Date of Birth:
December 18, 1978

Place of Birth:
Toledo, Ohio, USA 

Height: 5' 8" 
 

Biography: 
Katie's father is a lawyer and her mother, a homemaker.  Youngest of five children, Katie Holmes acted in theatre productions at Notre Dame Academy before meeting a manager who encouraged her to go to LA for television's pilot season.  She won a part in the acclaimed feature film "The Ice Storm" in her very first audition, but she didn't stop there.  A videotape was sent to "Dawson's Creek", a new production by the acclaimed writer Kevin Williamson of Scream.  Katie's callback for the part of Joey on Dawson's Creek conflicted with a high school production of Damn Yankees, in which she was a lead character.  Rather than let down her classmates, she turned down the callback.  They ended up rescheduling and she landed the role of Joey Potter.  Always portraying troubled high school students.  In 1999, Katie was chosen as one of Teen People Magazine's "21 Hottest Stars Under 21".  Originally, she was offered the part of Buffy Summers in the "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" TV Series, but she turned the part down because she wanted to finish high school. 
 

Filmography:
 

Phone Booth (2002) 

Abandon (2002) ..as Katie Burke 

2000 MTV Movie Awards (2000) (TV) ..as Presenter 

The Gift (2000) ..as Jessica King 

Wonder Boys (2000) ..as Hannah Green 

Dawson's Creek: Behind the Scenes (1999) (TV) ..as Joey Potter/herself 

Teaching Mrs. Tingle (1999) ..as Leigh Ann Watson 

Muppets From Space (1999) (uncredited) ..as Josephine 'Joey' Potter 

Go (1999) ..as Claire Montgomery 

"Hercules" (1998) TV Series (voice) ..as Sagittarius ... aka "Disney's Hercules" (1998) (USA) 

Disturbing Behavior (1998) ..as Rachel Wagner 

"Dawson's Creek" (1998) TV Series ..as Josephine 'Joey' Potter 

The Ice Storm (1997) ..as Libbets Casey 
 
 

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