Nicole Kidman's incredible $20 million milestone after 17 years

While Aussie fans are still patiently waiting for the release of Nicole Kidman's Babygirl, audiences overseas have been able to enjoy the film for a few weeks now. The film is receiving rave reviews and has also done something that hasn't happened for Nicole in some time.

In the erotic thriller, the 57-year-old Aussie actress stars as Romy, a powerful New York executive who's married to a theatre director (Antonio Banderas), but things are not great between the couple. Then along comes Samuel (Harris Dickinson), the company's new intern, who works under Romy and makes his attraction clear. What follows is a forbidden and very steamy relationship between the two.

Babygirl marks major milestone for Nicole Kidman

The movie, which was released on Christmas Day last year in the US, has already earned back its $20 million budget and has been seen as a major success. This is the first time one of Nicole's films has earned over $20 million since 2008's Australia, in which she co-starred with Hugh Jackman.

While she has appeared in movies that have made that kind of money, including Paddington and the Aquaman movies, these were not movies in which she starred as a leading lady.

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Nicole has had a long career in Hollywood and has earned herself five Oscar nominations, winning Best Actress for 2002's The Hours. She has also won two Emmy awards, six Golden Globes and a BAFTA.

Babygirl has presented the opportunity for Nicole to prove once more that she's a star.

Nicole's surprising admission about Babygirl

It comes after Nicole described Babygirl as "emotionally disturbing", adding Big Little Lies was equally as difficult to make.

Speaking with Zendaya for Variety's Actors on Actors, Nicole said she was left with "bruises" all over her body due to the intensity of the scenes. She shared that while she's filming a project like this, her mind obviously knows it's not real, but her body has no idea.

"It's really taxing going through all of those emotions," she said. "So you’re putting yourself through the trauma. On Babygirl, there were parts that are now not in the film that we shot that gave me - it was exhausting, but it was also just emotionally disturbing."

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"The same when I was doing Big Little Lies. That was disturbing to my body and my psyche, because I couldn’t tell what was real and what wasn’t. I would have real bruises all over my back and body."

Speaking about Babygirl and Big Little Lies, she said, "My brain would say, 'Hold on. You’re hurt.' So I’ve done things where they clean my chakras and pray and get out the sage. Honestly, I’ll take whatever so I can step into the next place free, and not scarred or damaged or wounded.

"Which sounds like I’m bats*** crazy, but I'm not. Even just a massage, where suddenly you get a beautiful touch. That's healing, and we have to heal. I’m still learning not to sacrifice my body for the sake of the art, because part of me wants to. Having to value who I am, it's a journey."

Babygirl is set to hit Australian cinemas on January 30.

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