Katie who? Meet Tom Cruise's new gal pal

Katie who? Meet Tom Cruise's new gal pal

Cynthia Jorge, at right, is reportedly Tom Cruise's new leading lady after a sizzling date at Manhattan's Le Baron.

Tom Cruise cast a normal Queens gal in a starring role - his leading lady on a wild night on the town.

Less than six months after his divorce from Katie Holmes, the 50-year-old “Jack Reacher” star had a passionate pas-de-deux with Cynthia Jorge, a brunette Fresh Meadows native half his age, including some dirty dancing at the trendy Mulberry St. club, Le Baron, on Dec. 18.

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The hookup came two days after Jorge attempted the “Mission: Impossible,” slipping her card to Cruise after a lunch at Beauty & Essex, the lower East Side restaurant she manages, according to In Touch magazine.

"He was mesmerized by Cynthia," a witness to the salsa dance interlude told In Touch, which broke the story. "She had her hair in a bun, wore tight black pants and looked gorgeous.

"At one point, they began grinding together. It was straight out of ‘Dirty Dancing.’ Tom seemed to be in his own world, completely smitten."

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He wasn’t only in his own world â€" he was just a few subway stops from the apartment of his ex-wife Katie Holmes in nearby Chelsea.

A source said the action hero and Jorge, 26, are not currently an item â€" and a relative of Jorge’s expressed surprise at the news of his cousin’s close encounter with the Hollywood hunk.

“I don’t know what to say. What would you say if your cousin was dating Tom Cruise?” said Pietro Jorge, 25.

He wouldn’t comment on whether the pair are in a relationship, but he did say Cruise would be the lucky one if there is: “She's nice. She's outgoing. She's a people person," he said.

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Jorge’s also not seemingly ready for her closeup. After news of Jorge’s star-studded dance date went public, her bosses at Beauty & Essex asked her to stay home Wednesday night.

"She's a sweetheart,” a restaurant worker at the posh eatery told the News. “She's not working tonight. They called her off work because of (the media scrutiny)." 

Jorge may not be a regular on the red carpet, but the 2008 Boston University graduate has made a name for herself in a few short years in New York City’s culinary world.

“As a New Yorker, I have learned that in order to succeed, one must work fast, strike hard and make every move count,” she wrote on her Linked In profile.

Jorge previously worked at Benvenuti Public Relations firm and as the marketing director at Benjamin’s Steakhouse in midtown.

“She was a hard worker," said a floor manager at Benjamin’s.

She told Joonbug.com six months ago that she liked her job at Benjamin’s because she enjoyed, “meeting new people, from CEOs to celebrities to just really interesting people in the industry.”