Overview
- Reporters disclosed in late July 2026 that public records list Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes’s 20-year-old daughter as Suri Noelle, signaling a legal surname change.
- Voter registration in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, shows she registered as Suri Noelle in October 2024, and Pennsylvania requires voters to use their legal name when registering.
- There is no Allegheny County name-change filing, which reporters say suggests the legal paperwork may have been completed earlier in New York where records can be sealed.
- Suri is a musical theatre student at Carnegie Mellon University with recent stage credits and a production scheduled to go to the 2026 Edinburgh Festival Fringe, which may increase her professional visibility.
- Neither Suri nor her parents have issued official statements; some outlets quoted an unnamed source saying Tom Cruise is 'deeply saddened,' a personal reaction that has not been independently verified.