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Tom Cruise 'makes things official' with Russian socialite after string of lavish dates

Tom Cruise and his Russian socialite girlfriend Elsina Khayrova have been getting closer, with it now reported that the pair are a fully-fledged couple after several dates

• 16:32, 13 Feb 2024

Tom Cruise and his Russian socialite girlfriend, Elsina Khayrova , have been getting closer and "making things official" after enjoying several dates in London.

The 61-year-old Top Gun actor and his new 36-year-old girlfriend both stepped out in public last week when they attended a gala dinner last week in support of London's Air Ambulance Charity - albeit arriving singularly. They were seen at the five-star Raffles Hotel.

Despite the couple arriving separately at the event, they have been spending some quality time together at their £ 10 million apartment in Knightsbridge, London, with a source revealing that the couple is "now an item", with that fact known within the socialite's circle.

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Speaking to MailOnline , the source went on to add that both Tom and Elsina have "grown very close over the past few weeks", with them being careful not to be photographed with one another in public, claiming they "want to maintain their privacy".

The source went on to add that "Tom has been staying the night at Elsina's apartment", noting how the couple is enjoying hanging out and doing "a lot of the things that normal couples do".

According to the source, Tom and his new girlfriend have been dining out together and taking strolls through Hyde Park - while dressed in disguise.

Tom and Elsina made their public debut back in December 2023, with a source at the time telling Us Weekly that they had been dating for "a while now". Speaking to the outlet, the source went on to add that they were "very happy" and their bond quickly went from a basic friendship into something "more special".

Tom has been married three times before, with him having been wed to Mimi Rogers from 1987 until 1990; Nicole Kidman from 1990 until 2001; and Katie Holmes from 2006 until 2012.

Meanwhile, Elsina is reported to have filed for divorce from Russian oligarch Dmitry Tsvetkov in 2022.

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Tom Cruise Is ‘Very Relaxed and Content’ With Girlfriend Elsina Khayrova: They’re ‘Super Happy’ (Exclusive)

Tom Cruise is settling into his relationship with Elsina Khayrova while living in England, a source exclusively reveals in the latest issue of Us Weekly .

“They’re both happy in London and settled with a well-heeled social circle, all of whom believe it’s a great match,” the insider says, noting that Cruise, 61, is “very relaxed and content with his life right now.”

Despite the couple’s 25-year age difference , Cruise and Khayrova, 36, have a lot in common.

“They can sit and talk for hours about world affairs, arts and culture, history [and] sports,” the source tells Us, revealing that as a history buff, Cruise likes learning about Khayrova’s background and Russian upbringing.

The Top Gun: Maverick star finds Khayrova’s “journey and heritage fascinating,” the insider says, adding that Cruise thinks she’s “incredibly intelligent.”

While Cruise and Khayrova are still getting to know each other, the source claims to Us that the actor’s friends wouldn’t be surprised if they eventually get hitched.

Related: Look Back at Tom Cruise's Dating History

“Tom [has] never ruled out getting married again; it’s just that the circumstances haven’t been right,” the insider shares, explaining that for now, Cruise and Khayrova aren’t worrying about the future and “are super happy together.”

Cruise and Khayrova went public with their relationship during a party in London’s Grosvenor Square in December 2023. However, a source exclusively told Us at the time that the couple had been quietly dating for “a while” before stepping out together.

“They’ve hung out at Tom’s favorite private members club and regularly enjoy afternoon tea and gourmet dinners out in London,” the insider said of the pair’s budding romance, explaining that Cruise is “extremely confident about it working out for the long term.”

The pair met through mutual friends in London’s social scene, according to the source, who told Us , “What started as a basic friendship quickly turned into something more special.”

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The relationship came after Khayrova split from her husband and Russian oligarch Dmitry Tsvetkov , with whom she shares two children, in 2020. She filed for divorce two years later and their messy legal battle has since been settled.

Cruise, meanwhile, has been married three times . Cruise’s first union with Mimi Rogers lasted from 1987 to 1990. He moved on with Nicole Kidman in December 1990. The pair, who share two adopted children, Isabella, 30, and Connor, 28 , called it quits in February 2001. Cruise also shares a daughter with ex-wife Katie Holmes , whom he divorced in 2012.

Watch the exclusive video above for more details on Cruise and Khayrova’s relationship — and pick up the latest issue of Us Weekly , on newsstands now.

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Katie Holmes and Tom Cruise were together for almost a decade — here's a timeline of their relationship

Katie Holmes and Tom Cruise were once one of Hollywood's most iconic couples. The pair's relationship was a bit of whirlwind, from a quick engagement to a seemingly shocking divorce. 

Here's a timeline of Katie Holmes and Tom Cruise's relationship. 

2001: Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman got divorced.

After almost a decade, the couple divorced . The pair had previously adopted two children, Connor and Isabella, who later joined the church of Scientology . 

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July 2004: Katie Holmes told a Seventeen reporter about her crush on Tom Cruise.

"I used to think that I was going to marry Tom Cruise," Holmes told a reporter for Seventeen magazine, who later wrote about the interview  and its possible significance in a Huffington Post op-ed. 

During this time, Katie Holmes was engaged to actor Chris Klein. 

March 2005: Holmes and Klein split.

According to People, Holmes and her then-fiancé Chris Klein ended their five-year relationship in 2005. 

April 2005: Holmes and Cruise stepped out as a couple for the first time.

A month after Holmes and Klein split, Holmes and Cruise make their first public appearance as a couple.

The two were photographed together in Rome where Cruise was receiving a David di Donatello Award for lifetime achievement. A source told People the pair had "been dating a couple of weeks." 

May 23, 2005: Cruise declared his love for Holmes during an appearance on "The Oprah Winfrey Show."

About a month after the two started dating, Cruise filmed one of his most well-known interviews ever. While on "Oprah,"  he jumped on the set's couch  to gush about Holmes.

Cruise said, "I'm in love. I'm in love and it's one of those things where you want to be cool, like, ‘Yeah I like her' … that's not how I feel." He added, "I wanted to meet this person and I met her and she's extraordinary."

June 13, 2005: Holmes said she's converting to Scientology.

At the "Batman Begins" premiere, Holmes told reporters that she was going to convert to Scientology .

In a separate interview with "W," she spoke a bit  about the process , saying, "You know, it's really exciting. I just started auditing and I'm taking some courses and I really like it. I feel like it's really helping."

June 16, 2005: Holmes and Cruise announced their engagement.

A few months after they began dating, the two got engaged . Cruise said he proposed with a teardrop-shaped ring at the Eiffel Tower in Paris. He announced their engagement the next day at a press conference for "War of the Worlds."

At the conference, a fairly quiet Holmes said the two planned to have children. 

October 6, 2005: The couple announced they were expecting.

A spokesperson for Cruise told People that Holmes was pregnant with the couple's first child together and the couple was "very excited."

April 18, 2006: Holmes gave birth to a baby girl.

Cruise's spokesperson announced that Holmes had given birth to a baby girl named Suri who was seven pounds and 20 inches long.

October 2006: Suri made her public debut.

Cruise and Holmes showed Suri off to the world on the cover of Vanity Fair magazine. The couple also shared details about their daughter's name. 

"We had the name before we found out [the gender of the baby] because we both thought the baby would be a girl," Cruise told Vanity Fair. He  said their daughter's name meant "red rose."

November 18, 2006: The couple got married in Italy.

Holmes and Cruise sealed the deal with a very lavish wedding in the 15th-century Odescalchi Castle in Bracciano, Italy. Holmes wore a Giorgio Armani gown and the two had a "double ring" Scientology wedding , as per People's report. 

January 2008: Cruise's Scientology indoctrination video went viral.

According to Gawker, a  Scientology indoctrination video featuring Cruise had leaked and spread across media outlets. The outlet described the video as "scary." 

He said, among other things, "When you're a Scientologist, and you drive by an accident, you know you have to do something about it, because you know you're the only one who can really help … We are the way to happiness. We can bring peace and unite cultures."

May 2010: Holmes put on a show for Cruise at a Hollywood benefit.

During the benefit, Holmes performed a seductive dance to the song "Whatever Lola Wants" from the musical "Damn Yankees." She danced around her husband while he did some of his own moves.

September 2010: Holmes gushed about Cruise in an interview and talked about future children.

In an interview with Marie Claire, Holmes described being married to Cruise as "really fun," saying, "It's an amazing life, but we always remind ourselves of how incredibly lucky we are."

When asked about the possibility of having more kids, she said "maybe in a couple of years," adding that she really just wanted to focus on Suri at the moment.

May 2012: Cruise raved about Holmes in an interview with Playboy.

In a "Playboy" interview, Cruise called Holmes "an extraordinary person," saying "if you spent five minutes with her, you'd see it." He added, "I'm just happy, and I have been since the moment I met her. What we have is very special."

June 2012: Cruise promoted "Rock of Ages" without Holmes by his side.

Many noticed when Holmes didn't appear next to her husband on the red carpet while he promoted his new film.

June 29, 2012: Holmes filed for divorce from Cruise.

In June, Holmes' team made a statement to People about how she was divorcing Cruise , who said he wasn't expecting it at all.

