Early life

Rogers was born Miriam Spickler at General Hospital in Coral Gables, Florida. Her father is Philip C. Spickler, a civil engineer. Her mother, Kathy Talent, was a former dance and drama major. Her father was Jewish and her mother was Episcopalian. Her father had become involved with Scientology before she was born, and the religion was part of her upbringing.

The family lived in Virginia, Arizona, Michigan, and England, before settling in Los Angeles. She attended accelerated schools and graduated from high school at age 14. In place of college, she formulated her own program of study and also got involved in community theater and writing. Rogers later worked in a hospital for incapacitated patients outside Palo Alto, California, and for six years she was a part-time social worker, involved in substance-abuse counseling.

At the beginning of their acting careers, Rogers and Kirstie Alley lived together.

Career

Acting

After her first marriage break-up, Rogers moved to Los Angeles to embark on an acting career. She studied acting with Milton Katselas for nine months and then sought an agent. She screen tested for the lead role in Body Heat that eventually went to Kathleen Turner. Her earlier roles included television appearances in Hill Street Blues (1981) as a love interest for officer Andy Renko (Charles Haid), and in Magnum, P.I. (1982). Between 1983-84, she worked extensively in television as a series regular on The Rousters and as supermodel Blair Harper-Fenton in Paper Dolls. In 1986 she starred alongside Michael Keaton in Gung Ho.

In 1986 Rogers auditioned for the female lead in Fatal Attraction that went to Glenn Close. However, Rogers got her breakthrough role when she was cast opposite Tom Berenger in Someone to Watch Over Me (1987). Rogers played Claire Gregory, a socialite who is protected after she witnesses a murder. In 1989, she starred in The Mighty Quinn. In 1990, she appeared in Desperate Hours.

In 1991, Rogers starred as the protagonist in The Rapture about a woman who converts from a swinger to a born-again Christian after learning that a true Rapture is upon the world. She received an Independent Spirit Award for Best Female Lead nomination for her role in the film. Slant Magazine praised her "spectacular performance, which seems in part inspired by the physical splendors and feral glances of Bette Davis or Barbara Stanwyck."

In 1993 Rogers posed nude for the March 1993 edition of Playboy magazine, and also appeared on that issue's cover. She later explained "Playboy had been after me for years, and finally I agreed to pose when they gave me complete approval over the shoot. It was done in a tasteful way, and since I knew that I wanted to have children soon, I thought it might be nice to have a permanent record of my body in its prime."

In 1994, Rogers starred as a woman on death row in the prison thriller Reflections on a Crime and received the Best Actress prize for the film at the Seattle International Film Festival.New York Magazine praised Rogers' "typically terrific performance" in the film.

Rogers later joined an ensemble cast in the critically acclaimed comedy-drama Trees Lounge (1996). She also had a supporting role alongside Barbra Streisand and Lauren Bacall in The Mirror Has Two Faces (1996). Her next film was the beginning of what would become a major franchise, when she appeared as Mrs. Kensington in Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery (1997). In 1997 Rogers was nominated for the Satellite Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television for her role in the HBO film, Weapons of Mass Distraction.

In 1998 she appeared in Lost in Space. A year later she co-produced and co-starred in The Devil's Arithmetic. Together with her fellow producers, Rogers received a Daytime Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Children's Special. Between 1998 and 1999 Rogers also had a recurring role on The X-Files playing Diana Fowley for seven episodes. In 2000 she starred in the critically acclaimed Canadian horror film Ginger Snaps. She was also a series regular on the short-lived ABC series The Geena Davis Show (2000-01).

Rogers later made television appearances in Dawson's Creek (2003) as the mother of Jen Lindley (Michelle Williams) and in Las Vegas (2003). She also appears in the comedy sequel Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd (2003). In 2004 she starred alongside Jeff Bridges and Kim Basinger in the drama The Door in the Floor. Between 2006 and 2007, Rogers was a series regular on the Fox comedy The Loop playing Meryl. In 2010, Rogers had a guest voice role on King of the Hill and served as a producer on Unstoppable.

In 2010 she performed at the Geffen Playhouse in Love, Loss, and What I Wore. In 2011, she was cast in the recurring role of Robin Schmidt, a primatologist and Ashton Kutcher's mother on Two and a Half Men. Rogers will resume the role in the season 10 premiere episode. In 2012, she made a guest appearance on The Client List. Recent film projects include For a Good Time, Call... (2012) and, alongside Meryl Streep, in Hope Springs (2012).

In March 2012, she was cast alongside Chad Michael Murray in the ABC pilot Scruples, as Harriet, a "powerful and vindictive magazine editor". Rogers replaced Mary Steenburgen in the role of the mother of Ryan (Elijah Wood) and Kristen Newman (Dorian Brown) in the final season of Wilfred.

