Raised in Pasadena, California, she discovered acting through her high school’s theater program at Westridge School for Girls, where a mandatory play sparked a lifelong passion; she later intended to study theater and psychology at Tulane University. After a debut in the 2002 comedy National Lampoon’s Van Wilder, she secured the role of Brooke Davis on the teen drama One Tree Hill (2003-2012), a p…