Holmes' attorney said, "This is a personal and private matter for Katie and her family. Katie's primary concern remains, as it always has been, her daughter's best interest."

Cruise's rep said, "Kate has filed for divorce and Tom is deeply saddened and is concentrating on his three children. Please allow them their privacy."

Holmes reportedly made calls about the divorce on a disposable cellphone and hired three law firms in three states, according to the Los Angeles Times. 

July 11, 2012: Lawyers for Cruise and Holmes announced they had reached a settlement on custody of Suri.

According to People, lawyers reached a very quick settlement only 11 days after the divorce was filed.  Holmes received primary custody of 6-year-old Suri and Cruise was granted visitation rights.

April 2013: Cruise admitted he had never expected the divorce.

During an interview with German TV network ProSieben, Cruise said he didn't expect Holmes to divorce him .

He described that time of his life as a "tragicomedy," and said, "To be 50 and to have experiences and to think you have a grip on everything ... and then it hits you: This is it, what life can do to you."

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10 Years Later: All the Details From Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes' Lavish Italian Wedding

The stars became husband and wife in an elaborate celebration at a castle in bracciano.

"I think every little girl dreams about [her wedding]," Katie Holmes said in an interview with  Seventeen  in 2004. "I used to think I was going to marry Tom Cruise ."

"So let it be written, so let it be done."

As fate would have it, her childhood wishes came true less than a year later when, newly split from fiancé Chris Klein , she accepted the Oscar winner's marriage proposal, subsequently gave birth to the couple's only child, Suri , and went on to marry her girlhood crush in one of the most significant wedding ceremonies in Hollywood history.

As pop culture history goes, the marriage ended in a divorce settlement five and a half years later with primary legal custody of Suri granted to her mother.

Nevertheless, for nostalgia's sake, today marks a different milestone for those vows—their 10-year anniversary. On this day in 2006, the actors became husband and wife inside Bracciano, Italy's 15th-century Odescalchi Castle, a celebration that reportedly cost them upwards of $3 million. 

With a price tag that grand, Tom and Katie's wedding cemented itself in celebrity bridal history. From the cream of the crop Hollywood guest list and double wedding gowns to a dinner serenade by  Andrea Bocelli , it seems no expense was spared on the night Holmes became Mrs.  Tom Cruise . 

"If you get invited to that wedding, you go," Brooke Shields , a guest at the wedding, told Jenny McCarthy  in an interview on her  SiriusXM show  in January.  

Before the wedding could begin, the bride needed a gown—or two. Holmes sported two dresses during the special night, both designed by wedding attendee Giorgio Armani . For the ceremony, the  Ray Donovan  actress donned an off-the-shoulder silk and lace design adorned with Swarovski crystals. The crystals alone took 350 hours to place, as People reported at the time.

Then, she switched into a one-shoulder off-white silk organza number embellished with more Swarovski crystals.

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Katie wasn't the only one to dazzle the crowd in Armani—her groom and the wedding party all wore the label for the special night. 

"Katie wanted a simple, elegant dress," Armani told People  at the time. "I wanted to make it modern but at the same time complement the sweetness and energy she conveys."

As fans would learn years later, Holmes accessorized with "something old" gifted to her by Shields. After being publicly criticized by Cruise for taking prescription medication for her postpartum depression, Shields said the actor came to her home to apologize. Soon after, she got a call from Holmes to invite her to their Italian nuptials. 

"She said, 'It just wouldn't feel right without you there,'" Shields told McCarthy during the interview in January. "And I said 'OK, I'll bring the something old, as long as it's not me!' And she said, 'would you?'"

The former face of Calvin Klein ultimately delivered the bride-to-be an antique enamel compact. 

The supermodel was just one name on the sprawling VIP list of famous attendees, which included  Will Smith  and  Jada Pinkett Smith , fellow Scientologists  John Travolta  and  Kelly Preston , David Beckham and Victoria Beckham , Jenny McCarthy and then-partner  Jim Carrey ,  Marc Anthony and Jennifer Lopez and former Scientologist Leah Remini . 

Once inside the castle's armory doors, guests were greeted by flag bearers sporting traditional Renaissance attire. With Cruise's older children, Connor and Isabella , Holmes' maid of honor, sister Nancy Blaylock , and Cruise's best man, Scientology leader David Miscavige , present, the couple took part in Scientology's traditional "double ring" ceremony and sealed it with a kiss. 

What followed was a seemingly endless celebration that carried into different halls of the castle, as People  described at the time. After a round of toasts, the bride danced with her father,  Martin Holmes , to  Louis Armstrong 's "What a Wonderful World" and joined Cruise for their first dance to  Fleetwood Mac 's "Songbird."

"It didn't take much time before I realized this Tom guy was a special guy—that he loved Katie, that he cared for her and supported her," Martin said during a toast at their rehearsal dinner at the Villa Aurelia. "Tonight, I am extremely proud and happy to raise my glass to Katie and Tom."

One five-tier wedding cake and fireworks display later, the guests danced the night away with music producer Mark Ronson spinning tunes and Lopez jumping in to perform one of her songs live when it came on. 

A nostalgic moment arrived when Cruise sang  The Righteous Brothers ' "You've Lost That Lovin' Feeling" to his bride—a nod to his iconic performance in  Top Gun . 

Of course, the song now seems like a moment of foreboding as, five and a half years after they wrapped the late-night festivities and boarded a jet to the Maldives for their honeymoon, Holmes filed for divorce . The two have not remarried and Holmes continues to live with her daughter.

While their high-profile relationship was a subject of controversy and speculation since Cruise first jumped on Oprah Winfrey 's couch, the actress recently revealed she wouldn't do it differently. 

"I really enjoy my life," she told Ocean Drive   a year ago. "I don't really regret anything that I've done. I've learned from everything, and everything sort of leads you to the next place. I just keep going."

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Tom Cruise and Mimi Rogers's Relationship Timeline: A Look Back

Tom Cruise and Mimi Rogers met in 1985 before tying the knot in 1987.

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ICYMI — or are just having a hard time remembering — Oscar-nominated actor Tom Cruise and actress Mimi Rogers dated in Cruise's  post-Cher  and pre- Nicole Kidman  days. The pair met in 1985 — although how, exactly, is up for debate — and married in 1987, marking a first for Cruise and the second marriage for Rogers. The pair later finalized their divorce in 1990.

During the course of their relationship, the  Risky Business  star and  The Rapture  starlet spoke highly of each other when giving interviews and confidently stepped out in public as each other's arm candy (not everyone can pull off T-shirts tucked into Bermuda shorts with ease). However, as with any couple, Cruise and Rogers had their ups and downs. Throw in the pressures of Hollywood, and it would eventually prove all too much for the actors.

Here's a look back at Tom Cruise and Mimi Rogers's relationship.

1985: Tom Cruise and Mimi Rogers first meet

In 1986, Cruise, then 23,  told  Rolling Stone  he'd met Rogers, then 29, "at a dinner party about a year ago" when he was developing the original  Top Gun .  However, the courtship wasn't  quite  as simple as a young Cruise introducing himself and asking to date Rogers. The actor said Rogers "was dating a friend" at the time. 

"I thought she was extremely bright," Cruise recalled to the publication.

Rogers remembered things differently,  telling  Sun Sentinel   that she and Cruise had been introduced by mutual friends. 

"I wasn't seeing anybody, he wasn't seeing anybody, and they thought, 'These people should be going out with somebody — let's see if they want to go out with each other,'" Rogers told the newspaper. "And we said, 'Aw, what the heck. OK.'"

May 9, 1987: Tom Cruise and Mimi Rogers get married

The idea of marriage was introduced quickly, but given the magnitude of Cruise's stardom following the success of the blockbuster Top Gun  , the couple referred to their wedding by an ominous title: "The Project." Rogers, a second-generation Scientologist herself, is believed to have been one of Cruise's first links to the polarizing belief system.

In May 1987, Cruise and Rogers executed their, uh, project and tied the knot,  according to  People .  The Mighty Ducks  actor Emilio Estevez was Cruise's best man at the "very small, intimate and beautiful" event. Interestingly, nearly one year before Cruise and Rogers wed, he told  Rolling Stone,  "I don't know if I could get married."

Rogers spoke fondly of Cruise in their years together. "There's a lot of contentment and security (in marriage)," she  told  Chicago Tribune  in 1988. "I highly recommend it.''

December 9, 1989: Tom Cruise files for divorce from Mimi Rogers

According to Andrew Morton's  Tom Cruise: An Unauthorized Biography , the actor filed for divorce on Dec. 9, 1989. Production on  Days of Thunder  (starring Cruise and his future wife, Kidman) began just two days later. In 1995, Cruise  described to  Vanity Fair  his reaction to meeting Kidman as "instant lust." 

Morton cited a statement made by Cruise and Rogers to address the announcement of their split in January 1990: "While there have been positive aspects to our marriage, there were some issues which could not be resolved even after working on them for a period of time." 

