Today the heroine of our story will beAmerican model and actress Katie Holmes. She played the most significant role in the fantastic film “Batman Beginning”. However, for most TV viewers, she is not known for her work in the cinema, but because of marriage to a Hollywood star of first magnitude - Tom Cruise.
Biography
Katie Holmes was born December 18, 1978in the American town of Toledo, located in Ohio. Her family was a typical middle class: her father worked as a lawyer in divorce cases, and her mother was engaged in raising children, whom, by the way, they had five: four daughters and a son. Interestingly, Katie has Russian, Irish, German and English roots. The girl studied diligently in a Catholic school, but in the evenings she could not be torn away from the TV, where she enthusiastically watched such an seemingly inaccessible world of Hollywood. As a teenager, Katie began attending a model school. At the same time, she was fascinated by the theater and did her best to attract the attention of an organization that helps promote young talents in the world of show business.
Katie Holmes: Filmography, Early Career
The talent and attractive appearance of the girl is notwent unnoticed, and in 1995 she received an invitation to sample in New York. From there, Katie immediately went to the city of Los Angeles, where she was offered to participate in the filming of several episodes of a simple TV show. However, for the beginning and that was enough. A few months later, young Holmes made her debut on the big screen, appearing in one of the episodes of the film "Ice Storm". She also received an invitation to shoot in a popular TV series called Buffy the Vampire Slayer. But the first rays of glory did not turn young Katie's head, and in order to quietly finish school, she refused to participate in several attractive projects.
Continuation of career
After Katie got a high school diplomaschool, she received a truly life-changing invitation to one of the most popular teen TV shows called Doudson's Cove. In this project, the young actress superbly performed the role of the main character named Joey Potter. Katie Holmes and Joshua Jackson perfectly played lovers who had known each other since childhood, and gradually their friendship grew into a serious adult relationship. Thanks to the shooting at Doudson's Bay (the series went on screens from 1998 to 2003), the young actress became very famous, and no one doubted her brilliant future.
Then followed the minor roles of Holmes infilms such as "Indecent Proposal", "Kill Mrs. Tingle", "Ecstasy" and others. None of these works has received the attention of critics, with the exception of the painting The Gift, in which Katie appears naked to the viewer.
On top of success
Katie Holmes, whose filmography has already includedseveral serious film works, continued to appear regularly on the big screens. So, in 2002, she took part in the filming of the acclaimed thriller “Telephone Booth”. In this picture, Kathleen Farrell is Katie’s partner on the set. A year later, she superbly played the nurse in the movie "The Singing Detective", which also starred Robert Downey Jr.
In 2003, Holmes was listed in the list of contendersfor the lead role in the musical "The Phantom of the Opera", but in the end, the producers and directors chose Emmy Rossum. In 2004, the screens out a new film with the participation of Katie - "The First Daughter." The following year, she starred in two films at once - “Batman: The Beginning” and “Here Are Smoking.” In the first of the films, Holmes played a minor character named Rachel Douz. For this work she received the Golden Raspberry Award in the category “The worst supporting actress”. As a result, in the next movie about Batman, Katie was no longer invited.
In 2008, two films with Holmes appeared on the screens: “Easy Money” and “Eli Stone”.
Last works
In 2010, Katie Holmes starred in three films,among which are the thriller "Do not be afraid of the dark." A year later, she appeared before the audience in the form of the wife of the former US President - Jacqueline Kennedy in the movie "Kennedy Clan." However, most critics agreed that the latest work of the actress is far from perfect and does not deserve special attention.
Также в 2011 году Холмс снялась в картине «Такие different twins "and in the episode of the popular television series" How I Met Your Mother. " In 2013, Katie's movie titled Days and Nights was released. In the current year 2014, the premiere of two more projects is expected: Miss Meadows and Enlightened.
Personal life
While working on the TV show “Doudson Bay”Katie Holmes for some time met with his partner on the set - Joshua Jackson. In 2000, the actress began an affair with the star of "American Pie" - Chris Klein. Three years later, the couple even became engaged, but after that their relationship did not last even two years.
В апреле 2005 года актриса впервые появилась на public in the company of one of the most successful actors of our time - Tom Cruise. True, then many thought that this was just a PR move to draw attention to a new film project. However, everything turned out to be much more serious. A few months later Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes announced their engagement, and in April 2006 they had a daughter, who was named Suri. In November of the same year, young parents got married. Despite the fact that the couple was considered one of the most beautiful and strongest in Hollywood, after a few years of marriage, the actors decided to leave. Cruise and Katie Holmes divorce was filed in August 2012. Today, the actress lives in New York and herself brings up little Suri.
