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Getting an early start to the day, Katie Homes was spotted being chauffeured over tot he dance studio in Hollywood on Friday (March 27).The 30-year-old "Mad Money" actress is reportedly polishing up on her moves as she readies for a potential return to the Broadway stage this fall.

Aside from her Broadway ambitions, Miss Holmes recently kept busy working on a new movie called "The Extra Man".

Per IMDB, the movie tells the story of "a man who escorts wealthy widows in New York's Upper East Side, taking a young aspiring playwright under his wing."

Becoming a mom has allowed Katie Holmes to flex muscles she wasn't even aware she had. The star opens up to Glamour in its new issue about love and parenting, her life with Tom Cruise, her career, dealing with celebrity gossip and more.

Check out some Katie Holmes pics and quotes below ...

Katie Holmes abandoned her customary glamorous look and appeared gaunt and thin as she spent a day out with her family on a private Brazilian island.

The actress was clad in a fashionable asymmetrical swimsuit, but the cut of the costume only served to highlight her stick-thin figure and her unsupported bust.

She also ditched her towering heels in favour of flip flops and her usual perfectly coiffed hair was hidden under a headscarf, making her look almost unrecognisable.

The couple were treated to an outdoor lunch as guests of plastic surgeon Ivo Pitanguy

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Giving a big wave to a crowd of fans and photographers, Tom Cruise, Katie Holmes and Suri were spotted venturing out of their hotel in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on Saturday (January 31).

The "Top Gun" hunk and his "Dawson's Creek" bride arrived at the famed Copacabana Palace Hotel the previous night, as they're in town while Tom continues his worldwide press blitz for "Valkyrie".

According to the Web site of the O Estado de S.Paulo newspaper, "Cruise plans to visit several tourist sites in and near Rio before giving a press conference on Tuesday."

Following the press conference, TomKat will team up for a red carpet walk during the Brazilian premiere of "Valkyrie" before jetting out of town.

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Katie Holmes, Josh Brolin and a host of other big names have been added as presenters at this Sunday's 15th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards®. Read on for the full list of celebs!

Best Actor nominees Josh, Amy Adams, Viola Davis, James Franco, Taraji P. Henson, Emile Hirsch, Frank Langella, Dev Patel, Freida Pinto and Michael Sheen will introduce their nominated cast film clips.

Katie, Emily Blunt, Claire Danes, Ralph Fiennes, Kristin Scott Thomas and Marisa Tomei will present Actor® statuettes. Plus, 'The Wrestler''s Evan Rachel Wood will introduce a filmed salute to performances that were "Trailblazers" either in their casting or subject matter.

Celeb presenters already announced for the show include Amy Poehler, Taye Diggs, Susan Sarandon, Christina Applegate, Angela Bassett, Jon Hamm, John Krasinski, Eric McCormack and Kyra Sedgwick.

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Two days ago, we showed you one of Katie Holmes’ striking new ads for Miu Miu, and today People posted another image from the Prada brand's Spring 2009 campaign.

The star shows a flair for the dramatic, put to excellent use in her lauded Broadway turn, putting her outstretched hand to a flame. This is celebrity fashion at its best.

Well, maybe not. But it's worth a look. Here's the mother of Suri:

HOT: If this provocative ad doesn't make you wanna buy ridiculously expensive clothes modeled by alien cyborgs, we have no idea what else would convince you.

If Katie Holmes had not yet cemented herself as the Worst Dressed Celebrity of 2008 (with no threat to her crown in sight), this ought to do the job.

The actress busted out her trademark winter shorts as she left her New York City apartment en route to the Gerald Shoenfeld Theater on Sunday.

It's as ridiculous as it sounds. If not more so. Peep it:

The 30-year-old had another matinee performance to do for Arthur Miller’s play All My Sons. Despite atrocious fashion sense and terrible hair, the mom of Suri Cruise kept warm in a gray Marc Jacobs scarf and seemed in good spirits.

