Katie Holmes

Biography

Katie Holmes, the 'Disturbing Behavior' actress was born on December 18, 1978 in Toledo, Ohio as Kate Noelle Holmes. She is the youngest of the five children and her father Martin Holmes is a lawyer while her mother Kathy Holmes is a homemaker. Baptized as a Roman Catholic, she attended the parochial schools in Toledo. Her first introduction to the bright lights was through modeling, which she started at the age of 14. She joined Margaret O'Brien's classes and while on a tour with her at the New York City talent expo in 1996, she found an agent.

Hollywood Calling
Hollywood knocked at her door with the approval of the audition tapes sent to Ang Lee the casting director of 'The Ice Storm' in 1997. Soon she found herself being cast in the role of Libbets Cassey with Kevin Kline and Sigourney Weaver as her co stars. Her first major leading role came in 'Disturbing Behavior' (1998), where she played the role of a loner. Holmes picked up the MTV Movie Award for Best Breakthrough Performance for her role. IN 1999, Holmes played a supermarket clerk in Doug Liman's 'Go'. She moved on from 'Go' to the 'Wonder Boys' in 2000 where she had a six and one-half minute role but she still attracted a lot of attention from film critics. Another film 'The Gift' came out the same year where she played the antithesis of Joey Potter with Cate Blanchett, Keanu Reeves, Gary Cole and Greg Kinnear. This movie also marked her first nude role.

She had worked in a string of movies and television serials showing her as a loner, disillusioned person, suffering from anxiety etc. So 'Abandon' in 2002 was no different. Written by Oscar winner Stephen Gaghan, it portrayed Holmes as a delusional, homicidal college student named and her screen name was also Katie. The other films to follow in its footsteps were 'Phone Booth' in 2002 with Colin Farell where the movie revolved mostly around Colin and the phone booth. From Colin Farells sweetheart in 'Phone Booth' she transformed to Robert Downey, Jr.'s nurse in 'The Singing Detective' (2003). In 2003, she appeared in 'Pieces of April,' a comedy revolving around a dysfunctional family. According to Variety, this was one of her best film performances ever. In January 2004, Holmes acted as the US Presidents daughter in 'First Daughter,' which also starred Michael Keaton as the President and her father and Marc Blucas as her love interest. 2005 saw her as Rachel Dawes in 'Batman Begins'. She received a Golden Raspberry nomination for "worst supporting actress" for the film.

Trivia
After her fallout with Chris Klien, Katie married Tom Cruise on November 18th, 2006.
Holmes was named by both the British and American editions of FHM magazine as one of the sexiest women in the world in 1999.
People magazine named her one of the "50 Most Beautiful People" in 2003.
She has appeared in advertisements for Gap, Garnier Lumia haircolor, and Coach leather goods.
Katie was born two months premature at just four pounds.

Past Projects
Mad Money.... Jackie Truman
Thank You for Smoking.... Heather Holloway
Batman Begins.... Rachel Dawes
First Daughter.... Samantha Mackenzie
Dawson's Creek (TV).... Joey Potter
Pieces of April.... April Burns
Abandon.... Katie Burke
Phone Booth.... Pamela McFadden
The Gift.... Jessica King
Wonder Boys.... Hannah Green
Teaching Mrs. Tingle.... Leigh Ann Watson
Go.... Claire Montgomery
Disturbing Behavior.... Rachel Wagner
The Ice Storm.... Libbets Casey

Katie Holmes was born in Toledo, Ohio on December 18, 1978.
Name: Kate Noelle Holmes
Date of Birth: December 18th 1978
Height: 5' 9" (1.75 m)

Talent Agency: Creative Artists Agency (CAA)
2000 Avenue Of The Stars
Los Angeles, CA 90067
USA


"I really can't deny it, I am who I am. I'm pretty normal. I'm not that smooth type of girl. I run into things, I trip, I spill food. I say stupid things... I really don't have it all together."


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Welcome to the Katie Holmes Message Board. Get in touch with Katie Holmes to voice your support, appreciation, or opinion.

Can you imagine how much snail mail and email a celebrity must get? Most simply don't have time to go through all of it and even less time to respond. So, for this reason, we've created this shout-out message board. It's a far simpler way to communicate with your favorite stars and celebrities.

Try to keep your messages short and sweet. No one wants to read your entire life story. We don't know if you'll get a response, but if enough people post a message, these celebrities won't be able to ignore them all.

Katie...Get out of Scientology while you still can. It is a cult and science fiction.

Think about it. "...a human is an immortal alien spiritual being, termed a thetan, that is trapped on planet Earth in a physical body. Hubbard described these "thetans" in "Space Opera" cosmogony. The thetan has had innumerable past lives and it is accepted in Scientology that lives preceding the thetan's arrival on Earth lived in extraterrestrial cultures". How can anyone believe this garbage? It's a money making cult from a science fiction writer.

Please, please get our before it's too late!

Posted by Tim (2010-10-18) 2621

Hi there,
I'm inspired by you and the journey you have made to get where you are.

Posted by Michelle (2010-04-08) 2358

I am a breeder of the Asian Leopard Bengal Kittens, A beautiful spotted wild looking breed. I sell many, but would like to sell some to the celebrities, because a kitten can be left home alone when you are working all day, and will take the love and attention when you are home. Celebrities work long hours and are gone for days or weeks at a time. Cats are easier to take care of then a dog, because they don't need to be walked twice a day and don't need the attention like a puppy or dog. It is not fair for a dog to be left home alone or indoor all day, where a kitten or cat can go potty in a litter box and can be left alone for hours and will sleep most of the time.

Just consider a kitten over a dog, or both. Bengals love dogs and get along beautifully.
You can go to my website to see just some of my Bengals, but have newborn kitten pictures for you to see upon request. They are adorable, but not able to leave until they are 8 or 9 weeks old.

If interested or would like to see some pictures of the newborn leopard spotted bengal kittens go to www.bengalbabies.org.
Thanks,
Carrie Donahue
Newport Coast Ca.

Posted by carrie donahue (2010-01-24) 2225

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