Nicole was called to testify before Sydney’s New South Wales state Supreme Court as it considers whether to award damages against the newspaper’s publisher. A jury has already found that the article defamed Mr Fawcett.

Wearing a grey skirt, white blouse and pale pink cardigan, the actress was mobbed by photographers and reporters when she arrived at the court.

In court Nicole said she became worried about a possible accident when her driver, John Manning, told her that she was being followed by Mr Fawcett and another driver during the alleged pursuit on January 23 2005.

"He said that they were driving crazy and that they had run red lights and jumped the median strip," Nicole told Justice Carolyn Simpson.

"I was frightened and I was worried there was going to be an accident."

Asked her state of mind during the chase, the star replied: "Really, really scared."

Nicole ’feared for her life in car chase’ - Nov 13 2007
Nicole Kidman screamed and feared for her life when she was being chased in her car by a photographer, her driver has told a court.

The photographer, Jamie Fawcett, is suing The Sun-Herald newspaper over an article that said he was Sydney’s most disliked freelance photographer and that he had caused "havoc" in the private life of the Oscar-winning Australian actress.

The newspaper’s publisher called her driver, John Manning, to give evidence in the case before the New South Wales state Supreme Court as it considers whether to award damages. A jury has already found that the Sun-Herald article defamed Fawcett.

Manning told the court that he had been driving Nicole to her parents’ Sydney home on January 23 2005, when Fawcett began pursuing them in an sports utility vehicle.

Manning, who said he had to swerve to avoid Fawcett, said Kidman was "screaming" and saying things like: "This has to stop. Call the police."

"She was fearing for her life and she said someone is going to get killed," Manning told the court.


Nicole: Keith and I are inseparable - Nov 13 2007
The Golden Compass star Nicole Kidman has said she and hubby Keith Urban are "inseparable", adding that she plans to join him on tour.

"Because I’ve been doing this film (shooting the Baz Luhrmann epic Australia), he has been coming to Australia regularly," she told USA Today.

"When I finish it, that’s when we come back and I go out (on the road). It’s a great way to see America. It’s a whole different way of life for me."

The 40-year-old added that she is committed to spending time with Keith.

"I have a new niece, I have a new marriage, we just bought an acreage in Tennessee, which we’re really happy to build a house on and spend some time doing that. I’m just not willing to give up my life with my man any more.

"He goes on tour and stuff, but otherwise, we’re basically inseparable."

And Nicole reveals that she never gets bored of watching her country star husband perform.

"I like seeing him do what he does. He’s so good at it. He can really play, and he can really sing. I’ll vouch for it," she said.


Nicole: Marriage comes first - Nov 12 2007
In her new film Margot At The Wedding, Nicole Kidman plays a pill-popping writer going through a dissolving marriage, but in reality, the actress says that her marriage is the most important thing to her.

"Married life comes first and everything else comes second," she told People.com at the New York premiere.