Born Katherine Noelle Holmes, on Dec 18, 1978, in Toledo, Ohio, USA.

When I first saw Katie Holmes on Dawson's Creek, I wasn't terribly impressed — she had the eyes of a world-weary forty-year-old and the body of a gangly fourteen-year-old — and I quickly concluded that all the hubbub about her was simply the result of her being the main chick on a popular show. Even when I caught a channel-surfing glimpse of her stripping down to her bra in Teaching Mrs. Tingle, there was still something unappealingly “not ready for the big screen” about her.

But then something miraculous happened in the short space between Teaching Mrs. Tingle and The Gift. Perhaps it was no more than a Britney Spears-like growth spurt, or perhaps the real gift came from Dow Corning Corporation, but Katie's ... uh, appeal suddenly went up a cup size or two. And just as suddenly — now that Katie's prematurely aged face is not so chimerically out of place with the rest of her — I began to understand at last all that hubbub about her that I had dismissed a couple years before.

Of course, this making mountains out of mole hills only makes sense to those who've grown accustomed to Katie's face and physique from regularly watching her show; to the rest of the world, she's still pretty unremarkable, and once the show ends, that'll probably be the last most of us ever see her again except in the occasional direct-to-video movie. (Pieces of April theoretically could be Katie's liferaft out of the stigma of TV and Dawson's Creek, but we all know it won't — even without knowing anything about the film.)

Also sprach Golem.
(More recent commentary below)

Thank You for Smoking
Saturday, April 22, 2006
Today I finally got around to seeing Thank You for Smoking, a satirical comedy about the machinations of a man who spins for the tobacco industry while trying to stay a role-model for his twelve-year-old kid. Insofar as this was reportedly a witty comedy, I couldn’t help thinking about Ridicule, another reportedly witty film, for in both movies the protagonists seem remarkably clever only because everyone else in the movie is thick. Thank You for Smoking is funny enough, I suppose, but a film like this really should be wittier.... Read more

New Batman Drops Katie Holmes
Tuesday, June 21, 2005
Sometimes, there really is such a thing as “bad publicity”. There’s also such a thing as “bad chemistry” and “bad acting”.... Read more

Free Katie!
Thursday, June 9, 2005
In light of Tom Cruise’s goofy/creepy performance on the Oprah Winfrey show and Katie Holmes’ acceptance of Scientology, a website has been set up to rescue Katie from the clutches of Tom Cruise, L. Ron Hubbard, and herself.... Read more

Katie Gets the Bat Signal
Sunday, February 20, 2005
I haven’t seen or heard anything about the new Batman yet — which is seldom a good sign — but if it doesn’t suck, perhaps it’ll be the Caped Crusader that finally rescues Katie Holmes from the Phantom Zone where ex-television stars languish for eternity.... Read more

Dawson’s Creek Drained at Last
Monday, February 3, 2003
The once unstoppable ratings cow will be taken to the slaughterhouse in May, TV Guide announced today, and Michelle Williams and Katie Holmes will have to figure out how to make themselves more appealing to the public on their own now that the show has officially given up trying.... Read more

Film

• Mad Money (2008) .... Jackie Truman
• The Other Side (2008) .... Max Mackenzie
• Shame on You (2006) .... Ella Mae
• Batman Begins (2005) .... Rachel Dodson
• Thank You for Smoking (2005) .... Heather Holloway
• Pieces of April (2003) .... April Burns
• The Singing Detective (2003) .... Nurse Mills
• Abandon (2002) .... Katie Burke
• Phone Booth (2002) .... Pamela McFadden
• The Gift (2000) .... Jessica King
• Wonder Boys (2000) .... Hannah Green
• Go (1999) .... Claire Montgomery
• Muppets From Space (1999) .... Josephine "Joey" Potter [uncredited]
• Teaching Mrs. Tingle (1999) .... Leigh Ann Watson
• Disturbing Behavior (1998) .... Rachel Wagner
• The Ice Storm (1997) .... Libbets Casey
• First Daughter (2004 ) .... Samantha Mackenzie

• MTV Movie Awards (2002) .... Presenter
• MTV Movie Awards (2000) .... Presenter

• Total Access 24/7 (2002) .... Herself
• Dawson's Creek (1998-2003) .... Josephine "Joey" Potter

• Katie Holmes among NYC marathon runners
  Associated Press (Nov 5, 2007)
  Katie Holmes was among the tens of thousands of runners participating in Sunday’s New York City Marathon, finishing the race in 5 hours, 29 minutes and 58 seconds.
• Holmes says she’s ready for more kids
  Associated Press (Jun 1, 2007)
  Being the mother of Tom Cruise’s baby daughter has been so much fun that Katie Holmes tells Entertainment Tonight she’s ready to have more children.
• Katie Holmes embracing Scientology
  CNN.com (June 13, 2005)
• Website Seeks to ‘Free Katie’
  E! Online (June 9, 2005)
  Though Katie Holmes may claim that her love for Tom Cruise is the real deal, skeptics continue to insist that the relationship is nothing but a made-for-Hollywood sham.

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