Katie Holmes

'Mad Money' Star Katie Holmes Accelerates Without Cruise Control ---It’s been a wild couple of years in the spotlight for Katie Holmes. The one-time teen TV cutie and rising movie ingénue was thrust into the media spotlight when she entered into a high-octane courtship with one of the biggest movie stars on the planet, who’d also courted more than a little criticism when he hopped on Oprah’s couch proclaiming his love for her. But now, happily settled into life as Mrs. Tom Cruise and mom to Suri, who’s vying with Shiloh Jolie-Pitt as the world’s most famous toddler, Katie’s back on the big screen, costarring in the femme-centric heist comedy Mad Money opposite Diane Keaton and Queen Latifah, and telling Hollywood.com all about her new life as a working mom. "It's particularly interesting to see Katie," said Keaton, "because of who she fell in love with and what the ramifications are of all that attention and how you handle it and how you live that life that she's living."
Milestones
2008 Co-starred with Queen Latifah and Diane Keaton in "Mad Money"
2006 Portrayed a reporter opposite Aaron Eckhart in the satirical comedy "Thank You for Smoking" directed by Jason Reitman
2005 Starred as the love interest to Bruce Wayne/Batman (Christian Bale) in "Batman Begins"
2003 Played a troubled young woman forced to reevaluate her familial ties in "Pieces of April"
2003 Played Colin Farrell's mistress in Joel Schumacher's "Phone Booth"
2000 Played a college student infatuated with her English professor in "Wonder Boys"
2000 Played a slutty rich girl whose disappearance and murder is an integral plot point in "The Gift"
1999 Featured in the ensemble of Doug Liman's "Go"
1999 Starred in Kevin Williamson's directorial debut, "Teaching Mrs Tingle"
1998 Cast as Joey Potter, the childhood best friend of the title character, in "Dawson's Creek" (WB)
1998 Played leading role in David Nutter's "Disturbing Behavior"
1997 Landed role of Lola in high school production of "Damn Yankees"
1997 Had featured role as Libbets Casey in Ang Lee's "The Ice Storm"
Born and raised in Toledo, OH
Attended a modeling and talent convention in NYC where she was spotted by a talent manager.

Jessica alba

Jessica Marie Alba (born April 28, 1981) is an American actress. She is known for her roles in Honey, Dark Angel, Sin City, Fantastic Four, Into the Blue and Idle Hands.Alba was born in Pomona, California, to Mark Alba, who is Mexican American (though both of his parents were born in California), and Catherine (née Jensen), who has French and Danish ancestry; the two married while in their teenage years. Her maternal grandfather was a Marine NCO for 30 years, serving in the Pacific during WWII, and later as Asst. Drum Major for the United States Marine Band. Alba was raised in an Air Force family, along with her brother, Joshua (an actor who appeared with her in the season one finale of Dark Angel), and her grandparents, until she was seventeen years old. Her father's Air Force career took the family to Biloxi, Mississippi and Del Rio, Texas, before they settled back in California.Alba's early life was marked by a multitude of physical maladies; she suffered collapsed lungs twice, had pneumonia 4-5 times a year, a burst appendix, and a cyst on her tonsils. This served to isolate her from other children at school because, as she claims, she was in the hospital so often that no one knew her well enough to befriend her.She has also acknowledged suffering from obsessive-compulsive disorder during childhood. Her health improved, however, when her family moved to California.Alba had expressed interest in acting since the age of five. She took her first acting class at age twelve, and an acting agent signed her nine months later.Her first appearance on film was a small role in the 1994 feature Camp Nowhere as Gail. She was originally hired for two weeks but her role turned into a two-month job when the actress in one of the prominent roles dropped out.Alba appeared in two national TV commercials for Nintendo and J.C. Penney as a child; she was later featured in several independent films. She branched out into TV in 1994 with a recurring role as the vain Jessica in three episodes of the Nickelodeon comedy series The Secret World of Alex Mack. She then performed the role of Maya in the first two seasons of the TV series Flipper. Under the tutelage of her lifeguard mother, Alba learned to swim before she could walk, and she was a PADI-certified scuba diver, skills which were put to use on the show, which was filmed in Australia.