With Netflix's 'Someone Great,' Jennifer Kaytin Robinson lays the foundation for an entertainment empire

Jennifer Kaytin Robinson has lived on the precipice of fame, always this-close to making it.

At 16, she made it to the final round of auditions for the Disney Channel show "Hannah Montana." Certain she would ultimately land the part of Miley Cyrus' best friend, she convinced her mom to move with her from their native Miami to Hollywood. Robinson followed the casting director's advice, sporting a cheery sweater-vest and having her mom drive her to the audition so she'd appear younger. But when she stood next to Cyrus, their five-year age gap was too apparent. The part went to Emily Osment.

Robinson remained undeterred. She was living at the Palazzo, the apartment complex where the reality show "The Hills" filmed, and she felt like she was at the center of it all. She was just across the street from the Grove, where she had her first celebrity