KATIE HOLMES

She realizes she's about to become a fixation for adolescent boys from coast to coast. That doesn't mean she's ready for it. The 18-year-old native of Toledo still sees herself as "naive and sheltered." And that makes sense. Her role as Joey Potter on the WB's heavily hyped coming-of-age drama Dawson's Creek is just Holmes' second professional gig.

But she's got Hollywood talking. Her Joey is innocent, sassy, honest and wise beyond her years--in other words, the sort of character for which Dawson's Creek creator Kevin Williamson (Scream, I Know What You Did Last Summer) has become known.

"She's awkward," says Holmes, "but I'm like her, in that I'm more tomboy than I am cool." Despite her lack of experience, she acquits herself nicely, just as she did last year in her acting debut, as Tobey Maguire's love interest in Ang Lee's The Ice Storm.

Dawson's Creek isn't the only dance on Katie's card. She's also set to play a teen from the wrong side of the tracks in the upcoming Disturbing Behavior. "Nose ring and everything," she says.

Beyond that? Well, there is one dream she'd like to live out: "A date with Leonardo DiCaprio." Sounds like she's getting the hang of this Hollywood thing.

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