In September 2025, Nicole Kidman announced her separation from Keith Urban, with whom she had shared her life for over twenty years. A few months later, their divorce was finalized and the actress seemed more enthusiastic than ever about the idea of a new life.
Focused on her projects, Nicole Kidman was recently busy promoting her new series, “Scarpetta,” available since March 11 on Prime Video. In this new show, she portrays a forensic pathologist. To play opposite her, actor Simon Baker slipped into the role of an FBI profiler. A collaboration that Nicole Kidman reportedly wholeheartedly supported. According to the Daily Telegraph, she even begged him to accept the project. It’s worth mentioning that the two actors are very close.
“As a matter of course”
“We’ve known each other for a very long time, so I’ve always dreamed of doing something important with Simon. So, I begged him to do it with me. He was at a point in his life where he could afford to leave his house and do what he liked, so it was like a matter of course,” she explained in an interview. Simon Baker did indeed separate from his wife, Rebecca Rigg, in 2020 after 29 years of marriage and three children.
So, on March 3, 2026, at the New York premiere of the series, observers were puzzled when Nicole Kidman and Simon Baker posed hand in hand in front of the photographers. But the camaraderie between the two actors is nothing new. Nicole Kidman is actually the godmother of Harry, the youngest son of Simon Baker and Rebecca Rigg. So, is this a long-lasting friendship or the beginning of a romance?
