Nicole Kidman Debuts New Dark Hair Transformation at Met Gala 2025

Met Gala 2025: Doechii Has a Smoke Break on the Red Carpet

It is no big little lie that Nicole Kidman has been known to heat 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. 

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...