They say third time’s the charm, but not for Nicole Kidman.
The self-professed ‘hopeless romantic’, 58, is on her own again following her shock separation from her husband of almost 20 years, Keith Urban, making it the third significant breakup in her life.
Her first marriage was of course to Tom Cruise, which is to this day one of the most controversial relationships in Hollywood history due to Cruise’s involvement in Scientology.
The pair first met on the set of Days of Thunder in 1989 and were married the following year in a Christmas Eve wedding. She was just 23 at the time, and Cruise was 28.
They continued to collaborate with each other on film projects after tying the knot, co-starring in 1992’s Far and Away and then again in Stanley Kubrick’s final film, the erotic thriller Eyes Wide Shut.
They adopted two children together, daughter Isabella Rose in 1992 and son Connor in 1995, and to outsiders, they were the perfect couple.
However, Cruise stunned the world in 2001 when he filed for divorce not long after their tenth wedding anniversary, citing ‘irreconcilable differences’.
While neither Cruise or Kidman have ever revealed the real reason behind their split, fans have long speculated that Cruise’s involvement in Scientology may have played a role in the former couple failing to see eye to eye.
Nicole Kidman suffered years of heartache long before her shock split from husband Keith Urban
Reflecting on the marriage in a 2012 interview with DuJour magazine, Nicole said, ‘I thought our life together was perfect.’
She continued, ‘It was a shock to my system. It took me a very long time to heal.’
As for Cruise, he cryptically told Vanity Fair magazine in 2013, ‘She knows why, and I know why, [we divorced].’
After the split, the couple’s two children were primarily raised by Cruise in the Church of Scientology.
After her high profile relationship with Cruise, Kidman kept her next romance on the down low.
The actress quietly dated musician Lenny Kravitz for a brief period of time around 2003, and while their relationship was brief, it was intense enough to lead to a secret engagement.
Despite the engagement fizzling out, Kidman has expressed love for Kravitz over the years and went on to work with his daughter Zoë in the HBO drama Big Little Lies.
After her stint with the Fly Away hitmaker, Kidman would go on to marry the man she would call ‘the love of my life’, country singer Keith Urban.
Her first marriage was to Tom Cruise, which to this day is one of the most controversial relationships in Hollywood history due to Cruise’s involvement in Scientology
The former couple starred in the erotic thriller Eyes Wide Shut together
After the split, the couple’s two children were primarily raised by Cruise in the Church of Scientology
The lovebirds wed back in 2006 during a traditional Catholic ceremony at the Cardinal Cerretti Chapel in her hometown of Sydney and later welcomed two beautiful daughters together.
In 2022, the singer insisted that he and his wife are ‘as normal as you get’ on an episode of Jessica Rowe’s podcast series The Big Talk Show.
He also spoke about the very first time they met at the G’Day LA event in 2005, saying he thought the stunning Hollywood star was ‘well out of his league.’
‘We’re just a couple who work things out, go through things together, life, and support each other the best way we can and try and raise our family,’ Keith explained.
‘Underneath it all, we’re as normal as you can get I reckon,’ he claimed, before reflecting he was ‘not in a great place’ when they first met.
‘She seemed well out of my league at that time in my life,’ he said.
‘I was not in a great place at my life, struggling with a lot of things, not in a million years would someone like that see anything in me… The fact that became what it is meant to be is astounding.’
He also sweetly described his wife as ‘ethereal, angelic, other worldly, very mystical and then completely down to earth at the same time and very funny.’
After her high profile relationship with Cruise, Kidman kept her next romance on the down low by secretly dating singer Lenny Kravitz
Kravitz and Kidman remained friendly despite ending their engagement
Last year, Urban reflected on how he nearly destroyed his marriage, not long after they walked down the aisle.
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