Name: Katie Holmes

Birth Name: Katherine Noelle Holmes

Birthdate: Dec. 18, 1978

Birthplace: Toledo, Ohio

Although her big-screen debut was in Ang Lee's The Ice Storm, Katie Holmes first gained national notoriety on the televised teen drama Dawson's Creek. Before the show went off the air in 2003, she'd had roles in films like Go and Michael Douglas' Wonder Boys. After Creek's end, Holmes dedicated herself to film work, gaining critical acclaim for the gritty comedy Pieces of April. In 2005, she gained worldwide attention less for her role in Batman Begins than for her quick-moving relationship with Tom Cruise. The two actors were engaged after two months of dating, amid much tabloid speculation over their motives. Though not part of the Bat-sequel The Dark Knight, she returns to the screen after playing mom to baby Suri opposite Diane Keaton and Queen Latifah in Mad Money.


1. She was raised Catholic.
2. Though admitted to Columbia University, Holmes was forced to defer twice.
3. She modeled as a teenager.
4. Holmes is the youngest of five children.
5. She's a graduate of Notre Dame Academy, an all-girls Roman Catholic school.


On her whirlwind engagement to Tom Cruise: "Meeting Tom — I'm just exhilarated. He makes me laugh, we have fun, we understand each other, everything is so aligned. I feel so lucky and so — like I've been given such a gift, such a gift, you know? And it's just really amazing."
— W, August 2005

Husband: Tom Cruise, actor; born July 3, 1962; married Nov. 18, 2006
Daughter: Suri Holmes-Cruise, born April 18, 2006

 

FILMS

Mad Money - (2008) - Actor
Batman Begins - (2005) - Actor
First Daughter - (2004) - Actor
Phone Booth - (2003) - Actor
The Singing Detective - (2003) - Actor
Pieces of April - (2003) - Actor
Dawson's Creek: Series Finale - (2003) - Actor
Abandon - (2002) - Actor
The Gift - (2001) - Actor
Wonder Boys - (2000) - Actor
Go - (1999) - Actor
Teaching Mrs. Tingle - (1999) - Actor
Disturbing Behavior - (1998) - Actor
The Ice Storm - (1997) - Actor