Katie Holmes: Biography
Katie Holmes began her acting career in theatre productions in high school, but didn’t think she had a shot at stardom living in the Midwest. Fate intervened when she was attending a national modeling and talent convention in New York City, where she met a talent manager who encouraged her to come to Los Angeles for television’s pilot season.
On her very first professional audition, Holmes dazzled the casting director for the acclaimed feature film “The Ice Storm.” When the next pilot season came up during her senior year of high school, Holmes decided not to go to Los Angeles, opting instead, to perform in her school’s production of “Damn Yankees” as Lola. When the time came for Katie to audition for “Dawson’s Creek”, she sent in a videotape from Toledo, and when the call back conflicted with her play’s opening night, she declined rather than let down her classmates. Fortunately, the producers were able to reschedule her audition and she landed the series regular role of Josephine ‘Joey’ Potter.
Since landing the role of Joey on Dawson’s Creek, Holmes has filmed three movies. The first was this past summer’s “Disturbing Behavior”, as well as two upcoming films, “Go!” and “Teaching Mrs.Tingle”. The later is being directed by Kevin Williamson who helped create “Dawson’s Creek” as well as writing “Scream”, “Scream 2”, and “I Know What You Did Last Summer”.
Recently Katie has been very much in the spotlight due to her courtship and subsequent marriage to Tom Cruise. They have a baby daughter Suri, who is likely to grow up under intense media scrutiny.