Katie Holmes looked stylish as she took a solo walk in New York City on Monday.
The actress, 44, dressed for the warm NYC temperatures in an orange and black floral midi dress, featuring a low-cut neckline and a flowy spur.
She paired the look with black Adidas sneakers and carried her belongings in a beige shoulder bag.
The Batman Begins star wore a natural makeup palette and straightened her long dark brown locks.
The star decorated with a silver necklace with pendant and small silver earrings.
Gorgeous: Katie Holmes looked classy as she took a solo walk in New York City on Monday
Summer chic: The actress, 44, dressed for the warm NYC temperatures in an orange and black floral midi dress, featuring a plunging neckline and a flowy spur
Later in the evening, the Dawson’s Creek alum emerged to accompany her “incredible” talent manager Jason Weinberg to Family Equality’s Night at the Pier benefit, which took place at Pier Sixty in Manhattan’s Chelsea neighborhood.
Kate in public thanked Weinberg for her invitation “to this very special and very important evening” and included clips of Broadway bandmates J. Harrison Ghee and Vanessa Sears.
Katie kept her make-up minimal, styled her own hair and wore a black perforated slip under a matching blazer and mules selected by stylist Brie Welch.
The actress posed with Family Equality CEO Stacey Stevenson, whose nonprofit was founded in 1979 by the Gay Fathers Coalition during the National March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights.
While enjoying the view of the Hudson River, the director-star of Rare Objects mingled with designers like Zac Posen, Blondie frontwoman Deborah Harry and New York City Ballet principal dancer Harrison Ball.
Katie recently promoted her new movie Rare Objects and appeared on The Drew Barrymore Show last month.
The Dawson’s Creek star revealed that Drew inspired her to start producing her own movies.
Katie explained that she came to believe she could make her own productions after watching Drew make her own movies, including Never Been Kissed, Charlie’s Angels, Duplex, and Fever Pitch.
Relaxed: She paired the look with black Adidas sneakers and carried her belongings in a beige shoulder bag
Stepping out! Later that night, the Dawson’s Creek alum showed up to accompany her “incredible” talent manager Jason Weinberg to Family Equality’s Night at the Pier benefit
In March, Katie’s daughter Suri, 17, began applying to college with her mother’s help — but the teen’s famous father, Tom Cruise, won’t help her because the actor “plays no part” in his life. child .
A source close to Holmes told the DailyMail.com in March that Suri “has sent out some applications” and “tends to” study fashion in NYC, a choice that her style-conscious mother, Katie, would be very pleased to make.
However, the source noted that while Tom won’t help Suri choose where she goes to school, he will pay her tuition, according to his top-secret divorce agreement with Holmes.
While Katie is taking an active role in helping her daughter apply for college, the teen’s father, Mission Impossible star Tom, 60, will have no part in the process — he has been estranged from his daughter since 2013, a year after he and Katie divorced.
At the time of their split, it was reported that Katie had chosen to end the couple’s marriage for fear of raising her daughter to be a Scientologist – a religion to which Tom is incredibly devoted.
Her decision to leave the religion and marriage caused a major rift between the former spouses, resulting in the relationship between Tom and Suri becoming more and more distant over the years.
The insider explained that Tom has ‘no part in it’ [Suri’s] life” – after it was previously revealed that the pair hadn’t seen each other in years.
Tom disagreed that his religion caused him to become estranged from Suri.
In 2013, Tom sued In Touch magazine for $50 million when the outlet reported that he had “abandoned” his daughter.
When the case went to court, Tom said he couldn’t see Suri because of his busy work schedule.
Tom and Katie were among the most iconic couples of the early 2000s; after a year of dating, they married in November 2006 in a lavish ceremony in Italy.
The Dawson’s Creek actress filed for divorce from him six years later, citing irreconcilable differences.
According to their divorce papers, Tom agreed to pay Katie $400,000 a year until Suri turned 18 years old.
The documents also state that Tom agreed to pay for all of Suri’s expenses, including “medical, dental, insurance, education, college, and other extracurricular costs.”
However, the Mission Impossible actor is not present in Suri’s life.
Tom reportedly hasn’t seen Suri in over 10 years, but he does have a close relationship with the two children he shares with Nicole Kidman, Isabella, 30, and Connor, 28.
Nicole – who filed for divorce in 2001 after 11 years of marriage due to Tom’s Scientology ties – has not spoken to Tom in nearly 20 years.