It is no big little lie that Nicole Kidman has been known toheat up the Met Gala red carpet.
And this year was no different. After all, the Big Little Lies star, 57, arrived at the star-studded fashion event May 5 in a show-stopping look. The Oscar winner donned a custom black, strapless Balenciaga Couture dress, paired with a set of black gloves.
But perhaps the most eye-catching part of Nicole’s appearance on the event’s stairs was her departure from her signature long and blonde hairdo. While she still had her platinum locks, Nicole debuted a short, neck-length haircut with brunette roots flowing out from beneath the blonde. (For every celeb who stepped out at the 2025 Met Gala, click here.)
While the Australia-native certainly stole the spotlight on the carpet, this year marks the first time in three years that Nicole has not walked the carpet of the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s annual Costume Institute Gala with her husband Keith Urban, with whom she shares daughters Sunday Rose, 16, and Faith Margaret, 14.
Last year, the couple brought nothing but smiles to the annual fundraiser.
In fact, Urban—who had made his first joint appearance at the Met Gala with Kidman in 2016—could not help but play a prank on the Big Little Lies actress at the 2024 event with the help of Jimmy Fallon, who had once gone out with Kidman on an awkward date back when they were both single in the mid-aughts.
“I was sitting next to Nic,” the country star recalled on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon last September. “She had her hand on mine and she was talking to somebody, and Jimmy came over to talk to me and I said, ‘Jump in the seat, Jimmy and slide your hand under mine so she’s holding your hand.’ She won’t know. She’s chatting to somebody looking the other way.”
Urban then reenacted the situation with Fallon. “And then I went around the other side of the table,” the singer laughed. “And was like, ‘Hi Babe.'”
Laughing, Fallon added, “She was like ‘What’s going on?’ She was like, ‘Jimmy don’t do that!’”
The 2025 Met Gala was also attended by stars such as cochairs Colman Domingo, A$AP Rocky, Lewis Hamilton, Pharrell Williams and Anna Wintour. Read on to see photos of celebs at the event…
Rihanna
In custom Marc Jacobs.
A$AP Rocky
In custom Awge, Bvlgari jewelry and Briony Raymond umbrella.
Zendaya
In custom Louis Vuitton.
Serena Williams
In custom Moncler x EE72 by Edward Enninful and Fred Leighton jewelry.
Kim Kardashian
In custom Chrome Hearts.
Halle Berry
In LaQuan Smith.
Sabrina Carpenter
In custom Louis Vuitton.
Colman Domingo
In Valentino with Boucheron jewelry.
Kylie Jenner
In custom Ferragamo.
Cardi B
In Burberry.
Hailey Bieber
In custom Saint Laurent and Tiffany & Co. jewelry.
Cynthia Erivo
In custom Givenchy.
Kendall Jenner
In Torishéju.
Gigi Hadid
In custom Miu Miu.
Sydney Sweeney
In custom Miu Miu.
Zoe Saldaña
In Thom Browne.
Callum Turner & Dua Lipa
In custom Chanel.
Miley Cyrus
In Alaïa.
Shakira
In custom Prabal Gurung.
Nicole Kidman
In custom Balenciaga Couture and Wolford tights.
Chappell Roan
In a custom look sourced by Paul Tazewell.
Megan Thee Stallion
In custom Michael Kors Collection and Stuart Weitzman shoes.
Pamela Anderson
In Tory Burch.
Halle Bailey
In Coach.
Charli XCX
In custom Ann Demeulemeester.
Doja Cat
In custom Marc Jacobs and Wolford tights.
Anne Hathaway
In Carolina Herrera.
Diana Ross
In Ugo Mozie.
Lorde
In Thom Browne.
Demi Moore
In custom Thom Browne.
