Who Are Katie Holmes' Siblings? Meet Her Older Brother and Sisters

Sometimes our family can embarrass us, but sometimes they can be the support system that we need! Katie Holmes‘ family has stood by her side since the moment she was born and we bet she wouldn’t trade her siblings — Holly, Nancy, Tamera and Martin Jr. — for the world.

“I don’t know how my mom did it, raising all five of us,” Katie previously explained to Glamour. “I have three sisters and three sisters-in-law; I have learned from them. I’m inspired by them.”

Katie isn’t only inspired by her siblings. Her mom, Kathleen, has also taught her a thing or two about being strong — and Katie used those teachings when she faced public scrutiny during her marriage with Tom Cruise. However, it came even more in handy once she gave birth to her daughter, Suri Cruise, in 2006.

“Becoming a mother has been the most amazing experience — in an instant you become strong. You have to be a little bit wiser; it’s the most important job in the world. Some of the stuff [people said] was such absolutely horrible things to say about a child. It was so uncalled for and so disgusting. Enough is enough,” Katie remembered telling herself at the time about people saying hurtful things about Suri, now 13. “I definitely felt like — as a woman, as the mother of Suri — I want to handle this! My mom is very strong, and if anyone ever said anything about any of us, she would be, ‘Excuse me? That’s my family!'”

Thanks to Kathleen, Katie has learned how to fend for herself and, if it wasn’t for the actress’ three older sisters, she would still need to learn how to properly go out on a date with a boy.

“My older and wiser sisters told me not to order spaghetti,” she joked to HELLO! in 2016 about the dating advice her siblings gave her as a teen. “They said that would be embarrassing because noodles could fly all over the place.” Can you imagine?!

However, as a grown adult, Katie has mastered the art of dating and after she and Tom got divorced in 2012, the mom of one went on to date Jamie Foxx before they recently called it quits due to their long distance relationship and some communication troubles. Don’t worry, Katie, there’s always more fish in the sea!

Scroll below to learn more about Katie’s siblings!

Holly Holmes

Thanks to her sisters, like Holly, Katie has been able to expand her horizon in Hollywood and do a lot more than acting.
“I’m the youngest of five, I have three older sisters, obviously I’m a mom, and I feel comfortable with telling female relationship stories because I’ve been surrounded by so many women my whole life,” the Dawson’s Creek star previously told The New York Times about directing her 2016 film, All We Had.

Nancy Kay Holmes

Nancy is another of Katie’s sisters. In a previous interview with Hello!, Katie admits she hated washing her hair as a kid, but thanks to her sisters she was able to get it done.

“When I was a little girl — if I could have — I would have gone a year without washing my hair,” she said. “I hated it, to the point where my sisters had to pay me to wash my hair.”

At least she got it done!