Nicole Kidman opens up about father's death

Actress Nicole Kidman with her father Anthony Kidman, left, who passed away recently. Photo / AP

A "heartbroken" Nicole Kidman has broken her public silence after her father's death to thank well-wishers for their "comforting" love and prayers.

The Australian actress and her country music singer husband Keith Urban posted a joint statement to their Facebook pages, more than two weeks after Dr Antony Kidman died from an apparent heart attack.

"We would just like to thank everyone for their love and prayers over these past couple of weeks," the couple wrote.

"We are all heartbroken but knowing we are in the hearts and thoughts of others is so comforting. Sending love, Nic and Keith xx"

Dr Kidman, 75, the esteemed Sydney clinical psychologist, died earlier this month in a restaurant at Singapore's exclusive Tanglin Club while visiting his youngest daughter, Antonia and her family.

The following week he was laid to rest in a funeral at St Francis Xavier Church on Sydney's North Shore.

Kidman remembered Dr Kidman as a dad who was always there for her, especially after her break-up with actor Tom Cruise in 2001.

"He was the father that was on a plane, hours after I got divorced, to come and take care of me, staying with me for weeks for as long as I needed," she said at the funeral.

"He was also the father who would when I was crying always tell me 'Nicki, it's going to be okay'."

"He was the father that would come to the principal's office after I forged his signature because I was wagging.

"The principal would ask 'Is this your signature?' and he would say 'yes!'," the actress said to laughter from the congregation.

"I'm a girl, a woman that was raised by an extraordinary man, a good man, a compassionate man, a strong man," she said.

"He was a man that was always there for me, a thinker, my confidant, my friend and my protector."

Antonia Kidman, her husband Craig Marran and their six children also attended the funeral.

- AAP