Ironically, just days before news of Cruise and Rogers's split broke, the  Rain Man  star insisted that (despite tabloid conjecture) he "couldn't imagine being without" his then-wife. "Since I've been with her, it's opened me up a lot," he  revealed to  Rolling Stone  in 1990. "I think it's helped me be a better actor. We live a lot of life together. We share everything. That's the best thing about life. Otherwise, you go through it pretty sad and lonely and angry." At the risk of laying it on too thick, Cruise added, "I care about my wife more than anything in the world. She's my best friend. I just really like being with her, you know? I love her."

February 1990: Tom Cruise and Mimi Rogers finalize divorce

After finalizing his divorce from Rogers in February 1990, Cruise and Kidman reportedly wed in December. The actor  told Barbara Walters  in 1992 that he and his ex hadn't spoken "in a couple of years," though he did "wish her well." 

In 1993, the  Bosch  star spoke to  Playboy ,  per E! Online , and made some interesting comments about her ex. "Here's the real story," she reportedly told the publication. "Tom was seriously thinking of becoming a monk. At least for that period of time, it looked as though marriage wouldn't fit into his overall spiritual need. And he thought he had to be celibate to maintain the purity of his instrument." She also mentioned that her own instrument "needed tuning." 

Rogers was candid about the trouble of being married to one of the most famous men in the world. 

"You cease to be an individual," she  told  People  in 1995. "No matter what the article is, it's 'Tom Cruise's wife ...'" Rogers added that she was waiting for the moment when she didn't "have to talk about that [blankety-blank] name anymore."

Though, in 2001, she  explained to  The Telegraph  that "stardom wasn't really a problem" in their marriage. "What did annoy me was the age thing," she added. "Every six months, [the press] seemed to add another year to my age. If we were still married, the press would have me in my 60s by now."

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Tom Cruise Is Intensely Private, But Here's What We Know About His Personal Life

Tom Cruise is truly larger than life (though a little below average in stature ) even by Hollywood standards. Any movie he stars in is virtually guaranteed to be a box office hit if not smash. In fact, taking in all box office numbers, foreign and domestic, you have to go back to the 1980s to find a movie that truly bombed.

Incredibly, Tom Cruise has made 18 films that have earned north of $100 million. The numbers are staggering, but what about the man behind the numbers? Let’s take a look, shall we?

How Tall Is Tom Cruise?

Tom Cruise is often called out for being short, and while he’s not tall, he’s also not the shortest guy in Hollywood either. At 5’7" in height, he’s taller than a lot of famous actors, like Daniel Radcliffe (5’5”), Michael J. Fox (5’4”), Scott Caan (5’5”), and Richard Dreyfuss (5’5”).

How Old Is Tom Cruise?

Tom Cruise was not born on the 4th of July, but he was born on the 3rd of July in Syracuse, NY in 1962, making him 56-years-old at the time of this writing. He's pretty fit for someone pushing sixty, too, and regularly still has shirtless scenes in movies.

Who Is Tom Cruise’s Wife?

Tom Cruise has been married three times. His first marriage was to Mimi Rogers, who introduced him to the Church of Scientology. They were married from 1987 to 1990 when he left her after meeting the woman that would become his second wife, Nicole Kidman .

Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman got married in 1990 after meeting on the set of Day Of Thunder . They stayed married through the '90s, but eventually divorced in 2001. Kidman is now married to fellow Aussie Keith Urban.

After Tom and Nicole divorced, he began dating his Vanilla Sky co-star, Penelope Cruz (Cruise and Cruz), before breaking up with her in 2004, and shortly after, he began dating his soon-to-be third wife, Katie Holmes .

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Sixteen years his junior, Katie Holmes and Tom Cruise stayed married for six years before Holmes filed for divorce in New York State. Their relationship was often splashed on the covers of the tabloids, sometimes because of Cruise’s involvement in the Church of Scientology or sometimes because he was jumping up and down on couches with Oprah .

It's worth noting that before Tom Cruise married Mimi Rogers in the '80s, he was linked to a number of actress, all older than the young Hollywood heartthrob was at the time. He dated his Risky Business co-star Rebecca De Mornay briefly. He had a relationship with Bruce Springsteen ’s now-wife Patti Scialfa (before she and The Boss got together) and he also was linked to Cher for a short time, who was 16 years his elder.

Is Tom Cruise A Scientologist?

He is. Tom Cruise is almost as famous for being a Scientologist as he is for his movies. The two adopted children from his marriage to Nicole Kidman are as well .

He first joined the Church in the mid-eighties and has since become a strong advocate on behalf of it. The leader of the church, David Miscavige, was the best man at Cruise’s wedding to Katie Holmes and Cruise has spoken publicly often about his faith in Scientology. Tom Cruise is such an important part of the Church, Miscavige invented an award to give him , called the Freedom Medal Of Valor.

In 2008, a video of an interview with Tom Cruise that was intended to be for Church use was leaked to the internet. In the video -- which was edited to have the Mission: Impossible theme playing under his talking -- the actor makes a lot of wild statements that the Church claimed were taken out of context and they sued YouTube and others to have the video removed. YouTube eventually removed it, but it can be found on the internet still.

Before he started acting as a young man, Tom Cruise also briefly attended Seminary hoping to become a Catholic priest, but the acting bug caught and he left for Hollywood.

What Is Tom Cruise’s Real Name?

When he was born, Tom Cruise was named Thomas Cruise Mapother IV. He was named after his father, who Cruise didn’t not get along with growing up. When Cruise was in 6th grade, while living in Ottawa, Canada, his mother divorced his father and moved back to The States. Later, she remarried when Cruise was 16. Thomas Cruise Mapother III died when Tom Cruise was 22, just as Cruise really broke big in Hollywood.

A cousin on his father’s side is actor William Mapother, who starred as Ethan on Lost and has appeared in three films with Cruise himself, Born On The Fourth Of July, Mission: Impossible 2 , and Minority Report.

Does Tom Cruise Have Kids?

Yep. Tom Cruise has three kids. Two were adopted during his marriage to Nicole Kidman. Allegedly, Nicole Kidman was pregnant when he filed for divorce in 2000, but tragically she miscarried. She also reportedly had a miscarriage early in their marriage as well.

Six years later, in 2006, his then-girlfriend Katie Holmes famously gave birth to their daughter Suri. The tabloids and gossip sites went crazy and the world buzzed with the announcement. Vanity Fair published the first pictures of their baby and circulation reportedly jumped 60% for the issue. It was a BIG deal. More recently, the news hasn't been as good though, as it's been reported that Tom Cruise doesn't have much contact, if any, with Suri.

What Are Tom Cruise’s Kids’ Names?

His two adopted children with Nicole Kidman are, Isabella Jane Cruise, both in 1992 and Connor Anthony Cruise, born in 1995. The most famous of his children though, is the one he had with Katie Holmes , whose name is Suri.

Why Did Tom Cruise Get Divorced?

As noted prior, his first marriage ended in divorce to Mimi Rogers because he met and started dating Nicole Kidman.

Neither Nicole Kidman nor Tom Cruise have ever spoken publicly very much about their divorce in 2001. All that is really known is that it was Cruise that filed for divorce, using the nebulous “irreconcilable differences” reason in California.

Like his divorce from Kidman, Cruise has never talked much about his divorce from Katie Holmes, nor has she . Holmes filed for divorce in New York State, which has very strict privacy laws when it comes to divorce and custody, so everything is speculation, really.

So, those are the public details of Tom Cruise’s private life. As someone who has been on the front page of newspapers for almost 40 years, surprisingly little is really known about him. He’s a huge name, but an intensely private person.

Of course, there have been times where the absolute opposite of all of that is true, like when his daughter Suri was born in 2006.

One thing is still for sure – he is still box office platinum . He is one of the rare few actors in Hollywood that basically guarantees a huge box office number. That probably won’t change in anytime soon with the releases of the Top Gun sequel Maverick in 2020 and then two more Mission: Impossible movies in 2021 and 2022.

Hugh Scott is the Syndication Editor for CinemaBlend. Before CinemaBlend, he was the managing editor for Suggest.com and Gossipcop.com, covering celebrity news and debunking false gossip. He has been in the publishing industry for almost two decades, covering pop culture – movies and TV shows, especially – with a keen interest and love for Gen X culture, the older influences on it, and what it has since inspired. He graduated from Boston University with a degree in Political Science but cured himself of the desire to be a politician almost immediately after graduation.

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Tom Cruise has been one of Hollywood's leading names for over nearly forty years.

Tom Cruise is an American actor who is the fifth-highest-grossing (as of 2023) film actor of all time as well as one of the highest-paid actors in cinema.

He has appeared in some of the biggest film franchises ever like Top Gun and its sequel Top Gun: Maverick (which is his highest-grossing film to date), the Mission Impossible film series, as well as other blockbusters such as Jerry Maguire , Minority Report , Interview With A Vampire , A Few Good Men , The Last Samurai , War Of The Worlds, Days Of Thunder, Cocktail and Jack Reacher .

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Cruise became a Hollywood lead during the 1980s with stand-out performances in films like Rain Man , The Color Of Money , and Born on the Fourth of July .

Although he is well-known for his roles in action movies, Tom Cruise has also been nominated for four Academy Awards throughout his career, though he hasn't won any.

Cruise has been a member of the controversial Church of Scientology since converting in the 2000s, and has advocated for the organisation as it helped him to overcome his dyslexia.

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How old is Tom Cruise and when was he born?