Click to enlarge more pics of Katie Holmes below. Shield your eyes if you enjoy celebrity fashion. We'll post something good to balance her out soon:

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Katie Holmes was fresh out of a wholesome Midwestern high school existence when she became an overnight sensation in the WB’s anchor teen drama “Dawson’s Creek” (1998-2003). Her real life naiveté and lack of pretension lent a quality of realism to the smartly scripted small town chronicle, which was a much-needed shift away from the previous wave of TV high schools populated by wealthy, Southern California fashionistas. Down-to-earth Holmes and her naturalistic acting style were an integral factor in the success and six year-run of “Dawson’s Creek,” but the actress’s transition to the big screen was not so seamless....

Full Bio , Awards & Milestones

Filmography

Wonder Woman - ( - Cast / 2005 / Announced / )

Mad Money - ( Jackie Truman / 2008 / Released / )

Thank You for Smoking - ( Heather Holloway / 2006 / Released / Haut et Court )

Batman Begins - ( Rachel Dawes / 2005 / Released / )

First Daughter - ( Samantha / 2004 / Released / )

Phone Booth - ( Pamela McFadden / 2003 / Released / )

Pieces of April - ( April Burns / 2003 / Released / )

The Singing Detective - ( Nurse Mills / 2003 / Released / )

Abandon - ( Katie Burke / 2002 / Released / )

The Gift - ( Jessica King / 2000 / Released / )

Wonder Boys - ( Hannah Green / 2000 / Released / )

Go - ( Claire Montgomery / 1999 / Released / )

Teaching Mrs. Tingle - ( Leigh Ann Watson / 1999 / Released / )

Disturbing Behavior - ( Rachel Wagner / 1998 / Released / Roadshow Pictures )

The Ice Storm - ( Libbets Casey / 1997 / Released / )

TV Credits

Eli Stone ( 2008 / Released ): Actor

Save the Music: A Concert to Benefit the VH1 Save the Music Foundation ( 2005 / Released ): Actor

The 2005 MTV Movie Awards ( 2005 / Released ): Actor

MTV Presents Teen People Magazine's 25 Hottest Stars Under 25 ( 2003 / Released ): Actor

VH1 Big in '03 ( 2003 / Released ): Actor

Christmas In Washington ( 2002 / Released ): Host

The 2000 MTV Movie Awards ( 2000 / Released ): Actor

Teen People's 21 Hottest Stars Under 21 ( 1999 / Released ): Actor

The 1999 MTV Movie Awards ( 1999 / Released ): Actor

50th Emmy Awards ( 1998 / Released ): Actor

Dawson's Creek ( 1998 / Released ): Actor

All Good Things... (1) ( 2003 )

TV Episode Josephine "Joey" Potter

...Must Come to an End (2) ( 2003 )

TV Episode Josephine "Joey" Potter

Joey Potter and the Capeside Redemption ( 2003 )

TV Episode Josephine "Joey" Potter

Goodbye, Yellow Brick Road ( 2003 )

TV Episode Josephine "Joey" Potter

Catch-22 ( 2003 )

TV Episode Josephine "Joey" Potter

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Dawson's Creek: Behind the Scenes ( 1998 / Released ): Actor

MTV's New Year's Eve Live ( 1998 / Released ): Actor

Nickelodeon's 11th Annual Kids' Choice Awards ( 1998 / Released ): Actor

Seventeen: The Faces For Fall ( 1998 / Released ): Actor

Full Biography

Katie Holmes was fresh out of a wholesome Midwestern high school existence when she became an overnight sensation in the WB’s anchor teen drama “Dawson’s Creek” (1998-2003). Her real life naiveté and lack of pretension lent a quality of realism to the smartly scripted small town chronicle, which was a much-needed shift away from the previous wave of TV high schools populated by wealthy, Southern California fashionistas. Down-to-earth Holmes and her naturalistic acting style were an integral factor in the success and six year-run of “Dawson’s Creek,” but the actress’s transition to the big screen was not so seamless. Her young adult horror fare was forgettable and her limited acting range showed itself in uneven attempts at indie dramas and broad comedies. While searching for a suitable post-Dawson acting niche, Holmes was the subject of more press than ever in her career, due to a whirlwind romance and marriage to Tom Cruise, an unlikely suitor 16 years her senior and already under fire from the press for excessive Scientology proselytizing.

