First Daughter

First Daughter is a 2004 romantic comedy film that revolves around a Presidential daughter who enrolls at a college. It stars Katie Holmes as "First Daughter" Samantha Mackenzie, and Marc Blucas as James Lansome, another student at the college. The film follows Samantha as she is given a new sense of freedom during her time away from the White House, and her life's gradual transformation into something resembling "normal", but also her realisation that she must appreciate the life she already has.

Cast

• Katie Holmes as Samantha Mackenzie. The final episode of Holmes' television show Dawson's Creek had aired shortly after she had signed up for the film, and this was one of the reasons she became interested in the project: "It was a movie I felt like sort of catered to the audience of Dawson's Creek" http://filmforce.ign.com/articles/550/550262p2.html.
• Marc Blucas as James Lansome.
• Amerie as Mia Thompson. First Daughter was the R&B singer's acting debut. Of Forest Whitaker, Amerie said "It was a blessing to work with such a great director. He's an actor as well, so he knew how to get the best out of me and teach me."http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/artsentertainment/2002470674_amerie06.html
• Michael Keaton as President Mackenzie.
• Margaret Colin as Melanie Mackenzie, the First Lady.
• Lela Rochon Fuqua as Liz Pappas, the President's secretary. Rochon had previously played a leading role in Forest Whitaker's directorial debut, Waiting to Exhale (1995).