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Nicole Kidman and Lenny Kravitz: the secret and forgotten love story of the actress and the singer

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After her traumatic breakup with Tom Cruise (63) in 2001, Nicole Kidman (59) needed to heal her heart

Lenny Kravitz.
Lenny Kravitz.AP

Thanks to the actor, she had entered the Hollywood universe and had adopted two children, Isabella (32) and Connor (30), who were the greatest joy of her life. But the actress felt lost.

One year after the divorce, the Oscar winner for The Hours (2002) sublet, according to the magazine People, her New York apartment to Lenny Kravitz (61), whom she ended up falling in love with. It was Madame Figaro who recalled a secret and forgotten love story that was close to ending in marriage.

Both protagonists kept their relationship away from gossip, needing to protect their hearts from past wounds. Rumors about their love caught the attention of paparazzi, who tried to get the scoop, but Nicole and Lenny remained tight-lipped.

Several months later, the magazine Hello! echoed statements from the actress's representative, Leslee Dart, adding fuel to the fire of rumors: "They are very close. He is very important to her. Beyond that, I don't know."

The lovebirds amicably parted ways in 2003 just as discreetly as they began. Two years later, Nicole met Keith Urban (57), from whom she recently filed for divorce. Together, they have two daughters, Sunday Rose (17) and Faith Margaret, who will soon turn 15.

In 2007, the Australian actress was somewhat cryptic when talking about a possible relationship when she confessed to Vanity Fair: "I was engaged to someone... But it didn't work out. We weren't ready. It wasn't ready." And it wasn't until 2017, during the promotion of Big Little Lies, when Kidman solved the mystery: "I met Zoë [Kravitz] because I was engaged to her father. It's all in the family. I love Lenny, he's a great person," she told the Australian media The Edit. The rocker's daughter was also a star in the HBO series.

In 2017, Zoë Kravitz (36) also spoke about her father's relationship with the actress in The Edit: "I think he forgot that nobody knew that (...) It had been a long time since I had seen her, but there was a point where we all lived together (...) I was around 13, and she (Nicole) would take me to the movies. She was very good to me."

Once free, Lenny Kravitz had very well-known partners such as actresses Marisa Tomei (60) and Michelle Rodriguez (47), and model Ana Paula Valle (27). In 2024, rumors started circulating that he was dating British singer and songwriter Ellie Goulding (38).