Sunday Rose Kidman Urban, 17, opens up about the one modelling rule set by celebrity parents Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban that she 'hated' at first

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Sunday Rose Kidman Urban has revealed the major rule her famous parents, Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban, laid down before she could begin her modelling career- and why she "hated it" at first.
The 17-year-old, who made her professional modelling debut at Paris Fashion Week last year, fronts the August issue of Nylon magazine and spoke candidly about life in the spotlight and what it's like growing up as the daughter of two of the world's most recognisable stars.
She explained that her parents had "two big rules" before she stepped into the public eye.
"The first was that I couldn't explore any kind of fashion work until I was 16, and the second is that school always has to come first, which at first I hated, but I am actually really glad that I have these rules in place because it keeps me in a good mindset," Sunday Rose said.
Raised in Nashville, Tennessee, alongside her 14-year-old sister Faith Margaret, Sunday Rose turned heads in October when she opened the Miu Miu spring/summer 2025 show.
At the time, Urban, 57, told People he hopes he and Kidman, 58, can help keep their daughter "balanced" as her star begins to rise.
"Hopefully, she'll benefit by having two parents who know about a certain amount of celebrity," the Aussie rocker said.
"It's all a challenge. I mean, raising kids is a challenge, period. It's about trying to keep a balance."
That approach appears to be working, with Sunday Rose admitting that even while walking in her first runway show, schoolwork was top of mind.
"So at my first show, while I was walking, I was actually just thinking about the amount of schoolwork I was going to have to make up!" she said.
"I was really just hoping my teachers would let me have a couple days when I got back."
The teenager says she enjoys the slower pace of life in Nashville, where most people her age don't know she has celebrity parents.
"It's sort of wonderful because I am able to make a first impression based on who I am and not who my family is," she said.
Still, Sunday Rose has big dreams, hoping to study filmmaking at university in a city like Los Angeles or New York.
"Filmmaking has actually been my dream career since I was five, so I hope I'm able to study that in college," she said.
Since her Miu Miu debut, Sunday Rose has appeared in an editorial campaign for the Italian fashion house and walked for its fall/winter ready-to-wear fashion show in March.
In July, she starred in Omega's summer 2025 campaign- a brand her mother has been an ambassador for over two decades.
Kidman, who also shares two adult children, Bella and Connor, with ex-husband Tom Cruise, recently told Vanity Fair she encourages her kids to seize opportunities.
"It's what I try to teach my kids because I don't know what their futures are: Hold on and go for it and take the opportunities when they arise and jump in and try something," the Aussie actress said.
"The worst you can do is fail. That may be humiliating, but at least you don't go, 'Gosh, I wish I'd tried that, and I regret that I didn't'."