Much like their Party of Five counterparts before them, the cast members of WB's Dawson's Creek learned that network television is a great place to be young, beautiful, and sexually frank when their series generated a tidal wave of interest among teenage viewers following its January 1998 premiere. Though she came to the show with considerably less professional experience than her castmates, actress Katie Holmes quickly distinguished herself with her tart-tongued delivery and emotional vibrancy. Along with legions of youthful couch potatoes, a slew of Hollywood producers and directors did a double-take, and the doe-eyed, long-legged Holmes filled her first summer hiatus from the daily grind of series television by making three movies. more....