Suri Cruise Graduates High School, Drops Last Name
At just 18 years old, Suri Cruise has officially graduated from high school. This Friday, June 21, the daughter of Katie Holmes and Tom Cruise graduated from LaGuardia High School, a public high school specializing in visual and performing arts education, at the United Palace Theater in New York with her famous mother by her side.
In the photos obtained by Page Six, the young woman wore her bright red graduate gown over a white summer dress. Katie Holmes, 45, wore a pale yellow ensemble, consisting of pleated pants and a long-sleeved shirt. A few days earlier, the young woman had been photographed during her prom in a long dress with straps, flowing and printed with a multitude of patterns, characterized by a corset.
Tom Cruise Absent from Daughter's Milestone
A notable absence during this significant event was her father, Tom Cruise. Six years after her birth and after seven years of relationship, Katie Holmes filed for divorce, particularly to protect her daughter from the Church of Scientology, of which Tom Cruise is a follower. Since then, Suri Cruise has been raised by her mother and has reportedly not had contact with her father for over ten years.
On the graduation brochure, Suri Cruise also dropped her father's last name, calling herself 'Suri Noelle,' Noelle being her mother's middle name. When she turned 18 last April, she had already chosen to change her name, according to Hello magazine.
Future Plans and New Beginnings
At the same time as his daughter's graduation, the 61-year-old actor participated in Taylor Swift's concert in London. 'Even if he called her, she wouldn’t answer,' a source told the Daily Mail in April 2024. A separation which does not prevent the young woman from moving forward and charting her own path. Suri Cruise is expected to attend Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh in the fall.
Meanwhile, Shiloh, the daughter of Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie, also applied for a name change to remove the last name she inherited from her father as soon as she became an adult at the end of last month, US entertainment media reported.
- American entertainment media Page Six reported on the 23rd (local time) that Suri (18), the daughter of Hollywood star Tom Cruise (61), used her first name without the last name 'Cruise' at her high school graduation ceremony after becoming an adult.
- The media reported that in the brochure for the graduation ceremony held at New York's LaGuardia Arts High School the day before, Suri's name was written as 'Suri Noel' rather than 'Suri Cruise'.
- Photos and videos from the scene obtained by the media showed that only Suri's mother, actress Katie Holmes, 45, attended her graduation ceremony, and her father, Cruise, was not seen.
- The media reported that on this day, Cruise attended Swift's concert in London, England with American football player Travis Kelce, the boyfriend of pop star Taylor Swift.
- Cruise has reportedly not met her daughter Suri since her divorce from Holmes in 2012, the outlet reported last April, citing sources.
- Suri was 6 years old when Cruise and Holmes divorced, and the last time they were photographed by paparazzi together was in the summer of 2012.
- American media reported that Cruise's religion, Scientology, had a big influence on the estrangement of Cruise and Suri's relationship.
- In fact, during Cruise's defamation lawsuit against a magazine in 2013, it was revealed that one of the reasons Holmes filed for divorce was 'to protect her daughter Suri from Scientology.'
- One former Scientologist recently told the Daily Mail that Scientology views Holmes and his daughter as potential enemies of the church, saying the church may have banned him from seeing his daughter.
- Suri plans to attend Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh this fall, Page Six reported.
