Nicole Kidman name "Hōkūlani". The inspiration for the name came from a baby elephant born around the same time at the Honolulu Zoo, but the name is also a commonly used Hawaiian name for girls, Hokulani meaning "Heavenly Star". At the time of Kidman's birth, her father was a graduate student at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa. He became a visiting fellow at the National Institute of Mental Health of the United States. Opposed to the war in Vietnam, Kidman's parents participated in anti-war protests while living in Washington, D.C. The family returned to Australia when Kidman was four and her
Nicole Kidman the festival, the science-fiction romantic comedy "How to Talk to Girls at Parties", reuniting her with director John Cameron Mitchell, and the psychological thriller "The Killing of a Sacred Deer", directed by Yorgos Lanthimos, which also competed for the Palme d'Or. Also in 2017, Kidman played supporting roles in the television series "" and in the comedy-drama "The Upside", a remake of the 2011 French comedy "The Intouchables", starring Bryan Cranston and Kevin Hart. Kidman starred in two 2018 dramas, the crime thriller "Destroyer" and the coming-of-age drama "Boy Erased". In the former, she played a detective troubled by a