Tom Cruise was born on July 3, 1962, in Syracuse, New York. In 2023, he will turn 61 years old.

His father Thomas Cruise Mapother III was an electrical engineer and his mother Mary Lee was a special education teacher. They both originated from Louisville, Kentucky so Cruise and his three sisters (Lee Anne, Marian, and Cass) were brought up as Catholic.

One of his cousins, William Mapother is also an actor and has appeared alongside Cruise in five of his films.

He once described his father as "a merchant of chaos" as he was a violent bully who would beat Tom Cruise and his siblings.

How did Tom Cruise get his start in acting?

Tom Cruise moved around frequently during his youth due to his father's work, and attended 15 different schools in 14 years.

After falling in love with acting during his youth, Cruise eventually moved to New York City to pursue a career in the profession, then onwards to Los Angeles.

He was cast in several small roles shortly after his move, but it wasn't until he was cast in Francis Ford Coppola's 'Generation X' cult classic The Outsiders (which featured young stars like Patrick Swayze , Matt Dillon, Diane Lane, and Emilio Estevez) that he began gaining notoriety.

His big break came when he was cast in the iconic comedy-drama Risky Business which subsequently became a cult phenomenon and surprise box office hit, which is still regarded as one of the defining films of the 1980s.

What are Tom Cruise’s biggest films?

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- Mission Impossible (series)

- A Few Good Men

- Risky Business

- The Last Samurai

- Jerry Maguire

- The Color Of Money

- Born on the Fourth of July

- Top Gun: Maverick

Is Tom Cruise married?

Tom Cruise is not currently married. He divorced his third wife Katie Holmes in 2012.

He was also married twice before, first to actress Mimi Rogers from 1987-1990, and then to actress Nicole Kidman from 1990-2001 who he appeared alongside films like Days Of Thunder and Stanley Kubrick's Eyes Wide Shut .

Does Tom Cruise have any children?

Tom Cruise has three children. He shares his only son Connor and eldest daughter Isabella with his ex-wife, Nicole Kidman who adopted the pair when they were married.

He also has a biological daughter, Suri, who he had with ex-wife Katie Holmes.

Cruise is notoriously private about his children and his relationship with them, although it's been repeatedly reported that he is estranged from his three kids.

What is Tom Cruise’s net worth?

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Tom Cruise's reported net worth is $620 million.

Are there any other facts we should know about Tom Cruise?

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The Hollywood action hero got his Hollywood teeth before he became a leading man, getting braces fitted before his career properly kicked off after being cast in Ridley Scott's fantasy film Legend .

Cruise was reportedly touted to play Neo in The Matrix film franchise before it went to Keanu Reeves , and similarly with the role of Iron Man before Robert Downey Jr was cast as the lead.

Executives at Disney wanted to likeness of Aladdin to resemble Tom Cruise as they said it'd make the character more likeable.

After his turn in Risky Business (and the iconic improvised dance scene) Cruise was credited with saving the sunglasses brand Ray-Ban from going under due to the renewed popularity the film gave the frames.

He participates in most of - if not all of - his stunts in movies, and has a gruelling regime to keep him prepared. When asked about how he keeps fit Cruise replied with: "Sea-kayaking, caving… fencing, treadmill, weights… rock-climbing, hiking… I jog… I do so many different activities."

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Entertainment | fire season kicks off with california’s biggest blaze of the year, the corral fire near livermore, entertainment, entertainment | is tom cruise’s rumored new girlfriend, hayley atwell, ready for tom cruise, if hayley atwell is in fact dating cruise, she becomes the latest in a line of famous actresses who have been romantically involved with the notoriously ‘intense’ megastar.

So, why wouldn’t any woman, including his “Mission: Impossible 7” co-star Hayley Atwell, be absolutely thrilled to be dating him? Cruise and the British actor, 39, fanned months-long dating rumors when they attended the Wimbledon women’s singles final Saturday.

“Tom and Hayley hit it off from day one,” a source told The Sun in December, which first reported on rumors that the “Top Gun” megastar and Atwell were romantically involved.

Cruise’s three ex-wives might have things to say on the pros and cons of being drawn into his orbit. Of course, it’s unlikely that they actually will — publicly, at least — given the likelihood that non-disclosure agreements were part of their divorce settlements.

If nothing else, the next woman who becomes Cruise’s real-life love interest needs to be prepared for his level of fame and reported idiosyncrasies. Among other things Cruise is known to be “intense.” He demonstrated as much when he famously jumped on Oprah Winfrey’s couch in 2005 to proclaim his love for Katie Holmes before she became wife no. 3.

Somehow, as I was surfing the net, I stumbled across a video of that moment Tom Cruise jumped up and down like a 12 year old on Oprah Winfrey’s couch. That’s where he lost me. Does anyone remember that?! pic.twitter.com/GjZEnQduGS — Mickey Guyton (@MickeyGuyton) May 6, 2018

At the time, Holmes was the latest in a line of famous actresses to catch Cruise’s eye. In fact, Cruise has only been publicly attached to women in the industry, going back to Melissa Gilbert of “Little House on the Prairie” fame, who was 16 or 17 at the time they dated in the early 1980s. He had just moved to Los Angeles to pursue a career in movies and was still known by his birth name, Tom Mapother.

“I did not have sex with him,” Gilbert said on “Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen” in 2017 . “We made out, but, honestly, there was no sex. He was a good kisser. But, you know, he was, like, a struggling, starving actor. I actually bought him his first set of dishes.”

Cruise went on one date with Heather Locklear next, spent two years in a relationship with Rebecca De Mornay, his co-star in his 1983 breakthrough film “Risky Business,” and had a brief romance with, yes, Cher, Hollywood Life reported . He then married and divorced Mimi Rogers and married and divorced Oscar winner Nicole Kidman, with whom he adopted two children. Cruise also dated Oscar winner Penelope Cruz before he met and proclaimed his mad love for Holmes.

According to multiple reports, Cruise’s adherence to the Church of Scientology has long guided his romantic choices, ever since Rogers introduced him to the controversial organization while they were married in the late 1980s. Cruise is now said to be one of the most powerful people in the organization.

A detailed 2012 Vanity Fair report described how Cruise divorced Kidman in 2001 and broke up with Cruz in 2004 because they didn’t sufficiently embrace the organization’s teachings. Vanity Fair also reported that the church staged “an elaborate auditioning process” to find Cruise’s next girlfriend and potential wife. He had a brief romance with actress and fellow Scientologist Nazanin Boniadi, during which he “overwhelmed her with the intensity of his affection.”

Responding to Vanity Fair’s report in 2012, a spokesperson for Scientology denied the allegations about “auditioning” women and denied that the church or its leader, David Miscavige, exercised any involvement in the actor’s personal life.

When Cruise’s relationship with Boniadi ended, he moved on to Holmes.  “Like Princess Diana with Prince Charles, Katie Holmes had a mad schoolgirl crush on the older Tom Cruise,” when she was a teenager, Vanity Fair reported. Holmes was 26, some 16 years Cruise’s junior when they began dating.

Cruise and Holmes married in a fairytale wedding in an Italian castle in 2006, after they already had become parents to daughter Suri. But the church and its leader David Miscavige were said to be like “a third person” in the marriage, Vanity Fair said.

Holmes reportedly became concerned about the influence Scientology might have over how Suri was raised, and surprised Cruise by filing for divorce in 2012. Because of a prenuptial agreement negotiated by Holmes’ attorney father, she was able to quickly resolve her divorce from Cruise and secure custody of Suri, Vanity Fair added.

When asked about the divorce, Cruise opened up, just a little, on a German talk show , saying he was blindsided.  “I did not expect that. To be 50 and to have experiences and to think you have a grip on everything, and then it hits you — this is it, what life can do to you. Life is a tragicomedy. You need to have a sense of humor.”

Over the years, Cruise’s ex-wives have said little about their time with him. Rogers famously told Playboy in 1993 that Cruise was “seriously thinking of becoming a monk. … he thought he had to be celibate to maintain the purity of his instrument.”

Kidman has never revealed anything about their divorce, allegations in the Vanity Fair report nor a 2015 HBO documentary, “Going Clear,” that said Scientology helped orchestrate their breakup and trained her children to view her as a “suppressive person,” or enemy of the church. But Kidman has talked about some good times with Cruise, telling Vanity Fair in 2002: “He basically swept me off my feet. I fell madly, passionately in love. And as happens when you fall in love, my whole plan in terms of what I wanted for my life — I was like, ‘Forget it. This is it.’ I was consumed by it, willingly.”

At least one of Cruise’s ex-girlfriends has had other kind things to say about Cruise. Cher put Cruise in her “Top 5” lovers list, she told Andy Cohen in 2013: “l I had just the greatest lovers ever. Not a long list. It’s just a good list.”

Cher told the Daily Mail in 2018 she first met Cruise at Madonna and Sean Penn’s wedding in Malibu in 1985, met up again at an event at the White House when Reagan was still in office, then hooked up sometime later.

Cher said she and Cruise are still friends: “Though I don’t get what he does, that whole Scientology thing,” Cher said. “I can’t understand it so I just… don’t.”

