Mimi Rogers is an American television, film actress and producer. She earned a well-deserved Independent Spirit Award nomination in the Best Female Production category for her widely acclaimed performance in the 1991 film The Abduction in which she played Sharon, a swinger turned born-again Christian.
Rogers’ film roles include Someone to Watch Me which was released in 1987, Desperate Hours in 1990, and Austin Powers: The International Mystery Man in 1997, among several others. She was previously married to famous actor Tom Cruise before their divorce in 1990.
Quick Bio
Miriam ‘Mimi’ Rogers (born Miriam Spickler) was born on January 27, 1956, in Coral Gables, Florida, to playwright and former dancer mother Kathy Talent and civil engineer father Philip Spickler.
Rogers’ family moved around a lot as she grew up, and at one point they lived in England, but they eventually settled in Los Angeles, California, where she was enrolled in an accelerated school and graduated from high school at age 14.
She didn’t attend college, she designed a curriculum that led her to get involved in writing and acting. She spent 6 years early in her career doing social work involving counseling people with substance abuse issues and other unstable groups of people.
After his first marriage ended, Rogers moved to Los Angeles to begin an acting career. This led her to study acting under the tutelage of Milton Katselas for months before seeking an agent. She started appearing on TV from the early 1980s. Some of her TV series appearances include 1981’s Hill Street Blues, Magnum P.I. in 1982 and recurring appearances on The Rousters and Paper Dolls (playing stunning model Blair Harper-Fenton) between 1983 and 1984. She starred in Gung Ho alongside Michael Keating in 1986.
Rogers really came to limelight for a role as Claire Gregory in the 1987 film Someone to Watch Me, which also starred Tom Berenger. Her character, Claire Gregory, was a socialite who had witnessed a murder and needed protection. She also starred as Hadley Elgin in The Mighty Quinn in 1989 and starred as Nora Cornell in Desperate Hours in 1990.
Rogers earned herself a well-deserved nomination at the Independent Spirit Awards in the Best Female Personality category for her performance in the 1991 film The Abduction in which she played the role of Sharon. She has appeared in numerous television series and film roles which include Dawson’s Creek, Dumb and Dumberer, Reflections on a Crime, Weapons of Mass Distraction, Two and a Half Men as Ashton Kutcher’s Mother, The X-Files, The client list, King of the Hill, to have a good time, Hope Springs,among others. As a producer, she produced the film Unstoppable.
5 Lesser Known Facts About Mimi Rogers
1. Rogers is an avid poker player. She has been acting since she was a teenager. In 2004, she participated in the World Poker No-Limit Texas poker tournament held in San Jose, California. She participated in the World Series of Poker event at the $1000 Ladies No-Limit Hold. She sits on the board of the World Poker Tour.
2 Rogers posed nude for the cover of Playboy magazine in 1993. This sparked rumors that it was an attempted grudge with Tom Cruise, whom she had divorced less than three years previously. However, she insisted that Playboy magazine had been asking her for years and she had to because they had given her full approval for the shoot.
3 She was raised with the doctrines and principles of Scientology as a father, Philip Spickler was a passionate member of the Church of Scientology and a close friend of its founder. Rogers introduced Tom Cruise to Scientology but is now considered a former member, although she has yet to reveal her reasons for giving up her beliefs.
4 Before becoming a professional actress, Rogers worked in the social services field. It included advising and responding to the needs of people with addiction and mental health issues. She had been there for 6 years.
5. Rogers has been married three times. She was married to James Rogers from 1976 to 1980, before marrying Tom Cruise in 1987. She and Cruise divorced in 1990. She is currently married to Chris Ciaffa and they have two children.