Highlights
- Nicole Kidman has reflected on her marriage to Tom Cruise in a new Vogue interview
- The actor said their relationship felt completely natural when they fell in love
- Kidman recalled being 22 or 23 when she married the Hollywood star
- She also opened up about the media scrutiny surrounding her two divorces
Nicole Kidman has looked back on her marriage to Tom Cruise, recalling how quickly their relationship became serious and how natural it felt to her at the time.
In a new interview with Vogue, the 59-year-old actor reflected on both of her marriages, including her relationship with Cruise, whom she married in 1990. The couple divorced in 2001.
Kidman was 23 when she married Cruise, who was 28. Looking back, she said their relationship did not feel unusual to her despite the enormous attention surrounding the Hollywood star.
‘We just fell madly in love’
Kidman recalled being very young when she suddenly found herself married to one of Hollywood's biggest stars.
“Suddenly I was 22, 23 years old and I had this huge movie star husband,” she said. “But it just seemed completely natural.”
The actor said the relationship had moved quickly because they had simply fallen in love.
“We just fell madly in love and it was that simple,” she recalled.
Kidman recalled being very young when she suddenly found herself married to one of Hollywood's biggest starsGetty Images
Kidman also remembered people warning her that marrying Cruise could have an impact on her career. But at the time, she said, her feelings were more important to her.
“I don’t care. I’m in love. I want to be married,” she recalled thinking.
When people later pointed out that becoming Cruise's wife had affected the way she was viewed professionally, Kidman said she remained unapologetic.
“So what? I wasn’t meant to marry the man I love?” she said.
From Tom Cruise to Keith Urban
Kidman's reflections on Cruise came as she also discussed the more recent end of her marriage to musician Keith Urban.
The actor married Urban in 2006 and filed for divorce in September 2025, citing marital difficulties and irreconcilable differences. Their divorce was finalised out of court by January.
Kidman described the period as difficult and said she had not expected her life to take that direction. She acknowledged feeling “very fearful and deeply vulnerable”, but said she chose to move forward rather than retreat.
“I can either really not confront it and just curl up, or I can just go forward with an enormous amount of hope,” she said.
Asked whether her first divorce had helped her deal with the intense scrutiny surrounding her second, Kidman rejected the idea that she had become accustomed to the experience.
“It’s all new. Every time!” she said.
Away from the discussion of her marriages, Kidman also revealed that she sometimes goes dancing in disguise. She said she wears glasses and occasionally a dark wig so she can enjoy herself without attracting attention.
Her comments about Cruise offer a glimpse into how she viewed their relationship at the time: not as a carefully calculated Hollywood decision, but simply as two young people who had fallen in love and wanted to get married.
