Nicole Kidman pays tribute to her beloved father Antony on what would have been his 81st birthday

Five years after losing her beloved father Antony, Nicole Kidman has paid tribute to him on what would have been his 81st birthday.

Taking to Instagram on Wednesday, the 52-year-old actress shared a throwback photo of herself alongside her dad.

‘Today would have been my Papa’s 81st birthday. I love and remember him every day,’ she captioned it, adding a love heart emoji. 

Gone but not forgotten: Five years after losing her beloved father Antony, Nicole Kidman has paid tribute to him on what would have been his 81st birthday

She also paid a touching tribute to him in September, on the fifth anniversary of the celebrate psychologist’s untimely death. 

‘My Papa. Always missing you,’ she captioned a photo of them together, once again adding a love heart emoji.

Antony died in September 2014 after suffering a fall while in Singapore visiting Nicole’s sister, Antonia Kidman, 49, who was based there at the time.

RIP: She also paid touching tribute to him in September, on what was the fifth anniversary of his untimely death. Pictured together at the Palm Springs Film Festival in January 2005

In an interview with Tatler last month, Nicole said the sudden loss of her dad shocked her to her core.

The Big Little Lies actress said it was only because of her two young daughters, Sunday, 11, and Faith, eight, that she found the strength to carry on.

‘My [then] three-year-old said, “But you’re not going to be sad like this tomorrow, are you?” That’s when you realise, y’know, you have to be OK,’ she recounted. 

Devastated: In an interview on The Ellen DeGeneres Show in October 2014, Nicole said nothing could have prepared her for the loss of a parent. Pictured with her mum, Janelle, and dad

‘Because they need to know that they’re safe, that their mother isn’t going to fall apart. Inside? I was beyond shattered. But I had to rally.’ 

In an interview on The Ellen DeGeneres Show in October 2014, just a month after Antony’s death, Nicole said nothing could have prepared her for the loss of a parent.  

‘I’ve realised we don’t talk about it enough in terms of our society. Everybody loses their parents and it’s awful,’ she said.

Unconditional love: She also acknowledged her husband of 13 years, Keith Urban, saying the 52-year-old musician had been ‘amazing’ in offering her support

She also acknowledged her husband of 13 years, Keith Urban, saying the 52-year-old musician had been ‘amazing’ in offering her support.   

‘To have my husband just step up that way, it makes me cry. He’s amazing…’ she added. 

‘We all go through hard times in our lives, but to be literally carried by your partner, and physically at times because I was so devastated. I’ll do anything for that man.’ 

‘I’ve realised we don’t talk about it enough in terms of our society. Everybody loses their parents and it’s awful,’ she said on The Ellen DeGeneres Show