Nicole Kidman has put on a brave face while calling for compassion and unity at her first public appearance since filing for divorce from Keith Urban.

The 58-year-old Australian actress attended the amFAR charity auction at the Dallas home of United Airlines CEO Scott Kirby on Saturday, joining her Special Ops: Lioness collaborator and close friend Taylor Sheridan, 55.

During the event, Kidman presented Sheridan with the Award of Inspiration for his artistic and humanitarian achievements.

Wearing an elegant off-the-shoulder dark pencil gown with natural makeup and her signature strawberry-blonde hair flowing loose, the Oscar winner delivered a short but heartfelt speech.

"I think what Taylor recognises, as we all do, is that we are all more alike than we are different, and that we are

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