Nicole Kidman says that Tom Cruise, being divorced, forced her to "grow up"

Nicole Kidmantalks about his marriage from a decade to Tom Cruise.

The two stars got together in 1990 after playing in the movie Days of thunder together, at the beginning of what would become a very successful career. In a written essay for New York The magazine's Women and Power series, she reveals, "I married very young, but it was not at all a power – it was a protection, I married for love, but to be married to an extremely powerful man prevented me from being sexually harassed. "

During their time together, the couple adopted two children, Isabella, now 25 years old and his son Connor, now 23.

It was only after their divorce 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 cocooned," she says. "So when I went out at 32, 33, it's almost like I had to grow up."

Not that she has not faced her own #MeToo moments from time to time. Kidman said: "Of course, I've had #MeToo moments – since I was little! But do I want to expose them in an article? No. Do they appear in my job? Absolutely. "

For her, she would prefer to direct her emotions towards a "well of experience and emotions drawn from" and displayed in her work as an actress. "I'm not just talking about sexual harassment, I'm talking about loss, death, all that life has to offer," says Kidman.

Since she's separated from Cruise, she says that "it's something I'm always reluctant to talk about, because I'm married now to the man who is my grandfather. love.[[[[Keith Urban], and he feels almost disrespectful. "

Nicole and the country music star married in 2006 and have since welcomed their daughters Sunday, 10 and Faith, 7.