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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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Published 16:29 02 Oct 2025 GMT
Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban’s finances are coming into sharper focus following the Australian-American actor's recent divorce filing after nearly 20 years of marriage.
Earlier this week, Kidman filed court papers in Nashville, Tennessee, the city where she and Urban have long been based with their two daughters, Sunday Rose, 17, and Faith Margaret, 14. The filing officially marked the end of one of Hollywood’s longest-running celebrity marriages.
As details of the split surface, one alleged element of the couple’s 2006 prenuptial agreement has resurfaced in headlines. Dubbed the “cocaine clause,” the section reportedly stipulated that Urban (who has publicly discussed past struggles with substance abuse) would receive $600,000 from Kidman for each year of their marriage in which he remained sober.
Keith Urban and Nicole Kidman were once known as one of Hollywood’s longest-running celebrity marriages. Credit: Axelle / Bauer-Griffin / Getty Images.
Over the course of their 19 years together, that clause could have added up to just over a whopping $11 million for Urban.
Kidman, who Forbes named the world’s highest-paid female actor in 2024, has an estimated net worth of around $250 million, according to Celebrity Net Worth. She reportedly earned $31 million last year alone thanks to starring roles in high-profile projects including Lioness, The Perfect Couple, Expats, the rather controversial Babygirl, and A Family Affair.
Urban’s net worth, meanwhile, is estimated at approximately $75 million, much of it from his career as a Grammy-winning singer-songwriter, musician, and composer, along with revenue from touring.
Court filings obtained by E! News reveal the couple’s combined monthly income was listed at $200,000, broken down evenly between the two at $100,000 each. To put that in perspective, their monthly paychecks exceed what many Americans earn in an entire year.
The Child Support Worksheet, which formed part of their custody agreement, also outlined that neither Kidman nor Urban will pay alimony or spousal support to the other. In addition, neither parent is required to provide child support.
Kidman has requested to be named the “primary residential parent” of their daughters. Under the custody plan both parties have agreed to, Sunday and Faith will live with Kidman for 306 days each year and spend 59 days annually with Urban, according to ELLE.
The financial disclosures, along with the custody agreement, shed light on the behind-the-scenes negotiations of one of Hollywood’s most high-profile splits.
Published 15:44 01 Oct 2025 GMT
The news of Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban’s separation has taken fans by surprise.
After nearly two decades together, the couple, who have been married for 19 years, have officially filed for divorce.
This announcement has left many in disbelief, especially given the public nature of their relationship and their history of supporting each other through various challenges.
One aspect of their marriage that has resurfaced in recent days is the couple’s prenuptial agreement.
Reports reveal that the couple included a clause known as the "cocaine clause," which could significantly impact the financial outcome of their split.
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According to The Mirror, the clause stated that for each year Keith Urban remained sober during their marriage, he would receive $600,000 from Nicole. Given that Keith has reportedly stayed sober since 2006, this could amount to a total payout of $11 million.
Keith Urban has been open about his struggles with addiction, particularly in the years before his marriage to Nicole.
In interviews, he has reflected on how Nicole was a pivotal part of his recovery. Urban has spoken about how she initiated an intervention shortly after their wedding, and how that moment marked a turning point in his life.
He credits her with playing a crucial role in his decision to commit to sobriety, a commitment that has lasted since he entered rehab in 2006.
The couple's relationship, despite its challenges, also included many joyful moments. Together, they built a family and welcomed two daughters, Sunday Rose and Faith Margaret.
Their life in Nashville seemed to be one of stability and growth, but recent reports suggest that the couple has been living apart since the summer.
Their last public appearance together was at a soccer game in June, and with divorce proceedings now in motion, both are preparing to move forward with their lives separately.
As the divorce progresses, Keith Urban’s sobriety and the financial terms outlined in their prenuptial agreement could significantly influence the outcome.
Published 12:17 01 Oct 2025 GMT
Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban’s split has stunned fans worldwide.
After nearly two decades together, the Babygirl actress has officially filed for divorce from her husband of 19 years.
Now, fresh details about the couple’s prenuptial agreement have resurfaced, and one little-known clause could mean a massive payout for Urban.
Urban has spoken openly about his past battles with drugs and alcohol, and how Nicole helped pull him out of that dark chapter.
According to reports, the couple agreed to a so-called “cocaine clause” when they married in 2006.
The deal outlined that for every year Keith remained sober during their marriage, he would be entitled to $600,000 from Nicole, News.com.au details.
As the 'Somebody Like You' singer has reportedly stayed sober since entering rehab in 2006, he could walk away with a staggering $11 million from this clause alone.
“That’s the point right there, where she really should’ve just walked,” Keith told Oprah Winfrey in 2010, reflecting on how Nicole staged an intervention just months into their marriage.
“I’m just so glad she didn’t.
"She initiated this intervention, and it was done in such a way that the love in that room at that moment was just right.”
He later told Rolling Stone that he felt “very, very blessed to have Nic call an intervention,” crediting both his wife and his close circle of friends for helping him commit to sobriety.
Urban has acknowledged that he wasn’t in recovery when he and Nicole wed.
“I wasn’t in AA. I didn’t have a sponsor. Meeting Nic and falling in love with Nic… that was my sobriety,” he admitted.
