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The Ice Storm ''The Ice Storm'' is a 1994 American novel by Rick Moody. The novel was widely acclaimed by readers and critics alike, described as a funny, acerbic, and moving hymn to a dazed and confused era of American life.Go'', '' Teaching Mrs. Tingle'' (both 1999), ''

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'', '' The Gift'' (both 2000), '' Abandon,'' ''

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'' (both 2002), ''

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'', '' Pieces of April'' (both 2003), '' First Daughter'' (2004), ''

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,'' ''

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'' (both 2005), ''

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'' (2008), '' Don't Be Afraid of the Dark'' (2010), ''

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'' (2011), '' Miss Meadows'' (2014), '' Woman in Gold'', '' Touched with Fire'' (both 2015), '' Logan Lucky'' (2017), '' Dear Dictator'' (2018), '' Coda'' (2019), '' Brahms: The Boy II'', and '' The Secret: Dare to Dream'' (both 2020). Outside of film, Holmes made her

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debut in a 2008 production of

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's '' All My Sons''. In 2011, she portrayed Jacqueline Kennedy in the television miniseries '' The Kennedys'', a role she reprised in '' The Kennedys: After Camelot'' (2017). She also played the part of Paige Finney on the third season of

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's ''

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'' in 2015. Holmes made her directorial debut with the 2016 film ''

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'', in which she also starred, following in 2022, by her second movie '' Alone Together''. Holmes' marriage to actor

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, which lasted from 2006 to 2012, led to a great deal of media attention. She has one child, a daughter, with Cruise.

Early life

Holmes was born in

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.Darren Crosdale. ''Dawson's Creek: The Official Companion''. Kansas City, Missouri: Andrews McMeel, 1999; , pgs. 113–114. She is the youngest of five children born to Kathleen, a homemaker and philanthropist, and Martin Joseph Holmes Sr., an attorney who played basketball at

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under coach

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.Rory Evans. "Extra, extra! Batman star Katie Holmes invites us along to savor the sights and sounds of her brand-new town." ''

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''. June 2005. 224–233. She has three sisters and one brother. Holmes was baptized a

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and attended Christ the King Church in Toledo. She graduated from the all-female Notre Dame Academy in Toledo (also her mother's ''alma mater''), where she was a 4.0 student.Christopher Borrelli. "Katie Holmes for the Holiday: She Left Toledo With a Big Dream and Returns a Big Star", ''Toledo Blade'', November 22, 1998, pg. G1. Judith Newman, "The Last Girl Scout", ''Allure''. v. 13, n. 6. June 2003, pgs. 182–89. At St. John's Jesuit and

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, nearby all-male high schools, Holmes appeared in school musicals, playing a waitress in '' Hello, Dolly!'' and Lola in ''

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''.Christopher Borrelli. "The It Girl: For Toledoan Katie Holmes, Stardom Is Just Around the Corner". ''Toledo Blade''. January 11, 1998. Arts and Entertainment, 1; "Katie Holmes", ''Current Biography''. She scored 1310 out of 1600 on her

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and was accepted to

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(and attended for a summer session); her father wanted her to become a doctor. At age 14, she began classes at a modeling school in Toledo which led her to the

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Competition held in New York City in 1996. Eventually, Holmes was signed to an agent after performing a monologue from ''

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''. An audition tape was sent to the casting director for the 1997 film ''

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, and Holmes made her big-screen debut in the role of Libbets Casey in the film, opposite Kevin Kline and

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.

Career

1997–2003: ''Dawson's Creek'' and career development

In January 1997, Holmes went to Los Angeles for pilot season, when producers cast and shoot new programs in the hopes of securing a spot on a network schedule. The ''

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'' reported she was offered the lead in '' Buffy the Vampire Slayer'' but she turned it down in order to finish high school.

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, producer of a new show named ''

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'' that was created by screenwriter Kevin Williamson, asked her to come to Los Angeles to audition, but there was a conflict with her schedule. "I was doing my school play, ''Damn Yankees''. And I was playing Lola. I even got to wear the feather boa. I thought, 'There is no way I'm not playing Lola to go audition for some network. I couldn't let my school down. We had already sold a lot of tickets. So I told Kevin and The WB, 'I'm sorry. I just can't meet with you this week. I've got other commitments.'"Andy Mangels. ''From'' Scream ''to'' Dawson's Creek: ''An Unauthorized Take on the Phenomenal Career of Kevin Williamson''. Los Angeles: Renaissance Books, 2000. , 177. The producers permitted her to audition on videotape. Holmes read for the part of Joey Potter, the

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best friend of the title character Dawson, on a videotape shot in her basement, her mother reading Dawson's lines.Marilyn Johnson and Andrew Southam. "Nice Girls Finish First: So what does it mean that a very nice girl playing a very thoughtful girl has become TV's teen idol? Consider it a good sign." ''

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''. March 1999. ''

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'' claimed the story of Holmes's audition "has become the stuff of legend" and "no one even thought that it was weird that one of the female leads would audition via

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." Holmes won the part.