Since Cruise and Holmes divorced, he had not been publicly linked with anyone until Atwell, who may be best known for playing Peggy Carter in the “Captain America” movies. The Sun first reported in December that the co-stars began dating while filming “Mission: Impossible 7.”

Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, production has been arduous and protracted. The movie was supposed to start shooting in February 2020 in Italy, but production was shut down due to the pandemic.

Production began again in the autumn, then stopped when some crew members tested positive for COVID. In December, audio leaked from the Warner Bros. Studios set in the U.K. revealed some more of Cruise’s famous intensity. On the recording, Cruise was heard ranting against members of the crew for not taking COVID-19 protocols seriously enough.

“If I see you do it again, you’re (expletive) gone,” Cruise shouted in the audio, according to the Sun. “And if anyone in this crew does it, that’s it — and you too and you too. And you, don’t you ever f—king do it again.”

Production on the film was halted yet again in June, reportedly due to someone testing positive for COVID. But Cruise and Atwell may have bonded amid the pandemic challenges. A source told The Sun that “lockdown, and all the difficulties that came with it, brought them even closer and they’ve become fairly inseparable.”

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Who Is Tom Cruise’s New Girlfriend in 2024? Elsina Khayrova Age & Occupation

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Hollywood star  Tom Cruise  and his new girlfriend drew quite a lot of media attention over the past few months. According to multiple sources, the  Top Gun  actor started dating a new partner in December 2023. However, the couple have recently split up a few months into their relationship, according to  Us Weekly .

Let’s take a deeper look at who exactly Tom Cruise’s new girlfriend is.

Who is Tom Cruise dating in 2024?

Stepping into 2024, Tom Cruise was dating Russian model Elsina Khayrova. According to US Weekly, a few sources claim that they met through a mutual friend as they both live in London. After they began dating in December 2023, the couple was seen getting close at a party in London’s Grosvenor Square. However, in February 2024 they split up due to her ex-husband – Dmitry Tsetkov.

Dmitry Tsetkov is an international diamond trader and a Russian oligarch. He and Elsina divorced each other in 2022 after a decade of marriage. They have two children together.

Who is Tom Cruise’s new girlfriend Elsina Khayrova?

Elsina Khayrova is a Russian socialite and model, currently settled in London as a British citizen. She is the daughter of Rinat Khayrova, an ally of Vladimir Putin and a member of his political party. She has two children with her ex-husband Dmitry Tsetkov, whom she divorced in 2022. Recently she started dating Tom Cruise in December 2023, ending their relationship in February 2024.

Elsina and Cruise may have split up due to her ex-husband’s comments, claims Us Weekly. The couple were happy together and were also spotted at parties and events around London. They were careful to avoid being photographed around the city and kept their relationship quite private. However, they unfortunately called it quits, with Tom Cruise going back to living the single life again.

What is Elsina Khayrova’s age?

Elsina Khayrova is 37 years old as of March 2024, making the age gap between Cruise and her around 25 years. There have been quite a few negative comments, especially on social media about their age difference. However, the former couple seemed unaffected by it.

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Nicole Kidman opens up about her marriage to Tom Cruise

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In an essay for New York Magazine's "Woman and Power" series , Nicole Kidman opened up about her past marriage to Tom Cruise, sharing some incredible insight about her high-profile relationship.

The actress and producer married the movie star in 1990 and divorced in 2001. The couple adopted two children, Isabella and Connor.

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"Being married to Tom Cruise at 22 is something I’m always reluctant to talk about, because I’m married now to the man who is my great love [Keith Urban], and it almost feels disrespectful," Kidman, 51, wrote.

Kidman married the Australian rocker in 2006 and they also have two children, Sunday and Faith.

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"That said, I got married very young, but it definitely wasn’t power for me — it was protection," she said. "I married for love, but being married to an extremely powerful man kept me from being sexually harassed. I would work, but I was still very much cocooned. So when I came out of it at 32, 33, it’s almost like I had to grow up."

"I married for love, but being married to an extremely powerful man kept me from being sexually harassed."

And she admitted that she did experience harassment at one point in her career.

"But do I want to expose them in an article? No," she wrote. "Do they come out in my work? Absolutely. I’m open and raw. I want to have my well of experience and emotion tapped into, used — and I’m not just talking about sexual harassment. I’m talking about loss, death, the full array of life. But it has to be by the right people so it’s not abused again."

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Nicole Kidman Got Asked About Her Marriage To Tom Cruise And It Didn't Go Well

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Aside from the photos of Nicole Kidman jumping for joy after finalizing her divorce from Tom Cruise popping up every so often, the one-time power couple has largely faded from our collective pop culture memory.

Both stars tend to keep their eyes mouths wide shut when it comes to their marriage, so perhaps that’s why Kidman was caught off guard by a question about Cruise in an interview with The Guardian published on Sunday.

Reflecting on her role as Lucille Ball in Aaron Sorkin’s “Being The Ricardos” — a look at the comedy icon’s romance with Desi Arnaz — the Oscar-winner explained how the project takes a different approach to depicting love.

“It’s about a creative and romantic relationship that doesn’t work out,” she said. “But from it come some extraordinary things. And I love that. I love that it’s not a happy ending.”

“This film says you can make an extraordinary relationship thrive and leave remnants of it that exist forever. Yeah, that’s really gorgeous,” she continued. “You can’t make people behave how you want them to, and sometimes you’re going to fall in love with someone who isn’t going to be the person you spend the rest of your life with. And I think that’s all very relatable. You may have kids with them. You may not, but they were very much in love.”

The response prompted reporter Eva Wiseman to ask, with what she described as “exquisite care,” whether Kidman was referring on some level to her marriage to Cruise.

Wiseman noted that Kidman “[choked], just a little” and became “angry” before fully shutting down the line of inquiry.

“Oh, my God, no, no. Absolutely not. No. I mean, that’s, honestly, so long ago that that isn’t in this equation. So no,” Kidman said. “And I would ask not to be pigeonholed that way, either. It feels to me almost sexist, because I’m not sure anyone would say that to a man. And at some point, you go, ‘Give me my life. In its own right.’”

Kidman and Cruise fell in love after co-starring in 1990’s “Days of Thunder” and got married that year. They adopted two children together and later split after 11 years of marriage amid rumors that Cruise’s devotion to Scientology drove a wedge between them.

In 2006, Kidman tied the knot with singer Keith Urban, with whom she now has two daughters. Cruise, meanwhile, married Katie Holmes in 2006. They also later divorced.

Elsewhere in the Guardian interview, Kidman dodged a question about raising her daughters with Urban, saying, “No, I have to really protect them. I’ve learned to keep my mouth shut.”

Kidman has remained tight-lipped about her relationship with Cruise and their two children, Isabella and Connor, who, like their father, are reportedly practicing Scientologists.

But she back in 2018, she did comment on why she prefers not to discuss the marriage publicly and how Cruise’s star power protected her from sexual harassment early on in her career.

“Being married to Tom Cruise at 22 is something I’m always reluctant to talk about, because I’m married now to the man who is my great love [Keith Urban], and it almost feels disrespectful,” Kidman wrote in an essay for New York magazine. “That said, I got married very young, but it definitely wasn’t power for me ― it was protection.”

Earlier this year, she reflected on the intense media scrutiny that surrounded her relationship with Cruise, explaining that she’s become a “bit more trepidatious” about sharing personal details with the press.

“I’m wary at times, and I’ve been hurt, but at the same time I much prefer a warm approach rather than a prickly shutdown approach,” she told Harper’s Bazaar in September. “My husband, Keith, says that when he met me, he said, ‘How’s your heart?’ And I apparently responded, ‘Open.’”

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All three of Tom Cruise's marriages ended when wife was 33

Soon after news broke about Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes' plans to divorce , fans noted a weird coincidence. All of Cruise's three marriages broke up when his wife at the time was 33, and ended when she was 34.

Cruise's first wife was Mimi Rogers, who was 31 when she wed 24-year-old Cruise in May 1987 and 33 when they broke up in 1990.

Cruise then married Nicole Kidman, 23, in December of 1990, and then separated in 2001, when Kidman was 33.

Holmes, 28, and Cruise wed in 2006, seven months after daughter Suri was born. And when word came Friday that Holmes had filed for divorce, those with a sense of Cruise history noted that Holmes was also 33.

Divorces, in each case, came when the woman in question had turned 34 (or so we assume with Holmes, who will turn 34 in December).

The coincidence didn't go unnoticed on social media, where no weird fact is too small to escape notice.

"How weird is it that Tom Cruise's three failed marriages have all ended while the women were 34?" tweeted Karen D'Souza. Others tried to find a connection between the number 33 and Cruise's well-publicized Scientology faith.

And others had fun with a different numerical aspect of the Cruise-Holmes marriage. Wrote Adolf McGough, "Shoutout to Katie Holmes and Tom Cruise. Your marriage lasted 28.47 Kim Kardashian and Kris Humphries marriages."

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It seems Tom Cruise is in love again – and he’s about to propose to the woman who would be wife No.4.

Tom, 53, is said to be so besotted by his 22.-year-old English assistant Emily Thomas, that he’s about to get down on one knee – if he hasn’t already.

