To many, she's best known as the first Mrs. Tom Cruise. Yet Mimi Rogers has worked steadily on both the big and small screens since the early '80s, even though she's never truly become a star. Equally adept at comedy and drama, Rogers earned critical acclaim for her performance as a swinger-turned-born-again Christian in the 1991 indie
The Rapture, an interesting role for a devout Scientologist. But she gained more exposure from her 1993 Playboy spread and her supporting turns in blockbusters such as
Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery and
Lost in Space. Rogers subsequently focused on television work, joining the casts of short-lived sitcoms the
Geena Davis Show and, a few years later,
The Loop. Since then, Rogers has continued to work steadily in indie features while keeping one foot in the TV world, appearing on the TBS hit
My Boys and voicing characters on the animated comedies
King of the Hill and
Neighbors from Hell.
Mimi Rogers Fast Facts:
- Skipped several grades and graduated from high school at 14.
- Worked as a drug-abuse counselor before going into acting.
- Made her big-screen debut in the 1983 baseball comedy Blue Skies Again.
- Introduced former husband Tom Cruise to Scientology.
- Posed nude in Playboy in 1993.
- Has been a regular on several short-lived series, including Paper Dolls, the Geena Davis Show and The Loop.
- Is an avid poker player and has put in appearances on Celebrity Poker Showdown and World Poker Tour: Hollywood Home Game.
- Mimi Rogers Relationships:
- Charlie Ciaffa - Son
- Jim Rogers - Ex-husband
- Lucy Ciaffa - Daughter
- Paul Spickler - Brother
- Tom Cruise - Ex-husband
- Chris Ciaffa - Husband
- Philip J. Spickler - Father