Tom Cruise: the story of his love life from the 80s to the present day
30 july 2025 в 00:37
Tom Cruise’s love life has been carefully tracked for decades, starting with his breakthrough in the classic 1983 film «Risky Business». His romantic history includes three famous marriages (all ending when his wives were 33 years old) and a number of other high-profile romances. But between 2012 and 2020, Tom seemed to slow down the pace of public romances.
However, in December 2020, new interest arose in the love life of one of Hollywood’s most famous bachelors after a new report emerged. It claimed that Tom was dating his co-star from «Mission: Impossible 7», - Hayley Atwell. In June 2022, another report came out stating that the couple had split. In 2023, Tom reportedly began a relationship with model Elsina Khairova. But by 2025, it seemed that Ana de Armas had captured Tom’s heart.
We have more information on many of Tom’s other romances from the 80s below.
Melissa Gilbert, who played Laura Ingalls on the NBC series «Little House on the Prairie», - claimed to have dated Tom in the early 1980s. This was at the very beginning of his career! «Actually, when I dated him, he was still Tom Mapother. It was when he had just moved to Los Angeles, and, I think I was 16, maybe, or 17?» Melissa said on Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen in 2017.
«We didn’t have sex», - Laura added. «We kissed, but honestly, there was no sex. He was a good kisser. But, you know, he was like, struggling, hungry actor. I even bought him his first set of pots and pans». Melissa even reminisced about her friendship/past relationship with her «All the Right Moves» co-star Tom in an Instagram post published in October 2019.
Heather Locklear was never a girlfriend of Tom’s, but they went on one (apparently) date. According to her recollection, it didn’t go very well. The «Melrose Place» star explained in a 2013 interview on Chelsea Lately that they both were «auditioning» together when Tom had «no friends» in Hollywood in the early 80s. And they went dancing.
«You know, in 'Risky Business,' where he dances in his underwear and does the splits? We were dancing at a club, and he started doing that. He started doing the splits», - Heather said. «You just stand there not knowing what to do. Do you dance around him? So I said, 'I'll just sit down, and you can.'»
«And was that your only date?» Chelsea Handler asked Heather, to which the actress replied, «I think so». Tom and Heather are pictured together in a 1981 photo.
Rebecca De Mornay and Tom played lovers in Tom’s breakthrough film «Risky Business», - which was released in 1983. Their on-screen chemistry was real! Although Rebecca joked that Tom was «extremely annoying» at first, she admitted, «I started to like him because we ended up being together two and a half years after that movie» in a 2018 interview with Celebrity Page.
Tom famously made it into Cher’s «Top 5» lovers, as she revealed on Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen in 2013. «I've had just the best lovers. Not a long list. Just a good list», - the singer said.
Cher explained how she and Tom found common ground in a separate interview. «A group of dyslexic people were invited to the White House, and Tom and I are both dyslexic. We didn’t date until much later, but there was definitely a connection», - Cher told Mail on Sunday in 2018. She added, «Although I don’t understand what he’s doing, all this Scientology stuff. I can’t get it, so I just… don’t».
It was during this relationship that Tom infamously joined the Church of Scientology, where he remains a prominent figure to this day. When Tom met actress Mimi Rogers, she had been divorced from Scientologist Jim Rogers for several years. «I met her at dinner about a year ago when I was developing 'Top Gun.' She was dating a friend, and, um, I thought she was extremely smart», - Tom recalled in a 1986 interview
However, in December 2020, new interest arose in the love life of one of Hollywood’s most famous bachelors after a new report emerged. It claimed that Tom was dating his co-star from «Mission: Impossible 7», - Hayley Atwell. In June 2022, another report came out stating that the couple had split. In 2023, Tom reportedly began a relationship with model Elsina Khairova. But by 2025, it seemed that Ana de Armas had captured Tom’s heart.
We have more information on many of Tom’s other romances from the 80s below.
Melissa Gilbert, who played Laura Ingalls on the NBC series «Little House on the Prairie», - claimed to have dated Tom in the early 1980s. This was at the very beginning of his career! «Actually, when I dated him, he was still Tom Mapother. It was when he had just moved to Los Angeles, and, I think I was 16, maybe, or 17?» Melissa said on Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen in 2017.
«We didn’t have sex», - Laura added. «We kissed, but honestly, there was no sex. He was a good kisser. But, you know, he was like, struggling, hungry actor. I even bought him his first set of pots and pans». Melissa even reminisced about her friendship/past relationship with her «All the Right Moves» co-star Tom in an Instagram post published in October 2019.
Heather Locklear was never a girlfriend of Tom’s, but they went on one (apparently) date. According to her recollection, it didn’t go very well. The «Melrose Place» star explained in a 2013 interview on Chelsea Lately that they both were «auditioning» together when Tom had «no friends» in Hollywood in the early 80s. And they went dancing.
«You know, in 'Risky Business,' where he dances in his underwear and does the splits? We were dancing at a club, and he started doing that. He started doing the splits», - Heather said. «You just stand there not knowing what to do. Do you dance around him? So I said, 'I'll just sit down, and you can.'»
«And was that your only date?» Chelsea Handler asked Heather, to which the actress replied, «I think so». Tom and Heather are pictured together in a 1981 photo.
Rebecca De Mornay and Tom played lovers in Tom’s breakthrough film «Risky Business», - which was released in 1983. Their on-screen chemistry was real! Although Rebecca joked that Tom was «extremely annoying» at first, she admitted, «I started to like him because we ended up being together two and a half years after that movie» in a 2018 interview with Celebrity Page.
Tom famously made it into Cher’s «Top 5» lovers, as she revealed on Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen in 2013. «I've had just the best lovers. Not a long list. Just a good list», - the singer said.
Cher explained how she and Tom found common ground in a separate interview. «A group of dyslexic people were invited to the White House, and Tom and I are both dyslexic. We didn’t date until much later, but there was definitely a connection», - Cher told Mail on Sunday in 2018. She added, «Although I don’t understand what he’s doing, all this Scientology stuff. I can’t get it, so I just… don’t».
It was during this relationship that Tom infamously joined the Church of Scientology, where he remains a prominent figure to this day. When Tom met actress Mimi Rogers, she had been divorced from Scientologist Jim Rogers for several years. «I met her at dinner about a year ago when I was developing 'Top Gun.' She was dating a friend, and, um, I thought she was extremely smart», - Tom recalled in a 1986 interview
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