THE RUNDOWNTom Cruise has a storied romantic history spanning over 40 years in the spotlight.He has been married three times.The Top Gun star is currently single.Early in Tom Cruise’s career, the Mission: Impossible icon had a number of high-profile romances, including three different marriages. Following his divorce from his third wife, Katie Holmes, Cruise seemed to make a decision to keep his love life much more private.In 2025, the actor was linked to Ballerina star Ana de Armas. They further fueled dating rumors when they were photographed holding hands during a trip to Vermont. Later, a source told People in October 2025 that they weren’t together romantically, calling Cruise just a “dear friend and mentor” to de Armas.As Cruise’s love life continues to fascinate fans, here’s an explainer on who else the star has been connected to over the years.Skip SectionJump toMelissa GilbertCherPatti ScialfiMimi RogersNicole KidmanPenelope CruzKatie HolmesAna de ArmasMelissa GilbertFotos International//Getty ImagesLittle House on the Prairie star Melissa Gilbert dated Cruise in the early 1980s when they were both teenagers. He still used his original last name, Mapother, at the time. She shared during a January 2014 episode of What What Happens Live! that Cruise was a “struggling, starving actor” when they were together.“Actually, when I dated him he was Tom Mapother still. It was when he had just moved to Los Angeles, I think I was 16 or 17,” she affirmed.Cohen wanted to know if he was a great “lover,” but Gilbert said they never had sex.“I did not have sex with him. We made out, but honestly, there was no sex,” she said. “He was a good kisser, but you know, he was like a struggling, starving actor, and I was working. I actually bought him his first set of dishes.”CherMichael Caulfield Archive//Getty ImagesWhen Cruise was 22, he met 39-year-old Cher at Madonna and Sean Penn’s 1985 wedding in Malibu. They didn’t start dating then but reconnected a few months later when they met again at an event at the White House.“Then a bunch of people who were dyslexic were invited to the White House, and Tom and I are both dyslexic,” Cher told the Daily Mail in 2018. “We didn’t go out ’til way later, but there definitely was a connection there.”During a December 2013 episode Watch What Happens Live! Cher said he was “in the top 5” of her “all-time best lovers.”“He’s also a great guy. The person that I knew was a great and lovable guy,” she added.In 2008, she told Oprah Winfrey, “He was so wonderful. And I was so crazy about him. And he was so, like, different. He was a shy boy. He didn’t have any money.”Patti ScialfiRon Galella, Ltd.//Getty ImagesIn 1985, Cruise was connected to Bruce Springsteen backup singer Patti Scialfa, but she eventually married Springsteen himself in 1991.Mimi RogersVinnie Zuffante//Getty ImagesThe same year Cruise was linked to Scialfi, he met actress Mimi Rogers. In 1986, Cruise confirmed they were dating in an interview with Rolling Stone, saying that they met at a party, and she was “extremely brilliant.” Rogers is credited as having introduced Cruise to the Church of Scientology, though she is no longer a member. Her father, civil engineer Philip C. Spickler, was close to founder L. Ron Hubbard.The couple had an age difference of about six years, with Rogers being older. They received quite a bit of attention at the beginning of their marriage as Cruise’s acting profile took off with the release of Top Gun.In October 1987, Rogers told the South Florida Sun-Sentinel, “It was before Top Gun or anything had been released, and he was working on The Color of Money. But when I saw Top Gun the first time, I knew what we were in for.”The couple got married in upstate New York in May 1987.“I have a lot of happiness and security. I recommend it [getting married],” Rogers told the Chicago Tribune in 1988.In January 1990, Cruise told Rolling Stone that his marriage to Rogers helped him “become a better actor. We live a lot of things together, we share everything... My wife is the most important thing in the world to me. She’s my best friend. I love being with her. I love her.”But almost immediately after that interview was published, they announced their separation.“While there have been very positive aspects to our marriage, there were some issues which could not be resolved even after working on them for a period of time,” they said in a joint statement at the time. “Anyone who has been through this type of situation will understand that it is a complicated and difficult decision.”In 1995, Rogers told People that it was difficult being seen as Cruise’s accessory, saying, “You cease to be an individual. No matter what the article is, it’s ‘Tom Cruise’s wife.’”In 2001, she also told The Telegraph that the emphasis on their age gap was an issue.“The age thing really got on my nerves,” she said. “Every six months, they’d add another year. If we were still together now, I’d get 60.”Nicole KidmanVinnie Zuffante//Getty ImagesIn 1990, Cruise met Nicole Kidman while auditioning for Days of Thunder.“Instant lust, that’s what I felt,” Cruise told Vanity Fair in 1995. “I thought she was amazingly sexy and stunning. It grew into love and respect.”The feeling seemed to be mutual.“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,’” Kidman told Vanity Fair in a 2002 interview. “I was consumed by it, willingly. And I was desperate to have a baby with him. I didn’t care if we were married. That’s what I wish I’d done.”She added, “I was reeling with Tom and I loved it and I would have walked to the end of the earth. That meant giving up a lot of things that were very important to me.”Kidman also remarked in that interview that she was under a lot of scrutiny as the wife of someone so famous.“You’re being watched and scrutinized, and that slowly affects you,” she said. “But it’s also deeply romantic, because it feels like there’s only the two of you and you’re in it together, as if you’re in a cocoon, and you become very dependent on each other.”Kidman continued, “I felt I didn’t deserve to be there in my own right, and so throughout I wasn’t there as Nicole—I was there as Tom’s wife.”They were married on Christmas Eve 1990 and adopted their daughter, Isabella, in December 1992, followed by a son, Connor, in January 1995. They were also working on films together, 1992’s Far and Away and 1999’s Eyes Wide Shut. But Kidman’s 1995 movie To Die For really upped her career profile in general.