Catch IMTA alum Katy O'Grady in theaters this weekend in the humorous romantic comedy Management.The film stars Jennifer Aniston, Steve Zahn and is directed by Stephen Belber. Katy plays the part of the Corporate Bliss Receptionist in this film about a traveling art sales woman and a goofy but sweet hotel clerk who falls for her.
Katie competed at IMTA in 2005 where she won Talent of the Year. Talent of the Year is awarded to the actor who has the highest composite score from five of the IMTA acting Competitions including Monologue, Soaps, Sitcoms, TV Real People Commercial and Cold Read. Katie also won a scholarship when she competed at IMTA. Katie was recently in the film Untraceable and has appeared in the independent film Some Will Fall and Sasquatch Dumpling Gang which starred another IMTA alum Jeremy Sumpter!
Tonight is the season finale of the third season of Friday Night Lights starring THREE IMTA alums Adrianne Palicki, Zach Roerig and Jeremy Sumpter. According to a NBC Official Press Release:" we still have two more seasons ahead of us to follow the Dillon gang... Changes Come Along As Life Goes On In Dillon—Five months after the state championship, everyone is getting ready for some big changes. ..... Landry (Jesse Plemons) and Tyra (Adrianne Palicki) face an uncertain future as he helps her make fateful decisions about college."
Adrianne has been on FNL since season one. She stars as Tyra Collette, the popular "bad girl", and a central and riveting character. Variety named Adrianne as one of the actresses who should be considered for an Emmy nomination in a feature from Variety's Award Central! This talented gorgeous actress competed at IMTA in 2001.
Zach Roerig was cast as Cash this season, a local rodeo star who does his best to lasso fellow IMTA alum Adrianne Palicki's character,Tyra Collette! Zach competed at the IMTA Convention in Los Angeles in 2003 where his charm, great looks and acting talent impressed the agents and managers attending. Zach signed with the late Thomas Harding Jones and FORD MODELS and was cast on One Life to Live. He is best known for his portrayal of Casey Hughes on the daytime drama As The World Turns from 2005-2007.
Jeremy plays lead character J.D. McCoy, a hotshot freshman quarterback who moves to Dillon with his family to try to take the starting QB job. Jeremy has starred in a several feature films including Frailty, Local Boys and The Sasquatch Dumpling Gang. After an exhaustive world-wide search, Jeremy was chosen to star as Peter in P.J. Hogan's $100 million dollar version of Peter Pan. Jeremy competed at IMTA in Los Angeles in January of 2000 where he met his manager Mark Robert of MARK ROBERT MANAGEMENT.
Be sure to watch Adrianne, Zach and Jeremy on Friday Night Lights on NBC!
Don't miss NBC's primetime premiere of Friday Night Lights, the critically-acclaimed series about high school football in a small Texas town. Season 3 begins tonight by fast-forwarding to the start of a new school year! An AMAZING three IMTA alumni will appear on FNL during this season!
Zach Roerig
Zach Roerig joins the cast as Cash, a local rodeo star who does his best to lasso fellow IMTA alum Adrianne Palicki's Tyra Collette! Zach competed at IMTA Convention in Los Angeles in 2003 where his charm, great looks and acting talent impressed the agents and managers attending. Zach signed with the late Thomas Harding Jones and FORD MODELS and was cast on One Life to Live. He is best known for his portrayal of Casey Hughes on the daytime drama As The World Turns from 2005-2007.
Jeremy Sumpter
Friday Night Lights has also cast IMTA alum Jeremy Sumpter in a pivotal role! Jeremy plays lead character J.D. McCoy, a hotshot freshman quarterback who moves to Dillon with his family to try to take the starting QB job. Jeremy has starred in a several feature films including Frailty, Local Boys and The Sasquatch Dumpling Gang. After an exhaustive world-wide search, Jeremy was chosen to star as Peter in P.J. Hogan's $100 million dollar version of Peter Pan. Jeremy competed at IMTA in Los Angeles in January of 2000 where he met his manager Mark Robert of MARK ROBERT MANAGEMENT.
Adrianne Palicki
And of course, IMTA alum Adrianne Palicki resumes her role, starring as Tyra Collette. Adrianne has been on Friday Night Lights since season one. Please see the post below for THAT IMTA BLOG's exclusive feature on Adrianne to read more about this talented gorgeous actress who competed at IMTA in 2001.
Be sure to watch Adrianne, Zach and Jeremy on Friday Night Lights on NBC!
