Nicole Kidman’s On Vacation But Her Natural Curls Are Going to Work—See the Photos

Nicole Kidman may be on vacation, but her curls? They’re clocked in and going to work, baby!

Though Kidman typically wears her hair straight these days, her hair is actually super curly. Just reference her early fame days back in the ’80s, when she wore a head full of tight ringlets. But Kidman occasionally lets her natural texture out to play, like she did on a recent summer vacation with her closest friends and family.

Kidman’s roundup of vacation pics and videos kicks off strong, with the Oscar-winning actor diving into the crystal blue ocean, her waves and curls clearly visible even though her hair is wet. We see them air-dried multiple times throughout the carousel in all their summery glory, with lots of soft, undone volume and texture. These are literal ocean waves—the kind you get from taking a dip in the ocean, not with a curling iron!

We weren’t the only ones swooning over Kidman’s curls. “Look at all that gorgeous hair!” commented Kidman’s Big Little Lies costar and pal Reese Witherspoon. “Look at those waves… so beautiful,” wrote Joey King, who starred with Kidman in 2024’s A Family Affair. “THE WAVY HAIR OMG YESSSS,” wrote a follower.

Kidman has shared that she regrets straightening her hair so often; she told Allure that her best advice for those with curls is to embrace it. “Why did I straighten my hair? I loved my hair there. That is my natural hair. Isn’t that crazy?” she said in a video while reminiscing on her ’90s curls. “Do not follow in my steps and straighten your hair. I can do that to my hair still, but it needs to be kind of humid, and I need to use the right product.” Or maybe take a summer vacation and let the salty ocean water work its magic!