Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes’s daughter, Suri, divided fans with her look in new photos days before her 17th birthday. A source reportedly explained Tom’s alleged reason for his years-long non-existence in Suri’s life, a child who’s transformed from a little girl into a young adult. The now 18-year-old Surie is reportedly already applying to college.
Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes had one of the most high-profile marriages of the early 2000s, and out of their relationship came their daughter, Suri Cruise. And now, the young woman is turning 18 today, on April 18!
Although she does not have a good relationship with her father, fans noticed that she resembles Tom when they saw her recently. Suri is ready to forge her own path in life, independent of her parents’ careers. According to reports, the young woman wants to make her own way in the fashion industry.
Suri Cruise and Tom Cruise visit Charles River Basin on October 10, 2009, in Cambridge, Massachusetts | Source: Getty Images
Although she has decided on a different route through life, Surie has shown off her acting talent in a high school play, in which she took on the role of Morticia in a musical version of “The Addam’s Family.” Besides breaking away from her parents’ career, Surie is also reportedly far from her dad’s religion, Scientology.
Tom and Katie divorced when Suri was just five. After her parents’ divorce, Suri did not see or speak to her father, and the pair still share a highly strained and estranged relationship. Although Tom said not having a relationship with his daughter was not an “ideal situation.”
Katie Holmes and Tom Cruise at the premiere of “The Kennedys” on March 28, 2011, in Beverly Hills, California | Source: Getty Images
He knew that when he and Katie split, things would change within their family dynamic, and accepted that. The actor confirmed that one of the reasons Katie had left him and kept their daughter from having a relationship with him was to protect Suri from the Church of Scientology.
David Beckham’s son Brooklyn Beckham (front), actors Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes, with their daughter Suri Cruise, watch a Major League Soccer match on May 10, 2008 in Carson, California | Source: Getty Images
Tom has been a Scientologist for many years. The church allegedly forbade the star from having a relationship with his daughter because she is not a Scientologist, yet a source effused:
“That is his loss, his issue, his problem. He must really be brainwashed.”
Tom and Suri Cruise visit a Central Park West playground on September 7, 2010 in New York City | Source: Getty Images
Leah Remini, an ex-Scientologist, once confirmed that Tom would see Suri as a “suppressive person” and think he could not be connected to her. Yet Suri’s success has remained strong. Katie’s daughter hasn’t changed much since childhood.
What Talents Has Suri Already Shown?
While Suri’s parents are both multi-award-winning actors, she has shown talents in the musical field instead. Her mother has even asked her to sing a cover of “Blue Moon,” which played over the opening credits of Katie’s production “Alone Together.”
Katie Holmes at the Ulla Johnson Show during New York Fashion Week on September 10, 2023, in New York City | Source: Getty Images
Katie wrote the romantic comedy based on the quarantine period of the COVID-19 pandemic. The actress said she asked her daughter to do it because she believes she is “very, very talented” and only accepts the best talent on her projects.
Suri also sings in her mother’s film “Rare Objects,” which she shot in 2021. However, she has a relatively normal life when she is not working on big Hollywood projects with her mother. School and her friends take up her time.
Katie Holmes at the Fragrance Foundation Awards on June 14, 2017, in New York City | Source: Getty Images
While Katie has gone in a different direction with her career, she has slowed down and said she has taken up hobbies like painting, writing, and sewing. She passed her love of fashion on to her daughter.
The teenager’s mother was once asked if Suri had seen “Dawson’s Creek,” and Katie revealed that she had, but explained that she never forced the 17-year-old to watch or have an interest in her work. However, during the pandemic, they laughed about the show, with Tom’s ex-wife confessing that it was “wild” having a daughter who’s almost the same age as she was when she began her career.