Did Tom Cruise Deraile Katie Holmes’ Career?

Did Tom Cruise Derailed Katie Holmes’ Career?

Rumors have it that Katie Holmes’ marriage to actor Tom Cruise has derailed her blossoming career.

Katie Holmes started her career in her major blockbuster film as Rachel Dawes in the film “Batman Begins” in 2005, yet until now, she seemed to be stuck in that level. So the question is “Did Tom Cruise really stunted her budding career in the films?

Before she began dating Cruise, Holmes starred in indie films. She starred in the 2003 Sundance Film Festival hit "Pieces of April” as a punk girl trying to reconcile with her estranged family.   After that she also starred in the movies “Wonder Boys” and “Thank You for Smoking.”

Holmes became so engrossed in her romance with Cruise that she then took a three-year break from her movie career.

When Holmes came back to work in 2008, she allegedly made her biggest career mistake. She starred in a comedy which flopped at the box office, "Mad Money," with Diane Keaton and Queen Latifah.

In 2008, she turned to Broadway, starring in Arthur Miller's "All My Sons” but it failed to get her noticed.

She went on to star in a string of indie flops – "The Romantics," "The Extra Man," and 2011's "The Son of No One."  Her venture into the horror genre, 2010's "Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark," also failed to make impact at the box office.  Her performance in last year's Adam Sandler comedy flop "Jack and Jill" also earned her a "Worst Supporting Actress" Razzie nomination.

Though she made a few TV appearances on "So You Think You Can Dance" and "How I Met Your Mother," those were not successful, either. She got waves of critics for playing Jackie Kennedy in the miniseries "The Kennedys," which was pulled from The History Channel and later aired on Reelz.

Now, after the divorce, Holmes has a few films waiting for her, and are now in the early stages of development and production. Perhaps her new status as a single white female will revitalize her career, without the presence of Tom Cruise in her life.

Posted by Kade Quinn on Monday July 02 2012, 3:39 AM EST. Ref: Yahoo. All trademarks acknowledged. Filed under Entertainment, Featured News. Comments and Trackbacks closed. Follow responses: RSS 2.0