The two have been dating since the end of 2014 when Emily was appointed his assistant during the filming of Mission Impossible – Rogue.[ew-supplier-carousel]

Emily, who looks a little like Tom’s former wife Katie Holmes, quickly captured Tom’s heart and he is, reportedly, “head over heels” with her and may, even, have proposed during a recent trip to Morocco.

Should Tom and Emily wed, it will be Tom’s fourth marriage. His first was to actress Mimi Rogers between 1987 and 1990; his second was to Nicole Kidman between 1990 and 2001 and his third was to actress Katie Holmes who he was married between 2006 and 2012.

Tom has a daughter, Suri, 9, with Katie and two adopted children, Isabella, 22, and Connor, 20, with Nicole.

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“It’s almost disrespectful”: Nicole Kidman Has a Good Reason to Not Talk About Marrying Tom Cruise When She Was Just 22

F or over a decade, Nicole Kidman and Tom Cruise were the dream Hollywood couple. The actors who had a fairytale romance on the sets of their film Days of Thunder , tied the knot in 1990 and seemed to have the perfect life until their shocking divorce in 2001. Kidman subsequently went on to marry musician Keith Urban in 2006.

Despite being very young, the Oscar winner has openly admitted that her marriage to the Mission: Impossible star happened out of love for each other. Having said that, Kidman in an interview few years ago, elaborated on the repercussions of continuing to talk about her failed relationship with Cruise.

Why Nicole Kidman Is Reluctant To Discuss About Her Marriage To Tom Cruise

For over 11 years, Nicole Kidman and Tom Cruise were couple goals. The two superstars who began courting on the sets of Days of Thunder which was their first film together, sealed their romance by tying the knot a year later when Kidman was only 22 years old. The celebrities also extended their family by adopting two daughters.

Unfortunately, the fairytale was not meant to be and the couple officially called it quits in 2001 . The Hours star went on to marry country singer Keith Urban in 2006 and continues to be in a rock-solid relationship with him after 18 years together.

Kidman openly admitted in a Variety interview in 2018 that despite being very young when she met Cruise, her decision to marry him was completely based on the love she felt for him, which formed the core of any of her relationships. But the Moulin Rouge star also confessed earlier that she was reluctant to talk about her past with the Top Gun actor.

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In an interview with The Cut in 2014, Kidman revealed that she felt uncomfortable addressing details about her marriage with Cruise mainly to protect her current relationship with Urban which she cherished. The Australian star elaborated and said,

Being married to Tom Cruise at 22 is something I’m always reluctant to talk about, because I’m married now to the man who is my great love [Keith Urban], and it almost feels disrespectful.

Having said that, the Oscar-winning celebrity also clarified that marrying Cruise wasn’t a power game for her. In reality, it gave her security and protection from s*xual predators in Hollywood when she was a vulnerable and young outsider in the industry.

Nicole Kidman Did Not Comprehend Her Own Worth

From humble beginnings in Australia to becoming one of the biggest superstars in Hollywood, Nicole Kidman’s journey has been an inspirational one. Her big break in the industry came in Days Of Thunder with Tom Cruise which provided the foothold for her to sign on prominent roles in films that went on to become bonafide blockbusters.

Apart from being a stunning beauty, Kidman’s acting chops proved that she had what it takes to be a complete artist in Hollywood. Her famous Oscar win for her brilliant performance in The Hours is a testament to this. But shockingly, contrary to belief, the celebrity confessed that self-confidence has never been her strong suit.

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In a candid interview with The Cut in 2014, Kidman revealed her struggles with accepting and acknowledging her talent despite having proven herself time and again. But this attitude, according to her, helped her stay modest and true to herself.

Winning an Oscar for The Hours, in 2003, I didn’t even notice the power then. I don’t know if it’s my self-esteem, but I still struggle to stand in that place and say, I’ve earned this. That’s probably good, because it keeps me in a state of wonder and humility and going, Wow! You want me?

After many years as a successful superstar in the industry, the Big Little Lies actor continues to push the envelope with regard to films and roles, and is a shining example that talent, determination, and hard work can work wonders.

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From Cher to Katie Holmes, All the People Tom Cruise Has Romanced Over the Years

Whether you love him for his work in notable blockbusters like "Top Gun" and "Mission Impossible" or are intrigued by his captivating persona, there is no arguing that Tom Cruise is a Hollywood icon. Over the years, the actor has equally become known for his accomplishments on film as he has for his controversial viewpoints and various romances. Since starting his acting career, Cruise has been linked to several leading ladies, including Penélope Cruz and Nazanin Boniadi.

Cruise's most notable romances are with the women he had married, however. The "A Few Good Men" actor has been married three times to actors Mimi Rogers, Nicole Kidman, and Katie Holmes. Most recently, Cruise has garnered attention for his relationship with his " Mission: Impossible — Dead Reckoning Part One " costar Hayley Atwell, with whom he allegedly had an on-again, off-again fling from 2020 to 2022, as reported by The Sun .

While the actor currently appears to be single, there is no doubt that his romances of the past are worth exploring. Read on to learn more about Cruise's dating history, which also includes Cher!

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Cruise's on-screen chemistry with his "Risky Business" costar was not just for the cameras. Though De Mornay was in a relationship with actor Harry Dean Stanton, she and Cruise started an intense affair during the production of the 1983 film. The pair's "Risky Business" costar, Curtis Armstrong, revealed in his memoir, "Revenge of the Nerd," that the dynamic on set was awkward at points.

"I suspect that most of Harry Dean's great qualities were lost on Tom, who, I think, was beginning to regard him as a guest overstaying his welcome. It must have been a little galling to have your heart set on f*cking your costar, and just when you think you're starting to make headway, her significant other comes popping up out of a trap like a lanky, amiable Banquo's ghost," Armstrong said (via The Hollywood Reporter ).

De Mornay and Cruise continued to have a relationship until around 1985. In a 2018 interview with Celebrity Page , De Mornay opened up about her romance with the "Top Gun" star, telling the outlet, "I will say that I thought he was very annoying when we first started [filming] . . . He came to grow on me because we wound up together for two and a half years after that film."

Though short-lived, one of Cruise's most notable romances was with none other than music icon Cher. The two connected for the first time at the 1985 wedding of Madonna and Sean Penn, though they got to know one another better at a White House event, per People . "Then a bunch of people who were dyslexic were invited to the White House, and Tom and I are both dyslexic . . . there was definitely a connection," she explained to the outlet.

Though it is unknown exactly how long Cruise and Cher's rendezvous lasted, the "Believe" singer did tell Andy Cohen on " Watch What Happens Live With Andy Cohen " in 2013 that their romance "was pretty hot and heavy for a little minute," and that Cruise was easily in her top five list of lovers.

Mimi Rogers

Cruise met his first wife in 1986. The two have differing accounts of how they initially connected, with Rogers claiming that a mutual friend set them up, and Cruise alleging that Rogers was dating someone else when they met, per Parade . Regardless of how the pair crossed paths, their relationship took off pretty fast, and a year after they met, they tied the knot in a private ceremony in May 1987, according to The Daily Beast .

Rogers, a second-generation Scientologist, is likely one of the greatest influences that introduced Cruise to the controversial belief system that he has since adopted so passionately. Throughout their marriage, details of the relationship between Cruise and Rogers were constantly speculated, coinciding with the actor's growing fame following films like "Cocktail" and "Rain Man." The couple quietly split in 1989 and announced their split in January 1990, as reported by Entertainment Weekly .

Though Rogers and Cruise have an amicable relationship today, the two didn't always see eye to eye after their divorce. In a 1995 interview with People , Rogers spoke harshly about her marriage to Cruise, telling the outlet, "You cease to be an individual. . . . No matter what the article is, it's 'Tom Cruise's wife. . . .' Waiting for the moment when I don't have to talk about that [blankety-blank] name anymore."

Nicole Kidman

Around the time Cruise separated from Rogers, he met Kidman in 1989 while filming the movie "Days of Thunder." The two hit it off right away, with Cruise later revealing (via Newsweek ), "My first reaction to meeting Nic was pure lust . . . It was totally physical." The pair wed just months after meeting in December 1990 in a private ceremony held in Colorado, according to Entertainment Weekly .

After starring in the 1992 film "Far and Away," the couple adopted a baby girl , Bella Kidman Cruise, shortly after she was born on Dec. 22, 1992, per People. Bella's adoption came after Kidman had a pregnancy loss, which Kidman opened up about in a 2007 interview with Vanity Fair. "From the minute Tom and I were married, I wanted to have babies . . . And we lost a baby early on, so that was really very traumatic. And that's when we would adopt [our daughter] Bella," she said (via People ). Three years later, Kidman and Cruise adopted their second child, a boy named Connor Kidman Cruise, after his birth on Jan. 17, 1995.

For the majority of the '90s, the two were one of Hollywood's greatest power couples. They would collaborate on screen again in 1999 and star as lovers in Stanley Kubrick's "Eyes Wide Shut" together, but their marriage deteriorated not long after. In February 2001, the couple announced their separation. The divorce filing cited "difficulties inherent in divergent careers" as the cause for the relationship's end, per Entertainment Weekly , though many speculated the split to be partially attributed to the pair's differences in religious beliefs. "Scientology had NOTHING to do with this," Pat Kingsley, the couple's former representative, assured at the time.

