Suri Cruise's wardrobe as a 5 year old was worth more than some people's houses,
and her life has only gotten more interesting since then.
This is what she's been up to since becoming a young adult.
On April 18, 2006, Suri Cruise was born in Santa Monica,
California, to superstar couple Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes.
After a whirlwind romance that included a notorious appearance on The Oprah Winfrey Show,
the couple got engaged and announced that they were expecting a child together in October 2005.
Tom was reportedly so excited that he even bought a sonogram machine in order to see baby Suri in
utero. As he revealed during an interview with Vanity Fair, the name Suri came from a
baby name book, meaning "red rose." When she was born, she reportedly weighed 7 pounds,
7 ounces, and measured 20 inches long. Days after the birth, Tom revealed to 20/20,
"It was everything that we wanted it to be… It was spiritual. It was powerful. It was
indescribable. What words can you use? It's still something that I'm processing and keep reliving."
On November 18, 2006, Suri Cruise was the guest of honor at her parents' wedding.
It was a star-studded ceremony inside a 15th century Italian castle. The celebration
reportedly cost upwards of $3 million, and featured a dinner serenade by Andrea Bocelli,
as well as a pair of Armani wedding gowns worn by the bride throughout the night. She
was sporting one of the two gowns as she arrived at the castle while carrying a 7-month-old Suri.
Throughout the course of their six-year marriage,
Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes were fixtures in the tabloids, and so was their daughter.
It might sound a little bizarre, but Suri Cruise quickly became a style icon,
even before she could walk. By the time she was five years old, she'd reportedly already accrued
a wardrobe worth approximately $3.2 million, including $150,000 worth of shoes alone.
Suri's collection included high fashion brands such as Dolce and Gabbana and Ferragamo. She
even became the namesake of a phenomenon known as the "Suri Cruise Effect," in which parents
were influenced by the chic wardrobes of A-list celebrity children and spent top dollar on the
latest fashions for their own toddlers. But the media buzz wasn't all positive, as Suri's parents
were criticized for allowing her to dress in high heels, wear lipstick, and have manicured nails.
"Won't somebody please think of the children?!"
Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes eventually called it quits and divorced in the summer of 2012.
Proceedings moved swiftly, with a settlement reportedly reached after just 11 days.
Holmes was awarded primary custody of Suri, with Tom granted visitation rights.
While Holmes didn't receive any spousal support in the settlement,
Suri was set to receive $400,000 in child support per year until her 18th birthday.
Tom is also required to pay for Suri's expenses, including medical, dental, insurance, education,
college and other extracurricular costs. As the now-exes announced in a joint statement,
"We are committed to working together as parents to accomplish what is in
our daughter Suri's best interests. We want to keep matters affecting
our family private and express our respect for each other's commitment
to each of our respective beliefs and support each other's roles as parents."
Tom and Suri Cruise haven't been seen in public together since a visit to Disneyland in 2012.
He reportedly has the right to see her up to ten days a month, but he chooses not to,
reportedly because of Holmes and Suri's distance from Scientology.
This might have to do with Tom considering his daughter a Suppressive Person,
which Scientologists are taught to avoid. In June 2014, InTouch reported that Tom hadn't
seen or spoken to his daughter in 1,000 days. And in April 2019, an insider told Hollywood Life,
"He still loves her. [He] thinks about her all the time [...] Tom never intended to be
estranged from his daughter when he decided to have a family with Katie
and looks forward to repairing the relationship one day."
After the divorce, Katie Holmes was granted primary custody of Suri,
and they then moved from California to New York City. Holmes enrolled her daughter in
first grade at Avenues, a Chelsea private school with a $40,000 tuition. She talked
about that time as a newly single mom in a 2022 interview with InStyle, as she admitted,
"It was a lot of attention, and I had a little child on top of it.
We had some funny moments out and about in public. So many people I didn't know
became my friends and helped us out, and that's what I love about the city."
The mother-daughter duo don't hold back when it comes to displaying their close relationship
during public appearances. They've been seen at each others' hips at events like the Nickelodeon
Kids' Choice Awards and the Z100 Jingle Ball introducing Taylor Swift. Andy they've also been
spotted strutting the streets of Manhattan wearing matching outfits. As Holmes told Elle in 2019,
"I was happy to become a mum in my twenties [...] Every age that my child has been and
my age at that time has been a good match. We kind of grew up together."
