The Moment
Nineteen years of marriage, one very public divorce, and Nicole Kidman is not here for a midlife collapse.
According to a January 2026 celebrity weekly story, the Oscar winner is “refreshed and optimistic” after finalizing her split from country star Keith Urban earlier this month. An insider says she’s “looking ahead to a busy and exciting year professionally,” with multiple projects stacked up and a whole lot of time slotted for her daughters, Sunday, 17, and Faith, 15.
Meanwhile, Urban is reportedly holed up in Nashville working on a breakup album, with chatter about a serious new romance and even cohabitation. One up-and-coming country singer named in the coverage has already jumped on social media to call the rumors “absolutely RIDICULOUS and untrue.”
In her own New Year’s post, Kidman shared a photo of herself and her girls watching fireworks, captioned, “Looking forward into 2026.” Translation: mom is focused, booked, and not publicly engaging in ex drama.
The Take
I’m going to say the quiet part out loud: Nicole Kidman is living the post-divorce playbook most women over 40 secretly wish they could copy.
Instead of jumping on a talk show couch to cry or vaguely “liking” shady posts, she’s doing two things: working and parenting. It’s less scorched-earth, more soft reboot.
Professionally, this is a flex. She’s got a “Practical Magic” sequel expected in September, a new season of the spy drama “Lioness” with Zoe Saldana, the series “Margo’s Got Money Troubles” with Elle Fanning, and “Scarpetta” opposite Jamie Lee Curtis. On top of that, there’s a third season of her prestige hit “Big Little Lies” on the horizon. That’s not just busy; that’s empire maintenance.
On the personal front, the message coming out of her camp is all about stability: the girls, family time, “things have been calm,” and everyone settling into a routine. If the Urban side of the story is a country song, Nicole’s is a carefully curated mood board: fireworks, daughters, gratitude, forward motion.
The contrast is almost cinematic. Reports have Urban in Nashville working on a breakup album that “might be an uncomfortable retelling of the unravelling of their love story,” plus whispers that he’s serious with a younger country singer. She has publicly denied it, which already makes the rumor feel thin. He’s allegedly in the feelings-and-rumors chapter, while she’s in the calendar-and-call-sheet chapter.
Think of it like a band breakup: one member pours their heart into a raw concept album; the other picks up three new side projects and quietly sells out arenas. Neither is wrong, but only one looks like they slept eight hours and drank water.
To me, the most interesting part isn’t the divorce itself. Marriages end, even ones that looked storybook. It’s that at 58, Kidman clearly refuses to let “someone’s ex-wife” become her new main role. She’s pivoting into something a lot of women in their 40s, 50s, and 60s will recognize: the I built this life, I’m keeping it era.
Receipts
Confirmed:
- Kidman and Urban, both 58, were married nearly two decades and finalized their divorce earlier this month, after separating over the summer of 2025. Both waived spousal and child support, and Urban reportedly has “every other weekend” with their daughters, according to a January 2026 tabloid report based on court documents.
- An insider quoted in a January 2026 celebrity weekly profile says Kidman is “refreshed and optimistic” and “looking ahead to a busy and exciting year professionally,” while spending “a lot of time with her girls.”
- Kidman is attached to multiple projects: a “Practical Magic” sequel scheduled for release around September 2026; a new season of “Lioness”; TV projects “Margo’s Got Money Troubles” and “Scarpetta”; and a third season of “Big Little Lies,” according to production announcements and recent trade coverage.
- In a New Year’s social media post featuring herself with her daughters watching fireworks, Kidman wrote “Looking forward into 2026.”
- Urban and Kidman had reportedly been living apart since early summer 2025 before the divorce was finalized.
Unverified / Disputed:
- Rumors that Urban has “moved in” with a new love interest and that this is why the teen daughters are “publicly supporting Mom” come from unnamed sources quoted in a recent tabloid piece. These claims have not been confirmed by either Urban or Kidman.
- Reports that Urban is “serious” with 26-year-old country singer Karley Scott Collins remain unproven. Collins responded on social media, posting a screenshot of a headline linking her to Urban and writing, “Y’all, this is absolutely RIDICULOUS and untrue,” firmly denying the relationship.
- Speculation that Urban’s reported breakup album will be an “uncomfortable retelling” of his marriage is just that: speculation, based on secondhand quotes about his Nashville recording sessions.
Sources: January 2026 celebrity tabloid and weekly-magazine coverage of Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban’s divorce and post-split projects; January 2026 social media posts by Nicole Kidman and Karley Scott Collins.
Backstory (For Casual Readers)
If you only check in on Nicole and Keith when awards season rolls around, here’s the quick rewind. Nicole Kidman, the Australian-born Oscar-winning actress (“The Hours,” “Moulin Rouge!,” “Big Little Lies”), married New Zealand-born country star Keith Urban in 2006. After years of red carpet PDA and carefully shared family moments, they became one of Hollywood’s more durable-seeming couples. They have two daughters together, Sunday and Faith, and spent much of their marriage ping-ponging between Nashville, the U.S. coasts, and Australia for work.
In summer 2025, reports surfaced that the two were living apart. Sources later said their relationship had simply “run its course,” although one insider claimed Kidman “did not want the separation and was trying to save things.” The split was finalized in early 2026 with no spousal or child support exchanged, a sign they’d largely agreed on money and custody behind the scenes.
What’s Next
For Kidman, the roadmap looks clear: keep working at the top of the A-list and keep her home base steady for the kids. The “Practical Magic” sequel will likely be the big nostalgic swing of the year-expect every woman who owned a velvet choker in 1998 to be there opening weekend. The return of “Big Little Lies” will put her right back in the center of prestige TV discourse, alongside an already full slate of buzzy series.
Personally, don’t be surprised if she stays mostly quiet about the divorce itself. She has never been a tell-all memoir type, and her current messaging, gratitude, and work suggest she’s not interested in feeding the gossip machine. If we get any heart-spilling, it may show up in the roles she picks more than in interviews.
Urban’s lane is murkier. If the Nashville breakup album talk is accurate, we’ll eventually hear his version of the story in lyrics instead of quotes. That could reignite interest in the split or, if handled carefully, win him sympathy from fans who’ve watched his struggles and comebacks over the years. Any actual new relationship he has will likely become public when he’s ready to walk a red carpet with someone new-until then, the smarter move for everyone is to take anonymous “they moved in together” claims with a big grain of salt.
The real through line in all of this? At nearly 60, Kidman is modeling a version of post-divorce life that doesn’t revolve around revenge bodies, messy public feuds, or dating announcements. She’s showing that sometimes the chicest response to heartbreak is… a color-coded Google calendar.
Your turn: When a long-term celebrity marriage ends, do you prefer stars keep it classy and quiet like Nicole seems to be doing, or do you think fans deserve more of the raw, messy truth?
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