Penélope Cruz

Cruise met Cruz on the set of "Vanilla Sky" in 2000, and the pair started dating in 2001, per People . While there was media speculation that the couple were expecting a child and had plans on tying the knot, nothing of the sort happened, and their relationship was mainly private.

By March 2004, Cruise and Cruz called it quits, with a source revealing to People, "The relationship just ran its course and they decided not to be girlfriend and boyfriend anymore. Through most of the relationship they were both shooting movies in separate parts of the world."

Nazanin Boniadi

Though Cruise's relationship with Boniadi was short-lived, it was later revealed to be under unusual circumstances. According to a 2012 Vanity Fair story, Boniadi was one of several actors that were misled by Scientologist leaders to audition for a "special project" which required a makeover, training, and confidentiality agreements. Allegedly, the project was actually a quest from leaders in the organization to find Cruise another girlfriend after his split from Kidman.

In 2004, Boniadi was chosen to be Cruise's girlfriend, and within a month, the couple were living together. The relationship came to an end, however, after a meeting with Cruise and the Church of Scientology leader David Miscavige. Per Business Insider , the event that ended their brief fling involved a misunderstanding between Boniadi and Miscavige. "Overcome by a severe headache, Nazanin had a hard time understanding Miscavige, which infuriated him. The next day, Cruise — inches from her face — pounded on the table and screamed at her for insulting the head of the church," said Alex Gibney in the HBO documentary "Going Clear."

"Two weeks later, church henchman Tommy Davis delivered the news to Boniadi that her relationship with Cruise was over," the documentary revealed.

Katie Holmes

Following his breakup from Boniadi, Cruise met Holmes in April 2005 and started dating the "Dawson's Creek" star that same month, according to The Hollywood Reporter . Just one month after their romance started, Cruise notoriously professed his love for Holmes in an interview with Oprah Winfrey in May 2005, which many still associate with the actor even years after it took place. In June 2005, Holmes converted from Catholicism to the Church of Scientology, and the pair got engaged that same month.

By October 2005, Holmes and Cruise announced that they were expecting their first child together, and on April 18, 2006, they welcomed their daughter, Suri, into the world, per Today . The pair, dubbed "TomKat," eventually tied the knot in November 2006 and went on to garner intense media attention throughout the duration of the marriage.

Despite appearing strong on the outside, the couple's relationship was dwindling behind the scenes. In June 2012, Holmes filed for divorce from Cruise, with her rep telling outlets at the time (via Us Weekly ), "This is a personal and private matter for Katie and her family. Katie's primary concern remains, as it always has been, her daughter's best interest." A rep for Cruise on the other hand issued a separate statement, which read, "Kate has filed for divorce and Tom is deeply saddened and is concentrating on his three children. Please allow them their privacy."

Hayley Atwell

Cruise met Atwell on the set of "Mission: Impossible — Dead Reckoning Part One" in 2020. Though the pair have neither confirmed nor denied being in a relationship, there have been fierce rumors about a romance between the costars. According to The Sun , the two began dating shortly after meeting on set, but kept their relationship under wraps. From that point on, they had an on-again, off-again relationship, and ultimately called it quits in June 2022, with a source close to the two telling The Sun, "They get on really well, and have fantastic chemistry, which is why they decided to quietly give the relationship another try earlier this year. But what was working behind closed doors didn't work out so well when it was made public, and the fanfare around them as a couple exploded again . . . They have now decided they are better as friends."

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Hayley Atwell Breaks Silence On Tom Cruise Dating Rumors During ‘Mission: Impossible’ Interview

Hayley Atwell revealed that Tom Cruise gave her advice on how to navigate the rumors that the 'Mission: Impossible 7' co-stars are dating.

Hayley Atwell , 41, finally addressed the rumors that she’s dating Tom Cruise , 61. After the two actors were romantically linked when they were filming  Mission: Impossible 7 in 2020, Hayley set the record straight about their relationship in a July 8 interview with The Independent . Hayley confirmed they aren’t dating and said that she looks at Tom as an “uncle”. “I would be like, ‘Ooh, there’s some weird rumors, and it feels base, it feels a little dirty, it feels grubby, it’s not what I’m about,'” she said in the interview. “Why are things being assumed or projected onto me about my relationship with my work colleague and boss?”

Hayley said that the rumors about her and Tom were “upsetting” to her because “it’s involving people in my actual life, my personal life, who have to be on the receiving end of that. It becomes invasive.” The  Captain America: The First Avenger  star also revealed that she got advice from Tom on how to handle the speculation about their connection . “When I’ve talked to him about it, he’d be like, ‘You know exactly who you are. You know what you’re about. And that is the only thing that matters. It doesn’t matter what people think of you, if you are in integrity with yourself, if you know what your value system is,’ ” she said.

Ahead of their movie’s July 12 theatrical release , Hayley praised Tom and pushed back against any of the criticism about the Oscar nominee. “I truly feel you could meet him and go, ‘He’s nice; he’s charming; he’s charismatic; he knows how to make people feel good about themselves. So that’s just a tactic for total manipulation, because he’s probably just an egocentric.’ Or whatever bulls*** people want to make up about people,” Hayley said. “But over time, you’re just watching him, going: he really works hard, he really cares, he’s really interested in people and wants to engage with them, and he believes in the power of cinema as much as he did when he was five years old.” Hayley also said that Tom made her feel “safe” on the set of Mission: Impossible 7 .

When Hayley and Tom were filming their action movie in 2020, it was rumored that they were dating , but they never confirmed the relationship themselves. In June 2022, news of their split was reported and Hayley started dating actor and music producer Ned Wolfgang Kelly . She got engaged to Ned in April 2023. Hayley and Tom had a friendly reunion at the Mission: Impossible 7  premiere in Dubai on June 26. The co-stars shared a hug and Tom leaned in to give Hayley a kiss on the cheek, proving they’ve stayed friendly amidst the rumors about their relationship.

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Insiders told Heat Magazine that he insists that Jolie is his “perfect match.”

The insider added, “Plus, they’re both such superstars, only a handful of people can truly understand the life they live. That in itself creates a bond.”

And not only is Cruise smitten, but apparently, he has a plan to make this romance bloom.

“His goal right now is to convince her to work with him, then he’ll romance her,” the insider said to the outlet. “He’s being careful not to come on too strong, but he wants to take it out of the friend zone.”

But with any romance Cruise finds himself in, would Scientology break this budding romance? Apparently, that may not be the case, because, Scientology may not be on the list of requirements for a new girlfriend.

“He has no intention of pushing Scientology on her, as he quite astutely knows that it would send an anti-religious Angelina running in the other direction,” they added. “[Either way] their mutual friends could really see this happening.”

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Tom Cruise Is Getting Serious With Girlfriend Elsina Khayrova And Has Met Her Kids

Tom Cruise and girlfriend Elsina Khayrova are not wasting any time. They were first spotted out together in December 2023. They are already taking things to the next level. A source told Page Six that Tom has met Elsina’s two children.

Tom has three children of his own from previous marriages. He shares Connor Cruise and Isabella "Bella" Cruise with ex-wife Nicole Kidman. He appears to have good relationships with them. He also shares Suri Cruise with ex-wife Katie Holmes. He does not appear to have a great relationship with the teen.

Elsina is a 36-year-old Russian socialite. Her father is believed to be a politician who supports Russian President Vladimir Putin. She was formerly married to Dimitry Tsvetkov, a Russian oligarch and diamond dealer, with whom she shares her children.

Elsina and Dimitry’s 2021 divorce made headlines. Millions of dollars were on the line. This included a mansion in Surrey, England, and five London apartments. Let’s not forget the Bentley and Ferrari. There were also works by Pierre-Auguste Renoir and Marc Chagall, whose ownership was being disputed.

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Dimitry and Elsina were married for 11 years. According to him, the divorce cost $188 million. He also claimed to have spent $12 million on clothing and $2.5 million on purses for his wife during their relationship. Let’s hope Tom is saving his pennies.

In 2022, Tom began looking at apartments in London. A source told Page Six he feels more at home there than Los Angeles. “He has butlers and homemade cakes, and it’s all very British,” they stated.

Tom began hosting Sunday tea parties at his penthouse near Hyde Park in London. It was at one of these where he first met Elsina. A friend brought her to the exclusive gathering.

The couple was first spotted out publicly together in December 2023. They attended a party in Grosvenor Square. They danced the night away together, according to a source.

The Daily Mail officially declared Tom and Elsina a couple in February 2024. “They’ve grown very close over the past few weeks but take a lot of care not to be photographed together because they want to maintain their privacy,” a source explained.

Tom Cruise's rarest photos with his kids Suri, Bella, and Connor Cruise: meet his kids with exes Nicole Kidman and Katie Holmes

The mission: impossible star shares three children and has been married three times as well.

Tom Cruise remains one of the more private celebrities in the Hollywood machine, choosing to keep his oft-publicized personal life out of the spotlight.

The 61-year-old megastar has, however, not shied away from spending time with his three children in public, shared with his two A-list ex-wives Nicole Kidman and Katie Holmes .

