Katie Holmes

Acting · Born 1978-12-18 in Toledo, Ohio, USA

Biography

Kate Noelle "Katie" Holmes (born December 18, 1978) is an American actress and director. Born in Toledo, Ohio, teen modelling led to a supporting role in Ang Lee's The Ice Storm, before she found international fame as Joey Potter on the teen drama Dawson's Creek from 1998 to 2003. She transitioned to film in her hiatuses between seasons, appearing in movies including Doug Liman's Go, Curtis Hanson's Wonder Boys, and Joel Schumacher's Phone Booth. During promotion for her role in Christopher Nolan's Batman Begins, Holmes began a highly publicized relationship with actor Tom Cruise. The couple were engaged within two months of meeting, with Holmes converting from Roman Catholicism to the Church of Scientology, and Cruise flamboyantly professing his love for her during a controversial…

Filmography

• Batman Begins as Rachel Dawes
• Go as Claire Montgomery
• Thank You for Smoking as Heather Holloway
• Woman in Gold as Pam Schoenberg
• Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief as Self (archive footage)
• Ocean's Eight as Katie Holmes (uncredited)
• The Secret: Dare to Dream as Miranda Wells
• The Gift as Jessica King
• Pieces of April as April Burns
• Phone Booth as Pamela McFadden

TV

• How I Met Your Mother as Naomi
• Eli Stone as Grace Fuller
• The Tony Danza Show as Self
• LIVE with Kelly and Mark as Self
• Dawson's Creek as Joey Potter
• The View as Self
• So You Think You Can Dance
• The Early Show as Self
• The Holiday Movies That Made Us as Self (archive footage)
• The Colbert Report as Self (archive footage)