Katie Holmes has a lot more to her than just her charming and attractive self. A talented and effervescent actress, Holmes turned to acting after she was coaxed by her teacher to partake in a modelling contest. Her great singing and dancing ability coupled with her impressive acting skills earned her an early breakthrough. She earned her first ever professional role in 1997 in the film, ‘The Ice Storm’, which she followed up with ‘Disturbing Behaviors’ and ‘Go’ the following year. Moving up the ladder, she bagged a lead role in the film, ‘Teaching Mrs Tingle’. Her role was much appreciated as the flick. While most of her films did well at the box office, the big blockbuster hit eluded her until 2004. In 2005, however, she hit it big with the film, ‘Batman Begins’ which gained much critical and popular success. Over the years, she has been a part of several films and television series. While her acting career did brought her to attention, it was the events in her personal life, affair and eventual marriage and divorce with famed actor Tom Cruise, that gained more limelight overshadowing her career.