I think the fact that she married Tom Cruise ruined her career. Everyone realized th5b4ere was something kind of creepy about the whole situation and I believe it turned people off. She may get hired again but I imagine she's very well off at this point.
If she told the real story, I believe it would make for an interesting read. Not from Tom's perspective, since he's the most boring actor I can think of but Katie has a story to tell.

No her claim to fame was Dawson's Creek and the various movies she has done since. I think she will do fine now that she is single again.

Let's face it, most of her movies are terrible. If she hadn't married him, she probably would have fallen off the radar by now. He's about the only thing that kept her name in the news.
Quite the opposite really, he ruined her career by crushing her whole being. She will thrive now I predict.
It's not just a bag it's a Prada

I totally agree that Katie is nothing special, and that she really does have Tom to "thank" for the attention that she has because she is now a bigger name because of her marriage/divorce to him, than she was before they got together. It amazes me that now you can't go a day without hearing about her, when before her marriage to Tom, she was just another actress that wasn't that memorable. I think more people actually became aware of her simply because Tom Cruise made such a big deal over her. Yes, she had her fans from her DC days, but aside from that, she wasn't exactly a household name. Even if she does start getting more movie offers and everything, I don't think that it will last long for her, because she was never a box office draw, and I think the popular opinion of her is that she is a mediocre actress, so I don't see too much box office success for her.
"Stop grinning like a psycho, and get back to work." Doakes, on Dexter

Is that a fact or your opinion?

Get off your high horse beja-4.

Nothing in your entire post is facts. It's
your opinions.
And that's fine as long as you stick with the word opinion.

Yes I totally agree with you. She is nothing special, honestly Michelle Williams was the most talented DC actor, the others are just generic. And Pieces of Aprilwas AWFUL, so don't tel me she had some aspiring Indie career ahead of her. As for all of her other moviesI pretty much hate them or she was my least favorite character (Thank you for smoking, Batman Begins). People blame Tom Cruise for her failure to appear in the sequel to Batman, but I honestly feel the higher ups recognized she wasn't the star grabbing quality the needednot that Maggie Gyllenhaal is much better, but Katie is justboring? I've never met anyone who says "Oh I just LOVE Katie Holmes"she has Tom to thank for the continuation of publicity and any roles she receives thereafter because with the pool of talented attractive actresses out there, she is definitely at the bottom. Only reason she gets roles here on out is because of mass public recognition from her high profile marriage/divorce. Fact!

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I haven't seen 'Abandon' and I know it has low ratings, definitely not the best movie made. But I think I'll rent it for the sake of Katie Holmes performance.
'Abandon' is a good film. I own it on DVD & have watched it many times. I was surprised that Katie Holmes could carry a film, but she does and does it well.
Its not a perfect film, but I like it a lot. It doesn't really deserve its low ratings.
As for whether Katie's marriage hurt her career, I would have to say yes.
Before people even knew about that Scientology mess, they seemed to view the couple as a dirty 'old man' marrying a 'teen'. That was the way it seemed even to me, he seemed much too old for herin age AND personality, if that makes sense.
Then the Scientology began..and Katie changed. And she all but disappeared off people's popularity lists after that.
I, for one, hopes she gets herself back together again. I like her as an actress.
"I'd say this cloud is Cumulo Nimbus."
"Didn't he discover America?"
"Penfold, shush."

I agree with itsaconundrum because I too actually think she probably would've been a bigger star if she haven't married Tom. She didn't need him to become famous.
There's not only Dawson Creek and Batman on her map. Haven't anyone seen her in any others movies? I've watched her in Ice Storm, Wonderboys where she is really great, Go, Phone Booth, Batman Begins and in The Kennydys where she was amazing. In fact, I've kept an eye on her more during her career than I did on Cruise and I'm a woman.
I haven't seen 'Abandon' and I know it has low ratings, definitely not the best movie made. But I think I'll rent it for the sake of Katie Holmes performance.
Roger Ebert about the movie:
"Enough of this. The movie finally did not satisfy me, and so I cannot recommend it,
but there is a lot to praise, beginning with Katie Holmes' performance as Catherine Burke, a smart and articulate student who is on the fast track to a corporate boardroom.
She's a student at an unnamed university (McGill in Montreal provided the locations), has just aced an interview with a big firm, studies hard, doesn't date."
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e8J56HbIyvc&list=FLFF_2W08eMbLXhk6N sWzQ2g&index=1&feature=plpp_video

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I agree.
Her claim to even more fame is divorcing the same guy.
But at last Tommy Gurl might get an idea in his way of what it feels like to get
disposed of quietly and without sorrow."
And you have to give her that. I am glad she's out, and if this will sink the yacht-club, then even better.

