Born two months premature, Daughter of the lawyer Marty Holmes and designer Kathleen Holmes, she is the youngest of five children. Katie Holmes has three sisters (Tamera, Holly and Nancy) and brother (Martin). Dreaming of Hollywood without daring to think one day be part of it done theater in high school (Notre Dame Academy, a Catholic school for girls in her hometown).
As a teenager, Katie Holmes joined a modeling school and played in many school theatrical productions. It is the modeling, with some success, but does not wish to continue because she would rather be an actress. She will then attend castings. In 1997, she finished high school, and differs until 2000 for admission to Columbia University.
She then met a manager who convinces her to leave New York to Los Angeles to participate in auditions drivers television series. At 17, the girl arrives therefore at Hollywood and gets a second hearing from his role in the movie ' The Ice Storm 'of Ang Lee. This small appearance marks the beginning of his acting career.
The series appears for the first time on television in January 1998 was a huge success. While turning over six years in the series, she continues to appear in movies. She played notably alongside Michael Douglas in ' Wonder Boys ', the young woman has plenty of time to devote to the seventh art.
That same year she starred in ' Pieces of April 'and then camped in 2004 the daughter of the President of the United States in ' The First Daughter ',Batman's girlfriend in ' Batman Begins 'and starred alongside Diane Keaton in ' Mad Money 'in 2008. Now most famous for his relationship with Tom Cruise, Katie Holmes is Joey from 'Dawson' in the public eye.
In 2011, she interprets the role of Jacqueline Kennedy in the television series The Kennedys. In which she played Jacqueline Kennedy then made ??an appearance in How I met your mother. Awards She has received several awards for her performance in the series Dawson, including the MTV Movie Award for Best female revelation in 1999 and the Teen Choice Award for Best TV actress in 2002. Anecdotes Katie Holmes has performed some songs from the series Dawson.
The actress has converted to Scientology. His private life the actress has lived with his partner a story in the series Dawson, Joshua Jackson. After three-year relationship, Katie Holmes got engaged to Chris Klein in 2003. They broke their engagement in early 2005. She was married to actor Tom Cruise (16 years older) between 2006 and 2012, with whom she has a daughter Suri Cruise (born 18 April 2006 ).
On 29 June 2012, Katie announces that it has filed for divorce after five years of marriage for irreconcilable differences, claiming sole custody of his daughter, and an appropriate amount as the Financial Regulation from Cruise, whose fortune is valued at just over $ 275 million. On 9 July 2012, she obtained sole custody of his daughter Suri is officially divorced from Tom Cruise.