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Mimi Rogers , January 27, 1956 in Coral Gables, FloridaMimi Rogers is an American movie actress and competitive poker player.

Her breakthrough role was opposite Tom Berenger in (1987). Since then, her career has largely been focused on independent films, most notably the controversial (1991). Although she continues to do independent films, Rogers is certainly not averse to Hollywood. She has appeared in sci-fi films such as (1995) in which she was fully nude for most of the film. Also notable was her nude scene at the age of 49 in written by John Irving.

Her father was Jewish and a Holocaust survivor, while her mother was Christian. However, Rogers has become a member of the Church of Scientology, and in fact her father is now a minister of Scientology as was her first husband, Jim Rogers. They were married from 1977 until 1980. Her second husband was actor Tom Cruise; they were married from 1987 until 1990. She introduced Cruise to Scientology. She is presently involved with producer Chris Ciaffa; they have two children, Lucy and Charles.

Having played high stakes poker as a teenager, she took up competitive poker in 2003, and finished in the money in her first major tournament at the World Poker Tour's 240 player Shooting Stars main event No-Limit Texas hold 'em tournament in San Jose, California on March 4, 2004. She is also in the board of directors of the World Poker Tour.