Katie Holmes was born on Dec. 18, 1978 — two months prematurely — and spent her early weeks in the hospital’s intensive care unit. She was raised in a suburb of Toledo, OH, as the youngest of five children to lawyer, Martin, and homemaker, Kathy, who recalled in interviews that Holmes was an unusually headstrong and determined toddler. Growing up Catholic, Holmes attended parochial schools, where she was an excellent student, a cheerleader, and participated in school plays. Naturally athletic, she played sports with her family and earned extra money mowing lawns in the neighborhood.

When the accomplished – and very tall – teen was just 14, she began taking classes at a local modeling school, eventually receiving an invite to attend a talent and modeling convention in New York, where she was promptly signed by a talent agent. Not long afterwards, Holmes was flown to Los Angeles, CA to read for a part in Ang Lee’s 1970s dysfunctional family portrait "The Ice Storm" (1997). Surprisingly, the green actress landed her first supporting screen role as the girl-next-door love interest of Tobey Maguire’s teen character. Holmes made the most of her debut, proving a compelling and natural screen performer.

Encouraged by her out-of-the-gate success, Holmes and her mother took some time out from her senior year of high school to travel to L.A. for “pilot season,” joining the ranks of ambitious actors who set up camp at local hotels for several months during the busiest television casting period of the year. Nothing panned out during her stay, but once home, she got word that film director Kevin Williamson was casting for a new nighttime teen drama called “Dawson’s Creek” on the fledgling WB network. She sent in a homemade audition video and was met with an offer to read for the show’s creator, but the young actress' homespun values almost caused her to miss her big break. The audition was scheduled for the same day she was to debut as Lola in her high school production of "Damn Yankees" and Holmes politely declined, citing her commitment to fellow castmates. Casting agents wisely rescheduled and Holmes won the role on the ensemble drama about a group of teens in a small New England town, playing another girl-next-door, Joey Potter, love interest of the sensitive, movie-obsessed title character.

As Potter, Holmes played the injured innocent — sweet, but with an edge, her trademark sideways smile befitting the weary – but – bravely optimistic child of an imprisoned father and dead mother, with an overworked sister for a guardian. Her naturalistic acting style, along with her fresh-faced brunette beauty made her a new favorite among young audiences who were tired of the overly processed “90210” teen role models. In real life, this role model had been accepted to Columbia University, but deferred for several semesters before dropping the idea of college altogether. But “Dawson’s Creek” was continually renewed by the network and the ambitious Holmes spent her annual hiatus exploring new types of roles on the big screen.

Her appealing performance in the disappointing thriller "Disturbing Behavior" (1998) could not elevate the film above its uninspired predictability, and while Williamson's "Teaching Mrs. Tingle" (1999) showcased Holmes' glowing presence, it was apparent that it was high time the 20-year-old moved past the teen scream genre. A move in that direction Holmes portrayed a supermarket checkout girl caught up in a drug-related hostage situation in Doug Liman’s well-reviewed comic actioner, "Go" (1999). But in an acclaimed adaptation of Michael Chabon’s academia-set drama "Wonder Boys" (2000), Holmes shone in her few moments onscreen, as a flirtatious student of a middle-aged writing professor (Michael Douglas).

Keeping up an effort to play against her established "Dawson's Creek" persona, she appeared in Sam Raimi’s thriller "The Gift" (2000), as a bitchy, man-eating Southern beauty who is brutally murdered, essaying a grown-up nude scene, designed more to put the character of sweet-faced Joey behind her than to titillate. She landed her first leading feature role with the dark psychological drama, "Abandon" (2002), but Holmes’ performance was overshadowed by the more intriguing and believable supporting performance by Zooey Deschanel. The following year, she made a solid appearance in Joel Schumacher's well-received real-time thriller "The Phone Booth," playing the spunky actress girlfriend of philanderer Colin Farrell. Further laying the groundwork for a post-Dawson career as the series entered its last season, Holmes gave her strongest and most surprising performance yet in "Pieces of April" (2003), as a headstrong young woman trying to reconcile with her dying mother.

Off-screen, the admired actress was also tackling a new adult life, that year announcing her engagement to “American Pie” hottie, Chris Klein, an actor who also shared her down-to-earth, Midwestern sensibilities. The couple was never a red carpet fixture, instead preferring to stay in and watch movies and cook dinner. Holmes followed up with the critically skewered rom-com "First Daughter" (2004), playing an independent-minded Presidential offspring who falls for the Secret Service agent assigned to protect her while she attends college. Holmes got her introductory shot at an action blockbuster when she was cast opposite Christian Bale as Bruce Wayne's childhood friend and love interest in “Batman Begins” (2005). Dismally miscast, Holmes received a Razzie Award for her portrayal of Rachel Dawes, an incorruptible Gotham City district attorney. She fared better with her role as a reporter of questionable integrity in the indie corporate satire “Thank You For Smoking” (2005).

