Katie Holmes' Hometown Reacts

Many Think Her Recent Actions Are Out Of Character

(AP)  It seems like everyone who's ever come into contact with Holmes has been bombarded with interview requests from reporters.

"It drives me insane," said Wendy Davis, who five years ago bought the modeling and acting agency where Holmes got her start. Davis, who has never met the actress, said her students think the attention on Holmes' engagement is silly.

Holmes is the youngest of five siblings, the daughter of an attorney in a town where hot dogs and bowling still equal a decent night out.

She got her big break at a modeling show in New York in 1995. During her junior year of high school, she spent six weeks studying acting in California, mailing her assignments to her teachers in Toledo.

Still, she stayed grounded despite appearing in her first movie, "The Ice Storm," before graduating from Notre Dame Academy.

She turned down an audition for television series "Dawson's Creek" because she was finishing a high school production. She, of course, still got the part.

Her latest film, "Batman Begins," opened last week.

Now those in her hometown are left to wonder if the girl who always embraced her Midwest roots has changed.

"Maybe she's becoming like all the other people in Hollywood," said Rachel Snitch, who graduated from Holmes' high school in 2000.