Kate Noelle "Katie" Holmes date of birth December 18, 1978 is an American actress who first achieved fame for her role as Joey Potter on The WB television teen drama Dawson's Creek from 1998 to 2003. In June, two months after they first met, Holmes and Cruise were engaged. Their relationship made Holmes the subject of international media attention, much of it negative, including speculation the relationship was a publicity stunt to promote the couple's films.
She is the youngest in a family of five children (four daughters, one son) born to Kathleen. A homemaker and a philanthropist, and Martin Joseph Holmes, Sr. (born 1945), an attorney