Katie Holmes, daughter Suri seen during rare outing in LA

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• Never Miss a Story
• MORE: Katie Holmes talks growing up with teenage daughter Suri
• Katie Holmes Shares Rare Insight Into Daughter Suri Cruise's ‘Visible' Childhood
• See Katie Holmes' rare photos of look-alike Suri, her daughter with ex-husband Tom Cruise
• Katie asked Suri to sing in her film Alone Together
• Katie loves to celebrate her daughter's birthday in style

The mother-daughter duo had to endure all the paparazzi craziness that erupted after the divorce and could barely show their faces in public without being bombarded by reporters. "We'd go to the park at 6 a.m. just to get outside," Holmes told InStyle in an interview. As crazy as life was (and continues to be), Holmes is incredibly happy to be a mom. Speaking to Elle, she said that she couldn't be more thankful to have become pregnant with Suri when she did.

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The actress recently told Variety Suri has seen Dawson's Creek, the show that made her famous, and said it's surreal due to Suri's age now. "I am so grateful to be a mom to the sweetest daughter. Happy Mother's Day to all of the moms!!!! 💕💕💕💕💕," she wrote underneath a throwback snap of her and her daughter. "My child is the most important person to me, and her upbringing is paramount to my work right now," she told Town & Country in 2017. In recent years, the First Daughter star has turned to directing – and it's something that has helped her balance the reality of life and being a working, single mother. She recently told Glamour she's been "protective" of Suri her whole life as she was in the spotlight from a young age.

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She shared, "What I love about New York is that for me and my child, this is our vibe." The friend added that Cruise has a lot of love for Suri, and that being this distant from his daughter wasn't something he anticipated when he and Katie Holmes welcomed Suri to the world. The friend explained, "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."

Katie Holmes Shares Rare Insight Into Daughter Suri Cruise's ‘Visible' Childhood

On Sunday, Katie Holmes celebrated her only child's latest milestone with a sweet Instagram post, featuring a trio of rare black-and-white images of her daughter. To celebrate her daughter turning 15 on Sunday, Holmes, who is famously private about the teen, posted three Instagram photos of Suri taken throughout the years. Homes shares the teen with ex-husband Tom Cruise, to whom she was married from 2006 to 2012. Katie Holmes is celebrating her mini-me daughter Suri Cruise's birthday with some rare pictures.

See Katie Holmes' rare photos of look-alike Suri, her daughter with ex-husband Tom Cruise

This was infrequent since Holmes rarely shared pictures of her daughter with the public. "Happy 15th Birthday Sweetheart! I love you!!!!!!!! I can't believe you are already 15!" Holmes captioned the post. The following year, Suri's birthday fell smack in the middle of the pandemic, which meant that flying to another part of the world to celebrate wasn't an option. However, this didn't keep Holmes from making her daughter's birthday special again.

“What has been really important for me with my daughter, because she was so visible at a young age, is I really like to protect her,” she told Glamour magazine. The mother-daughter duo was photographed at Los Angeles International Airport Monday night ahead of a flight to an unknown destination. Since Holmes welcomed Suri at age 27, the pair “kind of grew up together,” the “Kennedys” alum told Elle UK in November 2019. It seems that after he recovered from the shock of his wife of six years wanting a divorce, he bounced back pretty quickly. InStyle noted that the two were able to work through their divorce pretty quickly, with a settlement being reached after only 11 days.

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We're dying to know what the mother-daughter duo got up to, but Holmes didn't reveal anything more than that. "This year has also been a reminder that the simple things are really beautiful... those are the gifts of life," Holmes said. Celebrities love NYC because they can enjoy a sense of anonymity, and Katie has certainly ensured that's been the case for her daughter. The proud mom doesn't share pictures of Suri on social media anymore, but has occasionally opened up about how proud she is of her only child. It's clear that Suri has developed her parents' talents for performing, and showcased her incredible singing voice back in 2022. During an interview with InStyle, Holmes revealed that Suri is "strong-willed and curious." She's tried to set an example for Suri to follow, telling the outlet that she grew to learn that being kind is the most important thing.

