Katie Holmes carries a cosy Suri into the theatre on Broadway

It's a conundrum that working mothers the world over wrestle with - how to combine raising their children with their career.

But Hollywood actress Katie Holmes isn't prepared to be parted from her pretty two-year-old daughter.

Although she has thrown herself back into work after taking a couple of years off to raise her only child, she makes sure she spends as much time with Suri as possible. And if that means taking her daughter to work then that is exactly what she does.

Katie Holmes takes her daughter Suri to work as she heads to Broadway for her play All My Sons in New York yesterday

As Katie arrived on Broadway yesterday for her performance in All My Sons she carried Suri wrapped in a cosy blanket. And to keep her occupied she carried a selection of toys - a cuddly lamb, doll and small giraffe.

Perhaps Suri picked them up while shopping with her father Tom Cruise last week.

The actor treated her to a trip to the Build A Bear Workshop in 5th Avenue, New York.

Suri, whose name is believed to derive from the Hebrew word for 'princess', spent a happy half-hour browsing the shelves.

Suri arrived with a toy doll in her arms, which she had swapped for a cuddly lamb by the time she went home