Katie Holmes Biography

Katie Holmes

• Birth Date

  12/18/1978

• Birthplace

  Toledo, Ohio

• Family

  Husband: Tom Cruise
  began dating April 2005; became engaged June 17, 2005 atop the Eiffel Tower in Paris, France; married November 18, 2006 in a 15th-century castle outside of Rome in Bracciano, Italy; they had "officialized their marriage in Los Angeles prior to their departure for Italy"

  Brother: Martin Holmes Jr
  older

  Daughter: Suri Cruise
  born April 18, 2006; father, Tom Cruise

  Father: Martin Holmes
  

  Mother: Kathy Holmes
  

• Hookups

  Companion: Chris Klein
  began dating January 2000; became engaged in December 2003; announced split March 4, 2005

• Notes

  "I know I grew up very naive and sheltered, but I like that. I feel sad when I see kids who have experienced too much too young. I'm just learning myself what the real world is like. I'm glad I could wait this long before I had to deal with reality."---Holmes quoted in ROLLING STONE, September 17, 1998.

  "I was overjoyed in being pregnant and then had to withstand ridicule about my pregnancy when it was the most normal, non-controversial thing imaginable."---Holmes on the media storm surrounding her pregnancy to Vanity Fair, October 2006.
  "I've been accepted to Columbia, and I deferred for this year. Eventually I'll go back. I want to major in English right now, but that'll probably change next month!"---Katie Holmes in USA TODAY, October 31, 1997.
  

• Milestones

  Attended a modeling and talent convention in NYC where she was spotted by a talent manager
  Born and raised in Toledo, Ohio
  (1998) Cast as Joey Potter, the childhood best friend of the title character, in the ensemble TV drama "Dawson's Creek" (The WB); series created by Kevin Williamson
  (1999) Featured in the ensemble of Doug Liman's "Go"
  (2003) Featured opposite of Colin Farrell in Joel Schumacher's feature "Phone Booth"
  (1997) Had featured role as Libbets Casey in Ang Lee's "The Ice Storm"
  (2000) Had supporting role of a college student infatuated with her English professor in "Wonder Boys"
  (1997) Landed role of Lola in high school production of "Damn Yankees" (date approximate)
  (2000) Played a slutty rich girl whose disappearance and murder is an integral plot point in "The Gift"
  (2003) Played a troubled young woman forced to reevaluate her familial ties in "Pieces of April"
  (1998) Played leading role in David Nutter's "Disturbing Behavior"
  (2006) Portrayed a reporter opposite Aaron Eckhart in the satirical comedy "Thank You for Smoking" directed by Jason Reitman
  (2002) Starred as a college student troubled when a detective reopens the two-year-old case of her boyfriend's mysterious disappearance in "Abandon"
  (2005) Starred as the love interest to Bruce Wayne/Batman (Christian Bale) in "Batman Begins"
  (1999) Starred in "Teaching Mrs Tingle", Kevin Williamson's directorial debut
  Will co-star with Queen Latifah and Diane Keaton in "Mad Money" (lensed 2007)