With more space in her personal life, Katie has turned her focus back to her work. In recent years, she’s leaned heavily into theater, earning praise for performances in productions including The Wanderers off-Broadway in 2023, the 2024 Broadway revival of Our Town and, more recently, a three-month run in Hedda Gabler at San Diego’s Old Globe Theatre that ended in March.
“I’m adamant about having a life and not letting this industry dictate decisions as simple as what I wear or as complicated as what I do,” Katie – who, despite stepping back from the spotlight, has long remained an envied source of fashion inspiration – told Town & Country in 2024. “You don’t want to be afraid of anything, right?”
She’s fearlessly taken creative control of her career, recently writing, directing and starring in Happy Hours, a film trilogy about former young lovers reconnecting as adults that reunites her with former Dawson‘s costar – and onetime boyfriend – Joshua Jackson, 47, nearly three decades after they navigated fame together on the coming-of-age series.
“Working with Josh after so many years is a testament to friendship,” she shared on Instagram. He, too, recently reflected on their enduring connection, calling Katie a “lifelong friend” in a March 10 interview on Today. “For us to be able to go back and do this” – they shot the first film last summer – “was kind of magical… To still have chemistry with somebody after all of those years….”