Nicole Kidman suffers an epic fail with her wig as she exposes shock hairstyle on the red carpet at Cannes Film Festival

By MARY MRAD FOR DAILY MAIL AUSTRALIA

Published: 03:31 BST, 19 May 2025 | Updated: 03:31 BST, 19 May 2025

Nicole Kidman has long worn wigs for her numerous film roles.

But on Sunday, the actress suffered an epic fail as she wore a hairpiece at the 2025 Kering Women In Motion Awards and Cannes Film Festival Presidential Dinner.

The Moulin Rouge! star wore the weave to add volume to her strawberry blonde locks and help give her a more youthful look.

However, the mesh wig cap was visible as Nicole posed for photos on the red carpet despite her real hair being weaved into it.

Hollywood stars often wear wigs and hair extensions to achieve a more youthful appearance as hair thins and loses volume with age.

Nicole also showed off her smooth visage at the event with a natural makeup palette.

Nicole Kidman suffered an epic fail with her wig again as she exposed a shock hairstyle on the red carpet at Cannes Film Festival

The actress, who accepted the 2025 Kering Women in Motion Award, showed off her sexy yet conservative red dress as she posed for the cameras at the exclusive event.

Established a decade ago, the honour is given to women who have made a groundbreaking impact on the big screen.

As she accepted the honour, Nicole said she would continue to use her platform to fight for continued gender equality in the film industry.

She said: ‘I’m just an advocate and want to continue to keep moving forward with that.’

Previous winners of the Women in Motion Award include Susan Sarandon and Salma Hayek.

Nicole added: ‘I am proud to join the list of extraordinary women who’ve received this honour before me – artists and trailblazers I deeply admire.

‘The Cannes Film Festival has been a part of my life for over 30 years and I am thrilled to add this incredible recognition to the many memories I’ve made here.’

The dress was Nicole’s second striking fit of the day after she sported an all-black ensemble to give her talk for the award.

The Moulin Rouge! star wore the weave to add volume to her strawberry blonde locks and to help give her a more youthful look

However, the mesh wig cap was visible as Nicole posed for photos on the red carpet despite her real hair being weaved into it

This consisted of a tightly-fitted leather jacket and black denims that were styled with a large belt.

The actress explained that as part of her commitment to helping women in the industry, she vowed in 2017 to work with a female director every 18 months.

Since then, she revealed, she has worked with 27 women on several projects, including those yet to be released.

‘Part of it is protecting and surrounding the women with almost like a force field of protection and support,’ she said.

Nicole has been one of Hollywood’s biggest names since making her acting debut way back in 1983 in the Australian film Bush Christmas when she was still a teenager.

She has since gone on to star in several blockbusters including Eyes Wide Shut (1999) and Moulin Rouge! (2001).

Some of Nicole’s more recent projects are Babygirl, Netflix’s murder mystery The Perfect Couple, season two of Lioness, and the romcom A Family Affair.

Having played so many characters over the years, she admitted at Cannes that she’d be up for starring in a TV show featuring them all.

‘That’s hilarious. I’d be up for it,’ she said. ‘As you know, I’m up for most things. I like to be able to say I’m game. So I’m always ready to try things.’

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Nicole Kidman suffers an epic fail with her wig as she exposes shock hairstyle on the red carpet at Cannes Film Festival

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