Katie Lohmann was born in Scottsdale Arizona on January 29 1980 She is the youngest of three children sister Christine and brother Michael Her father Dan is a successful accountant and has owned several businesses Her mother Sharon is the head of payroll for Citibank Her parents divorced in 1992 Katie discovered early on that she loved performing on stage Her first performance was singing a song from the Walt Disney classic The Little Mermaid 1989 at the age of eight and she received a standing ovation In 1989 a casting call took place for the new Disney Mickey Mouse show The All New Mickey Mouse Club Although she had never worked on a TV show Katie felt that this would be the perfect opportunity and was told she was exactly what they were looking for However her mother felt she was too young and the show would interfere with her education Katie decided to take her mothers advice and wait until she was finished with school before pursuing her career Ten years later 2000 she graduated from high school and relocated to Los Angeles She captured Hollywood by storm with her platinum blonde hair and beautiful hazel eyes Katie had already been modeling for several years prior to moving to Los Angeles and within a short time had been on the cover of numerous magazines all over the world It wasnt long after that she came to the attention of Playboy magazine and they decided to make her a centerfold By the age of 20 she landed her first acting gig on Rude Awakening 1998 and soon found herself in such films as Tomcats 2001 Auto Focus 2002 and National Lampoon Presents Dorm Daze 2003 starring Tatyana Ali and Danielle Fishel