Isabella Jane, who goes by Bella Kidman Cruise, was born in Miami, Florida, in December 1992. Briefly after Bella was born, she was handed over to Nicole Kidman and Tom Cruise, with the adoption process being facilitated by the Church of Scientology (which both Cruise and Bella’s biological mother are/were devoted to).
Bella joined the celebrity couple shortly after Kidman went through a painful ectopic pregnancy, which was followed by a miscarriage and the news that she might not ever be able to bear a child again. However, Bella’s presence helped the couple fill that void. As Kidman put it while on “Desert Island Discs” (via the Independent) in 1998, “When I held Bella in my arms, that was everything. I look into those eyes and that crazy love happens … It opens up a part of your heart you didn’t even know was there.”
Connor Cruise, who previously used “Kidman Cruise” as his last name, was born in Florida in January 1995. Although not much is known about Connor’s biological parents or the process of his adoption, we do know that he was adopted as a newborn, too.
