This is it!!! Tonight, marks the world premiere of the new feature film in the Twilight Saga,
Eclipse! IMTA Alum Ashley Greene reprises her role as Alice in the blockbuster film! But there's more to Ashley than the Twilight franchise.
"The 'Twilight' saga has kind of given us this instant fame and no one's really seen what we can do yet, apart from playing Alice or whichever character we're playing in the saga.... 'Twilight"s certainly given us an advantage in that we're able to walk into rooms that we couldn't before. There's a lot of things coming up on the horizon."
Ashley has a role in
Butter. the upcoming ensemble film from the Weinstein Company that also stars Jennifer Garner, Hugh Jackman, Alicia Silverstone and Rob Corddry. Ashley's first starring role comes in a thriller called
The Apparition, about a couple is haunted by a supernatural presence after a college experiment. Ashley also stars in
Skateland, a coming-of-age drama set in the '80s that debuted at Sundance earlier this year.
Ashley is an alum of the International Modeling and Talent Association Convention. She competed at IMTA in 2004, when she said,"I'm so thankful I got the opportunity to be here at IMTA because there are so many people and so many opportunities. I want to come back to IMTA even if do I make something big of it. I definitely want to come back, it was a lot of fun!"
Check out Ashley Greene's program book photo. Her photo appeared in the book that is given to all of the agents, managers and casting directors who are in attendance searching for new faces to represent.
Here's the inside scoop about Ashley Greene (IMTA 2004) from Patrick Baca, CSA:
"Casting Director and IMTA Scout Patrick Baca, CSA first auditioned Ashley Greene when the actress was sixteen and a student at an IMTA Member modeling and talent training school in Jacksonville, Florida. Two years later, Ashley moved to Pasadena and at Patrick's encouragement, she began college and acting training. In 2006, Patrick gave Ashley one of her big breaks in the business when he and colleague Jean Scoccimarro cast Ashley in her first recurring role on Television. "Desire" was a night time serial drama which aired daily on MyNetworkTV for thirteen weeks. Ashley played "Renata" and appeared in seven episodes.Patrick also cast former IMTA contestant, Chuti Tiu in a recurring role on the same series. Chuti appeared in 36 episodes in the role of Detective Rachel Lin..."
Enjoy Ashley's performance as Alice in Eclipse! And check back here for all the latest Ashley Greene news!
IMTA's Ashley Greene is presenting at ESPYS tonight! She just tweeted: "So excited to be presenting at the @espys on Wednesday!" The ESPY Awards celebrate the best sport stories of the year and is presented annually. This year's awards will be hosted by Seth Meyers! The 2010 ESPYs will be air, Wednesday, July 14 at 9 p.m. ET on ESPN/ESPNHD from the Nokia Theatre at L.A. More unique content will be available on a variety of ESPN multimedia platforms including ESPN.com, ESPN Mobile, ESPN Deportes and ESPN International. 
Ashley competed at IMTA in 2004, when she said,"I'm so thankful I got the opportunity to be here at IMTA because there are so many people and so many opportunities. I want to come back to IMTA even if do I make something big of it. I definitely want to come back, it was a lot of fun!" She has been very busy this year. She has recently started a new campaign as ambassador for Avon's younger brand called Mark! As brand ambassador for Mark, she will appear in the Mark magalog, website, as well as in print and online advertising. Her huge movie Eclipse just opened in theaters and is doing extremely well. She portrays Alice in the third installment of the Twilight films. She is also currently in production on many projects including: The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Warrior, The Apparition, and the film Butter.