“I realized I could be fulfilled creatively and that I had given that up. I think this happens to women who re-enter the workforce,” she shared with Vanity Fair. “They go, ‘Hold on, there’s a world out there, and I wouldn’t mind being a part of it.’ I tried to deny it because it would have been so much easier for me to be satiated by being a wife. I wish it could have been part of my trajectory, but it wasn’t.”The former couple separated in December 2000. In February 2001, Cruise filed for divorce. Both of them have been fairly discreet about the issues that led to the end of their marriage.In 2012, Kidman told DuJour magazine that before the breakup, “our life together was perfect,” and she was surprised by how quickly things fell apart.“It took me a very long time to heal,” she shared. “It was a shock to my system.”Penelope CruzTIZIANA FABI//Getty ImagesCruise and actress Penélope Cruz starred in 2001’s Vanilla Sky. In July that year, they revealed they were dating.“Tom Cruise invited Penélope Cruz to his 39th birthday party on July 6, and they’ve had a few dates since," Cruise’s publicist Pat Kingsley said at the time.They remained pretty private throughout their time together, though Cruise told Vanity Fair in January 2002, “As a person and on film, she invites you in, and she’s incredibly romantic, and yet, real, you know? I thought, My God, I’m your boyfriend. You’re my girlfriend! Cruise and Cruz!”In 2003, Cruise shared a bit about their relationship with Marie Claire, saying, “She’ll come home, and I’ll have her favorite kind of food made, have a bath drawn. I like doing stuff like that. She likes my food, so I cook for her. It’s always the little things I like in a relationship.”They split in January 2004, which People confirmed that March. Cruise’s rep at the time said that the breakup was “amicable.”A source told 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.”In a 2006 interview with The Guardian, Cruz denied that she had an issue with Scientology, which had been rumored as a cause of their split. She also had kind things to say about her former boyfriend.“Tom is a very good man, and I am close to his whole family, his children,” she shared. “I love his children, and his mom, and all of his family, and he’s a great man. The people who have been good to me, they are untouchable. I am very loyal to the people who have meant something to me and have been good to me, very, very loyal.”Katie HolmesWWD//Getty ImagesIn early 2005, Tom Cruise was linked to Dawson’s Creek actress Katie Holmes. They were not very quiet about their relationship at all and were soon quite public. Cruise’s 2005 interview with Oprah Winfrey went down in history for the actor’s couch-jumping and declaration of love, in which he shouted, “I love Katie Holmes!”Within two months of dating, they were engaged. Cruise proposed while they were vacationing in Paris at the Eiffel Tower, telling People at the time, “You have to do what you feel is right. It’s [about] your own integrity and how you want to live your life.”A few months later, they announced they were expecting a child. Suri Cruise was born in April 2006, and they were married in November of that year.The couple stayed together for about six years. In an interview with Playboy in May 2012, Cruise said of Holmes, “She is an extraordinary person. When she walks into the room, I just feel better.”However, Holmes filed for divorce shortly after the interview was published. Holmes has not spoken about their breakup, but it has been suggested she did not want Suri to be raised in the Church of Scientology. Per ABC News, Cruise responded to questions about his ex-wife’s position by saying, “Did she say that? That was one of the assertions, yes."In October 2014, Holmes said to People, “I don’t want that moment in my life to define me, to be who I am. I don’t want that to be what I’m known as. I was an actor before, an actor during, and an actor now.”Ana de ArmasMike Coppola//Getty ImagesRumors about Ana de Armas and Cruise started circulating in March 2025, when they were photographed at London Heliport together. A source told People that they were joined by director Doug Liman, and it was a work relationship. But they were seen together several more times that spring, including on de Armas’s birthday in April. In footage shared on X, they were seen in London taking a walk in the park together. That night, they were spotted again at Mexican restaurant KOL in the Marylebone district.In July 2025, Cruise and de Armas were finally photographed holding hands in Vermont, where the actress owns a home.A source told People that de Armas “really enjoys spending time with him,” adding, “They’ve become incredibly close, and Tom continues to be a huge support—both personally and professionally.”“Ana loves Vermont,” the source explained. “It’s her place to rest and recharge. She was excited to host Tom and show him around. She took him to all her favorite spots.”In early August, another source speaking with People said that the actors “had a great break together,” but they are now focusing on filming their movie Deeper.“Now, they are still very focused on kicking off their new project together. It’s a very important project for both of them. They’ll have an intense shooting schedule, but they are ready,” the insider explained.“It’s her first time working with Tom and she wants to bring her best,” the source added. “She knows Tom has high standards on set, but she’s ready for the challenge.”But in October 2025, breakup rumors circulated. A source close to de Armas told People that the two actors weren’t romantically involved.Cruise is a “dear friend and mentor,” and she “very much enjoys spending time with him,” the source said, adding, “She’s single, though, and has been for a while. She stays in touch with Tom, and they still have an upcoming movie project that she’s looking forward to."