Katie Holmes quietly ignited a wave of speculation about her love life in New York on Thursday, 16 April, when the actress shared an affectionate photo with Joshua Jackson on Instagram and appeared to endorse fans' hopes that the former Dawson's Creek couple might be dating again.
For starters, Katie Holmes and Jackson, both 47, have a long and carefully documented history. They dated for about a year in 1998 after meeting on the set of the hit teen drama, and Holmes later suggested in a Rolling Stone cover story that he was her 'first love.' Jackson himself described it to The Times in 2023 as a 'full-on stars-moon-sky romance,' underlining the nostalgic pull that still clings to their names nearly three decades on.
