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Born
and raised in Toledo, Ohio, Holmes began acting in high
school theater productions in spite of a personal belief
that acing careers couldn't be sustained living in the Midwest.
"Toledo is a bit bigger than Capeside [the fictional location
of DAWSON'S CREEK], but there are similarities,"
she says. "I'm a small town girl just like Joey. I wasn't
the one that had the boys in high school. I was a little
bit of a tomboy and also the youngest in my family, so I
thought I knew everything. Like Joey, I made a lot of mistakes,
but fortunately, I haven't had the tragedy that she's experienced
in her life."
Her character, Joey Potter, Holmes explains, "is a high
school girl that uses a tough attitude as a guard because
she's been through so much. She's been hurt so many times
that she doesn't want to be vulnerable and put herself out
there for everyone. She lost her mom [to cancer] and her
dad's in prison. Her relationship with Dawson has been the
only stable thing in her life, and now that it's gone through
so many changes, she has to assess who she really is and
wants to become. Pacey, her former sparring partner, has
helped her a lot through the past year when she felt really
lost, and the relationship she's now building with him is
perhaps the most adult one she's ever had."
While she's become a TV favorite in this teen role, Holmes
was the first of the DAWSON'S CREEK cast to
establish herself as a film star with a variety of challenging
roles to her credit. Over the last hiatus, she completed
filming on Paramount's new thriller "Abandon" co-starring
Benjamin Bratt and Zooey Deschanel, and written and directed
by Stephen Gaghan the award-winning writer of "Traffic."
Holmes has experienced incredible success, landing major
parts in both feature films and television projects while
participating in only a handful of auditions. Her very first
professional audition resulted in a plum role in the award-winning
film, "The Ice Storm," directed by Ang Lee ("Sense & Sensibility").
Subsequently, Holmes has appeared in a number of films including
"Wonder Boys" co-starring Michael Douglas, Frances McDormand,
Robert Downey Jr. and Tobey Maguire, "Disturbing Behavior,"
co-starring Nick Stahl; "Teaching Mrs.Tingle," marking Kevin
Williamson's directorial debut; and the feature "Go!" directed
by Doug Liman ("Swingers"). Most recently, Holmes was seen
in "The Gift," directed by Sam Raimi.
Holmes put her
acceptance to the prestigious Columbia University on hold
and is now living in Wilmington, North Carolina while working
on DAWSON'S CREEK . |