American actress Katie Holmes was born on 18/12/1978 in Toledo, Ohio. Her father Martin Joseph Holmes, Sr. is an attorney who specialises in family law. Katie's mother Kathleen is a homemaker and philanthropist.

Katie who got help from her father hired three law firms when she filed for divorce against Tom Cruise on June 28 2012. The divorce settlement only took 11 days and it seems that Katie got what she wanted - the sole custody of their daughter Suri.