Actress Mimi Rogers, the first wife of actor Tom Cruise, has a simple, private life, far from Hollywood. Mimi Rogers is little known, unlike Tom Cruise’s two other famous ex-wives, actresses Nicole Kidman and Katie Holmes. The 68-year-old actress chooses a more private life although she is still pursuing an acting career in Hollywood.
According to Dailymail, Mimi Rogers is also currently pursuing farming work. She grows hay on her farm and sells it at local fairs. Last August, Mimi shared a photo of herself participating in the fair and excitedly revealed that she had just won an award.
When not working, Mimi Rogers enjoys traveling, cooking, baking and spending time with her current husband and two children. Not many fans remember Mimi Rogers’ marriage to Tom Cruise in the late 1980s as well as her profound influence on the life of the Hollywood A-list actor.
Mimi and Tom were married from 1987 to 1989. Tom was 23 at the time and Mimi was 29, having already gone through a failed marriage. Their relationship began in 1985, with varying memories of their first meeting. Tom once revealed that he met Mimi at a dinner party where she was dating a mutual friend. However, Mimi told the Sun Sentinel that friends had set them up, believing they would make a good couple. They married two years later when Tom had become a movie star with the success of Top Gun (1986).
The couple’s wedding was an intimate, private affair with just two guests in attendance, with actor Emilio Estevez serving as best man. In a 1988 interview when they first got married, Mimi said she felt completely happy with Tom. At that time, the couple appeared together at many events.
However, the marriage ended after two years. Mimi told Playboy magazine in 1993 that they split because their sex life had cooled off. According to Mimi, the Mission Impossible star considered becoming a nun, wanting to stay celibate to maintain his purity. The actress later corrected her statement, explaining that she had misunderstood Tom.
Although their time together was short, Mimi was the one who introduced Tom Cruise to Scientology – the religion she had followed since childhood. After their divorce in 1990, Tom continued to follow the sect and is now one of its key members. The actor’s two adopted children, Connor and Bella, also follow their father’s religion.
Tom Cruise rarely shares about his personal life, but in a 1989 interview before their split, he constantly praised his wife. “I think she made me a better actor. We shared everything. It was the best thing,” he told Rolling Stone, describing Mimi as his best friend.
After their divorce, Tom Cruise dated actress Nicole Kidman, whom he met on the set of Days of Thunder. He and the Australian actress married in late 1990, lived together for more than 10 years, and divorced in 2001. The actor was married for the third time to actress Katie Holmes from 2006 to 2012. Meanwhile, Mimi married her third husband, producer Chris Ciaffa, in 2003. They have been together since 1990 and have two children: daughter Lucy, 30, and son Charlie, 23.