In 2024, while honoring Nicole at her AFI Lifetime Achievement Award ceremony (during which the actress was also honored by her co-star Zac Efron), Keith again reflected on that rocky start:
“Four months into a marriage, and I’m in rehab for three months with no idea what was going to happen to us.
"Nic pushed through every negative voice (even her own) and she chose love. And here we are tonight, 18 years later.
"Her capacity to love is like no one I’ve ever met.”
Urban completed rehab in early 2007, and the couple began building a new life together in Nashville. They went on to welcome two daughters: Sunday Rose in 2008 and Faith Margaret in 2010.
But in recent months, the relationship appears to have fractured.
Reports claim the couple has been living apart since early summer, according to Hello!, and their last public appearance together was at a FIFA Club World Cup game in Los Angeles in June.
With divorce proceedings now underway, Keith Urban’s sobriety (and that unusual prenup clause) could leave him with a multimillion-dollar settlement.
Published 12:37 07 Jan 2026 GMT
Keith Urban and Nicole Kidman have officially ended their 19-year marriage, following their surprise announcement in September. A judge in Nashville, Tennessee, has granted the divorce after reviewing the couple’s settlement on asset division and child custody.
Kidman filed for divorce in the fall, citing “marital difficulties and irreconcilable differences” as the cause. The two have two daughters, Sunday Rose, 17, and Faith Margaret, 15, and Kidman will be the primary residential parent moving forward.
Though the divorce settlement includes a fair distribution of assets and custody arrangements, one aspect that has captured public attention is the so-called "cocaine clause."
Rumors had circulated that the clause was part of the couple’s prenuptial agreement, but it appears that no such provision exists in the finalized divorce documents.
Reports from sources like Radar Online suggested that if Urban had remained sober throughout the marriage, he would have been entitled to a payment of $600,000 for each year of their marriage.
Given the couple’s 19-year marriage, that would mean Urban could have received up to $11.4 million. However, with the divorce now finalized, it remains unclear whether this clause was ever truly part of their prenuptial agreement.
According to Page Six, it’s also uncertain whether Kidman and Urban had a formal prenuptial agreement at all. The details of their financial settlement indicate that both parties agreed to divide their assets, including investments, bank accounts, and personal property, equally.
Urban and Kidman’s relationship began in 2005 when they met in Los Angeles, and they were married in Sydney the following year. Throughout their marriage, the couple often appeared together at red carpet events, with Kidman supporting Urban at music events and Urban accompanying her to the Oscars.
This divorce marks the end of their two-decade relationship, which included a blending of their careers and family lives.
This marriage was Urban’s first, while Kidman had previously been married to Tom Cruise, with whom she shares two older children.
Published 10:25 26 Nov 2025 GMT
Nicole Kidman has hinted that she’s been left emotionally “broken” following her recent divorce from country singer Keith Urban.
The couple, married for 19 years, officially split in September after months of reported separation, with Urban allegedly moving out earlier in the year.
The breakup appeared to catch the Moulin Rouge! star off guard. Kidman, who shares two daughters with Urban, is still adjusting to life without her longtime partner and the stability their marriage once provided.
Beyond the emotional toll, Kidman may also face a significant financial loss. Multiple media reports have resurfaced details about a so-called “cocaine clause” in the couple’s prenuptial agreement.
Urban, who has been open about his past struggles with addiction, reportedly included a clause stating he would earn $900,000 for each year he avoided drugs and alcohol throughout their marriage. After nearly two decades together, that incentive could total a considerable sum, according to the London Evening Standard.
Keith Urban and Nicole Kidman. Credit: Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/Getty Images.
Now, as Kidman promotes her upcoming projects, she has begun speaking publicly about the emotionally turbulent months she’s endured. In a recent interview with Harper’s Bazaar, she appeared to allude directly to the pain of the separation while discussing the realities of getting older.
“There’s something to knowing that no matter how painful, or how difficult, or how devastating something is, there is a way through,” she said. “You’re going to have to feel it. You’re not going to be able to numb it.
“You’re going to feel like you’re broken, but if you move gently and slowly – and it can take an enormous amount of time – it does pass.”
Kidman, 58, filed for divorce on September 30, citing irreconcilable differences. The filing surprised fans who had long viewed the couple as deeply bonded, especially after Kidman supported Urban through an intervention just months after their wedding.
Nicole Kidman with daughters Sunday Rose and Faith Margaret at the Chanel Womenswear Spring/Summer 2026 show. Credit: Stephane Cardinale - Corbis / Getty Images.
Urban has also reflected in past interviews on his journey through addiction and the turning point he reached when he married Kidman.
“All through the years of drinking and doing drugs and all the rest of it, I always had this very specific voice inside of me that goes, ‘One day, you’re gonna come to a crossroads or a fork in the road, and it’ll be the final one,’” he said, via The Boot.
“I knew that was it,” he added, describing the moment he married Kidman. “You’re either gonna choose to get out of this s**t, or you’re never gonna get out of it.”
Despite their split, the two will continue co-parenting their teenage daughters. Court filings indicate Urban will reportedly have custody for just 59 days per year, though both parents have expressed commitment to maintaining stability for their children.
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