"You have to be the coolest mom in the world right now."
"Aww."
Through glimpses of Suri's life on her mom's Instagram, we can tell that she's already
becoming a stylish and confident young lady. In a 2018 interview with Today, Holmes explained,
"I listen to her. It’s a daily thing. I try to reward her for her hard work,
and not necessarily the results of the hard work."
The proud mama also talked about how they do good together, as she revealed,
"I do a lot to put perspective on life. We help out the homeless. We do small acts of
kindness [...] I don't over-gift. I don't inundate my child with a lot of things.
We're trying to raise good humans and some days we're better at it
than others [...] We just focus on what she's passionate about and how
you feel when you achieve your goals [...] I also demand a 100 on a spelling test!"
"I think I have the coolest daughter in the world."
During the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic in the spring of 2020, Katie Holmes and Suri
Cruise found themselves in and out of New York. They remained quarantined in their
NYC apartment during lockdown, and Holmes even shared a candid photo of Suri celebrating her
14th birthday on Instagram that April. As Holmes revealed to Entertainment Tonight,
"This lockdown has had a lot of silver linings. It was a beautiful moment.
I think when you have less, you are more creative [...] This year has also been a reminder that the
simple things are really beautiful and that is, those are the gifts of life."
And in an interview with Yahoo!, Holmes discussed how she felt about Suri possibly
re-entering school in a post-COVID pandemic environment, as she admitted,
"I want everybody to be as safe as possible. It's a hard one: I have no expertise on this in terms
of health measures, but I just want to be as smart as possible for the whole community and to really
prevent anyone from getting sick. My heart really goes out to all the people who have lost people."
As an independent teenager, Suri Cruise sightings are becoming more frequent in public as she
explores New York City with her friends. And she's been looking more and more like her mom every day,
and becoming a Gen-Z style icon in the process. During a visit to the Harry Potter store in
Manhattan's Flatiron district in 2022, she and her friends were seen rocking Slytherin house colors
and bringing back early 2000s clothing staples like floral midi skirts and Converse sneakers.
This wasn't the first time that Suri had stepped out in some vintage threads,
as she's also been spotted bringing low rider flare jeans back in style. Her mother-daughter
bond is still going strong as well, with Momma Holmes showing off their adventures in tie-dye
together on Instagram in May 2020. As Holmes revealed in a 2022 interview with InStyle,
"I love her so much. My biggest goal has always been to nurture her into
her individuality. To make sure she is 100 percent herself and strong,
confident, and able. And to know it. She came out very strong — she's always been a strong
personality. She'll pick an activity and work her butt off until she's really good at it.
Then she's like, 'OK, I'm going to try the next thing.' She's very focused and a hard worker."
"I know myself more because of her."
In April 2022, Suri Cruise celebrated her sweet sixteenth birthday. She keeps a low
profile online, but every now and then her mom will send out a loving post on Instagram
to celebrate with fans. That includes a birthday message the year before, along with the caption,
"Happy 15th Birthday Sweetheart! I love you!!!!!!!! I can't believe you are already 15!"
Despite those good vibes,
witnessing her daughter transform over the years hasn't always been easy for Holmes,
as is the case for pretty much any parent. As she admitted in a 2017 interview with Town & Country,
"Every day, kids get a little further away from you. That's a positive thing. They
should be becoming more independent, but it's heartbreaking. You want them to stay with you
forever, but they're these amazing beings, and you have to do everything you can to give them
what they need ― and then they're going to go. And that's going to be very, very sad for me."
In June 2022, Holmes introduced Suri to her new boyfriend, musician and composer Bobby Wooten III.
The new couple made their public debut as a couple that May at The Moth's 25th Anniversary gala,
The Silver Ball, which was held at Spring Studios in New York City. An insider revealed
to Hollywood Life that Suri "absolutely approves" of Wooten, while also noting,
"Bobby treats Suri like an adult, which she likes and Suri thinks it is great to see her mom happy."