Biography for Katie Holmes
Date of Birth
18 December 1978, Toledo, Ohio, USA
Birth Name
Kate Noelle Holmes
Height
5' 9" (1.75 m)
Mini Biography
Born and raised in Toledo, Ohio, Katie Holmes acted in high school theater productions before meeting a manager who encouraged her to go to LA for television's pilot season. She won a part in the acclaimed feature film The Ice Storm (1997) in her very first audition, but she didn't stop there. A videotape was sent to "Dawson's Creek" (1998), a new production by the acclaimed writer Kevin Williamson (Scream (1996/I), I Know What You Did Last Summer (1997)), which landed her the series regular role of Joey Potter.
