Biography

Holly Powell is an Emmy Award Winning former casting director and recipient of the Casting Society of America's Artios Award. She served as CBS Network's Director of Casting, both east and west coasts, and as Senior Vice-President of Casting for the Greenblatt Janollari Studio in Los Angeles (Bob Greenblatt & David Janollari). Holly was also an independent casting director for many years with Holly Powell Casting, Stone Powell Casting, and Powell Melcher Casting.

She holds a BFA in Drama from The University of Texas, Austin and through Holly Powell Studios she teaches her audition workshops at many different drama schools and universities around the country. She won the Backstage Readers' Choice Award, 'Favorite Audition Technique Teacher,' two years running.

Holly is the author of "The Audition Bible: Secrets Every Actor Needs To Know," which is used in several different university and drama school acting classes and released the 2nd edition of "The Audition Bible" in June 2025 to stay current after the COVID19 pandemic changed so much about audition protocol. She also voiced the Audible audio version of both editions 1 and 2 of "The Audition Bible" which you can order through Amazon.

Holly co-authored her mother's cookbook, "Mavis' Kitchen: A Southern Cooking Lifestyle," and as Board Vice-President and founding member of She Angels Foundation, Holly's passion for philanthropic giving took root. She is also co-founder of Beyond Ranch Foundation and is a supporter of SANGO-Kenya, a non-profit organization training women farmers in east Africa.
- IMDb mini biography by: Holly Powell