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, executive producer of the show, said his first reaction on seeing her audition tape was "That's Joey Potter!" Creator and executive producer Kevin Williamson said Holmes has a "unique combination of talent, beauty and skill that makes Hollywood come calling. But that's just the beginning. To meet her is to instantly fall under her spell." Williamson thought she had exactly the right look for Joey Potter. "She had those eyes, those eyes just stained with loneliness."Adam Rapoport. "Girl, You'll Be A Woman Soon", '' GQ'', April 2002. While ''Dawson's Creek'' was met with mixed reviews, Holmes attained national attention. Holmes was soon on the covers of magazines such as '' Seventeen'', ''

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'', and ''

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''. Jancee Dunn, an editor at ''Rolling Stone'' said she was chosen for the cover because "every time you mention ''Dawson's Creek'' you tend to get a lot of dolphin-like shrieks from teenage girls. The fact that she is drop-dead gorgeous didn't hurt either." During her time as a series regular on ''Dawson's Creek'', Holmes's first leading role in a film came in 1998's ''

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'', a ''

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''-era '' Stepford Wives''-goes-to-high school thriller, where she was a loner from the wrong side of the tracks. The film was recut from what the director intended. Roger Ebert, then of the ''

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'' wrote of her character, Rachel, "dresses in black and likes to strike poses on the beds of pickup trucks and is a bad girl who is in great danger of becoming a very good one." Despite the fact that it received mixed reviews and was not a huge financial success, the actress won a

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for Best Breakthrough Performance for the role and also received a Saturn Award nomination for the part. Holmes, though, said the film was "just horrible." In 1999, she played a disaffected supermarket

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in

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's ensemble piece '' Go''. The film received excellent reviews and made a profit, and Holmes herself was liked by critics. The same year, in Kevin Williamson's '' Teaching Mrs. Tingle'', which he wrote and directed, Holmes played a straight-A student whose vindictive teacher ( Helen Mirren) threatens to keep her from a desperately needed scholarship. Also in 1999, she had an uncredited cameo with ''Dawson's Creek'' co-star

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in ''

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'', which was filmed in Wilmington where ''Dawson's Creek'' also filmed. The year 2000 saw Holmes feature in two film roles. The first was in ''

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'', directed by

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from the novel by

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. The film told the story of a creative writing teacher at a university, with

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in the leading role. Holmes had a small role (six and one-half minutes of screen time) as Hannah Green, the talented student who lusts after Professor Grady Tripp (Douglas's character, who is her instructor and landlord). Many leading critics at the time took favorable notice to Holmes in the film.

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of the ''

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'' said she was "just right as the beauty with kind of a crush on the old man." Her second feature film during 2000 was '' The Gift'', a

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story directed by Sam Raimi and starring Cate Blanchett, she played the antithesis of Joey Potter: a promiscuous rich girl having affairs with everyone from a

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wife-beater ( Keanu Reeves) to the district attorney (

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), and is murdered by her fiancé (

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). Holmes did her first

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for the film, in a scene where her character was about to be murdered. Her appearance was lamented by ''

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''s Steven Kotler. In Ohio, the scene met with disapproval from Russ Lemmon writing in the ''Toledo Blade''. Holmes hosted ''

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'' on February 24, 2001, participating in a send-up of ''Dawson's Creek'' where she falls madly in love with Chris Kattan's Mr. Peepers character and singing "Big Spender" from '' Sweet Charity''. In the 2002 film '' Abandon'', written by

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winner

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, Holmes plays a delusional, homicidal college student named "Katie". Todd McCarthy of ''Variety'' and Roger Ebert commended her performance, but other critics savaged it. During the final season of ''Dawson's Creek'', Holmes played the mistress of the public relations flack played by

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in ''

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'', which was both critically and financially successful. She also appeared as

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's nurse in ''

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'' (2003). ''Dawson's Creek'' ended its run in 2003, and Holmes was the only actor to appear in all 128 episodes. "It was very difficult for me to leave Wilmington, to have my little glass bubble burst and move on. I hate change. On the other hand it was refreshing to play someone else", she said in 2004.

