--- title: Nicole Kidman Reveals She Was Once Engaged to Lenny Kravitz description: In a new interview, the 'Big Little Lies' actress let drop that she and her former boyfriend had actually been engaged at one point. canonical: https://time.com/4673217/nicole-kidman-lenny-kravitz/ author: Raisa Bruner article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-02-16T16:46:34.000Z article:modified_time: 2023-12-13T11:51:26.000Z og:title: Nicole Kidman Reveals She Was Once Engaged to Lenny Kravitz og:description: "I love Lenny; he's a great guy." og:url: https://time.com/4673217/nicole-kidman-lenny-kravitz/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3f8a03ba5dd2e0a6/6988ba9ea988ca07926bb09c/nicole-kidman-lenny-kravitz.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 3000 og:image:height: 1688 og:image:alt: Hollywood Film Awards - Green Room og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Nicole Kidman Reveals She Was Once Engaged to Lenny Kravitz twitter:description: "I love Lenny; he's a great guy." twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3f8a03ba5dd2e0a6/6988ba9ea988ca07926bb09c/nicole-kidman-lenny-kravitz.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Nicole Kidman Talks About That Time She Was Engaged to Lenny Kravitz > Sponsored content. 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Every edition is assembled by TIME editors rather than generated automatically.  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Updated: Dec 13, 2023 11:51 AM UTCPublished: Feb 16, 2017 4:46 PM UTC  Recording artist Lenny Kravitz and actress Nicole Kidman pose in the green room during the Hollywood Film Awards on November 6, 2016 in West Hollywood, California. Recording artist Lenny Kravitz and actress Nicole Kidman pose in the green room during the Hollywood Film Awards on November 6, 2016 in West Hollywood, California. Charley Gallay—Getty Images  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Updated: Dec 13, 2023 11:51 AM UTCPublished: Feb 16, 2017 4:46 PM UTC It turns out Nicole Kidman who will soon play up the drama on TV, was engaged to Lenny Kravitz for a bit. Kidman, who’s producing and starring in the [upcoming HBO series _Big Little Lies_](http://time.com/4665002/big-little-lies-santa-clarita-diet-reviews/?iid=sr-link2) about complicated relationships in a group of women, recently discussed relationships of her own. In a new interview for [fashion magazine _THE EDIT_](https://www.net-a-porter.com/magazine/389/12), Net-A-Porter’s digital magazine Kidman revealed that her former boyfriend Lenny Kravitz was actually her former fiancée, too. The [notorious rocker](http://time.com/3689856/super-bowl-half-time-show-katy-perry-missy-elliott-lenny-kravitz/?iid=sr-link1) and leather-pants-wearer’s daughter Zoë, also an actor [and musician](http://time.com/4413387/listen-to-miley-cyrus-get-emo-in-new-stripped-down-lolawolf-single-teardrop/?iid=sr-link3), was cast alongside Kidman in the show—making for an easy working relationship between the two, given their shared history. “Well, I knew Zoë because I was engaged to her father. It’s all in the family! I love Lenny; he’s a great guy,” Kidman told _THE EDIT._ She and Kravitz [dated briefly back in 2003](http://people.com/country/nicole-kidman-keith-urban-lenny-kravitz-pose-for-photos-at-cmts/), after Tom Cruise and Kidman’s marriage had ended. Of course, the actor never ended up tying the knot with the rock star. Instead, Kidman found Kiwi country [singer Keith Urban](http://time.com/2882179/nicole-kidman-keith-urban-amazing-grace/?iid=sr-link1). And as for Zoë Kravitz’s opinion of her could-have-been step-mom? “\[Nicole\] can be quiet and shy, which is interesting because the beast of an actress that she is, is so loud and clear,” Kravitz told _THE EDIT._ “She’s so good that sometimes it was distracting. After every take I wanted to just stop and say, ‘Wow.’” Looks like there’s still plenty of love and admiration left amongst this group of celebrity friends. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4673217/nicole-kidman-lenny-kravitz/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4673217/nicole-kidman-lenny-kravitz/"},"headline":"Nicole Kidman Talks About That Time She Was Engaged to Lenny Kravitz","datePublished":"2017-02-16T16:46:34.000Z","dateModified":"2023-12-13T11:51:26.000Z","description":"\"I love Lenny; he's a great guy.\"","url":"https://time.com/4673217/nicole-kidman-lenny-kravitz/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Entertainment","celebrities"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3f8a03ba5dd2e0a6/6988ba9ea988ca07926bb09c/nicole-kidman-lenny-kravitz.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Raisa Bruner","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3f8a03ba5dd2e0a6/6988ba9ea988ca07926bb09c/nicole-kidman-lenny-kravitz.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Hollywood Film Awards - Green Room","caption":"Hollywood Film Awards - Green Room","creditText":"Charley Gallay—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4673217/nicole-kidman-lenny-kravitz/","name":"Nicole Kidman Talks About That Time She Was Engaged to Lenny Kravitz"}}]}] ```