TBT: Tom Cruise and Sofía Vergara Are the Y2K Couple You Probably Never Knew Existed

Who: Three-time Oscar-nominated actor Tom Cruise, 60, and Colombian actress and model Sofía Vergara, 50.

How They Met: According to biographer Andrew Morton, the author of Tom Cruise: An Unauthorized Biography, Cruise provided Scientology leaders with a list of women he`d like to date shortly after his breakup with Penelope Cruz — and on that list of names was up-and-coming actress Vergara.

In February 2005, Cruise's friend Will Smith played the role of matchmaker and invited Vergara to a pre-Oscars party, knowing full well that the Top Gun actor would be there. Per Morton, it was reportedly "a setup." But still, Vergara "was dazzled by Tom's megawatt smile and amused by the blizzard of phone calls, flowers, and chocolates that followed their first meeting."

Why We Loved Them: It's hard to say why we loved Cruise and Vergara when we never really knew them as a couple. However, if we had to guess, it would be because they were a classic situation of opposites-attract. It's easy to imagine Sophia dragging Tom out of his comfort zone and teaching him how to roll Rs and salsa at dinner.

Peak: The only time the couple was photographed together around February 21, 2005.

The Breakup: It ended before it started. Shortly after they first met, Tom reportedly suggested that Sophia take him to Scientology's Celebrity Center, where they met with church leader David Miscavige.

"It soon became clear that she was auditioning for the biggest role of her life, Mrs. Lawrence. Tom Cruise," Morton wrote, adding, "It became clear that if she were to accept the role, she would have to renounce her Catholic faith and convert to Scientology."

It was something Sophia wasn't ready for, so she and Cruise broke up. "She was so scared of Scientology," a friend of the actress told Morton. I truly believed that I would be shattered and burned in hell."

Where they are now: Cruise memorably married Katie Holmes after his relationship with Vergara. The two welcomed a daughter, Suri Cruise, the same year.Katie and Tom did not last long and divorced in 2012. Tom was recently in a relationship with his Mission Impossible co-star Hayley Atwell. The pair were rumored to have been on and off since 2020, but reportedly officially broke up in June.

 Since then, Cruise's acting career has been very successful. He continues to reprise his role as Ethan Hunt in the Mission Impossible series, and as of this summer, he's playing Maverick in the Top Gun sequel, with another Mission Impossible movie due next year. It has been.

Vergara is married to actor Joe Manganiello, who fortunately is. The two recently celebrated their sixth wedding anniversary with photos and videos of memories of their big day, including one of their first dances to Frank Sinatra's "The Way You Look Tonight."

Four years after dating Cruise, Vergara got her big break when she played her Delgado-Pritchett role of Gloria on the NBC sitcom Modern Family. The show aired from 2009 to 2020 and Sophia has made several appearances since the series finale two years ago. Most notably, she starred in her new Netflix series called Griselda, playing drug cartel leader Griselda Blanco.

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