{"id":307802,"date":"2026-07-28T17:47:07","date_gmt":"2026-07-28T17:47:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/307802\/"},"modified":"2026-07-28T17:47:07","modified_gmt":"2026-07-28T17:47:07","slug":"tom-cruise-katie-holmes-daughter-suri-legally-drops-cruise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/307802\/","title":{"rendered":"Tom Cruise, Katie Holmes&#8217; daughter Suri legally drops Cruise"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes\u2019 daughter, Suri, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2026\/07\/27\/tom-cruise-daughter-suri-changes-name\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">has officially dropped her father\u2019s last name,<\/a> according to reports.<\/p>\n<p>Per Pennsylvania voting records obtained by TMZ, Suri legally changed her last name from Cruise to Noelle shortly after heading off to college.<\/p>\n<p>The 20-year-old, who attends Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, used her new name to register to vote in Allegheny County during her freshman year, back in October 2024. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nydailynews.com\/2024\/09\/29\/richard-johnson-suri-drops-the-cruise-cheers-on-mom-katie-holmes-on-broadway\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">The moniker also<\/a> appeared in the program for her high school graduation from LaGuardia High School of Music &amp; Art and Performing Arts some five months prior.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m proud of my daughter,\u201d Holmes\u2019 told Town &amp; Country, gushing over her Suri\u2019s latest milestone and her moving onto college.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOf course, I will miss the close proximity, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.townandcountrymag.com\/leisure\/arts-and-culture\/a61729734\/katie-holmes-interview-2024\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">but I\u2019m really proud of her and I\u2019m happy,\u201d<\/a> she continued. \u201cI remember being this age, this time of beginnings. It\u2019s exciting to learn about yourself, and I loved that time, so it makes me happy to think about it like that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" lazyautosizes lazyload\" alt=\"Katie Holmes, then husband Tom Cruise, and their daughter Suri together in 2007.\" width=\"1824\" data- src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/AP94431642144.jpg\" data-attachment-id=\"9163531\" \/>Katie Holmes, then husband Tom Cruise, and their daughter Suri together in 2007.    (Kathy Willens\/AP)<\/p>\n<p>Around the same time, Holmes publicly denied reports suggesting Suri <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DDU9eFCPmiE\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">had inherited a trust fund from her father.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The actress married Cruise in November 2006, after welcoming Suri months earlier in April 2006. Tom also shares adopted kids Bella and Connor with his ex-wife Nicole Kidman.<\/p>\n<p>Holmes and Cruise eventually split in 2012, and according to TMZ, Suri has reportedly been estranged from her father since she was 7 years old.<\/p>\n<p>Now in her sophomore year at Carnegie Mellon, Suri is studying musical theater and gearing up to participate in<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nydailynews.com\/2026\/07\/24\/suri-cruise-midsummer-edinburgh-festival-fringe\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"> a student production called \u201cMidsummer!,\u201d<\/a> a modern-day retelling of William Shakespeare\u2019s \u201cA Midsummer Night\u2019s Dream.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes\u2019 daughter, Suri, has officially dropped her father\u2019s last name, according to reports. 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