Babygirl

Nicole Kidman has received several awards this season for her performance in Babygirl and this recognition is highly deserved.

In the erotic thriller, written and directed by Halina Reijn, the Australian actress plays Romy Mathis, the CEO of the robotics business Tensile.

Romy, who is sexually unfulfilled by her husband Jacob (Antonio Banderas), becomes attracted to one of her company’s new interns, Samuel (Harris Dickinson), and risks her marriage, her family and her career by striking up a dominant/submissive sexual relationship with him.

Kidman is extraordinary in this role and does all of the work when it comes to the erotic and sensual side. They are many sex scenes and moments where Romy explores her kinks and Kidman is fearless.

But there is much more to this character than her sexual desires. Romy is a very complex person who feels shame about her wants and needs. She is impulsive and irrational and seems to get a thrill out of risking it all...