Katie and Queen get a little money mad! Credit: Overture Films

Katie, Tom and Suri are constantly on the covers of every tabloid in the world. People forget that, before she was a mom and married to one of the most high-profile stars on the planet, Katie Holmes was a talented, well-known actress and she's back with flair, comedy, spunk and warmth in the new film Mad Money. Katie's character Jackie bops to her I-Pod while pushing carts full of cash on the way to be shredded at the Federal Reserve Bank. Along with two co-workers (played by Diane Keaton and Queen Latifah), Jackie decides to "recycle" a ton of that money into her own pocket in the funny heist movie.

Katie is one long, tall, model-esque babe. She walked into our interview recently at a posh L.A.-area beach hotel wearing subtle black and white plaid slacks, high black heels and a crisp white, guy-style shirt. Her sleek new bob hairdo suits her very well and her blue eyes just popped under her smoky eye make-up. Jewelry consisted of a big, leather-banded watch, her kind of plain wedding band and several other subtle diamond rings; class all the way. Because we have class too, we avoided asking her a ton of tabloid-style questions in favor of getting the latest news on the film, her career, being a mom, her first big splurge when she knew she had made it and her Valentine's Day traditions. What about that new Andrew Morton book on her hubby Tom? She says she doesn't plan to read it. So there! On with all things Katie....