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nicole kidman is speaking out about her decade long marriage to tom cruise
The two stars tied the knot in 1990 after starring in the film days of thunder together , at the beginning of what would become a very successful career in an essay written for new york magazine’s women and power series , she reveals : i got married very young , but it definitely wasn’t power for me , it was protection
I married for love , but being married to an extremely powerful man kept me from being sexually harassed
During their time together , the pair adopted two children , lsabella , now 25 and son connor now 23
It wasn’t till they divorced in 2001 , that kidman felt she had to face new and different struggles in her career , especially as a woman
I would work but i was still very much cocooned
so when i came out of it at 23 , 33 it’s almost like i had to grow up she explains
For her , she would rather direct her emotions in to a well of experience and emotion tapped in to and displayed in her work as an actress
Since splitting from cruise she says it is something I’m always reluctant to talk about , because I’m married now to the man who is my great love keith urban and it almost feels disrespectful
Nicole and the country music star wed in 2006 , and have since welcomed daughters Sunday 10 and Faith 7