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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. "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," Holmes said. "I’m very grateful to be a parent, to be her parent. She’s an incredible person."

On navigating mom guilt

Tom and his youngest daughter have not had a close relationship over the past years. In fact, a source exclusively told Page Six earlier this month that the movie star has not seen Suri since 2012 (they were last seen together at Disney World that summer). The teen, who is also the daughter of Katie Holmes, wore jeans, a denim jacket over a brown shirt and black shoes.

... Dad Tom on London Set

Holmes spoke about her desire to keep her teenager safe in an unusually personal interview earlier this month. The mother-daughter duo was photographed at Los Angeles International Airport Monday night ahead of a flight to an unknown destination. Holmes, who is famously private about her daughter, also spoke about her protectiveness as a mother.

Katie Holmes Says Daughter Suri Was 'Really Visible' as a Baby, Now Wants to 'Protect Her'

“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 at the time. Suri Cruise looked like the spitting image of her A-list mom, Katie Holmes, when the pair stepped out to celebrate the “Dawsons Creek” alum’s 45th birthday. According to the Daily Mail, Suri is reportedly applying for college to study fashion. “Suri is not a Scientologist and never will be … she deserves love and sympathy,” former Scientology spokesperson Mike Rinder told Page Six. The 45-year-old also revealed in November 2013 court docs that she filed for divorce from Tom “to protect Suri from Scientology,” a religion that is often referred to as a cult. Suri Cruise was photographed celebrating her 18th birthday in New York City while her estranged father, Tom Cruise, worked abroad in London.

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“Suri would have been too young to sign any agreement (when her parents divorced in 2012), but she will now be free to talk if she wants to and it’s going to be really interesting if she has something to say,” Ortega said. 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. "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." The actress shared that she was "happy" to welcome Suri at age 27, telling Elle UK in November 2019 that their ages are "a good match."

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Holmes told Glamour about her daughter's style, "I think the '90s style is exactly back. Makes me feel old. We lived through that already! My mom says she should have saved things. I should have saved things." 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. "I hope she always does something on my films. I always ask her," Holmes told the magazine. "But both of those experiences came out of the same sense of what I love about our industry, which is, you have these projects and you become a family with people." It feels like just yesterday that Katie Holmes and Tom Cruise’s daughter, Suri, was a baby style icon, but now, she’s legally an adult.

"I painted, we had a sewing machine, so we were making quilts, we were cooking; we were on a perpetual vacation," Katie told the sophomore issue of Amazing magazine. Katie opened up about how the duo coped together during the height of the pandemic in a recent interview, revealing the sweet ways they would pass the time while in lockdown. Her mom was more than proud of her too when telling Yahoo! Entertainment about her daughter's role in the movie.

Following on from her early foray into the fashion world, Suri has continued to develop a refined and sensible sense of style as she has grown older. Whether it’s pairing neutral dresses with trainers or donning a casual tee and baggy jeans, Suri has slowly but firmly moulded her own unique fashion style. Suri is following her mum’s footsteps in the entertainment industry and has wowed audiences with her impressive singing voice.

Born on April 18, 2006, Suri Cruise is Katie Holmes and megastar Tom Cruise's only child together. After her parents divorced in June 2012, Suri was primarily raised by her mother in New York City. In 2023, Suri turned 17, and it's clear that as she's gotten older, she's become Holmes' mini-me. As Page Six pointed out, she was once “the most famous baby in America” because of the very high-profile way that Cruise conducted his courtship of the “Dawson’s Creek” star, who was 16 years younger that Cruise when they began dating.

"To be honest? I'm not going to play tag, probably. That's not top of my list. But I'll paint all day, I'll do the creative stuff." "My main goal is to just let her know how much I love her," the actress told PEOPLE in 2014. Meanwhile, Cruise rocked a light gray zip-up hoodie, white joggers, black sneakers, and a canvas tote slung over her shoulder — just like her mama.

People credit a protective Holmes with trying to give Suri as normal life as is possible under the circumstances, while raising her in New York City. "But both of those experiences came out of the same sense of what I love about our industry, which is, you have these projects and you become a family with people," she says. "And it's this safe, beautiful, creative space. So it comes out of love for me to include someone who I love dearly." But, more importantly, the father and daughter reportedly haven't had a close relationship since 2012.

When news came that Cruise and Holmes had become parents to a baby daughter in April 2006, a global frenzy erupted, with media outlets competing to be the first to publish the little girl’s photos. But Suri’s relationship with her father changed after Holmes reportedly “blindsided” him by filing for divorce in 2012. The following year, Cruise gave a deposition in his $50 million court fight against a pair of tabloid magazines and admitted that Holmes filed for divorce “to protect Suri from Scientology,” court documents revealed, Page Six reported.

She carried a blue backpack and held what looked like a birthday gift in her hand. A source close to the family revealed to British media that Suri is applying to schools across the country, but her mother hopes she will stay in New York so they can be close to each other. Things took a dramatic turn when Tom’s whirlwind romance with Holmes ultimately led to their high-profile divorce in 2012. For one thing, if she gave an interview or published a tell-all about him, she’d probably have to give up the mostly private life she’s been able to enjoy thus far.

Suri Cruise was the spitting image of mom Katie Holmes as she strolled through Manhattan's SoHo neighborhood during a light rain on Sept. 8, 2023. Suri Cruise stepped out in New York City's SoHo neighborhood on April 14, 2024 — four days before her 18th birthday.

Tom Cruise’s three ex-wives, Mimi Rogers, Nicole Kidman and Katie Holmes, probably would have a lot to say about being married to the famously intense mega-star and their time inside his beloved Church of Scientology. Never miss a story — sign up for PEOPLE's free daily newsletter to stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from juicy celebrity news to compelling human interest stories. Holmes, who shares Suri with ex Tom Cruise, also discusses the role her daughter plays in her films as she reflects on Suri singing the opening credits of her film Alone Together and previously singing on Rare Objects. 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. In April 2023, Holmes told Glamour that she likes to "protect" Suri from the public eye "because she was so visible at a young age."