Nicole Kidman looked incredible as she walked the red carpet at Cannes to attend the star-studded Women in Motion Presidential Dinner.
The 57-year-old looked incredible in a bright red lace gown that was fitted to her body with a mermaid hem.
The high-neck dress perfectly complemented her figure, and she wore her hair long and straight with a middle parting.
Nicole looked age-defying in the outfit and a minimal makeup look to as she attended the celebrity-filled event.
The dinner was created by the festival to shine a spotlight on women in filmmaking.
The star was just one of the many celebrities at the event, which was attended by Daisy Edgar-Jones, Paul Mescal, Dakota Johnson, Julianne Moore, Patrick Schwarzenegger, and Guillermo del Toro.
While at the dinner, Nicole received the Woman in Motion Award for her advocacy and work championing female directors.
In 2017, Kidman vowed publicly to work with a woman director every 18 months. She has now worked with 27 female directors in the last eight years.
Variety reported that she spoke about this vow during a discussion at the dinner.
‘I was going to make it possible,’ she said. ‘I was at a point where we had a discussion where there was such a disparity in terms of the choice. You’d go, “Could a woman direct this?” And there wasn’t a number of names where you could even consider people. They’d say it was someone’s first time and you didn’t want to risk it.
‘I had to start to say this is how I am doing it. This is what I am doing.
‘We will take the risk and we are going to mentor and support and help and then really protect. Because part of it is protecting and surrounding the women with almost like a forcefield of protection and support so they can do their best work.
‘At the same time, it’s giving them the opportunity where they feel like this isn’t the only chance. A lot of is like, “OK, you get one shot.”‘
The star also spoke about ‘resisiting ageism’ in the industry and understanding that women are capable of second and third acts well into their careers.
Nicole’s ex-husband, Tom Cruise, was also at the festival and recently made a rare comment about Nicole 23 years after revealing the reason for their split.
The couple was married from 1990 until 2001, and they starred together in the Stanley Kubrick 1999 movie Eyes Wide Shut. Just ahead of Cannes, Tom said that he wanted his ex-wife to appear in the film because of her talent.
In an interview with the British Film Institute’s (BFI) Sight and Sound magazine, Cruise said of making the film: ‘I flew out to his (Kubrick’s) house and I landed in his backyard. I read the script the day before and we spent the day taking about it. I knew all of his films.
‘Then it was basically he and I getting to know each other. And when we were doing that, I suggested Nicole play the role (of Alice). Because obviously she’s a great actress.’
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