Jamie Lee Curtis Shares Heartfelt Messsage To Nicole Kidman At PSIFF

PALM SPRINGS, CA — Actress Jamie Lee Curtis spent five hours in Southern California traffic to support her friend and co-star Nicole Kidman at Friday's Palm Springs International Film Festival awards ceremony. She laughed off her wild journey in a crowd packed with their peers.

"I managed to pull off the red carpet and awards evening in a turnaround jump shot of a trip of five hours in a car to Palm Springs," Curtis wrote on Facebook. Curtis was tasked with presenting an award to Kidman, her "television sister and friend," she wrote in a Facebook post.

And pull it off, she did. In Curtis's hilarious but heartfelt introduction, she owned the room inside the Palm Springs Convention Center.

"How does one become the most successful and popular star in the global, cinematic, broadcast, and digital universe?" she asked the audience.

She dished what she believes makes Nicole Kidman deserving of the International Star Award, which she received this year at the film festival. She mentioned that Kidman began as a "hardworking actress from Australia" who has hustled her entire career to have a unique ability to "shapeshift" from one character to the next, but that there is a secret to her success.

"All of us are better when we are loved," she quoted a favored book. "Nicole Kidman was loved (by her parents). And is loved by her family of origin, chosen family, and countless colleagues, not to mention her fans who appreciate her great work."

Upon receiving the award, Kidman thanked her friend, who is playing her sister in the series "Scarpetta," her voice full of emotion.

"Thank you for driving all this way on your holiday and coming to give me this award tonight, and thank you for the words and the love. We are playing sisters right now, and this woman is the true meaning of a sister. She has been loyal and devoted and kind and caring and generous to me, and you should all know that," Kidman said. "Love is the center of my life, as she said."

Kidman was recognized at the PSIFF for her performance in the A24 erotic thriller "Babygirl."

Previous recipients of the same award include Michelle Yeoh, selected for her Oscar-winning work in "Everything Everywhere All at Once," as well as Carey Mulligan, Penélope Cruz, Helen Mirren, Saoirse Ronan and Charlize Theron.

Directed by Halina Reijn ("Bodies Bodies Bodies"), "Babygirl" follows a CEO who starts an affair with a younger intern. The movie also stars Harris Dickinson, Antonio Banderas, and Sophie Wilde. Kidman has already taken home the Volpi Cup for Best Actress at the Venice International Film Festival, where the film debuted.

"Nicole Kidman once again showcases her unmatched talent for embracing bold and unexpected roles with remarkable ease. In `Babygirl,' she portrays a high-powered CEO whose life begins to unravel as she embarks on a dark, risky affair that threatens to shatter her carefully constructed world," festival chairman Nachhattar Singh Chandi said in a statement. "For this tour de force performance, we are honored to present her with the International Star Award, an accolade that truly embodies Nicole Kidman."

After the ceremony, Curtis shared that she not only presented the award but paused to hear Nicole Kidman's speech.

"I was able to really to listen to Nicole and the grace of her artistry and depth of her personal loss of her mother," Curtis wrote, adding that Kidman's speech was "a moment of deep reality in the midst of a lot of borrowed dresses and gold-digging."

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