Katie Holmes

Katherine Noelle "Katie" Holmes (born December 18, 1978) is an American actress from Ohio best known for her role as Joey Potter, the tomboy down the titular waterway on The WB television drama Dawson's Creek. Holmes' movie roles have ranged from art house films such as Pieces of April to thrillers such as Abandon. In June 2005, she became engaged to the actor Tom Cruise, which made her the center of international press attention.

Personal life

Holmes met actor Chris Klein in 2000, and they began dating. They were engaged in 2004, but in early 2005 Holmes and Klein broke off their engagement. Press accounts cited the distance imposed by their careers as a factor.

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Actor - Chris Klein - 2000 - 2004 - 2005

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In April 2005 she started dating actor Tom Cruise, http://toronto.fashion-monitor.com/news.php/gossip/2005060905katie_holmes_cruise http://www.suntimes.com/output/pearlman/cst-ftr-face06.html and is reportedly joining the Church of Scientology as a result of his influence. http://www.cnn.com/2005/SHOWBIZ/Movies/06/13/people.holmes.ap/ She and Tom Cruise became engaged after he proposed to her in the early morning of June 17, 2005 atop Paris's Eiffel Tower. http://www.ew.com/ew/article/reuters/0,24012,1073538_10_0_,00.html

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2005 - Actor - Tom Cruise - Church of Scientology - Paris - Eiffel Tower

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Speculation was rampant that the public affair and engagement were merely designed to promote their upcoming movies, War of the Worlds and Batman Begins. A poll in People magazine found that sixty-two percent of its readers believed the Cruise-Holmes affair was a publicity stunt http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/arizonaliving/articles/0525tomcruise0525.html.

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However, some have speculated that the engagement is linked to Scientology. Roger Friedman of Fox News claimed that Katie Holmes disappeared for sixteen days in April when even her own family didn't know where she was http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,160192,00.html. The last time she had been seen, Holmes had flown to meet with Tom Cruise for a possible role in Mission Impossible 3. When she re-appeared, Holmes stated she was in love with Tom Cruise and studying Scientology. She fired her long-time manager and agent and acquired a new "best friend," Jessica Feshbach, a prominent member of the Church of Scientology. Feshbach has been called Holmes' Scientology "minder" and has been observed following Holmes everywhere including the bathroom, and openly telling her what to say during interviews http://news.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2005/07/10/wkatie10.xml. These have led to speculation that Holmes has been coerced or brainwashed into marrying Cruise and promoting Scientology.

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Fox News - Brainwashed

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On October 5, 2005, it was reported by People magazine that Holmes is pregnant. The birth will be Holmes' first child, and Cruise's first biological child, though Cruise has two adopted children, Connor, 10, and Isabella, 12, from his marriage to Nicole Kidman.http://www.eonline.com/News/Items/0,1,17516,00.html?fdnews Holmes had previously claimed she would remain a virgin until she got married.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7682150/

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October 5 - 2005 - People

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