Holly Powell

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. 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 with Honors 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” and released "The Audition Bible: Secrets Every Actor Needs To Know" Edition #2 in June of 2025. Edition #2 updates Part One and Part Two as audition protocol changed during COVID and the post-pandemic world. A new Part Three called "The New Normal of Auditioning" covers self-taping and the changing landscape of the Entertainment Industry.

Holly Powell also narrates the Audible Audiobook version of "The Audition Bible: Secrets Every Actor Needs To Know" as well.

Used in several different university and drama school acting classes across the country, "The Audition Bible" has taken it's place in the classroom as well as the bookshelves of actors and other Industry Professionals.

Holly co-authored her mother’s cookbook, “Mavis’ Kitchen: A Southern Cooking Lifestyle,” and after serving 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 a supporter of SANGO-Kenya, a non-profit organization training women farmers in east Africa.