Katie loves to celebrate her daughter's birthday in style

Holmes admitted in an interview with The Daily Telegraph (via Harper's Bazaar) that she makes a point of not discussing her daughter with the press. Thanks to her mom's discretion, Suri has grown up without constantly being mentioned in media outlets and social media posts. Holmes adapted well to being a single parent, and she raised Suri to be a well-behaved and caring person, a source revealed, adding that Suri doesn't resemble a spoiled celebrity kid. Suri is also very protective of her mom and often showers her with love and compassion when she's having a bad day.

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"We had a good laugh about it. It's wild to have a daughter who's almost the same age as I was when I began all this," she told the outlet. The proud mom shared an adorable black-and-white throwback photo of herself kissing her little girl on the cheek to celebrate Mother's Day in 2021. In November 2020, Holmes wrote a piece for Vogue Australia's November issue about how the silver lining of the COVID-19 pandemic was spending more quality time with her daughter. "This year is a reminder that the simple things are really beautiful. I think when you have less, you are more creative."

Holmes has also been adamant about keeping her daughter out of the press and social media. When you scroll through her Instagram page, it isn't littered with pictures of her and Suri. Holmes has kept her daughter's life private and wants to keep her from the public eye — she's still just a kid, after all.

In an article Holmes wrote for Vogue, she mentioned that the pandemic allowed her and Suri to simply just be for a while without any added pressure from the outside world. "To live for a moment in time without the pressure of results and instead appreciate the natural rhythms of mother and daughter was the most precious gift," Holmes wrote. "During this time of uncertainty, remembering to be creative and positive has been something I have tried to keep at the forefront of my mind," Holmes added, explaining that the pandemic taught them to appreciate every moment. An inside source told Us Weekly that their bond is unlike anything they'd ever seen. "You'd struggle to find a mom-daughter duo who are more in sync with each other," the source revealed.

"It's no exaggeration to say that Suri and Katie have saved each other," the source said, adding, "They really are wonderful together." "To live for a moment in time without the pressure of results," Holmes recalled in a Nov. 2020 essay for Vogue Australia, "and instead appreciate the natural rhythms of mother and daughter was the most precious gift." In 2021, Holmes shared a trio of rare photos of Suri taken throughout the years on Instagram to mark her 15th birthday. Holmes also opened up about bonding with Suri during the coronavirus pandemic in a November 2020 cover story for Vogue Australia.

Not only does Suri get to hop on planes to spend her birthday in other countries, but her mom takes her along on fun outings. In 2018, the two were spotted attending the American Ballet Theatre Spring Gala together (via People). Back in 2017, Suri even got the chance to introduce Taylor Swift at the New York City Z100 Jingle Ball alongside her mom. While Katie Holmes prefers to do most things under the radar, she clearly loves to go all out when it's Suri's birthday.

"What has been really important for me with my daughter, because she was so visible at a young age, is I really like to protect her," the 44-year-old recently told Glamour. "I'm very grateful to be a parent, to be her parent. She's an incredible person." A source exclusively told Page Six last month that Tom, a devout Scientologist, has no part in his youngest kid’s life and has not seen her in a long time. The last public photos of Cruise and Suri date all the way back to 2012, when the two were snapped visiting Disneyland (per Yahoo!).

Holmes said that her daughter also sang in the film "Rare Objects," a period drama based on the novel by author Kathleen Tessaro, which Holmes also directed. Katie Holmes recently shared how proud she is of her daughter Suri Cruise, who shows off her vocal skills in the opening credits of Holmes' new movie, "Alone Together." "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. Katie Holmes was looking for the “highest level of talent” for her COVID-era Airbnb rom-com, Alone Together. "It's wild to have a daughter who's almost the same age as I was when I began all this," she added. "It was such a scary time to go through, especially when New York City was hit so hard, that [it's great] to see people out."

"Other than that, she's a 16-year-old kid doing high school," Holmes told the outlet. Suri and Holmes also appeared to be basketball fans and were seen attending a game between the Detroit Pistons and the Los Angeles Lakers. When they're not cheering for their favorite team, the mother-daughter duo can be found frolicking on the beach. While Holmes rarely posts pictures of Suri on social media, she did share a candid photo of the two of them on the beach on her Instagram page, and it's clear they were having tons of fun in the sun.