Mimi Rogers is known as both a talented actress and top-notch poker player. With a curvy 38D-26-36 frame, she is also recognized as a world-class poker hottie.
Introducing: Miriam Spickler
Born Miriam Spickler on January 27th, 1955 in Coral Gables, Florida, Rogers was raised by a Jewish father and an Episcopalian mother. Her father, Philip J. Spickler, was employed as a civil engineer. The family moved around a great deal, even living in England for a time. Eventually, they would settle in Southern California.
A bright child, Mimi graduated from high school when she was only 14. Instead of going to college immediately, she devoted a number of years to doing community service work. Afterwards, she went to college and then made her television debut in 1982 opposite Harry Hamlin in Blue Skies Again.
Early in life, Rogers became a member of the Church of Scientology. In 1977, she married her first husband, Jim Rogers, himself a Scientologist. They divorced in 1980, and in the following years, Mimi began to carve out a career for herself in movies and television.
Taking Hollywood by Storm
In 1987, she appeared with Tom Berenger in Someone to Watch Over Me, and this film gained her much attention in Hollywood. The same year, she also married rising young star Tom Cruise and introduced him to Scientology. The couple would stay together until 1990.
During this period, she also introduced football player John Brodie to Scientology, as well as the late Sonny Bono. Years later, Rogers would part ways with the religion.
Rogers went on to star in Hider in the House, Desperate Hours, The Doors and a controversial film known as The Rapture. In March of 1993, she posed nude for Playboy magazine and discussed her marriage with Cruise and her life to that point.
Cooling Down
Her career was waning by that point, and she appeared in a number of independent films and lesser known works such as Monkey Trouble and Shooting Elizabeth. In 1995, she starred in Full Body Massage and thrilled fans by being fully nude for much of the film.
In 1995, she also gave birth to her first child, Lucy. Conceived with partner Chris Ciaffa, the couple would also have a son, Charlie, in 2001 and later marry in 2003. She and Ciaffa had been living together since 1990.
And Heating Back Up
In the late 90s, Rogers’ career got hot again, thanks to a role in the smash hit Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery. The following year, she would play the female lead in the remake of Lost in Space, as well as appearing on the cult television show The X-Files.
As the new millennium rolled around, Rogers continued to appear in films but also added a number of cable television roles to her resume, such as Cave In and Charms for the Easy Life. In 2004, the 48-year-old Rogers generated buzz by appearing nude in the film The Door in the Floor, and the movie would go on to be considered a critical success.
Mimi Rogers - Poker Player
Around this time, Rogers also took up competitive poker. Having played as a teenager, the member of Mensa quickly made a name for herself by finishing in the money at the World Poker Tour’s Shooting Stars No-limit tournament in 2004. People in the poker world stood up and paid attention, as it was only her first major tournament.
Since that time, Rogers has been named to the board of directors for the World Poker Tour, and she is also one of the celebrity players at the online poker site Hollywood Poker. In 2006, she finished in the money at the $1,000 Ladies’ No-limit Hold’em World Series of Poker event. She continues to play poker, proving to the world that a poker hottie can have brains and beauty.
