Deadline’s Read the Screenplay series spotlighting the scripts behind the year’s most talked-about movies continues with the Venice Film Festival-premiering Babygirl, A24 ’s erotic thriller from writer-director Halina Reijn that stars Nicole Kidman and Harris Dickinson. It hit theaters December 20.

"Cementing her status as Hollywood's boldest actress, Nicole Kidman bares herself every which way – physically, emotionally and artistically – in 'Babygirl'", Halina Reijn's erotic thriller about a kinky workplace affair, said Tom Shone in The Sunday Times.

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Nicole Kidman pays homage to her 'Babygirl' character Romy by drinking from a glass of milk while accepting an award at the National Board of Review Gala in New York on Tuesday.

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Nicole Kidman referenced the infamous milk scene in “Babygirl” at the 2025 National Board of Review Awards Gala.

Nicole Kidman was grateful to join her erotic thriller Babygirl in the early stages and help shape what it became. The Australian actress read one of the first drafts of the script for Dutch director Halina Reijn's thriller and immediately agreed to play Romy Mathis,

The actor says there were similarities between himself and co-star Nicole Kidman's on and off-screen dynamics.

"Babygirl"—A24's steamy thriller starring Nicole Kidman and Harris Dickinson—appears to be coming soon to digital streaming. When and where can you watch it at home?

Writer and director Halina Reijn’s erotic thriller centers on sadomasochism in a relationship where the older partner is a woman. The film’s shrewdness is undercut by a heavy-handed narrative that fails to satisfy.

The Hollywood star, 57, stars as married company boss Romy who falls for her young intern Samuel, played by Harris Dickinson, 28, and they embark on a steamy affair.

Director Halina Reijn goes inside the music and inspiration (including her own experience taking her clothes off on-screen) of Harris Dickinson’s sensual shirtless dance.