2003–2009: Focus on film career, brief hiatus, and theatre work

Holmes's first starring role post-''Dawson's Creek'' was in 2003's '' Pieces of April'', a gritty comedy about a

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on

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. Many critics and audiences agreed that Holmes had given her best performance in the film as April. ''Variety'' said it was "one of her best film performances." "Each actor shines", wrote

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, "even Ms. Holmes, whose beauty seems to have fogged the minds of her previous directors" in playing "a brat who is slaving to find her inner decency and barely has the equipment for such an achievement, let alone to serve a meal whose salmonella potential could claim an entire borough. Yet it is her surliness, as well as her intransigent determination to make Thanksgiving work, that keeps the laughs coming." Holmes also received a

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for Best Actress for the role. On the November 9, 2003 episode, she was ''

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'' by

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and the next year she was the subject of an episode of the MTV program ''Diary''. Holmes was a contender for the role of Christine Daaé in 2004's ''

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'', but lost the role to

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. That year, she starred as the U.S. President's daughter in '' First Daughter'', which was originally slated to be released in January 2004 on the same day as ''

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'', another film about a president's daughter, but was ultimately released in September 2004, to negative reviews and low ticket sales. ''First Daughter'', directed by

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, also starred

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as her character's father and Marc Blucas as her love interest. Kirk Honeycutt called her character Samantha Mackenzie "a startling example of how a studio film can dumb down and neutralize the comic abilities of a lively young star." In the 2005 film ''

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'' she played

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, an attorney in the Gotham City district attorney's office and the childhood sweetheart of the title character. ''Variety'' was unenthusiastic. "Holmes is OK", was its critic's sole remark on her performance. She was nominated for a Golden Raspberry for "worst supporting actress" for the film. Katie Holmes, 2009

In 2005, Holmes characterised her film career as being a string of "bombs." "Usually I'm not even in the top ten", she said, the highest-grossing film of her career then being ''

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''. She lamented "It's not like I have a lot of stuff that's great just waiting for me to sign on to." She also appeared in the film version of Christopher Buckley's satirical novel ''

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'' about a tobacco lobbyist played by

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, whom Holmes's character, a Washington reporter, seduces. ''Variety'' wrote one of the film's "sole relatively weak notes

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from Holmes, who lacks even a hint of the wiliness of a ruthless reporter" and ''The New York Times'' said the cast was "exceptionally fine" except for Holmes, who "strain dcredulity" in her role. The film ended up a success, even earning a nomination for the Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy. Also in 2005, Holmes had agreed to play in ''Shame on You'', a biopic about the country singer

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written and directed by

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, as the wife whom Cooley (played by Quaid) stomps to death. But the picture, set to shoot in

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, was delayed by Hurricane Katrina, and Holmes dropped out due to her pregnancy. After her daughter, Suri Cruise, was born in April 2006, Holmes took a hiatus from her acting career until 2008. After speculation about Holmes reprising her role in ''

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'', the sequel to ''Batman Begins'', it was finally confirmed that she would not appear. Her role was later recast with Maggie Gyllenhaal in her place. Instead, Holmes decided to star in the comedy ''

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'', opposite

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and

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in 2008. The film flopped. ''

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'' criticized Holmes's performance, "While Keaton has long done zany and giddy well, and she and Latifah have an interesting contrast of personalities, Holmes' presence feels like an afterthought." ''The New York Times'' and ''

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'' also criticized Holmes's performance in the film, wth the former calling her "the movie's weakest link". Returning to television in 2008, Holmes appeared in an episode of ''

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'' as Grace, a lawyer, and her singing and dancing was praised by Tim Stack of ''

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''. Holmes made her Broadway debut in the revival of

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's '' All My Sons'' in October 2008. She opened to mixed reviews.

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of ''The New York Times'' claimed "the neophyte Ms. Holmes" is a "sad casualty" of director Simon McBurney's "high concept approach" to the play. He adds that "Ms. Holmes delivers most of her lines with meaningful asperity, italicizing every word." However, the New York '' Daily News Joe Dziemianowicz took a more positive view of her stage debut, writing, "Holmes, a TV and film vet, makes a fine Broadway debut. Her rather grand speech pattern takes getting used to, but she seems comfortable and adds a fitting glint of glamour." In 2009, Holmes appeared in the

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on the Mall in Washington, D.C. in a dialogue with

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celebrating the life of an American veteran seriously wounded in Iraq, José Pequeño.

