Nicole Kidman is keeping her heart open these days.
The actress recently sparked some buzz after she was seen holding hands with her “Scarpetta” co-star Simon Baker at a red carpet premiere in New York City on March 3. According to The Sun, the two were also getting close at the afterparty.
One insider claimed, “Nicole and Simon’s closeness is definitely the talk of the town right now. They’re incredible together on screen and when you see them together in real life, that chemistry clearly wasn’t faked.”
That said, someone close to both actors is shutting that down. “This is absolutely false. They’ve known each other for years and are good friends. That is it,” the source told Page Six. Reps for Kidman and Baker did not respond to requests for comment.
In the Prime thriller, Kidman, 58, plays forensic pathologist Dr. Kay Scarpetta, while Baker, 56, takes on the role of her husband, Benton Wesley.
Off camera, their connection goes back a while. Kidman is actually the godmother to Baker’s son, whom he shares with his ex-wife Rebecca Rigg. Baker and Rigg were married from 1998 to 2020.
© Daniele VenturelliKidman’s own relationship history has also been in the spotlight. She married Tom Cruise in 1990, and they split in 2001. The former couple share two children, Bella, 33, and Connor, 31. She later found love with country singer Keith Urban, and the two tied the knot in 2006. They share daughters Sunday, 17, and Faith, 15.
But after nearly two decades together, Kidman filed for divorce from Urban, 58, in September. “Sometimes relationships just run their course,” a source told us at the time, adding that Kidman “did not want the separation and was trying to save things.”
Reports say the pair had actually been living separately since early summer 2025.
After the split, Urban was rumored to be seeing his guitarist Maggie Baugh, though someone close to Baugh denied those claims.
Kidman and Urban officially finalized their divorce in January.
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