Katie Holmes says she’s 'not sexy' while discussing growing up in the spotlight
foxnews.comKatie Holmes shared her thoughts on avoiding being typecast after rising to fame as a teenager on "Dawson's Creek." The 44-year-old actress was 18 when she was cast in her breakthrough role as Joey Potter on the hit teen drama in 1998.
After the series concluded its sixth and final season in 2003, she resisted being "boxed" into certain acting roles throughout her career, Holmes told Glamour magazine. "I didn’t want to be the sexy young thing.
I am not sexy. I used to have a friend of mine come to all my photo shoots to make sure that they didn’t try to make me that way," the Ohio native said.
Holmes admitted there was some pressure for her to play the "sexy young thing" after "Dawson's Creek" ended. "Yeah, I guess I just wanted to be an actor," she told the outlet.
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