Nicole Kidman hints that a career slump made her jump into producing

She’s the Oscar-winning actress known for starring in critically acclaimed movies like The Hours, Bombshell and Moulin Rouge!

And while Nicole Kidman has landed plenty of great roles since launching her career as a teenager, she hinted this week that this hadn’t always been the case.

‘I went through a huge period of time when I didn’t have good choices,’ the 53-year-old told Australia’s Who magazine.

‘So many actors don’t have choices, and to even have a choice is an extraordinary opportunity,’ she added.

This creative slump prompted Nicole to ‘control [her] fate’ by producing her own show, Big Little Lies, alongside Reese Witherspoon.

‘As an actor you’re always at the mercy of others, directors especially, and sometimes it can be frustrating,’ she said, adding she ‘felt the need to create something from the ground up’.

Nicole won an Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actress for her portrayal of Celeste Wright in HBO’s dark comedy, which ran for two seasons.

The mother of four has since worked on HBO’s six-part thriller The Undoing, which will hit Australian screens on October 26. 

She is now producing and starring in a $100million Hulu TV series called Nine Perfect Strangers, which is being filmed in New South Wales.

Nicole has been living in Byron Bay on-and-off with her husband, Keith Urban, and their two daughters since the show began filming earlier this year.

The family have splashed out on luxury lodgings during their stay, renting out a Spanish-style ‘eco-mansion’ called ‘The Range’ in Coopers Shoot.

She was previously married to actor Tom Cruise from 1990 to 2001.