From Sydney to Paris to Los Angeles, Nicole Kidman has been all over the place lately!

The actress flew in to L.A.X. on Wednesday evening, and she looked thrilled to be back in the states to see her hubby Keith Urban and their two daughters, Faith and Sunday Rose. The family spent New Year's in Australia, but Nic flew to Paris shortly thereafter to resume filming on Grace of Monaco.

We bet the American Idol judge is thrilled to have her back!

Nicole Kidman is not only gorgeous, but she seems to be one of the sweetest stars, too!

While making her way through LAX, the Grace of Monaco actress was extremely chatty with our photographer.

Keith Urban's wifey talked about everything ... including her not-so-good surfing experience.

Kidman, who looked stunning in all black, even wished us a Happy Holidays. What a beauty!

Nicole Kidman shared a bright smile with the audience yesterday when she and director Lee Daniels attended a Q&A session after a screening for her latest film, The Paperboy, at the Harmony Gold Theatre in Los Angeles.

The 45-year-old actress has been pretty accessible to her fans lately, having greeted her loyal following even while on the set of her next flick, Grace of Monaco, in Italy and recently expressed her decisions when it comes to picking her roles.

“I’m 45 years today and it’s very hard finding roles that are pushing boundaries,” she told Metro New York. “In this period of my life I want to take roles that scare me. I want to go home at night and feel a sort of discomfort, feel challenged. I want to give everything I have.” Seems like she's doing just that!

Nicole Kidman is looking more and more like Grace Kelly every day!

The 45-year-old actress greeted fans while on the set of Grace of Monaco in Italy.

Kidman recently talked to DuJour magazine about her love affair with Tom Cruise. Nicole told the mag:

"I was totally smitten. I fell madly, passionately in love. I was reeling with Tom. I would have gone to the ends of the earth for him. We were in a bubble, just the two of us. We became very dependent on one another.”

She's now happily married to country singer and American Idol judge Keith Urban.

They were Hollywood's biggest power couple back in the day, and both Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman stayed largely silent on their split until now!

The Aussie actress opens up to the newest issue of DuJour magazine about her devastation in the wake of the crumbling of her marriage to the A-list action star. Admitting she was blindsided by the divorce, she reveals, "I thought our life together was perfect. It took me a very long time to heal. It was a shock to my system."

Looking back on happier times, the Paper Boy star admits her then-husband was the center of her world, sometimes to an unhealthy degree.

"We were in a bubble, just the two of us. We became very dependent on one another. I was reeling with Tom. I would have gone to the ends of the Earth for him... I was totally smitten - I fell madly, passionately in love," she confessed.

Now happily married to Keith Urban, the blonde beauty is enjoying a simpler life out of the limelight with her their daughters, Sunday Rose and Faith Margaret.

"My life has changed. He [Urban] is a wonderful, caring man and he makes me feel secure. We don't ever like to be separated," she gushed.

Nic is further proof that everything happens for a reason!

Nicole Kidman was snapped on the set of Grace of Monaco in Menton, France today, and it's amazing how much the 45-year-old actress looks like Grace Kelly!

The story follows Kelly's involvement in the dispute between Monaco’s Prince Rainier III (played by Tim Roth) and France’s Charles De Gaulle over tax laws in the early 1960s. Kelly and Prince Rainier III were married in 1956, and they were together until she died in a car crash in 1982.

Grace of Monaco also stars Milo Ventimiglia, Parker Posey, Paz Vega, and Frank Langella. Sounds like an interesting mix!

We can't think of a better actress to play the princess!

Nicole Kidman is currently in France filming her latest role in the upcoming biopic Grace of Monaco, and the Australian stunner looked picture perfect in a yellow jacket and pearls when we caught her on set.

The Oscar winner plays model-turned-actress-turned-princess Grace Kelly in the movie, which follows her marriage to Prince Rainier and her efforts to save her city state from a coup before her untimely death.

Other actress' considered for the role before Nic landed it?

Emily Blunt, Jessica Chastain, Charlize Theron, Reese Witherspoon, Gwyneth Paltrow, Kate Hudson, and January Jones.

Directed by Olivier Dahan, the film also stars Tim Roth and Paz Vega. The script was included in the 2011 Black List as one of the best unproduced projects in Hollywood.

We think Miss Kidman was a fabulous choice!

Nicole Kidman plays a trashy, bleach-blonde character in the movie The Paperboy, and the 45-year-old actress says she refused to say parts of the dialogue.

In a recent press conference, director Lee Daniels said:

"I asked her to use the 'N' word. I could feel the racial tension there in the town. She said, 'I won't do it.' I told my producer, 'She won't do it!' Then he mapped it out -- 'Lee, day one she is on a washing machine, day two she is urinating on Zac Efron, day three she's having telepathic sex . . . I think you can forgive her."

Kidman, who stars opposite Zac Efron, John Cusack and Matthew McConaughey, adds:

"I just didn't feel it was right for the character. I have a son [Connor Cruise] who is African American. I just didn't feel like it was right. What I try to do as an actor is fulfill a directors vision. I have opinions, but at the same time I'm not there to stop him from anything. I've really tried to do that in every film. I never want to pull them off their vision."

Now that's sticking to your guns!