Kate Noelle Holmes

KATIE HOLMES BIOGRAPHY
Name : Katie Holmes
Full Name : Kate Noelle Holmes
Date Of Birth : December 18, 1978
Place Of Birth : Toledo, Ohio
Height : 5'8''
Weight : 118 lbs.
Eyes : Green
Hair : Brown
Education : High School (Notre Dame)College: Columbia University, New York, New York (deferred admission)
Occupation : Actress
Father : Martin Holmes (Lawyer)
Mother : Kathy Holmes (Homemaker)
Siblings : four sisters, one brother (Youngest is Katie)
Fan Mail : Katie Holmes c/o The WB 4000Warner Blvd.Burbank, CA 91522USA


* in Toledo, Ohio to Kathleen and Marty Holmes. Katie came from a large family and was the youngest of five children. Her three sisters are Temera, Holly and Nancy and her brother’s name is Martin.

* Was and still is very family oriented. So when she decided to pursue a career in entertainment, her family supported her. As an early teen she was in her school plays and after school she took acting lessons, dancing lessons and even singing lessons. In addition to being talented, she was also a very good looking teenager and also went to Margaret O’Brien’s Modeling School.

* In 1995, she took her first big step towards show business and attended the International Modeling and Talent Association (IMTA) “Hooray for Hollywood” Convention, where a number of talent scouts were looking for fresh young talent. During the talent competition, she caught the eye of some of the scouts, such as Al Onorato. By 1996, she got a manager who was able to get her an audition for a movie in Los Angeles. She auditioned and received the part as Libbets Casey, which was her debut role on the big screen in the movie The Ice Storm with Tobey Maguire. Even though she received great reviews for her performance, she went back to Toledo to finish up her senior year at Notre Dame Academy [a Catholic All-Girl High School] (although she did land the leading role in her school’s rendition of Damn Yankees). School was very important to her and she received good enough grades to gain acceptance to Columbia University (which she deferred – and has only taken one photography class there so far).

* In 1997, while finishing up school, she sent out audition tapes to producers around the country. One of these tapes wound up in the hands of the talent scouts looking for a “girl next door” character for an upcoming television series. After having to reschedule the audition (which was on the same day as the opening performance of Damn Yankees), she impressed the producers and received the role of Joey Potter on the teen television series Dawson’s Creek.

* By late 1997, she moved to North Carolina to film Dawson’s Creek, which became a smash hit. Her role on the show brought her great fame around the world. The show also brought about good friendship of her and the cast (including a well publicized romance between her an co-star Joshua Jackson). Her fame and her beauty has enabled her to appear on many magazine covers around the globe.

* She appeared in her second movie the following year, Disturbing Behavior, which earned her a MTV Movie Award for Best Breakthrough Performance – Female. She has followed this up with some good (and not so good) movies, including: Go (1999), Teaching Mrs. Tingle (1999), Wonder Boys (2000), The Gift (2000) [Her role in The Gift was shrouded in excitement and controversy, because Katie appeared completely topless during one of the scenes (pictures of this nude scene are still some of the most searched for images on the internet).], Abandon (2002) [she sings in the movie and on the soundtrack], Pieces of April (2003) [For Pieces of April, she was nominated for a Golden Satellite Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture, Comedy or Musical.] and First Daughter (2004).

* Katie’s naturally good looks has kept her in the eyes of the modeling industry and she became the spokeswoman for Garnier Lumia in 2001. She has also modeled for COACH.

* 2003 brought about a close to the Dawson Creek series. The final show had one of the highest ratings ever on the WB Network.

* Batman Begins, with Christian Bale is opened in theaters on June 19, 2005 which opened up to great reviews.

*Katie is currently working on more movie projects (Thank You for Smoking and Shame on You).

* The big news is the recent dating of her and actor Tom Cruise and the engagement between the two celebrities in June 2005. Cruise proposed to her while they were in France atop the Eiffel Tower. The thing that has most viewers surprised is their 16 year age difference – Cruise is 42, she is 26. This relationship comes only a month after her breakup with actor Chris Klein, with whom she was engaged.

* Even bigger news was made in October 2005, when Katie and Tom announced that they are expecting a baby. Pictures of Suri shown on CBS Evening News on Sept. 5, 2006 during Katie Couric's debut as anchor.

* Katie and Tom have announced on April 19th, that they have had a 7 pound, 7 ounce baby girl they named Suri.

*The couple has announced that will be getting married the weekend of November 18th. The couple were "officially" married in a small civil ceremony in Los Angeles during the week of Nov. 13th, they then had a large wedding ceremony in Italy the following Saturday Nov. 19, 2006.

* Favorites: movies = My Best Friend’s Wedding, Pretty in Pink, Sixteen Candles; TV show = Party of Five, E.R.; Actor/Actress = Tom Hanks, Meg Ryan, Jodie Foster; food = jelly beans, chocolate, sushi

* Interests & Activities: Running, being with family, dancing, swimming, watching movies, listening to music, Barbie dolls, shopping.