I think marrying Cruise hurt her career. She was very popular in Dawson's Creek and seemed slated to move on up in the business. But after the marriage she made compromises and everyone publicly marginalized and discounted h5b4er.
Time will tell if her career picks back up. but after being in the spotlight in such a negative way she may not desire all that fame after all.
Who could blame her?
All the money in the world wouldn't make it worthwhile to me.

As I recall they were being demonstratively affectionate, as in advertising their engagement rather than Holmes supporting Nolan's film as any and I mean
any
professional would. Tom may have even signed autographs, don't remember. She was replaced by Maggie G.
The cat's in the bag, and the bag's in the river

What happened at the premiere?

It's tough to say where she'd be today if not for TC but we know that at 26 she was doing what are considered supporting roles when she landed quality films. On top of that Batman isn't necessarily a career turner (ask Maggie) unless you play a villain and those parts are given to actors already very acclaimed. We know that she was nixed from Nolan's 2nd installment by higher-ups due to TomKats inappropriate, unprofessional display at the premier (see other Katie/Batman thread for quotes).
Cruise hasn't exactly helped her career, only time will tell if he hurt it much.
The cat's in the bag, and the bag's in the river

I thought she was awful in Batman Begins. Maggie Gyllenhaal was so much better!

'Then' and 'than' are completely different words and have completely different meanings.

I agree. If you look at Nicole K5b4idman's career, it got much better after she divorced Tom Cruise. I think Katie's career will continue to get bigger than it was before, even though then it was pretty good being on Dawson's Creek. If she was just a couple of years older, she would've played Buffy, and if that got as big as it did, her career would've been set and she probably would've never married Tom Cruise. Personally i'm glad she left Tom, you know there's something wrong when two women leave a man, and are willing to give them everything except their children.

agree - marrying Tom was start of downfall in her career - very promising actress before she met Tom

If she hadn't hooked up with Cruise she would have done The Dark Knight as Rachel and that would have propelled her into over 1 million a picture. But Cruise talked her out of Dark Knight and into Mad Money..
It was the Batman Begins that killed her career. She was absolutely terrible in it. She was so bad that Maggie Gyllenhaal was brought in to play the same character to replace her. There's no way that Nolan wanted to bring her back. The whole fantasy that Cruise kept her out of it is silly. Get onto the Batman Begins board, and you'll find a lot of people complaining about Holmes' acting.
Her marriage to that nut probably had more to do with business acumen than any sort of actual real relationship. He didn't hold her back, she latched onto some crazy nutcase to further her career, in my opinion. But who knows really other than her and him?

'Now you can and your SimplemindedF_ckboy can both discuss how I "process the information". By putting both of your sanctimonious asses on ignore! Thanks for the consultation and have fun jerking off to Tom Cruise.'
You brought me into this battle? I wasn't involved in your argumentI don't engage your type. Maybe jerking off to Cruise is what YOU do in private.

Sorry, did you say something?

Actually, I have said a lot. The little snooze face, only proves my point.
You're a condescending prick trying analyze a total stranger to make yourself feel smarter than you actually are.

So you are saying then you are actually smarter than me, because you then know better. Who is being the condescending one? It works both ways you know. It's obvious my analysis has pushed a button..but that was my intention.
Now you can and your SimplemindedF_ckboy can both discuss how I "process the information". By putting both of your sanctimonious asses on ignore! Tha2000nks for the consultation and have fun jerking off to Tom Cruise.

What a coward! Upset by the challenge so placed on ignore.typical! No great loss, because you are boring anyway and don't really have anything to say that is worthwhile listening too.