Poker

Having played poker as a teenager, Rogers 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 on the board of directors of the World Poker Tour. In July 2006, she finished in the money (33rd place) at the $1000 Ladies' No-Limit Hold 'em World Series of Poker event.

Personal life

She has been married three times. She married Jim Rogers in 1976, adopting his surname. They divorced in 1980. On May 9, 1987 she married actor Tom Cruise in a New York ceremony. The marriage broke down at the end of 1989 and a divorce was finalized in February 1990. In January 1990 the couple released a joint statement; "While there have been very positive aspects to our marriage, there were some issues which could not be resolved even after working on them for a period of time,". It was Rogers who introduced Cruise to Scientology.

In an interview with Playboy in 1993, Rogers discussed her split from Cruise and likened her ex-husband to a "monk" when discussing intimacy issues. Rogers later retracted the comments and claimed she had been misinterpreted.

In 1990, Rogers began living with Chris Ciaffa. They have two children. The couple married in 2003.

Rogers has made campaign contributions to the Democratic Party.

Scientology

Rogers' father became interested in Dianetics in 1952 and would later become a prominent Mission Holder with the Church of Scientology and friend of founder, L. Ron Hubbard's. Rogers also reportedly became a highly trained auditor with the church. Prior to her acting career, she opened a "field auditing" practice, the Enhancement Center, with her first husband, Jim Rogers. She was a church auditor for Sonny Bono. Tom Cruise was also a client before being directed towards a Celebrity Centre.

In an interview given to the Los Angeles Times in 1991, she spoke about Scientology; "that philosophy was simply part of my upbringing. And, I think it was an excellent system of belief to grow up with because Scientology offers an extremely pragmatic method for taking spiritual concerns and breaking them down into everyday applications."

Rogers has left the Church of Scientology - she had been described in recent media reports as a "former" member of the church.

Cruise biographer Andrew Morton alleged that Rogers' father had been declared a Suppressive Person after leaving the church in the early 1980s during a cull of Mission Holders.

A 2012 article in Vanity Fair alleged that Rogers held an unfavorable view of the church's controversial leader, David Miscavige. In Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood, and the Prison of Belief, published in 2013, author Lawrence Wright alleged that Miscavige had pushed Rogers from her marriage with Tom Cruise so the latter could pursue Nicole Kidman.

