Suri Noel is preparing for her acting debut in a stage production of William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream. The 20-year-old is the only biological daughter born during the marriage of Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes, following in her parents' acting footsteps.
Rehearsal photos published online by the Daily Mail show her appearing as a lady from the distant past. In the loose theatrical adaptation, she wears a long lilac skirt, a yellow shirt, and a corset.
Surname Change and Public Support
She no longer uses the surname Cruise after officially disowning her kinship with her father. She adopted Noel, her mother's middle name, as her surname.
The public supported her decision due to long-standing dislike of Cruise over his fanatical devotion to Scientology and his despotism. His involvement in the cult and difficult character destroyed his marriage to Holmes, who maintains an irreproachable reputation. Online commentators wrote that Cruise abandoned his daughter for a crazy cult, was unworthy of being called a father, and should not be cited in her achievements after letting Scientology stand between them.
