What Katie will do next? Actress who's never remarried faces uncertain future as daughter Suri heads to college and payments from ex Tom Cruise come to an end - after a series of career flops

 

Dropping your child off at university is an undoubtedly emotional experience for any parent - but returning home to an empty nest might be harder for Katie Holmes than most.  Over the weekend, the Dawson's Creek actress (left inset), 45, was pictured helping her daughter Suri Cruise, 18, into her dorm at Carnegie Mellon university in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (right). The mother-of-one was visibly emotional as she carried bags into her daughter's building - before the pair went out to explore Suri's new city. Suri's departure marks the start of a difficult chapter for Katie, who fought tooth and nail to have full custody of her daughter following her 2012 split from Tom Cruise (left). For the past 12 years, Katie has received $400,000-a-year in child support from her ex-husband, which she will no longer be entitled to. After her high-profile divorce, Katie has struggled to professionally match the dizzying heights of Dawson's Creek's success, which turned her into a household name in 1998. Most recently, Katie wrote, directed and starred in the Covid drama Alone Together, which was critically panned and labelled 'trite and misguided'. On top of this, the star's relationships have been either short-lived or intensely private, like her six-year, on-off romance with Jamie Foxx (centre). As Katie enters this new stage in her life, FEMAIL delves into the actress' uncertain future.