The Recommender: Nicole Kidman

Nicole Kidman grew up in Sydney, Australia where she started acting as a teenager. Her breakthrough role was in the 1989 Australian thriller Dead Calm. She has since starred in over 70 films and won multiple awards including an Oscar for The Hours (2002) and an Emmy and SAG Award for Big Little Lies. Upcoming projects include, for television, Scarpetta and Margo’s Got Money Troubles; and for film, Practical Magic 2.

Unforgotten (ITVX)

I absolutely love a good British crime series. I loved Line of Duty and Broadchurch - however, Unforgotten beats them all – the very brilliant Nicole Walker, now Sinéad Keenan, and Sanjeev Bhaskar - with a role call of incredibly talented actors giving such nuanced performances. Chris Lang’s writing is deft and clever, you watch as the threads unravel and come together. It’s a series that takes its time with the audience that it never underestimates.

Marie Antoinette Style at the V&A South Kensington, London

This is a must see for me when I am next in London. There are few characters in history who have caused such fascination and controversy as Marie Antoinette. The absolute decadence and devastation of that era has inspired designers and creatives for centuries and it will be incredible to experience this, coupled with the historical elements, in one space. And another quick shout out for the V&A, and the recent opening of the David Bowie Centre at the V&A East Storehouse – a deserved permanent home for the archive of this once in a lifetime musical genius.

Blue Sisters by Coco Mellors

Coco Mellors’ novel follows the story of three estranged, and very different sisters who reunite in New York in the aftermath of their fourth sister’s tragic death. Following their lives between New York, London and Los Angeles, the story captures the complexities of sisterhood, family, addiction, identity and the ways we survive loss. It’s painstakingly heartbreaking, but it’s also messy, full of love, honesty, and dark humour within the pages; a must read – whether you have sisters or not.

The Line of Beauty at the Almeida, London N1

I loved every minute of collaborating with Michael Grandage on Photograph 51 – he’s such an actors’ director, and so I am very much looking forward to his next production, The Line of Beauty at the Almeida Theatre next month. It’s an adaptation by Jack Holden of Alan Hollinghurst’s Booker prize-winning novel, as part of Rupert Goold’s final season as artistic director. An incredible combination of creatives bringing Alan’s brilliantly observed book - one of the best stories about sex, politics and class ever written.

Agora, London SE1

This is a Greek restaurant in London Bridge where the food is amazing. Great skewers, Greek salad and you cannot go past the spicy pork and pineapple flatbread.