Katie Holmes and Tom Cruise’s daughter Suri turned 18 on April 18th, leaving the world wondering just where exactly the time has gone.
Once dubbed the most famous baby in America by the press, from her very first breath she was thrust into the spotlight.
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It was a whirlwind romance for her famous parents, her father famously declaring his love for Katie while jumping up and down on a couch during an interview with Oprah Winfrey in 2005.
After just two months of dating, they became engaged, going on to wed on November 18th, 2006, Katie quickly falling pregnant with their first and only child – Suri.
Sadly, the marriage came to an end six years later when Katie filed for divorce where she claimed in court documents that she wanted “to protect Suri from Scientology” and by extension her father, a long-time and devoted member of the church.
In the 12 years since the divorce was finalised, Suri has not been photographed with Tom, who she is reportedly estranged from.
It is currently unclear if she still uses the last name Cruise, but in a program for her school play in 2023, she was listed as Suri Noelle, her mother’s middle name.
Shortly after Suri celebrated her milestone 18th birthday, New Idea heard a “dampener” was put on celebrations after Dakota Fanning revealed in an interview with US Harper’s Bazaar that “thoughtful” Tom had sent her a birthday year since they co-starred in 2005’s War of the Worlds.
“For Dakota to come out the week of Suri’s birthday and talk about getting presents and a birthday cake from Tom was a shock,” our insider source shared with us.
A fiercely protective Katie is understood to be “annoyed” at Dakoa’s “insensitive” comments.
“It’s not fair for [Suri] to be reminded that some random co-star gets more attention from her father than she does,” the insider snips.
Regardless, we know that the love she receives from her actress mother more than makes up for the absence of her dad.
“I didn’t know how much love I had in me. It’s overwhelming,” Katie gushed of Suri in a 2014 interview with Glamour.
“Every day I discover more about this spectacular human being I get to be the mother of.”
In the same interview, Katie shared how she felt “grateful” to be the mother of her daughter, describing Suri as “incredible.”
In an additional interview with Town & Country three years later, the Dawson’s Creek actress said that Suri was “the most important person” in her life.
“It’s very important that I’m present and she has a stable, innocent childhood. I feel so blessed to do what I do [as an actress], but there’s nothing in the world better than watching your child succeed.”
“Motherhood means everything to me,” she later told PEOPLE.
“My main goal is just [to] let her know how much I love her.”
