Katie Holmes sports bruised face and eye as she keeps a low profile under a baseball cap in NYC - while daughter Suri Cruise prepares to leave home for college

Katie Holmes sported a bruised look and oculus arsenic she stepped retired successful NYC connected Monday.

The Dawson's Creek star, 45, stepped retired make-up free pinch a acheronian bruise nether her near eye, pinch evident swelling connected nan correct broadside of her face.

The logic for nan wounded is not known. DailyMail.com has contacted representatives for comment.

The prima wore a bluish tee and headdress pinch damp tresses arsenic she stepped retired successful nan city.

The star's girl Suri Cruise, 18, is preparing to caput disconnected to college astatine Carnegie Mellon University successful Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania this fall.

As her teen embarks connected her adjacent section successful life and surviving distant from location for nan first clip successful conscionable a fewer months, nan character will beryllium joining nan formed of Poker Face.

The Toledo native, champion known for portraying Joey Potter connected Dawson's Creek, will beryllium among nan impermanent formed for nan execution enigma series' 2nd season, alongside Natasha Lyonne.

Other impermanent stars see Giancarlo Esposito, Gaby Hoffmann and Kumail Nanjiani. 

Previously, Poker Face welcomed actors for illustration Chloë Sevigny and Judith Light arsenic impermanent stars. 

Holmes announced her casting connected Instagram connected Wednesday morning. 

'Thank you [Natasha Lyonne] for having me!' she captioned a screenshot of a Variety article confirming nan breathtaking news.

Additionally, she described nan gig arsenic a 'thrill.'

Earlier this month, Holmes' daughter, Suri - who is now utilizing her mother's mediate sanction arsenic a past name -  graduated from LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts.

Suri - who was calved connected April 18, 2006 successful Los Angeles - is nan kid of divided parents. Her begetter is Tom Cruise, who was joined to Holmes from from 2006 to 2012.

In 2014, Holmes revealed her 'main goal' arsenic a mother is 'to conscionable let' Suri 'know really much' she loves her. 

'Just to fto her cognize that she is truthful loved. When that's nan done line, who cares that my first 2 pancakes are ever burned?' she told People. 'Between tickle fights and glitter art, I effort to propulsion successful immoderate manners on nan way. I effort to person bully manners too, truthful that's what she sees.'

The performer continued: 'I besides effort to beryllium very imaginative pinch her, because I cognize she's an artist, and that speaks to nan woman successful me.' 

During an August 2014 quality connected nan Today show, Holmes shared: 'The astir important point for maine is letting her cognize really proud I americium and that her accomplishments mean everything. Whatever I do is whatever. It's really conscionable astir her and that's what I deliberation is astir important.' 

Despite having little, if any, narration pinch her dad, Suri is, according to sources, a happy and well-adjusted teen who has loved increasing up successful New York City. 

Over nan past fewer years, Holmes has focused connected moviemaking and getting much shape experience.