2010–present: television work and return to film

In 2009, Holmes began filming a remake of the 1970s ABC telemovie '' Don't Be Afraid of the Dark''; the film was released in August 2011. Also in 2011, Holmes played the role of

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in the TV miniseries '' The Kennedys''. In October 2011, she also portrayed "Slutty Pumpkin" (Naomi), in the TV show '' How I Met Your Mother'', episode "

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". In 2012, Holmes appeared in

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's new comedy '' Dead Accounts'' on Broadway. Holmes and

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were reportedly cast as the leads in the romantic comedy ''Responsible Adults'', to begin shooting in Los Angeles in "Fall 2011". In 2015, Holmes joined the third season of ''

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''. Holmes directed a short 2015 documentary for

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about Olympic gymnast

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entitled, ''Eternal Princess'', that premiered at the

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. She directed her first movie ''

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''. The film stars Katie Holmes, Stefania LaVie Owen, Luke Wilson,

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,

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,

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and Eve Lindley. The film was released on December 9, 2016, by

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. In 2017, Holmes starred in the heist comedy '' Logan Lucky'', directed by Steven Soderbergh. The film received positive reviews, with many critics praising the cast's performances and Soderbergh's direction, and grossed $48 million worldwide. In 2018, she appeared in the satirical comedy '' Dear Dictator'', opposite

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. The same year, she made a cameo in the movie ''

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'', starring Sandra Bullock, Cate Blanchett,

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,

Mindy Kaling Vera Mindy Chokalingam (born June 24, 1979),Additional archive on June 25, 2015. known professionally as Mindy Kaling (), is an American actress, comedian, screenwriter and producer. She first gained recognition starring as Kelly Kapoor in the N ...

,

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, Rihanna,

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, and

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. The film follows a group of women led by Debbie Ocean, the sister of Danny Ocean, who plan a sophisticated heist of the annual

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at the

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in

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, United States. ''Ocean's 8'' premiered at

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on June 5, 2018, and was released by

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in the United States on June 8, 2018, 11 years to the day of the release of ''Ocean's Thirteen''. The film has grossed over $297 million worldwide. In 2019, she played in the independent film '' Coda'' alongside

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. The movie is acclaimed by critics and received 3 out of 4 stars. In 2020, she was starred in the movie '' Brahms: The Boy II''. The film was theatrically released in the United States on February 21, 2020. and grossed $20 million worldwide against a production budget of $10 million. The same year, she was the main character in the movie '' The Secret: Dare to Dream'' co-starring

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,

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and

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, which was released in the United States through

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, and theatrically in several countries, on July 31, 2020, by

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and

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, following the

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. In its debut weekend, ''The Secret: Dare to Dream'' was the top-rented film on

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, second at Apple TV, seventh on the

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, and 10th on

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. In its second weekend the film finished second on FandangoNow's weekly rental chart, and placed on two others. In 2022, she wrote and directed her second film, a

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named '' Alone Together''. The film stars Katie Holmes,

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,

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,

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,

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, and Becky Ann Baker. It premiered at the

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on July 14, 2022. It was released in the United States on July 22, 2022 by

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. and was released on

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on July 29, 2022.

Public image

Holmes was annually named by both the British and American editions of ''

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'' magazine as one of the sexiest women in the world from 1999 onward. She was named one of ''

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s "50 Most Beautiful People" in 2003; its sibling''

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'' declared her one of the "25 Hottest Stars Under 25" that year; and in 2005, ''People'' said she was one of the ten best dressed stars that year. She has appeared in advertisements for

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Lumia haircolor,

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leather goods, and clothing retailer Gap. In November 2008, it was confirmed that she would be the new face of the spring 2009 campaign for the high-end fashion line

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. In 2008, Holmes started a high fashion clothing line called Holmes & Yang with longtime stylist Jeanne Yang. Model Heidi Klum is a fan of the line. In July 2009, Holmes,

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, Adam Shankman, and

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announced the launch of a dance scholarship fund called the Dizzy Feet Foundation. Beginning January 2011, she became the new face of

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Spring 11 collection. Holmes & Yang presented their fashion line at

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for the first time in September 2012. Holmes acted as the face for the

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Cosmetics brand in spring 2013 and Holmes had her own capsule collection of color cosmetics in fall of that year. In 2013, she appeared in an advertising campaign for IRIS Jewelry. In January 2013, Holmes was announced as the brand ambassador and co-owner of Alterna Haircare.

