Katie Holmes' Dad Playing Her Matchmaker After Tom Cruise Divorce

Now that her new life has settled down, Katie Holmes is thinking about her heart again.

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The star, whose divorce from Tom Cruise became official in August, was initially more concerned about the well-being of their daughter, Suri, 6, and getting comfortable in her new New York apartment than meeting a new man, but lately she’s been willing to date again. And it’s her father, Martin, who is leading the hunt to find his daughter a new husband!

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“Katie hates being single — and her dad knows it,” discloses a longtime pal of the actress. “They have always been incredibly close, and he’s made it his mission to try to find her a new man.” Katie, 33, has reason to trust her attorney father. Martin has been credited with helping his daughter plot her escape from her unhappy union, obtain a divorce and secure primary custody of her daughter in record time.