Nicole Kidman, Keith Urban welcome daughter Sunday Rose.

NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE, U.S.  (JULY 7, 2008) NETWORK NINE -
 Oscar-winner Nicole Kidman gave birth on Monday (July 7) to her
first biological child, a daughter named Sunday fathered by her husband and
country music star Keith Urban. 
   "Earlier this morning, Nic gave birth to our beautiful baby girl,
Sunday Rose Kidman Urban," the New Zealand-born, Australian-bred Grammy
winner announced on his Web site. 
   "We want to thank everybody that has kept us in their thoughts and
prayers. We feel very blessed and grateful that we can share this joy with you
today," Urban said. 
   A statement issued later in the day by Kidman's New York-based publicist
said the infant was delivered in the United States and weighed 6 pounds, 7 1/2
ounces (2.93 kg) at birth.
  Back in home, Australians had different opinions about the newly born's
name; Sunday Rose.  "I don't think I would have called my baby Sunday but
it is up to them," said one woman, while  "Pretty cute, yeah, I like
the name," said another one. Some found the name interesting. 
   Kidman, 41, who was born in Hawaii but raised in Australia, married
Urban, 40, in Sydney in June 2006. The following October he checked into the
Betty Ford Clinic for a three-month stint in rehab for substance abuse. 
   The actress announced she was pregnant with their first child in January
2008 and was withdrawing from what would have been her latest film, "The
Reader." 
   Kidman and former spouse Tom Cruise adopted two children  during nearly
10 years of marriage that ended in divorce in 2001. She had been pregnant once
before with Cruise but suffered a miscarriage. 
   Kidman and Urban, both Australian citizens, met in January 2005 at an
awards dinner held by the Australian government in Los Angeles honoring the
two of them. 
   She won an Oscar as best actress for her role as the novelist Virginia
Woolf in 2002 drama "The Hours." Her next film, Baz Luhrmann's
big-budget epic "Australia," in which she plays an English
aristocrat, is due for release later this year.