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Katie Holmes' daughter Suri Cruise looks noticeably different as she takes break from college

The 18-year-old is the only daughter of the Dawson's Creek actress and Tom Cruise 

Hanna Fillingham
US Managing Editor
March 11, 2025

Suri Cruise is back from college for the holidays, and it looks like she's enjoying a lot of quality family time. 

The 18-year-old was pictured enjoying a stroll in New York City with her mom Katie Holmes this week, looking more grown up than ever! 

Suri has been on a growth spurt and is now almost taller than her famous mom. She looked stylish dressed in a denim jacket and wide-legged jeans, teamed with cowboy boots. The talented teenager wore her brunette hair up in a low ponytail, with her curtain bangs framing her face. 

Katie, meanwhile, wore a dark brown tailored coat teamed with vibrant red pants and brown boots. 

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Suri Cruise is now nearly taller than her famous mom Katie Holmes!

Katie and Suri are incredibly close and the teenager visits home whenever she can. Along with the holidays, she's also made a few surprise returns since enrolling at Carnegie Mellon University, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in the fall. These have included on Katie's birthday at the beginning of December, and to watch the actress star in Our Town on Broadway back in September. 

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Suri reportedly dropped 'Cruise' from her surname

Katie shares Suri with ex-husband Tom Cruise, and the mother-daughter duo moved from LA to New York City following the star's divorce from the actor back in 2012. Tom is reportedly estranged from both Katie and Suri. 

While Katie prefers to keep her private life out of the spotlight, she's occasionally given an insight into her close bond with her only child in past interviews. 

Most recently, she opened up about the prospect of becoming an empty nester just before Suri left home in September. 

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Suri is currently on her break from college

During an interview with Town & Country magazine, she said: "I'm proud of my daughter. Of course, I will miss the close proximity, but I'm really proud of her and I'm happy. I remember being this age, this time of beginnings. It's exciting to learn about yourself, and I loved that time, so it makes me happy to think about it like that." 

Katie Holmes: 5 surprising facts

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1. Perfect audition 

Katie almost didn't land her breakout role in Dawson's Creek playing Joey Potter. Originally showrunner, Kevin Williamson wanted Selma Blair to play the role. Luckily, Katie's audition tape was so good that it secured her the part. 

2. Split speculation

When Katie and Tom Cruise divorced in 2012, the reason for their split was unknown. Media outlets at the time speculated it could be due to Tom's involvement in the Church of Scientology, particularly his desire for his daughter to grow up in the church, which allegedly caused tension between the couple. However, the actual reason for the end of their six-year marriage remains a mystery. 

3. Ivy League girl 

Not just a talented actress, Katie was supposed to attend Columbia University but instead, she deferred the enrollment to take part in Dawson's Creek

4. First love

Katie has said in the past that her Dawson's Creek co-star Joshua Jackson was her first love. The pair dated in 1998, during the early days of the series. She told Rolling Stone in 1998 about meeting Joshua: ''I feel so fortunate because he’s now one of my best friends.'' 

5. Marathon runner

She completed the New York Marathon in 2007 with a time of 5 hours, 29 minutes and 58 seconds.

Suri is thought to be studying something in the creative fields at college, having graduated from LaGuardia High School in 2024. 

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Katie and Suri were all smiles during their reunion

She was pictured wearing a sash that had "vocals" written on it when graduating, and proved her singing credentials back in 2022 when she sang the opening credits of Katie's film, Alone Together, when she was just 15. 

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They keep their lives private

She sang a pitch-perfect rendition of "Blue Moon", and her mom was more than proud. Chatting to Yahoo! Entertainment about her daughter's role in the movie, she said: "She's very, very talented. She said she would do it and she recorded it and I let her do her thing. 

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Katie is a doting mom to her only daughter

"That's the way I direct in general: It's like, 'This is what I think we all want - go do your thing'." The mom-of-one was asked why she chose Suri for the job and she said: "I always want the highest level of talent, so I asked her." 

Suri is incredibly creative and these skills have been encouraged by her mom. Katie previously revealed that the pair enjoyed many crafty hobbies during the height of the pandemic during lockdown. "I painted, we had a sewing machine, so we were making quilts, we were cooking; we were on a perpetual vacation," Katie told the sophomore issue of Amazing magazine. 

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Suri attends Carnegie Mellon University

"We were also on a lake and there was a hammock, so I would wake up, sew, have coffee, take a nap on the hammock [laughs]… 

"Oh and, by the way, I have to throw this in; we were staying by a lake, so we probably watched Dirty Dancing ten times. Let me tell you, I danced to it in the living room, and it still holds up. It was fun."

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