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Published 07:45 26 Jun 2026 GMT
Nicole Kidman filing for divorce from Keith Urban after 19 years of marriage sent the internet into meltdown in September 2025.
But once the shock settled, one question kept coming up: given that Kidman is one of the wealthiest actresses on the planet, what on earth does the settlement actually look like? And what is this so-called cocaine clause that everyone keeps talking about?
Here is everything you need to know.
Nicole Kidman's net worth is $250 million, according to Celebrity Net Worth.
That figure makes her one of the richest actresses in the world, and it has been built over more than four decades through film, television, production work, and brand deals.
She has earned more than $350 million from acting alone over the course of her career, not including what she makes as a producer or through endorsements.
To put that in perspective: in 2024, Forbes named Kidman the highest-paid actress in Hollywood, after she earned an estimated $31 million in a single year.
That is not a one-off. She appeared on the Forbes highest-paid list in 2006, 2018, and 2019 as well.
During their marriage, Kidman and Urban had a combined net worth of around $325 million, alongside a joint property portfolio estimated at $282 million across the US, Australia, and beyond.
That empire is now being divided following their divorce settlement, finalised in January 2026.
Nicole Kidman is significantly richer than Keith Urban.
Kidman's $250 million net worth is more than three times Urban's estimated $75 million.
It was always going to be this way.
Kidman has been one of the highest-paid performers in Hollywood for the best part of 30 years, while Urban, despite being a hugely successful country music artist in his own right, operates in a different financial league entirely.
That gap is precisely why the prenuptial agreement they signed before their 2006 wedding matters so much, and why the financial terms of their divorce have attracted so much attention.
As we've previously reported, the cocaine clause in their prenup could change that picture significantly.
Kidman started acting in Australian television and film as a teenager in the early 1980s.
Her international breakthrough came with the 1989 thriller Dead Calm, which caught the attention of Hollywood and led directly to her being cast alongside Tom Cruise in Days of Thunder in 1990.
Through the 1990s she built an impressive resume across studio films: Batman Forever, Eyes Wide Shut, Moulin Rouge!.
Then in 2002 she won the Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance as Virginia Woolf in The Hours, and at that point her earning power shifted to a completely different level.
She was named the highest-paid actress in Hollywood in 2006 and at one point received a reported $12 million for a single three-minute television commercial.
In more recent years she has made a hugely successful move into prestige television.
During season one of HBO's Big Little Lies she earned between $250,000 and $350,000 per episode.
By season two that had risen to $1 million per episode, plus her producer fees through Blossom Films, the production company she co-founded in 2010.
She also received a reported $10 million to star in Netflix's The Prom and $1 million per episode for HBO's The Undoing.
Her current and upcoming projects include Scarpetta, Margo's Got Money Troubles, and Practical Magic 2. Her earning power shows no sign of slowing.
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Of everything that emerged from this divorce, nothing got more attention than the so-called cocaine clause.
According to multiple reports, the prenuptial agreement Kidman and Urban signed before their 2006 wedding contained a sobriety clause.
Under that clause, Urban was to receive between $600,000 and $900,000 for every year of marriage in which he stayed sober, specifically abstaining from alcohol, cocaine, and other drugs.
Urban has spoken openly about his history with addiction.
Just months after the couple married, Kidman staged an intervention that led the singer to enter a rehabilitation facility for three months.
He later described that as a turning point in his life.
"Everything was just designed to fuse us together," Urban told Oprah Winfrey in 2010.
"Nic has taught me so much and opened my eyes in so many ways."
He has reportedly remained sober since 2006.
If the cocaine clause holds across the full 19 years of the marriage, legal analysts calculate that Urban could be entitled to somewhere between $11 million and $17 million from that clause alone.
Family law specialists say sobriety clauses of this kind are generally enforceable, particularly when both parties had proper legal representation at the time of signing.
At this level of wealth and celebrity, they almost certainly did.
Since the divorce was announced, Kidman has hinted she feels emotionally broken by the split, though she has declined to address the prenup or the cocaine clause directly in any public interview.
Based on what is publicly known from the court filings: no ongoing payments either way. Both Kidman and Urban waived alimony entirely.
Child support for their daughters Sunday Rose and Faith Margaret was set at zero, though court documents state that Urban had 'already prepaid all child support obligations' as part of the broader financial settlement.
Whether Kidman paid out the cocaine clause as a lump sum, and how the $282 million property portfolio was divided, has not been made public.
The specific financial terms of the prenuptial agreement were not disclosed in the filings.
"I'm staying in a place of 'We are a family,' and that's what we'll continue to be," Kidman told Rolling Stone in March 2026.
"My beautiful girls, my darlings, who are suddenly women."
Kidman filed for divorce on 30 September 2025, citing irreconcilable differences.
The settlement was finalised on 6 January 2026, less than four months after filing.
Legal commentators noted that speed as remarkable given the scale of assets involved, suggesting both parties had broadly agreed terms before the papers were even submitted.
