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Suri Cruise Drops Dad's Name for Stage Debut
10 Aug
Summary
- Suri legally changed her last name to Noelle in October 2024.
- She will star as Helena in a Shakespeare adaptation at Fringe Festival.
- Noelle is Katie Holmes' middle name, now Suri's surname.
Suri Noelle, the 20-year-old daughter of actors Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes, is set to make her stage debut at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. She will portray multiple characters, including Helena, in an adaptation of Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream, with performances scheduled from August 6 to August 19.
This theatrical venture follows Suri's legal name change, where she officially dropped her father's surname, Cruise, and adopted Noelle in October 2024. This new identity, Suri Noelle, was first used for her high school graduation in June 2024. Noelle is also the middle name of her mother, Katie Holmes.
Suri is currently a student at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. She registered to vote under her new name, Suri Noelle, during her freshman year in October 2024. Despite often staying out of the public eye, she was recently seen visiting her mother on set in New York City in August 2025.
