Katie Holmes

American actress with a remarkable career start, accepted at her first audition in an acclaimed film, "The Ice Storm." Raised in the Midwest, Kate attended a national modeling and talent convention in New York City where she met a talent manager who encouraged her to come to Los Angeles -- on her very first professional audition, she dazzled the casting director who put her in the feature film. During her senior year of high school, encouraged by the success of her first venture, Holmes turned down an audition for "Dawson’s Creek" because she was scheduled to perform as Lola in her school's production of "Damn Yankees." Instead, she sent in a videotape from Toledo - landing the series regular role of Joey Potter. The youngest of five kids, the lanky 5’ 11" Holmes is the daughter of a lawyer and a homemaker. She grew up in a stable, middle-class household where her supportive parents attentively shepherded her through the earliest stages of her career. She began modeling while in high school. "Dawson's" was a ratings success for the fledgling WB network and it made Holmes an instant teenage star. Her first film after the TV role, "Disturbing Behavior," was a box office flop but in her next film, "Go," she dropped her good-girl image to reach critical acclaim. Postponing college, Holmes moved to Wilmington, North Carolina, not far from the set of Dawson's Creek. Off the set she pals around with her castmates and boyfriend Chris Klein, and indulges her cravings for Starbucks lattes and Jelly Bellies. She was accepted to New York's Columbia University, where she plans to major in English, but deferred her enrollment until her acting schedule becomes more settled. She laughs easily and often, conducts herself with a poise beyond her years, and is probably the only teen princess around who blushes when pressed for details about her love life. In 1999 she was chosen as one of Teen People Magazine's "21; Hottest Stars Under 21." In March 2005 she and Chris Klein broke off their relationship. She soon after was spotted with Tom Cruise and they confirmed their relationship, becoming engaged on June 17, 2005 when he proposed to her atop the Eiffel Tower. She announced her decision to become a Scientologist, taking on her new beau's belief system. By October, they revealed that she was having his baby. Holmes gave birth to a daughter named Suri, on April 18, 2006 in the Los Angeles area. The time and exact location were not given though Shelley Ackerman (http://www.karmicrelief.com) writes that the New York Post reported “Katie Holmes gave birth to the daughter at about 3 AM Tuesday.” A birth certificate found online gave the time at 3:26 AM. In a well-publicized fairy-tale wedding at an Italian castle, Holmes and Tom Cruise married on November 18, 2006 in Bracciano, Italy at about 6 PM local time. On June 29, 2012, Holmes filed for divorce from Cruise in New York after five years of marriage. Following the announcement, those close to Holmes stated that she believed she had reason to fear that Cruise would abduct Suri, and also feared intimidation by the Church of Scientology. On July 9, 2012, attorneys for the couple announced the couple signed a divorce settlement. This was the first divorce for Holmes and the third for Cruise. Holmes has custody of Suri. Following her divorce from Cruise, Holmes returned to the Catholic Church and began attending St. Francis Xavier Church. Link to Wikipedia biography