Nicole Kidman begged Tom Cruise not to leave her then suffered devastating miscarriage

Nicole Kidmanand country singer Keith Urbanhave reportedly split after 19 years of marriage, marking the third significant break-up in the actress' troubled love life.

The couple are said to have grown distant due to their demanding career paths and lack of intimacy, with Keith initiating the split according to insiders.

It's not the first time that Nicole has faced a devastating separation, as fans were left stunned when Tom Cruise also divorced the star in 2001.

Long regarded as one of Hollywood's most solid marriages, Nicole confessed that their heartbreaking split after 10 years or marriage was completely unexpected.

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"I thought our life together was perfect," she previously told DuJour magazine. "It took me a very long time to heal. It was a shock to my system."

Nicole previously opened up about her first marriage, maintaining they'd been 'happy' while working on their final project together, the film Eyes Wide Shut.

Yet on February 4, 2001 Tom revealed their separation to the world, and would mysteriously go on to say, "Nicole knows why".

However according to Nicole, she was completely in the dark. "This divorce was not her decision," her rep said in a statement to the Daily Mail at the time. "Tom made the move. Nicole is in a state of shock."

According to friends, Tom - who allegedly chose a 22 year old Nicole as his romantic lead in Days of Thunder after being captivated by her in Dead Calm - came back to their family home and caught his wife off guard by demanding a divorce.

Divorce documents at the time revealed Nicole pleaded with him to reconsider, stating how she, "protested [Cruise's] intention to dissolve their marriage and urged him not to leave but to enter marriage counselling with her, or take other steps to address whatever problems may have existed in their marriage... Tom said his decision was final and he departed the parties' home."

Tom claimed their marriage had broken down in December 2000, but Nicole disputed his timeline, insisting they had celebrated their 10th wedding anniversary with friends on December 24 and had still been intimate, resulting in a pregnancy that she tragically lost.

"I had a miscarriage at the end of my marriage," Nicole told Marie Claire, having adopted daughter Isabella in 1993 followed by son Connor in 1995 with Tom.

Opening up about their fertility struggles, Nicole, now 53, revealed their attempts to start a family had been plagued by heartache from the outset after she endured an "incredibly traumatic" ectopic pregnancy early in their marriage.

In response to Nicole's divorce papers, Tom's publicist Pat Kingsley told the Daily Mail: "Life moves on and Tom is getting on with his own future."

Eventually, after seven months of legal battles, their divorce was finalised with both sharing custody of the children.

As Bella and Connor grew up, they opted to live permanently with their Scientologist father in Los Angeles, with Nicole disclosing they'd even stopped calling her 'mum'.

"My kids don't call me mommy, they don't even call me mom," she told GMTV in 2007. "They call me Nicole, which I hate and tell them off for it."

Bella found herself back in the spotlight in 2015 with her low-key wedding to Max Parker that was so private even her parents weren't invited to the ceremony. Bella and Max exchanged vows in a Scientology ceremony at the Dorchester Hotel in London.

Nevertheless, Bella was eager to squash any speculation about a rift despite not extending an invitation to Nicole for her big day. "Of course [we talk], they're my parents," she declared. "Anyone who says otherwise is full of s**t."

Bella, now 31, mostly stays out of the public eye these days and works as a fashion designer. She started her own line called BKC (which stands for Bella Kidman-Cruise) in 2018.

Tom wed third spouse Katie Holmes in 2006 before their relationship ended in 2012. He had previously been hitched to actress Mimi Rogers between 1987 and 1990.

Nicole went on to have two more daughters with Keith, Sunday Rose, 17, and Faith Margaret, 14, and has reportedly been staying in Nashville with the children since the split. She hopes to maintain family stability while Urban continues his High and Alive World Tour, which began in May.

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