Nicole Kidman is hitting back at claims she slammed her own performance in Australia by blaming the media for taking her comments out of context. 

The award-winning actress was quoted as telling 2day FM radio, "I can't look at this movie and be proud of what I've done."

But a rep for the Aussie actress insists her sentiments were misrepresented and that Nicole was refering to her whole body of work, rather than one specfic movie.

"It is quite ridiculous for anyone to believe the reports if they listened to the actual interview," her spokeswoman said.

"It's hard to believe some of the world's media have fallen for it."

In Baz Luhrmann's three-hour epic, the actress plays an English aristocrat who falls for a cowboy (Hugh Jackman) as they drive a heard of cattle into the outback.

Her performance was widely panned by critics, and she was even described by one as the "kiss of death" to a movie.

Ouch.

See Nicole's red carpet moments below