There’s soft-launching a relationship and then there is Tom Cruise and Ana de Armas, whose rumored relationship debuted in a slow trickle of grainy paparazzi photos over the course of six months before there was anything like confirmation.
Cruise, 63, and de Armas, 37, are currently working together on a supernatural thriller film called Deeper, which is what they always claimed to be discussing when the first photographs of them together began to circulate publicly. However, as time went on and the photos kept coming, people became less convinced that their relationship was strictly platonic, especially as the photos seemed to become more intimate. It’s one thing to share a meal with a future coworker, it’s another to join your coworker on a romantic weekend getaway to Spain. So, if this is a friendship, it’s clearly a very special kind of friendship.
Coincidentally, the pair were first linked at around the same time that Deeper began making casting announcements, though we don’t know much about their pre-Deeper relationship, if such a thing existed. This could be an on-set romance, or they could just be getting an early start on the film’s publicity tour. Either way, there’s no shortage of content to dissect and discuss.
While it is still unclear how the two action stars first met, we can give you an otherwise fairly complete timeline of Tom Cruise and Ana de Armas’s rumored relationship. So, enjoy.
July 29, 2025: Cruise and de Armas hold hands as they visit the small town of Woodstock, Vermont in photos published by TMZ, which is as close to a relationship confirmation as we’ve gotten. Per the outlet, the couple were seen driving through a national park, shopping, and stopping for ice cream.
Meanwhile, de Armas also caused a minor ruckus by “liking” a shady Instagram post about Cruise’s ex, Nicole Kidman.
July 26, 2025: The pair were spotted at an Oasis concert in Wembley Stadium in London, per E! News.
July 18, 2025: Through spokespeople, de Armas tells People that she and Cruise have a “special work relationship” and she considers him a “mentor.”
July 17, 2025: Hello magazine publishes photos of de Armas and Cruise vacationing together on a yacht in Menorca, Spain.
June 3, 2025: Cruise publicly supports de Armas’s new Ballerina movie, which she gushes about. “He really wants the industry and cinema to do well and [wants] people going to the theaters. We’re working together, so he got to see Ballerina and he actually really liked it. He loved the John Wicks,” de Armas tells Variety.
May 16, 2025: Deadline reports that de Armas is set to star in the upcoming film, Deeper, alongside Cruise, which will be directed by Doug Liman.
May 10, 2025: Rumors abound as the Daily Mail cites unnamed sources who say Cruise’s Scientology beliefs are not a deal-breaker for de Armas, who was raised Catholic.
