Nicole Kidman has described a ceremony where she received the American Film Institute (AFI) Life Achievement Award as "a little overwhelming" - but reiterated her gratitude for the honour.
Hollywood stars including Morgan Freeman, Naomi Watts, and Reese Witherspoon appeared on the red carpet ahead of the ceremony at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles on Saturday.
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The Oscar winner, who became the 49th recipient of the award - the highest honour for a career in film at the AFI - arrived in a glittering golden dress. She was accompanied by her husband, the singer Keith Urban, their daughters, and other family members.
The Moulin Rouge star is the first Australian actor to receive the accolade. She joins a star-studded roster of previous recipients including Meryl Streep, Tom Hanks, and Robert De Niro.
Streep presented Kidman with the award.
Streep joked "the very hardest part of being incessantly called the greatest actress of our generation" is working with really great actresses such as Kidman.
"The range of your work is stunning, your list of credits and roles and good deeds in the world would take a normal person three lifetimes to achieve," she said.
Kidman, who said she has an introverted personality, told the PA news agency on the carpet: "It's a little overwhelming.
"I want to be able to appreciate it and show that I love it, and that I am so grateful, but I'm a little awkward, that's just my personality, I'm sometimes shy."
Kidman described it as "everything short-circuits in me".
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The 56-year-old continued: "As an actor, that's what we do: we act as actors, we're given scripts, we have direction, we collaborate.
"So, the idea of being by yourself... but I'll always rise to the occasion and I'm so grateful to be on this list."
Kidman added that she wanted everyone to know she is "incredibly grateful and appreciative".
She was scheduled to be presented with the award on 10 June last year, but the ceremony was postponed indefinitely due to the writers' strike, which was resolved in September after 146 days on the picket line.
Kidman has been nominated for five Academy Awards, winning the Best Actress Oscar in 2003 for her performance in The Hours alongside three-time Oscar winner Streep.
During her career, she has also won a BAFTA, two Emmys, and six Golden Globe awards.
Source: Press Association
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