Long before she walked the runway for Miu Miu in Paris or landed a campaign for Omega, Sunday Rose Kidman Urban was just a kid watching her mother work. Now 17, the daughter of Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban is opening up about how those early experiences shaped her path into fashion. The Sunday Rose Kidman Urban modeling journey began not on a catwalk, but in the quiet observation of a girl watching her mom transform in front of the camera.
“I definitely gained a lot of interest from those experiences and especially being privileged enough to experience them at a young age,” Sunday Rose shares in a recent interview. “My mum is someone who has always been so creative and my biggest inspiration in life. She’s a key part of everything I do.”
The Nicole Kidman daughter modeling inspiration story runs deeper than simple genetics. Sunday Rose spent years attending her mother’s photo shoots, watching the choreography between photographer and subject, learning how light shapes a frame, and understanding the patience required to create an image that lasts. Those hours on set became an informal education in an industry she would later enter herself.
But Kidman and Urban didn’t simply hand their daughter a career. They built guardrails first. Two non-negotiable rules governed Sunday Rose’s entry into fashion: no modeling work until age 16, and school always comes first. Rules she admits she hated at first but now embraces.
“I am actually really glad that I have these rules in place because it keeps me in a good mindset,” she explains. The grounding has paid off. Even as she walks runways in Paris and New York, she remains a high school student in Nashville, balancing homework with haute couture.
That balance paid off spectacularly in October 2024, when Sunday Rose opened the Miu Miu spring-summer show at Paris Fashion Week. At just 16, she walked the Palais d’Iéna in a minimalist white dress, launching herself into the fashion world’s consciousness. The moment wasn’t just a debut, it was a declaration.
Since then, she’s walked for Dior, appeared in campaigns for Omega (the same brand her mother has represented since 2005), and graced the cover of Nylon, which named her an “It Girl.” Through it all, her mother’s presence lingers in the background, not as a manager, but as a model of how to navigate the industry with grace.
Interestingly, Sunday Rose’s ambitions extend beyond the catwalk. She’s spoken openly about her dream of studying filmmaking in college, inspired by movies like Parasite, which she’s watched multiple times. The industry advises her mother offers. Simple and practical.
“The biggest piece of industry advice mum has given to me is to always be on time,” Sunday Rose shares. “There’s always going to be something with an early call time that you don’t want to get up for, but it’s really important to be on time because it shows that you’re prepared and grateful to be there.”
As she approaches her 18th birthday, Sunday Rose stands at the intersection of legacy and self-invention, a young woman shaped by her mother’s example, but writing her own story, one runway at a time.
