Cruise began working as an erotic model in the summer of 2013.[1] She made her porn debut in August of the same year[4] after contacting Florida-based talent agency East Coast Talents.[5] In March 2014, she moved to Los Angeles and signed with the agency Spiegel Girls in June.[1]
In 2015, Cruise became the second performer to win the AVN Awards for Best New Starlet and Best Actress in the same year, after Jenna Jameson in 1996.[6] In October 2015, she signed an exclusive one-year contract with Axel Braun Productions.[7]