Filmography

Year	Film	Role	Notes
1981	Hill Street Blues	Sandra Pauley	2 episodes; "Jungle Madness", "Rites of Spring"
1981	Quincy, M.E.	Corrina Girard	2 episodes; "Slow Boat to Madness Part 1", "Slow Boat to Madness Part 2"
1982	Magnum, P.I.	Margo Perina	1 episode; "Italian Ice"
1982	Divorce Wars: A Love Story	Belinda Wittiker	TV movie
1982	Hear No Evil	Meg	TV movie
1983	Hart to Hart	Robin Wall	1 episode; "Hartstruck"
1983	Blue Skies Again	Liz
1983-1984	The Rousters	Ellen Slade	13 episodes
1984	Paper Dolls	Blair Fenton-Harper	13 episodes
1985	Embassy	Nancy Russell	TV movie
1986	Gung Ho	Audrey
1987	Disneyland	Charlotte	1 episode; "You Ruined My Life"
1987	Street Smart	Alison Parker
1987	Someone to Watch Over Me	Claire Gregory
1989	The Mighty Quinn	Hadley Elgin
1989	Hider in the House	Julie Dreyer	TV movie
1990	Dimenticare Palermo	Carrie
1990	Desperate Hours	Nora Cornell
1991	Fourth Story	Valerie McCoughlin	TV movie
1991	The Doors	Magazine Photographer
1991	Wedlock	Tracy Rigg	TV movie
1991	The Rapture	Sharon	Nomination - Independent Spirit Award for Best Female Lead
1991-1992	Dream On	Julia Montana	3 episodes
1992	White Sands	Molly Dolezal	Cameo
1992	Tales from the Crypt	Helen	1 episode; "Beauty Rest"
1992	Dark Horse	Dr. Susan Hadley
1992	Ladykiller	Michael Madison	TV movie
1992	The Larry Sanders Show	Mimi Rogers	2 episodes; "The Flirt Episode", "You're Having My Baby"
1992	Shooting Elizabeth	Elizabeth Pigeon
1993	Bloodlines: Murder in the Family	Melody Woodman	TV movie
1993	A Kiss to Die For	Ali Broussard	TV movie
1994	Monkey Trouble	Amy
1994	Killer	Fiona
1994	Reflections on a Crime	Regina	Seattle International Film Festival Award for Best Actress
1995	The Beast	Martha	Short
1995	Far from Home: The Adventures of Yellow Dog	Katherine McCormick
1995	Full Body Massage	Nina	TV movie
1996	Partners	Melissa	1 episode; "Your Baby-sitter?"
1996	In the Blink of an Eye	Sonia Jacobs	TV movie
1996	Trees Lounge	Patty
1996	The Mirror Has Two Faces	Claire
1997	Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery	Mrs. Kensington
1997	Weapons of Mass Distraction	Ariel Powers	TV movie Nomination - Satellite Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
1997	The Christmas List	Melody Parris
1997	Tricks	Jackie	TV movie
1998	Virtual Obsession	Karen Messenger	TV movie
1998	Lost in Space	Dr. Maureen Robinson
1998-1999	The X-Files	Agent Diana Fowley	7 episodes
1999	The Devil's Arithmetic	Leonore Stern	Producer Nomination - Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Children's Special
1999	Little White Lies	Ellie
1999	Seven Girlfriends	Julian
1999-2000	It's Like, You Know...	Deidre Swayze	2 episodes; "Heat", "Hollywood Shuffle"
2000	Common Ground	McPherson	TV movie
2000	Ginger Snaps	Pamela Fitzgerald
2000	The Upgrade	The Yuppie	Short
2000	Cruel Intentions 2	Tiffany Merteuil
2000-2001	The Geena Davis Show	Hillary	22 episodes
2002	Charms for the Easy Life	Sophia	TV movie
2002	What's New, Scooby-Doo?	Maura Ravenmane	1 episode; "She Sees Sea Monsters by the Sea Shore"
2003	Dawson's Creek	Helen Lindley	1 episode; "Goodbye, Yellow Brick Road"
2003	Cave In	Pat Bogen	TV movie
2003	Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd	Mrs. Dunne
2003	Las Vegas	Sandra Adlman	1 episode; "Luck Be a Lady"
2004	Hope & Faith	Annie Hannigan	1 episode; "Madam President"
2004	The Gunman	Eve Richards
2004	Seeing Other People	Elise
2004	The Door in the Floor	Evelyn Vaughn
2005	Dancing in Twilight	April
2005	Stone Cold	Rita Fiore	TV movie
2005	Selling Innocence	Abby Sampson	TV movie
2006	The Stranger Game	Joanna Otis	TV movie
2006	Penny Dreadful	Orianna Volkes
2006	Big Nothing	Mrs. Smalls
2006-2007	The Loop	Meryl	17 episodes
2008	Storm Cell	April Saunders	TV movie
2008	My Boys	Maggie/Mike's date	2 episodes; "John, Cougar, Newman Camp", "Jack and Bobby"
2009	Frozen Kiss	Gayle
2009	Falling Up	Meredith	TV movie
2010	Order of Chaos	Mrs. Craig	TV movie
2010	Sins of the Mother	Lois	TV movie
2010	King of the Hill	Katie	1 episode; "Bill Gathers Moss"
2010	Neighbors from Hell	Lorelai Killbride	1 episode; "Country Club Hell"
2010	Abandoned	Victoria Markham
2011	Lucky	Ms. Brand
2011	Balls to the Wall	Mrs. Matthews
2011	CollegeHumor Originals	Bionic Woman	"Superhero Auditions: Callbacks", "Superhero Auditions: Bionic Woman"
2011-2015	Two and a Half Men	Robin Schmidt	Recurring role 6 episodes; "One False Move, Zimbabwe!", "Slowly and in a Circular Fashion", "I Changed My Mind About the Milk", "A Big Bag of Dog", "Justice in Star-Spangled Hot Pants", "The Ol' Mexican Spinach"
2012	For a Good Time, Call...	Adele
2012	The Client List	Valerie Dawson	1 episode; "The Rub of Sugarland"
2012	Hope Springs	Carol
2012	Scruples	Harriet Toppington	Pilot drama based on Scruples Post-production
2014	Wilfred	Catherine Newman	Recurring role 3 episodes; "Responsibility", "Resistance", "Happiness"
2014	Cleaners	Isabelle Walker	6 episodes
2014	Mall
2014	The Surface	Kim
2015	The Wedding Ringer	Lois Palmer
2015	Bosch	Honey Chandler	3 episodes; plaintiff's ruthless attorney
2015	Captive	Kim Rogers
2015	This Isn't Funny	Elaine Anderson
2015	NCIS	Joanna Teague	3 episodes; "The Lost Boys", "Neverland", "Stop The Bleeding"
2015	Mad Men	Pima	1 episode; "New Business"
2015-2016	Ash vs Evil Dead	Suzy Maxwell	2 episodes; "Bait", "The Dark One"

Charities

Mimi Rogers supports the following charitable cause: Environment.

[ Source: Wikipedia ]