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Nicole Kidman may be best known for her impressively extensive catalog of TV roles spanning five decades in Hollywood—from her Oscar-winning performance in The Hours to her performance in binge-worthy TV series, like Big Little Lies. But off-screen, her personal life has been just as enticing, and her love life equally drama-filled.

From her infamous marriage to Tom Cruise in the ’90s, to a more low-key romance with Lenny Kravitz, to her nearly 20-year marriage to country singer Keith Urban, Kidman’s relationships have made headlines in their own right. Now, fresh off her divorce from Urban, the Scarpetta star is single—for the first time in decades.

The actor made her first public comment following the divorce in a new interview with Variety. When asked whether she was doing “all right” in the aftermath of the separation, she said, “I am, because I’m always going to be moving toward what’s good. What I’m grateful for is my family and keeping them as is and moving forward. That’s that. Everything else I don’t discuss out of respect.”

Ahead, take a look back at Nicole Kidman’s complete dating history—from her high-profile marriages to the more under-the-radar romances you may not know about.

Tom Burlinson (1986—1989)

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Kidman met Tom Burlinson on the set of the 1986 Australian film Windrider. The pair reportedly dated for about three years, with Kidman still a teenager when the relationship began. Though she hasn’t spoken much about their time together, the actress briefly mentioned the relationship in a 2018 interview on the Aussies in Hollywood podcast, referring to Burlinson as a “gentleman.”

In 2020, Burlinson spoke about his relationship with Kidman in an interview with the Sydney Morning Herald. He said, “Nicole Kidman and I made a movie, Windrider, in 1986 and dated for three years. I was 11 years older, and it was her first relationship with a man as an adult.”

He also spoke of the engagement rumors surrounding the two of them: “One thing that has been written about us, which is incorrect, is that I asked her to marry me and she said no.”

Marcus Graham (Late ’80s)

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In the late ’80s, Kidman briefly dated fellow Australian actor Marcus Graham. Graham later spoke about their breakup in an interview with Woman’s Day, saying he was left “heartbroken” when Kidman left him after she fell in love with Tom Cruise on the set of Days of Thunder.

“I was devastated and heartbroken, but that’s the way it goes... Why would I want to keep her in Australia and lock her away?” Graham said. “I don’t have any bad feelings there, and I understand. At the time, I cried for a long time. I was really hurt and confused, but I had lots to learn about the world.”

Tom Cruise (1990—2001)

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Just as her Hollywood career began truly taking off, Kidman met and fell in love with Tom Cruise on the set of the 1990 film Days of Thunder. The actors’ whirlwind romance culminated in them marrying less than a year after meeting, tying the knot on Christmas Eve in 1990.

“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 said in a 2002 Vanity Fair interview. “I was consumed by it, willingly. And I was desperate to have a baby with him."

The couple adopted daughter Isabella in December 1992 and son Connor in January 1995.

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The Babygirl star was just 23 years old when she married Cruise, and later reflected on her young age. “I was so young when I got married. I look back now, and I’m like, ‘What?’” she said in an interview with Red magazine in 2016.

Throughout their relationship, the couple went on to make two more movies together: Far and Away (1995) and Eyes Wide Shut (1999). In February 2001, after 10 years of marriage, Cruise filed for divorce, citing irreconcilable differences.

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Following their split, Kidman famously joked about the divorce in an interview with David Letterman, remarking, “Well, I can wear heels now.” But years later, in an interview with DuJour magazine, she opened up about how painful the divorce from Cruise really was, and how their fast breakup took her by surprise. “It took me a very long time to heal,” she revealed. “It was a shock to my system.”

Lenny Kravitz (2003—2004)

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After her divorce from Cruise, Kidman had a very under-the-radar romance with Lenny Kravitz. The pair kept their relationship extremely private—so much so that nobody knew they had actually been engaged until Kidman revealed it years later in a 2017 interview with Net-A-Porter’s The Edit.

While discussing working with Zoë Kravitz on HBO’s Big Little Lies, Kidman casually mentioned their shared history: “Well, I knew Zoë because I was engaged to her father. It’s all in the family! I love Lenny; he’s a great guy.”

According to People, the pair dated in 2003 and reportedly met after Kidman rented Kravitz’s apartment in New York City. They were occasionally seen at the same places around the city, though they often arrived and left separately—and at different times—in an effort to keep their relationship out of the public eye.

Keith Urban (2005—2025)

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In January 2005, Kidman met country singer Keith Urban at the G’Day USA gala in Los Angeles, an event honoring Australians in Hollywood. The two exchanged phone numbers, but Kidman later revealed on The Ellen DeGeneres Show in 2017 that Urban didn’t call her for four months.

A year later, on June 25, 2006, they married in Manly, Australia. The early years of their marriage were challenging due to Urban’s struggles with addiction. Kidman supported him through a stint in rehab after staging an intervention for him, which Urban later told Rolling Stone made him feel “very, very blessed.”

Urban credited Kidman with helping him stay sober. “I wasn’t in any recovery program of any sort. I wasn’t in AA. I didn’t have a sponsor. I didn’t have anything. Meeting Nic and falling in love with Nic and starting a relationship with Nic became—I realize now in hindsight—my sobriety. That was how I was able to keep it together,” he told Rolling Stone.

A year after Urban’s rehab stay, the couple moved to Nashville, Tennessee, where they purchased a farm. Together, they welcomed two daughters: Sunday Rose, born on July 7, 2008, and Faith Margaret, born on December 28, 2010.

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Over the years, Kidman and Urban were often seen publicly supporting one another’s careers—walking red carpets together, sharing romantic moments at award shows, and speaking about their relationship in interviews. In September 2025, after 19 years of marriage, the couple separated, and Kidman filed for divorce. Their divorce was quickly finalized just months later, in January 2026.

While neither Kidman nor Urban has spoken extensively about the split, Kidman told Variety in March 2026 that she was doing “all right” in its aftermath, adding, “What I’m grateful for is my family and keeping them as is and moving forward. That’s that. Everything else I don’t discuss out of respect.”

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