Nicole Kidman delivered the perfect acceptance speech at the 69th Primetime Emmy Awards. Footage from Sky / Vibe
Nicole Kidman has delivered the perfect acceptance speech at the 69th Primetime Emmy Awards - but there was one small oversight that stuck out to some viewers.
Kidman picked up the best lead actress gong for her role in acclaimed series Big Little Lies - marking her first win at the awards.
Keith Urban and Nicole Kidman attend HBO's Post Emmy Awards Reception. Photo / Getty
Taking to the stage to accept the gong, Kidman teared up as she thanked her husband Keith Urban and her children.
"I have a huge artistic family who supported me throughout all my ups and downs," she said. "You have been so loyal to me throughout my whole life thank you for that."
"I have two little girls - Sunnie and Faith. And my darling Keith who I asked to help me pursue this artistic path. And they have sacrificed so much for it.
Actors Nicole Kidman and husband Tom Cruise arrive at Sydney Kingsford Smith airport and introduce their children Connor and Isabella to the media January 24, 1996. Photo / Getty
"So this is yours. I just want my two little girls to have this on their shelf and to look at it and go, 'Every time my mumma didn't put me to bed it's because of this - (at least) I got something!'"
While viewers lapped up the sentimental speech, some did find it interesting Kidman only referred to her two children - Sunday Rose and Faith Margaret - with husband Keith Urban, and not her two adopted children Isabella Cruise, 24, and Connor Cruise, 22, from her marriage to Tom Cruise.
nicole kidman ignoring her scientologist kids is my cause of death #emmys
Um I'm sorry but can we talk about the fact that Nicole Kidman has four kids but only thanked the two she has with Keith Urban #Emmyspic.twitter.com/qagh0a3ZE2
Elsewhere in the speech, Kidman, thanked award voters for acknowledging the importance of Big Little Lies, saying the dramatic miniseries "shone a light on domestic abuse".
"It is a complicated, insidious disease. It exists far more than we allow ourselves to know," she said. "It is filled with shame and secrecy. And by you acknowledging me with this award it shines a light on it even more."
Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban arrive at Sydney airport with their daughters Faith Margaret and Sunday Rose on March 28, 2017 in Sydney, Australia. Photo / Getty
Big Little Lies, based on the novel by Australian author Liane Moriarty, has been a big winner at the awards - picking up the gongs for outstanding limited series, best supporting actor and actress and best directing in a limited series.
Set in upscale Monterey, a seaside community just south of California's Silicon Valley, Big Little Lies starts with a murder and flashes back to how it got there. The mystery isn't just who did it, but also who's dead, the identity of the victim obscured from the audience.
A second season of the show has not been confirmed.
