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 case for two decades. Peter Debruge of "Variety" found her "unrecognizable" in the role and added that "she disappears into an entirely new skin, rearranging her insides to fit the character’s tough hide." The latter film is based on Garrard Conley's "", and features Russell Crowe and Kidman as socially conservative parents who send their son (played by Lucas Hedges) to a gay conversion program. Richard Lawson of "Vanity Fair" credited all three performers for "elevating the fairly standard-issue material to poignant highs." Kidman played Queen Atlanna, the mother of the title character, in the DC Extended Universe superhero film