Success Stories
Katie Holmes

Born and raised in Toledo, Ohio, Katie Holmes attended Margaret O'Brien Starbound NYC workshops. She was discovered at IMTA when attending with Margaret O'Brien Starbound NYC. From there she went to LA for television's pilot season and won a part in the acclaimed feature film The Ice Storm (1997) in her very first audition, but she didn't stop there. A videotape was sent to "Dawson's Creek" (1998), a new production by the acclaimed writer Kevin Williamson (Scream, 1996, and I Know What You Did Last Summer, 1997), which landed her the series regular role of Joey Potter.

Katie Holmes' big screen credits include "Pieces of April" (2003) and "The Singing Detective" (2003), "First Daughter" (2004), in which she plays the President's (Michael Keaton) daughter, and "Batman Begins." Katie has had numerous other television and film credits.
Alyson Stoner

Alyson Stoner was born in Toledo, OH and at age 6, she took acting and modeling workshops at Margaret O’Brien's Starbound NYC. She attended International Modeling and Talent Association’s (IMTA) New York Convention where she competed in many talent competitions. She took home honors in seven categories including First Place for a Comedic role, Second Place in Dance (as a 6 year old in the 8 to 12 year old category!) and First Runner Up, Actress of the Year.

One of Alyson's first big breaks was being casted to dance in the Missy Elliott “Work It” video which won top honors for Missy Elliott at the Video Music Awards. Her acting career took off soon after her move to L.A. when she booked several commercials and was cast as "Sally" at age 8 on the popular Disney Channel’s "Mike’s Super Short Show."

Her “big screen” career includes roles as “Sarah Baker” in the popular Cheaper by the Dozen and Cheaper by the Dozen 2 movies starring Steve Martin and Bonnie Hunt; as “Camille” in Step Up starring Channing Tatum and Jenna Dewan; as “Alice” in Alice UpSide Down (where she also sang the title song) and as “Caitlyn” in Disney’s Camp Rock starring among others, the Jonas Brothers.

Recently Alyson can be seen in the Disney TV movie hit "Camp Rock."
Adrianne Palicki

Adrianne Palicki is a successful Starbound NYC actress who currently stars as Tyra Collette on the NBC television series Friday Night Lights.

She appeared in the Aquaman-based WB pilot Mercy Reef as an evil siren, but the pilot was not picked up for series by the CW network, a result of The WB and UPN network merger, which occurred while the pilot was being filmed.

Other television credits include Smallville as Kara in the season 3 finale ("Covenant"). Palicki also starred in Supernatural as Jessica Moore, Sam Winchester's doomed girlfriend, killed by a demon, in its pilot episode. The character reappears in the Supernatural season 2 episode, "What is and What Never Should Be".