevertheless temporary, successful this world."

During the ceremony, Kidman teared up arsenic her hubby said she showed him "what emotion successful enactment truly looks like" erstwhile his substance maltreatment problems emerged soon aft they joined successful 2006.

"Four months into our marriage, I'm successful rehab for 3 months," Urban said addressing Kidman and their 2 teenage daughters, who joined her connected the reddish carpet for the archetypal time.

"Nic pushed done each antagonistic voice, I'm definite adjacent immoderate of her own, and she chose love. And present we are 18 years later."

Australian actors Russell Crowe, Hugh Jackman and Cate Blanchett besides gave video tributes to the archetypal histrion from their state to triumph the award.

Previous winners of the award, which the AFI calls the "highest honour successful American cinema", see Streep, Julie Andrews, Denzel Washington, Robert De Niro, Martin Scorsese and Steven Spielberg.

Kidman made her Hollywood breakthrough alongside Tom Cruise successful 1990's Days Of Thunder - marrying him successful the aforesaid year.

She divorced him successful 2001, but her stardom lone grew aft this.

She received her archetypal Oscar information for Moulin Rouge successful 2001, earlier going connected to triumph the champion histrion Oscar for The Hours successful 2003.