Once Tom Cruise's agent at Creative Artists Agency, Paula Wagner joined him in forming the Paramount Pictures-based, Cruise/Wagner Productions in 1993. The team scored a box office hit with its first venture, the theatrical version of the TV series "Mission: Impossible" in 1996. Since that time, she and Cruise enjoyed unparalleled success, producing a range of pictures that earned multiple awards, widespread critical praise, and global box office success.Born in Youngstown, OH, the future producer began her career as a one-time actor, appearing in numerous Broadway and off Broadway stage
