For the greater part of her life, Nicole was raised in Australia. Although Nicole is one of Hollywood's most attractive leading ladies, it wasn't always that way. Unfortunately for her, her impressive height came before anything else filled in, and she spent her high school years as a tall, awkward and gangly child with an unruly mass of red hair. Shy because of her looks, she found solace in the drama department, where she could pretend she was someone else. That led to a burgeoning film career where she eventually met her ex-husband, megastar Tom Cruise. A match made in heaven? Photogenically yes it seemed for a while.