Nicole Kidman
Nicole Kidman has admitted she felt stifled in her marriage to actor Tom Cruise.
She felt that she only became an individual again after their much publicised split in 2001.
The actress claims she was never considered a star in her own right, and was treated as an extension to the Top Gun actor.
Just two years after her divorce from Cruise, Kidman cemented her status on Hollywood's A-list by lifting the Best Actress Oscar for her role in The Hours- and she admits she flourished after the split.
Kidman, who is now married to country star Keith Urban, tells the December issue of America's Glamour magazine, "I felt I became a star only by association. I felt it was my job to put on a beautiful dress and be seen and not heard."