But casting a much bigger shadow that year than either of her recent screen appearances was the announcement that she and A-list superstar Tom Cruise were suddenly dating, mere months after Holmes and Klein had called off their engagement. The unlikely duo – 16 years apart in age and physically awkward together in public – were devoured by the gossip blogs, who speculated that the relationship was a publicity stunt timed to coincide with blockbuster movie releases from each star. But, to the surprise of many – despite the newness of the relationship, Holmes dove right in, adopting Cruise's management team and taking courses in his controversial religion, Scientology seemingly off the bat.

After three months, the pair was engaged. In October, Holmes announced that she was pregnant and dropping out of her co-starring role in the drama, "Shame on You" (2008). The paparazzi kept a close eye on her ever-bulging belly and her rote declarations of love until Holmes gave birth to daughter, Suri, in April, 2006. Because the couple had been so forthcoming with all other details of their life together, the press and public were surprised when no photos of their baby daughter were released. Finally, Cruise, Holmes and their 4-month-old daughter posed for photographer Annie Leibovitz for a 22-page spread in Vanity Fair, receiving much publicity for that first peek in September, 2006. Two months later, the couple was wed in an elaborate, star-studded ceremony in Italy.

More a tabloid curiosity than an actress for the past two years, Holmes returned to the big screen in early 2008; Unfortunately, it was in the misguided “girl power” heist caper, “Mad Money,” starring alongside heavyhitters Diane Keaton and Queen Latifah, with Holmes being singled out as the weakest link in an overall misguided film.

Profession(s):

Actor

Sometimes Credited As:

Katie Noelle Holmes

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Family

brother:Martin Holmes Jr (Older)

daughter:Suri Cruise (Born April 18, 2006; father, Tom Cruise)

father:Martin Holmes

husband:Tom Cruise (Began dating in April 2005; became engaged in June 17, 2005, atop the Eiffel Tower in Paris, France; married Nov. 18, 2006 in a 15th-century castle outside of Rome in Bracciano, Italy; they had "officialized their marriage in Los Angeles prior to their departure for Italy")

mother:Kathy Holmes

Companion(s)

Chris Klein , Companion , ```..Began dating in January 2000; engaged in December 2003; announced split in March 4, 2005

Joshua Jackson , Companion , ```..Co-starred together on "Dawson's Creek" (WB); briefly dated in 1998

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Education

Columbia University New York, NY

Notre Dame High School Toledo, OH 1997

Awards

MTV Movie Award Breakthrough Female Performance "Disturbing Behavior" 1999

Milestones

2008 Co-starred with Queen Latifah and Diane Keaton in "Mad Money"

2008 Made Broadway debut in a revival of Arthur Miller's "All My Sons"

2006 Portrayed a reporter opposite Aaron Eckhart in the satirical comedy "Thank You for Smoking" directed by Jason Reitman

2005 Starred as the love interest to Bruce Wayne/Batman (Christian Bale) in "Batman Begins"

2003 Played a troubled young woman forced to reevaluate her familial ties in "Pieces of April"

2003 Played Colin Farrell's mistress in Joel Schumacher's "Phone Booth"

2000 Played a college student infatuated with her English professor in "Wonder Boys"

2000 Played a slutty rich girl whose disappearance and murder is an integral plot point in "The Gift"

1999 Featured in the ensemble of Doug Liman's "Go"

1999 Starred in Kevin Williamson's directorial debut, "Teaching Mrs Tingle"

1998 Cast as Joey Potter, the childhood best friend of the title character, in "Dawson's Creek" (WB)

1998 Played leading role in David Nutter's "Disturbing Behavior"

1997 Landed role of Lola in high school production of "Damn Yankees"

1997 Had featured role as Libbets Casey in Ang Lee's "The Ice Storm"

Born and raised in Toledo, OH

Attended a modeling and talent convention in NYC where she was spotted by a talent manager