Nicole Kidman knows who will be on her arm at the 2026 Met Gala.
“I think it’s the third time I’ve cochaired,” Kidman, 58, said of fashion’s biggest night on the Wednesday, March 11, episode of the “Las Culturistas” podcast. “To do it now, I’m so, so happy — and my daughter Sunday will be coming.”
Kidman shares daughters Sunday, 17, and Faith, 15, with ex-husband Keith Urban, in addition to two older children with ex-husband Tom Cruise.
The Babygirl actress and Urban, 58, separated in September 2025 after two decades of marriage. Us Weekly confirmed in January that Kidman and the country singer had finalized their divorce.
“I’m always going to be moving toward what’s good. What I’m grateful for is my family and keeping them as is and moving forward,” Kidman told Variety earlier this month, addressing her breakup for the first time. “That’s that. Everything else I don’t discuss out of respect. I’m staying in a place of, ‘We are a family,’ and that’s what we’ll continue to be. My beautiful girls, my darlings, who are suddenly women.”
Kidman, who previously cohosted the Met Gala in 2003 and 2005, often attended the Metropolitan Museum of Art benefit in New York City with Urban by her side. She last attended the May 2025 gala solo, however, in a sculptural Balenciaga gown.
For the upcoming Met Gala, Kidman will cochair the event alongside Beyoncé, Venus Williams and Anna Wintour with the “Costume Art” theme.
“It will be transformative for our department, but I also think it’s going to be transformative to fashion more generally — the fact that an art museum like The Met is actually giving a central location to fashion,” museum curator Andrew Bolton told Vogue in November 2025 of the dress code. “[The gala addresses] the centrality of the dressed body in the museum’s vast collection, adding that is what connects every single gallery in the museum is fashion, or the dressed body.”
While Kidman is a Met Gala pro, she’s excited about sharing the experience with her daughter. (The annual fashion fundraiser adopted a strict over-18 policy for all guests in 2018, though Sunday will still be 17 this year. She doesn’t turn 18 until July 7 — two months after the gala.)
“[Sunday] loves fashion. She actually just walked the Dior show,” the actress gushed on Wednesday’s podcast about the teenager’s budding modeling career. “I have nothing to do with it. It’s her own whole world and her relationship [with designer] Jonathan Anderson. It’s incredible.”
Sunday made her runway debut during Miu Miu’s 2025 spring/summer presentation, later booking more gigs on the catwalk and in print ad campaigns for other brands.
“Growing up, I went to my mom’s photo shoots a lot and got to observe, which definitely led to my interest in exploring the modeling world,” the teen told Nylon in August 2025. “Honestly, the first show I had no idea what was happening. I really didn’t know what to expect at all, but the whole team at Miu Miu was so kind and excited to show the collection. Something I do is meditate because — especially before the runway — you definitely don’t want to be in your head too much while you’re walking.”
