Husband Keith Urban helped me cope with father's loss: Nicole Kidman

Oscar-winning actress Nicole Kidman has praised husband and musician Keith Urban for helping her cope with the death of her father, Dr Anthony Kidman.

The 49-year-old star said she called Urban "screaming and crying" when she first heard about her father's death, reported Femalefirst.

"He was about to go onstage, and he walked offstage and he got on a plane. He had just gotten there. He flew six hours, and he was right back there," she recalled.

"And he literally picked me up and carried - pretty much carried me through the next two weeks. And that, to me, that's a marriage, and that's love. And I'm so grateful to have that. And I also had, you know, my children going, 'It's going to be all right, Momma'," she said.