Katie Holmes

This article is about the American actress. For others with similar names, see Kate Holmes (disambiguation).

Katie Holmes
Katie Holmes in 2009
Holmes in 2009
Born
Kate Noelle Holmes[n 1]

(1978-12-18) December 18, 1978 (age 45)
Toledo, Ohio, U.S.
Occupations
  • Actress
  • director
  • producer
Years active1997–present
Spouse
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(m. 2006; div. 2012)​
Children1

Kate Noelle Holmes (born December 18, 1978)[9] is an American actress. She first achieved fame as Joey Potter on the television series Dawson's Creek (1998–2003).[3]

Holmes made her film debut with a supporting role in Ang Lee's The Ice Storm (1997).[10] A mixture of parts in big-budget and small-scale film projects came next, including Disturbing Behavior (1998), Go, Teaching Mrs. Tingle (both 1999), Wonder Boys, The Gift (both 2000), Abandon, Phone Booth (both 2002), The Singing Detective, Pieces of April (both 2003), First Daughter (2004), Batman Begins, Thank You for Smoking (both 2005), Mad Money (2008), Don't Be Afraid of the Dark (2010), Jack and Jill (2011), Miss Meadows (2014), Woman in Gold, Touched with Fire (both 2015), Logan Lucky (2017), Dear Dictator (2018), Coda (2019), Brahms: The Boy II, and The Secret: Dare to Dream (both 2020).

Outside of film, Holmes made her Broadway theatre debut in a 2008 production of Arthur Miller's All My Sons. In 2011, she portrayed Jacqueline Kennedy in the television miniseries The Kennedys, a role she reprised in The Kennedys: After Camelot (2017). She also played the part of Paige Finney on the third season of Showtime's Ray Donovan in 2015. Holmes made her directorial debut with the 2016 film All We Had, in which she also starred, following in 2022, by her second movie Alone Together, which was also her debut as a screenwriter.

Holmes's marriage to actor Tom Cruise,[11] which lasted from 2006 to 2012, attracted a great deal of media attention. They have one child together, a daughter, Suri.

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  2. ^ Newman, Judith (March 7, 2018). "Katie Holmes Reveals How She Got Those Biceps". Women's Health. Retrieved January 24, 2019.
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  8. ^ John Griffiths. "Katie Holmes: Edging Her Way Into People's Hearts." Biography Magazine. September 2002. 88–90, 106.
  9. ^ "Katie Holmes Facts". Britannica. Retrieved December 5, 2021.
  10. ^ Brown, Laura (March 11, 2020). "Katie Holmes Like You've Never Seen Her Before". InStyle. Retrieved May 30, 2023.
  11. ^ "Cruise, Holmes exchange vows in castle". Toledo Blade. November 19, 2006. Archived from the original on September 11, 2012. Retrieved February 23, 2022.


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