妮可•基德曼喜得千金 取名“星期天玫瑰”

Oscar-winner Nicole Kidman gave birth on Monday to her first biological child, a daughter named Sunday fathered by her husband and country music star Keith Urban.

"Earlier this morning, Nic gave birth to our beautiful baby girl, Sunday Rose Kidman Urban," the New Zealand-born, Australian-bred Grammy winner announced on his website.

"We want to thank everybody that has kept us in their thoughts and prayers. We feel very blessed and grateful that we can share this joy with you today," Urban said.

A statement issued later in the day by Kidman's publicist said the infant was delivered in the United States and weighed 6 pounds, 7 1/2 ounces (2.93 kg) at birth.

"Husband Keith was by Nicole's side, and mother and baby are very well," the spokesman, Allen Eichhorn, said.

Kidman, 41, married Urban, 40, in Sydney in June 2006. The following October he checked into the Betty Ford Clinic for a three-month stint in rehab for alcohol abuse.

The actress announced she was pregnant with their first child in January 2008 and was withdrawing from what would have been her latest film, "The Reader."

Kidman and former spouse Tom Cruise adopted two children during nearly 10 years of marriage that ended in divorce in 2001. She had been pregnant once before with Cruise but suffered a miscarriage.

Kidman and Urban, both Australian citizens, met in January 2005 at an awards dinner held by the Australian government in Los Angeles honoring the two of them.

“奧斯卡”影后妮可•基德曼於本週一產下一女，取名爲“星期天（Sunday）”。這是妮可與丈夫、鄉村歌手凱斯•厄本的第一個孩子，也是她自己生下的第一個寶寶。

當天，凱斯在其網站上公佈：“今天早晨，妮可生下了我們美麗的女兒，我們給她取名爲桑迪•羅斯•基德曼•厄本。”在澳大利亞長大的新西蘭人凱斯•厄本曾獲過格萊美大獎。

他說：“我想感謝每個關心我們和爲我們祈禱的人。今天能與你們分享我們的喜悅，我們感到十分快樂和滿足。”

當天晚些時候，基德曼的經紀人發表一份聲明稱，基德曼在美國產下一名女嬰，重6磅7.5盎司（2.93公斤）。

發言人艾倫•伊奇霍恩說：“生產時，凱斯一直陪在妮可身邊，母女都平安。”

今年41歲的基德曼和40歲的厄本於2006年6月在悉尼完婚。10月，厄本因酗酒成癮而住進貝蒂•福特康復中心接受了爲期三個月的戒酒治療。

今年1月，妮可宣佈自己懷孕，並退出電影《讀者》的拍攝。

妮可與前夫湯姆•克魯斯於2001年離婚，結束了他們近十年的婚姻，在這十年中，他們領養了兩個孩子。妮可之前懷過克魯斯的孩子，但不幸流產。

同爲澳洲人的基德曼與厄本於2005年1月在洛杉磯的一次頒獎晚宴上相識，當時兩人同時受到澳大利亞政府的表彰。