Nicole Kidman on her career greats and personal pain

1 March 2013 Last updated at 05:21 ET Help

Nicole Kidman has told BBC Breakfast that her Oscar win in 2003 for her role as Virginia Woolf in The Hours collided with a painful time in her life.

Ten years on, the Australian actress says she is a "work in progress" and is coming to terms with being "awkwardly shy".

The star spoke to Charlie Stayt about her new role in the Hitchcock-style horror, Stoker.

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