The "Believe" icon opened up about her friendship with Streep in an interview on 'The Jennifer Hudson Show' Cher and Meryl Streep's friendship has been going strong for over 40 years.During an appearance on Wednesday's episode of The Jennifer Hudson Show,

Nicole Kidman was presented with the 49th AFI Life Achievement Award over the weekend by Meryl Streep and Streep made the most of her speech.

Streep presented Kidman with a lifetime achievement award on Saturday, and said it was “impossible not to be in awe of her" (referring more to her work than her early morning dips in the Pacific).

Nicole Kidman was honored with the 49th AFI Life Achievement Award on Saturday night, as an A-list group of her friends and collaborators looked back on her long Hollywood career. Reese Witherspoon, Morgan Freeman,

I looked at Nicole, and I said, ‘Are you kidding me? The Pacific is like 48 degrees in March,'” Streep recalled, adding Kidman said she loves it.

Nicole Kidman received the 49th AFI Life Achievement Award as a tribute to her lengthy Hollywood career on Saturday night, in the presence of Hollywood A-listers including her friends

Streep joined the star-studded crew of Kidman, Witherspoon, 48, Shailene Woodley, Zoë Kravitz and Laura Dern after season 1 of the hit HBO series. Streep played Mary Louise White, the mother-in-law of Kidman’s Celeste and grieving parent of Perry ( Alexander Skarsgård ), who was murdered in the first season.

Nicole Kidman was honoured at the 49th AFI Life Achievement Award Gala for Big Little Lies as she reunited with her co-stars Meryl Streep and Reese Witherspoon. Streep, particularly moved, recalled being 'traumatized' by Kidman's intense performance prowess,