While the actor will rarely speak about his kids, he will be seen out and about with them, and has been spotted with his three children on several occasions as they've hit the town or hit up the carpet.

Here are some of Tom's rare and best photos with his children Bella Kidman Cruise , Connor Cruise , and Suri Cruise , and more on their relationship with the star…

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The Oscar-nominated actor maintains strong relationships with both of his adult children, who have since built lives of their own independent of their parents, Bella in London and Connor in Florida.

Bella and Connor have a more complicated relationship with their mom, who notably strayed from Scientology unlike their dad. While they show support to each other on social media, they've rarely spoken of each other in the past few years.

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Since Tom and Katie's divorce, Suri, who turned 18 last month , has reportedly not maintained a relationship with her dad. Tom supported her financially till the age of 18 as per their custody arrangement, but Katie and Suri remain private. Tom has not been seen with Suri since her parents split in 2012.

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Suri Cruise turns 18 and is still estranged from Tom: ‘Not a Scientologist, never will be’

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Suri Cruise was once the most famous baby in America.

The arrival of Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes’ daughter on April 18, 2006, sparked a global frenzy for the first glimpse of the A-list infant.

But it wasn’t until five months after her birth that she made her debut — on the cover of Vanity Fair, wrapped in the arms of her doting parents, in glossy photos taken by photographer to the stars, Annie Leibovitz.

Now she turns 18 on Thursday and faces a choice: Whether to return to the level of fame she had as a kid — when there were blogs devoted to her fashion — or maintain the carefully-guarded life Holmes has built for her since she blindsided Cruise by filing for divorce.

The dark-haired teen has grown up in Manhattan largely shielded from the spotlight by her loving and highly protective mom, 45, far removed from her 60-year-old father’s Church of Scientology.

As Page Six revealed last year, Suri is estranged from her famous father and the pair have no relationship.

An industry source told us this week that the “Mission: Impossible” star has not seen Suri since 2012. “Katie has safeguarded Suri and she’s a devoted mom,” the source said.

“This is a girl who is a private citizen. She hasn’t lived her life in public.”

Holmes told Glamour magazine in 2023 that she likes to “protect” Suri from the public eye “because she was so visible at a young age.”

“I’m very grateful to be a parent, to be her parent. She’s an incredible person. She’s my heart,” she added.

Being the only daughter of a protective single parent is a stark contrast to how Suri’s life began, of course.

“My whole life I always wanted to be a father,” Cruise gushed to VF back in 2006.

“I always said to myself that my children would be able to depend on me and I would always be there for them and love them — that I’d never make a promise to my kids that I couldn’t keep.

“I’m not one of those people who believe you can spoil a child with too much love. You can never give a child too much love. There’s just no way.”

He already had two adopted children, Bella, now 31, and Connor, now 29, from his marriage to Nicole Kidman and after her Vanity Fair debut was happy to parade Suri for the paparazzi.

Cruise had famously declared their romance by jumping up and down on Oprah Winfrey’s couch in May 2005, yelling “I’m in love!” 

But when Suri was just 6, Holmes filed for divorce after six years of marriage with the help of her dad, Martin Holmes, a fierce attorney, and through a secret plan that entailed using burner phones.

Cruise was taken completely by surprise by the filing while he was on the set of “Oblivion” in Iceland in June 2012.

He and Suri were last seen together at Disney World in the summer of 2012.

In November 2013, during a deposition in his $50 million court battle against a pair of tabloid magazines, the “Top Gun” star admitted that Holmes had filed for divorce “to protect Suri from Scientology,” court documents revealed.

Despite not having a relationship; as per their divorce agreement, Cruise, who has an estimated $600 million fortune, agreed to pay Holmes $400,000 a year until Suri turns 18 as well as future “medical, dental, insurance, education, college and other extracurricular costs”.

Scientology lies at the heart of the question over Suri’s future.

Holmes, who rose to fame in the TV hit, “Dawson’s Creek,” is believed to have signed multiple non-disclosure documents that will prevent her from ever talking about her marriage to Cruise — and her time inside Scientology.

But when Suri turns 18, NY state declares that she is at the age of majority, when an individual is legally considered an adult.

That would allow her to speak about her father, his beliefs and their rift.

Tony Ortega, who has covered Scientology in depth for decades, told Page Six, “Suri would have been too young to sign any agreement, but she will now be free to talk if she wants to and it’s going to be really interesting if she has something to say.”

We have reached out to reps for Cruise, Holmes and the Church of Scientology. 

“Part of why Katie left when she did when Suri was 6 was that Katie would have seen Isabella and Connor going through Scientology,” said Ortega.

Cruise is of course Scientology’s most famous follower and seen as one of its most powerful figures, possibly second only to its leader, David Miscavige.

That power has led Ortega and former Scientologists to question what action Miscavige and other top Scientologists may have taken against Holmes and her daughter.

Regular members who quit are declared “suppressive persons (SP)” and those who stay in Scientology are told to completely cut them off.

“We don’t know for sure if Katie was ever declared an SP,” Ortega said.

“If you are a regular church member you could be told to disconnect from your wife and daughter, but because Tom is a celebrity — he’s  the top celebrity — he gets to ignore all this stuff.

“Your average member would be kicked out, but David Miscavige can’t do that with Tom.”

Both Mike Rinder and Jeff Augustine, two high-profile former Scientologists, agreed with this claim.

Augustine is married to Karen de la Carriere, who was one of the highest-ranking church leaders until she left in 2010 and told Page Six, “The situation with Suri is a larger story about Scientology and the subject of how they make people no longer useful to them or threats to them non-persons.

“It’s like they cease to exist and that’s what happened to Suri.”

Back in August 2020, Leah Remini — one of the most famous celebrities to leave and speak out against Scientology — told us that she believed Cruise, who now lives mainly in the UK , was waiting until Suri is older so he could indoctrinate her into Scientology.

Remini, who attended Cruise and Holmes’ November 2006 Italian wedding at the 15th-century Odescalchi Castle, said, “I’m sure his master plan is to wait until Suri gets older so that he can lure her into Scientology and away from her mother.”

Suri has tiptoed very gently into her parents’ showbusiness world while attending her exclusive Manhattan day school, singing “Blue Moon” in the opening credits of Holmes’ 2022 movie, “Alone Together.”

“I always want the highest level of talent,” Holmes said. “So I asked her! She’s very, very talented. She said she would do it and she recorded it, and I let her do her thing.”

Suri also sang in the film “Rare Objects,” which Holmes also directed.

Holmes will this year return to Broadway in a revival of Thornton Wilder’s “Our Town”.

She has not remarried but had a six-year romance with actor Jamie Foxx which she kept under the radar before their split in August 2019 and went on to have a brief fling with  Nolita restaurateur Emilio Vitolo Jr. in 2021.

Holmes is careful not to speak out too much about her daughter, who is now preparing for college, once saying, “She came out very strong — she’s always been a strong personality.”

But she is now getting ready for her daughter to leave the nest.

“You want them to stay with you forever, but they’re these amazing beings, and you have to do everything you can to give them what they need — and then they’re going to go,” she told Town & Country in 2017.

“And that’s going to be very, very sad for me.”

As for the future, former Scientology spokesperson Mike Rinder, who has not seen his own two eldest children since he quit the organization, told Page Six, “Suri is not a Scientologist and never will be…she deserves love and sympathy.”

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Since Maya Erskine burst onto our televisions in 2019 as a 31-year-old actress playing the socially inept 13-year-old Maya Ishii-Peters on Hulu’s “Pen15” (she also co-created the raucous show), her comedic path seemed a clear one. But then earlier this year, she switched it up with the very adult role of intrepid spy Jane Smith, whose cover is to be married for better or  for worse to fellow spy John Smith (Donald Glover) in Amazon Prime Video’s action-drama “ Mr. and Mrs. Smith .” Some may call the genre swap a 180-turn, but Erskine doesn’t see the leap as gargantuan.

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Erskine says series co-creators Francesca Sloane and Glover helped her figure out how to inhabit someone who is hiding so much of who she is during deadly assignments and falling in love with her faux husband. “They gave me an extensive backstory, or at least the facts that they knew when we first started since I think more developed as we kept filming,” she says. “But there were certain things about Jane’s past that I knew wasn’t going to get revealed until the final episode. They had the idea of all the goalposts of the whole season in their head. That did help me.”

Given that most of her scenes were with Glover, she also had to develop a trust with someone she didn’t know very well, even though they both attended L.A.’s elite Crossroads School for Arts & Sciences. “He was older than me, but he was in this sketch comedy group that was kind of famous around the school,” Erskine recalls. “When we met, we might have had a few friends in common, but we didn’t even do a chemistry read, so it was really a blind faith of ‘Alright, this could work, or it could not. Let’s try it.’” 

Part of that physical work included running in busy New York City areas such as Chinatown and the High Line. “I’m not a runner. I had smoked for many years, so my lung capacity was not great,” she admits. In fact, Glover was faster but would slow down when they had to be in the same shot. 

However, Erskine learned one trick to not appear slow: “They taught me the Tom Cruise hand running,” she said, mimicking pumping wide hands. “And it actually makes it seem like you’re running incredibly fast.”

We’ll call this a mission not impossible.

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