Nicole Kidman has revealed that she struggled with depression in the wake of her divorce from Tom Cruise.
The Australian actress, 54, tied the knot with the Mission Impossible actor in 1990, before the pair ultimately called it quits in 2001.
During their ill-fated union, the pair welcomed two kids; daughter Isabella, 29, and son Connor, 26.
Recalling her state when the pair officially parted ways, Kidman says the divorce hit her hard.
She went on to suffer from depression, especially while playing Virginia Woolf in the 2002 drama The Hours.
Kidman won an Oscar for her portrayal of the author – who died by suicide – in the film, which also starred Meryl Streep and Julianne Moore.
Woolf’s mental health problems while writing Mrs. Dalloway and her death were both shown on screen, with Kidman admitting that she became an "open vessel" for the writer's struggles after insisting on filming the suicide scene without the use of a stunt double.
Appearing on BBC Radio 4's This Cultural Life, Kidman said: "I don't know if I ever thought of the danger, I think I was so in her."
The Hours was shot one year after Kidman announced her divorce from Cruise, who she had met in 1989.
"I think I was in a place myself at that time that was removed, depressed, not in my own body," she went on.
"So the idea of Virginia coming through me, I was pretty much an open vessel for it to happen. And I think [director Stephen Daldry] was very delicate with me because he knew that. I was open to understand it, which I think is probably the beauty of life as an actor."
Kidman, who is currently starring as Lucille Ball in Aaron Sorkin’s Being the Ricardos, also discussed her mental health in another recent interview, where she said that she often feels "melancholy".
When questioned about the last thing that made her cry, Kidman responded: "That's too personal. But yeah, I cry. I try to keep a lid on that, but everything is deeply sad."
If you or someone you know is experiencing depression, please contact the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-TALK (8255), text "STRENGTH" to the Crisis Text Line at 741-741, or go to suicidepreventionlifeline.org.