Time magazine reported this Australian model-turned actress among one of the world`s most influential people. Nicole Kidman is one of the most established and powerful stars in Hollywood. Singer Lenny Kravitz just wrote a song about her and, now her back will feature on the front page of the Vogue.

Clad in a Christian Lacroix oyster satin backless dress, the picture is the first cover shoot for Vogue by renowned photographer Irving Penn since 1989. Inside there's more of the actress, garbed variously as Grecian goddess, an Italian diva and Sarah Bernhardt.