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Nicole Kidman is opening up more about her desire to become a death doula.
During a HISTORYTalks event in Philadelphia on Saturday (April 18), the Practical Magic actress, 58, told Hoda Kotb why she would be a good fit for being a death doula and explained more about what the "fascinating" role entails, per People.
"It's helping people in the end stage of life. It's helping the families. It's being present, impartial," she said, adding, "It's a really fascinating — It's very beautiful and you have to be a certain personality to be able to do it, but I found out that I'm actually that personality."
She continued, "It's very important to me. There is always suffering in life, right? But if there [are] people there who can help with that and can help those final stages be less painful, you can feel the connection and the love, then that is a lovely thing to be able to do. So that's what I'm exploring."
Kidman previously revealed that her plans for being a death doula stem from the September 2024 passing of her mother Janelle Anne Kidman and how her mom felt "lonely" at the time.
"As my mother was passing, she was lonely, and there was only so much the family could provide," she said during a Silk Speaker Series at the University of San Francisco earlier this month. "That's when I went, 'I wish there was these people in the world that were there to sit impartially and just provide solace and care.'"