The key confirmed terms from Nashville court documents were as follows.
No alimony. Both parties waived spousal support in full.
No ongoing child support. Set at $0, with Urban having prepaid his obligations as part of the settlement.
Custody split. Kidman is the primary residential parent for Sunday Rose, 17, and Faith Margaret, 15.
She has the girls for 306 days of the year. Urban has 59 days, structured as every other weekend from 10am Saturday to 6pm Sunday, plus alternating major holidays.
Non-disparagement clause. Both parties 'will not speak badly of each other or the members of the family of the other parent' and 'will encourage each child to continue to love the other parent.'
Neither has given a detailed public explanation.
The legal filing cited irreconcilable differences, and both have kept the specifics private.
Reports suggest several factors contributed.
Urban reportedly had a furious reaction to questions about Kidman's on-screen sex scenes with Zac Efron in her Netflix film A Family Affair, with sources saying the intimacy in the marriage had been fading for some time.
The couple had been living largely separate lives in the year before the filing, with Urban on tour for extended periods and Kidman based in London for filming commitments.
The death of Kidman's mother, Janelle Kidman, in late 2024 is understood to have been an especially difficult period.
Their final public appearance together came at a FIFA Club World Cup match in June 2025. The divorce filing followed three months later.
In the immediate aftermath, Urban broke his silence and addressed growing rumors, while fellow Australian actress Isla Fisher said she was 'really, really shocked' by the news.
Even Tom Cruise reportedly weighed in, with sources claiming he saw the split as 'karma.'
Despite all of it, both have remained publicly civil.
Urban wished Kidman a happy birthday on Instagram on 20 June 2026.
The following day she posted a Father's Day tribute including a photo of Urban carrying their daughters, captioned: "Happy Father's Day to all the fathers."
Over nearly two decades of marriage the couple assembled a global property portfolio estimated at around $282 million, spanning four countries.
Their confirmed holdings included a 12,000 sq ft mansion in Nashville, Tennessee, purchased for $3.5 million in 2008 and used as their primary US base.
In the same year they bought a $5 million home in Beverly Hills and a 111-acre farm in Bunya Hill, Australia, for $4.1 million.
In Sydney they picked up a penthouse in 2009 for $4.2 million, then bought the neighbouring unit three years later for $4.85 million and merged them into a single full-floor penthouse.
They also reportedly owned a duplex penthouse in Chelsea, New York City.
Kidman is understood to have kept the Los Angeles and Sydney properties as part of the settlement. The rest of the portfolio division has not been made public.
The financial terms of Kidman's divorce from Tom Cruise, finalised in 2001 after 11 years of marriage, have never been publicly disclosed.
No court documents confirming a settlement figure have been released.
What is known is that Cruise had a net worth of several hundred million dollars at that point in his career, and that the couple had adopted two children together, Isabella and Connor, who remained primarily with Cruise after the split.
Cruise has since spoken warmly about Kidman and their time working together, even if their marriage ended in difficult circumstances.
What Kidman herself remembers about the divorce was captured in a moment that went viral all over again when the Urban split was announced.
In a 2001 appearance on the Late Show with David Letterman, just months after the Cruise divorce was finalised, she was asked how she was doing.
After a pause, she replied with a sly grin: "Well, I can wear heels now."
The audience erupted. The clip, which resurfaced on TikTok and X in October 2025, felt just as sharp 24 years later.
Cruise's net worth currently stands at an estimated $600 million.
Whether Kidman received any substantial settlement from their divorce, and if so how much, has never been confirmed.
What is Nicole Kidman's net worth in 2026?
Nicole Kidman's net worth is estimated at $250 million, according to Celebrity Net Worth. She has earned more than $350 million from acting alone and was named the highest-paid actress in Hollywood by Forbes in 2024.
What is the cocaine clause in the Kidman and Urban prenup?
A clause in their 2006 prenuptial agreement reportedly awarded Urban between $600,000 and $900,000 for every year he remained sober, abstaining from alcohol, cocaine, and other drugs. After 19 years of reported sobriety, that could be worth between $11 million and $17 million.
How much did Keith Urban get in the divorce?
The exact financial terms have not been made public. Neither party pays alimony. Urban prepaid his child support as part of the broader settlement. Any cocaine clause payout has not been confirmed.
When did Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban divorce?
Kidman filed on 30 September 2025. The settlement was finalised on 6 January 2026.
Who has custody of Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban's children?
Kidman is the primary residential parent for their daughters Sunday Rose and Faith Margaret, with the girls for 306 days of the year. Urban has them every other weekend, totalling 59 days a year.
What is Keith Urban's net worth?
Keith Urban's net worth is estimated at $75 million, built through his country music career including album sales, touring, and his long-running role as a judge on American Idol.
How much money did Tom Cruise give Nicole Kidman in their divorce?
The financial terms of their 2001 divorce have never been publicly disclosed. No settlement figure has been confirmed.
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