Hugh Jackman 株d a touching 尊敬の印 to lifelong friend Nicole Kidman?after she received the Lifetime 業績/成就 Award from the American Film 学校/設ける.

The actress, 56, became the first Australian to scoop up the award during the 星/主役にする-studded 祝祭 on Friday.

Taking to social マスコミ on Tuesday, Hugh, 55, reposted a photo of Nicole to his Instagram Stories as he 噴出するd over her 業績/成就.

He wrote と一緒に the snap: '大規模な congrats Nic!! So richly deserved.'

The Hollywood 星/主役にするs are lifelong friends having met in the 80s through Hugh's now-ex-wife Deborah-物陰/風下 Furness, 68.

Hugh Jackman shared a touching tribute to lifelong friend Nicole Kidman on Tuesday after she received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Film Institute

Hugh Jackman 株d a touching 尊敬の印 to lifelong friend Nicole Kidman on Tuesday after she received the Lifetime 業績/成就 Award from the American Film 学校/設ける

Taking to social media on Tuesday, Hugh, 55, reposted a photo of Nicole to his Instagram Stories as he gushed over her achievement

Taking to social マスコミ on Tuesday, Hugh, 55, reposted a photo of Nicole to his Instagram Stories as he 噴出するd over her 業績/成就?

The pair have also worked together on 多重の occasions 含むing in the 2006 animated feature Happy Feet and Baz Luhrmann's 2008 film Australia.

Big Little Lies 星/主役にする Nicole was the first Australian to receive the esteemed American Film 学校/設ける's Life 業績/成就 Award last week.

受託するing the award, Nicole thanked all the directors she has worked with over her incredible career, 含むing Stanley Kubrick, Jane Campion, Baz Luhrmann, Sofia Coppola, Yorgos Lanthimos, Sydney Pollack and Lars 出身の Trier.

She said: 'It is a 特権 to make films. And glorious to have made films and television with these 物語を話す人/作家s who 許すd me to run wild and be 解放する/自由な and play all of these 慣習に捕らわれない women.

The friends have worked together on multiple occasions, including, the 2006 animated feature Happy Feet and Baz Luhrmann's 2008 film Australia (pictured)

The friends have worked together on 多重の oc casions, 含むing, the 2006 animated feature Happy Feet and Baz Luhrmann's 2008 film Australia (pictured)

'Thank you for making me better at my (手先の)技術 and giving me a place, however 一時的な, in this world.'

She raved the AFI 栄誉(を受ける) was 'beyond my wildest dreams' when she was 発表するd as the 受取人 last 週末.

'Receiving this award fills me with 圧倒的な 感謝,' she wrote at the time. 'To be the first Australian to be honoured in this way leaves me speechless.

She 追加するd: 'I grew up as a Sydney 郊外の girl who just 手配中の,お尋ね者 to 行為/法令/行動する; to have (1)偽造する/(2)徐々に進むd a career by doing what I love is a blessing beyond my dreams. I thank the AFI for this amazing honour.'

Big Little Lies star Nicole was the first Australian to receive the esteemed American Film Institute's Life Achievement Award last week

Big Little Lies 星/主役にする Nicole was the first Australian to receive the esteemed American Film 学校/設ける's Life 業績/成就 Award last week?

She later 株d a throwback photo of herself in one of her first movies, 1983's Bush Christmas.

'This 14 year old girl could have never 予報するd all the talented people she would get to work with and the many different characters she would get to play,' she captioned the 地位,任命する.

'So excited to celebrate with so many friends and peers on Saturday with the @AmericanFilmInstitue xx,' 追加するd Kidman.

Nicole was supported by several of her famous pals, 含むing Meryl Streep, Reese Witherspoon, Naomi ワットs, Morgan Freeman and more.