Katie Holmes’ daughter Suri Noelle surprised her backstage at the Barrymore Theatre in Midtown Manhattan on Wednesday by serenading her with happy birthday alongside the cast and crew.
In an Instastory posted by the Dawson’s Creek alum, the 18-year-old Carnegie Mellon University freshman belted the song while holding an old Robert Redford headshot emblazoned with ‘Happy B-day Katie!’
Suri previously warmed her pipes to sing a cover of Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart’s 1934 classic Blue Moon for Katie’s second directorial feature Alone Together in 2022 as well as a different song for her third directorial effort Rare Objects in 2023.
‘Well, I always want the highest level of talent, so I asked her,’ Holmes told Yahoo! Entertainment at the time.
‘She’s very talented. She said she would do it and she recorded it, and I let her do her thing. That’s the way I direct in general. It’s like, “This is what I think we all want and then go do your thing.”‘
Suri traveled all the way from Pittsburgh, PA to see the empty nester act in Our Town and give her a beautiful bouquet of purple roses.
Katie Holmes’ (R) daughter Suri Noelle (L) surprised her backstage at the Barrymore Theatre in Midtown Manhattan on Wednesday by serenading her with happy birthday alongside the cast and crew
Katie gushed of her gift to her 2.9M Instagram followers: ‘I am so grateful for all of my blessings especially my daughter!’
Holmes also said she felt ‘so blessed’ to indulge in homemade red velvet cake, French fries, and falafel prepared by her co-star Bobby Daye.
Suri has ditched her famous father Tom Cruise’s surname, but he reportedly pays her $65K/year tuition as well as medical, dental, and insurance expenses despite not being pictured with her since his six-year marriage to Katie ended in 2012.
‘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,’ Holmes gushed in her Town & Country cover story in August.
‘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.’
Some speculate the 62-year-old Oscar nominee’s alleged estrangement has to do with the mother-daughter duo ‘disavowing the Church of Scientology’ and devotees don’t associate with SPs (suppressive people).
Katie – who received no spousal support – went on to date Tom’s Collateral co-star Jamie Foxx from 2013-2019, and he declared he’ll date ‘no more white girls’ in his December 10th Netflix special.
Holmes has been single since ending her eight-month romance with bass player Bobby Wooten III in 2022.
The Kamala Harris supporter currently stars as Myrtle Webb in Kenny Leon’s Broadway revival of Thornton Wilder’s 1938 Pulitzer Prize-winning play, which runs through January 19.
In an Instastory posted by the Dawson’s Creek alum, the 18-year-old Carnegie Mellon University freshman belted the song while holding an old Robert Redford headshot emblazoned with ‘Happy B-day Katie!’
Suri previously sang songs for Katie’s second directorial feature Alone Together in 2022 and her third directorial effort Rare Objects in 2023
Holmes told Yahoo! Entertainment at the time: ‘Well, I always want the highest level of talent, so I asked her. She’s very talented. She said she would do it and she recorded it, and I let her do her thing’
Suri traveled all the way from Pittsburgh, PA to see the empty nester act in Our Town and give her a beautiful bouquet of purple roses (pictured Wednesday)
Katie gushed of her gift to her 2.9M Instagram followers: ‘I am so grateful for all of my blessings especially my daughter!’
Holmes also said she felt ‘so blessed’ to indulge in homemade red velvet cake, French fries, and falafel prepared by her co-star Bobby Daye
Suri has ditched her famous father Tom Cruise’s surname, but he reportedly pays her $65K/year tuition as well as medical, dental, and insurance expenses despite not being pictured with her since his six-year marriage to Katie ended in 2012 (pictured)
Holmes gushed in her Town & Country cover story in August: ‘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’ (pictured October 17)
The Kamala Harris supporter (3-R, pictured October 10) currently stars as Myrtle Webb in Kenny Leon’s Broadway revival of Thornton Wilder’s 1938 Pulitzer Prize-winning play, which runs through January 19
The 28-strong, multi-racial cast of the strictly-limited engagement includes Big Bang Theory alum Jim Parsons and Juror #2 actress Zoey Deutch.
Our Town marks Katie’s first professional acting gig since playing movie star Julia Cheever in Roundabout Theatre Company’s off-Broadway play Wanderers, which ran from January 26, 2023–April 2, 2023 at the Laura Pels Theatre in Manhattan.
Holmes also previously starred in two prior Broadway productions for The Shubert Organization – Arthur Miller’s All My Sons at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre in 2008-2009 and Theresa Rebeck’s comedy Dead Accounts at the Music Box Theatre in 2012-2013.
The Ohio-born beauty is also penning several screenplays and signed on to star in Dito Montiel’s thriller Captivated alongside Al Pacino, and she’ll guest star in the second season of Peacock’s murder mystery Poker Face lead by Natasha Lyonne.