Personal life

Holmes dated her ''

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'' co-star

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early in the show's run. She said Jackson was her first love. She met actor Chris Klein in 2000. They were engaged in late 2003 but in early 2005 ended their relationship. They have remained friends to varying degrees since the breakup. Holmes began dating actor

Tom Cruise Thomas Cruise Mapother IV (born July 3, 1962), known professionally as Tom Cruise, is an American actor and producer. One of the world's highest-paid actors, he has received various accolades, including an Honorary Palme d'Or and three Go ...

in April 2005. Holmes, who was raised a

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, began studying

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shortly after the couple began dating. Stephen M. Silverman
Katie Holmes Says She's Studying Scientology
. ''People''. June 14, 2005; retrieved January 29, 2008. They became engaged in June 2005, only seven weeks after meeting. The couple's daughter, Suri, was born on April 18, 2006, the first anniversary of their first date. The name "Suri", as reported by Cruise's press release, derives from the

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word for " red rose". On November 18, 2006, Holmes and Cruise were married in a Scientologist ceremony at the 15th-century

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in Bracciano, Italy. Their publicist said the couple had "officialized" their marriage in Los Angeles the day before the Italian ceremony. In early March 2011, Holmes filed a $50-million libel lawsuit against '' Star'' magazine following a cover story that insinuated that she took drugs. The suit was settled on April 27, 2011, after which ''Star'' wrote a public apology in the May 6, 2011, issue of their magazine, and made an "undisclosed substantial donation" to Holmes's charity, Dizzy Feet Foundation. On June 29, 2012, Holmes filed for divorce from Cruise in New York after five and a half years of marriage. Following the announcement, those close to Holmes stated that she believed she had reason to fear that Cruise would abduct Suri, and was also apprehensive of intimidation by the Church of Scientology. In July 2012, attorneys announced that the couple had signed a divorce settlement. This was the first divorce for Holmes and the third for Cruise. Holmes has custody of Suri. Following her divorce from Cruise, Holmes returned to the Catholic Church and began attending St. Francis Xavier Church. From 2013 to 2019, Holmes was rumored to be in a relationship with actor and singer

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. Holmes dated chef Emilio Vitolo Jr from 2020 to 2021.

Awards

In June 2011, Holmes received the Women in Film

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Face of the Future Award. In 2005, ''

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'' ranked Holmes No. 38 on its "50 Sexiest Stars of All Time" list.

Filmography

Film

Television

Video games

Notes

References

Bibliography

* Scott Lyle Cohen. "Home Sweet Holmes". ''Giant''. Issue 5. June–July 2005. 52+. * Darren Crosdale. ''Dawson's Creek: The Official Companion''. Kansas City, MO: Andrews McMeel, 1999. . * Janice Dunn. "Katie Holmes: A girl on the verge". ''

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''. Issue 795. September 17, 1998. 44. *

Robert Haskell Robert Nance Haskell (August 24, 1903 – December 3, 1987) was a Maine state senator and the 65th Governor of Maine for five days in 1959. Haskell graduated from the University of Maine with an engineering degree in 1925. He became a design e ...

. "Holmes Sweet Holmes: She's landed the role of a lifetime—beautiful bride of the world's biggest movie star. What's so weird about that?" '' W''. August 2005. 164+ * "Katie Holmes". ''

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''. On-line database accessed February 8, 2006. * "Katie Holmes to Wed Actor Chris Klein". ''Toledo Blade''. December 31, 2003. D3. * Marilyn Johnson and Andrew Southam. "Nice Girls Finish First: So what does it mean that a very nice girl playing a very thoughtful girl has become TV's teen idol? Consider it a good sign". ''

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''. March 1999. * Tahree Lane. "Paris proposal latest plot twist to Holmes-Cruise romance: Toledo native agrees to take on role of wife". ''Toledo Blade''. June 18, 2005. A1. * Judith Newman. "The Last Girl Scout". ''Allure''. v. 13, n. 6. June 2003. 182–189.

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Early life

Career

1997–2003: ''Dawson's Creek'' and career development

2003–2009: Focus on film career, brief hiatus, and theatre work

2010–present: television work and return to film

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Personal life

Awards

Filmography

Film

Television

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