Autumn Reeser


Autumn Reeser is an American actress. She is best known for her roles as Taylor Townsend on the Fox series The O.C., Lizzie Grant on HBO's Entourage, Katie Andrews on ABC's No Ordinary Family, and Leslie Bellcamp on E!'s The Arrangement. She has appeared in films The Girl Next Door, So Undercover, Clint Eastwood's Sully, and ten Hallmark Channel television films, in leading roles.

Early life

Autumn Reeser was born on September 21, 1980 in La Jolla, California to Tom and Kim Reeser. She spent her childhood developing a solid foundation for her acting career by playing a wide variety of characters in local musical theater productions, from the age of seven until seventeen. Reeser graduated from Carlsbad High School in 1998. After high school, she moved to Los Angeles and enrolled in UCLA’s competitive theater program, where she studied theater history, acting technique, dance, voice and movement. She also studied acting at the Beverly Hills Playhouse.

Career

Television

Early in her career, she appeared in television commercials for Burger King, Clean & Clear and International House of Pancakes. Her first on-screen appearance was a role as Ventu Girl in the episode "Natural Law |Natural Law" of UPN's . Shortly thereafter, she booked guest roles in television shows , Birds of Prey and Cold Case, and moved onto recurring roles in the sitcoms Grounded for Life, Maybe It's Me and Complete Savages. She rose to fame through her role as Taylor Townsend on the Fox hit series The O.C.. She reflected back on the character during a 2010 interview, saying "I feel like there's a lot of girls out there who could really relate to her, who hadn't seen themselves on TV in that way. I loved that about her. I loved that she made no apologies for who she was even though she wasn't what all the magazines said was OK. She was like, "I'm still valid. And I'm awesome. And I know I'm odd, and that's OK."
Reeser portrayed Lizzy Grant in ten episodes of HBO's comedy-drama television series Entourage . First appearing in the show's sixth season, Lizzie is a junior agent working in the Miller Gold Agency's TV division under Andrew Klein, with whom she has an affair. Reeser played Phoebe Valentine, a goddess from Greek mythology in The CW's romantic comedy-drama series Valentine. In 2009, she portrayed lawyer Ashley Hastings in three episodes of TNT's legal drama series Raising the Bar. Reeser played Katie Andrews, Julie Benz's personal assistant in ABC's No Ordinary Family. The show centers on the Powells, a typical American family living in fictional Pacific Bay, California, whose members gain special powers after their plane crashes in the Amazon, Brazil. Reeser also had roles as Kylie Sinclair in Last Resort, as Dr. Gabrielle Asano in Hawaii Five-0 and as Abigail Bruce in Necessary Roughness. She had guest roles in several television shows, including It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia, Ghost Whisperer, Pushing Daisies, Human Target, Royal Pains, Jane by Design, and Hart of Dixie.
In 2015, Reeser portrayed Amanda Weil in three episodes of ABC's science fiction drama series The Whispers. In 2017, she had a recurring role as Tess, Darius Tanz's childhood sweetheart, on the CBS show Salvation. She played talent agent Leslie Bellcamp on the two seasons of The Arrangement, on the E! network. The series follows an unknown actress who, after a successful audition, is plucked from obscurity and offered a secret contract to be the fiancée to Kyle West, one of Hollywood's biggest stars. In 2018, she made a guest appearance as Dr. Wells on Fox's procedural drama television series 9-1-1, in the episode "Let Go".

Films

Reeser has appeared in several feature films and television movies, such as the musical The American Mall with Nina Dobrev, the comedy The Girl Next Door with Elisha Cuthbert, the horror film ' with Corey Feldman, the thriller The Big Bang with Antonio Banderas, the action movie ' with Tom Berenger and the detective comedy So Undercover with Miley Cyrus. She appeared in Clint Eastwood's biographical drama film Sully, released on September 2, 2016. The film received positive reviews from critics and grossed over $240 million worldwide. She also appeared in films Kill 'Em All , Valley of Bones and Dead Trigger.
In late 2012, she received positive reviews for Hallmark Channel's Love at the Thanksgiving Day Parade, in which she was the main heroine. Shortly after, she appeared in a number of romantic comedies aired on the Hallmark Channel, with leading roles in Midnight Masquerade, I Do, I Do, I Do, A Country Wedding, Valentine Ever After, A Bramble House Christmas, Season for Love, Love on the Menu, All Summer Long, and Christmas Under the Stars.

Theater

Since 2006, she has been a member of The WorkJuice Players, a theater troupe primarily known for The Thrilling Adventure Hour, a popular L.A. staged production in the style of old-time radio. She stars in the Amelia Earhart segment, playing the famed pilot, traveling through time; as well as playing a wide variety of other characters in other segments. In 2015, Autumn Reeser and The Thrilling Adventure Hour were invited to perform in New York and Chicago, then Australia and New Zealand. Other members in the troupe include Paul F. Tompkins, Paget Brewster and Busy Philipps.
An accomplished singer and dancer, Reeser has played in many musicals throughout her life. She also sang in numerous cabarets around Los Angeles, including Upright Cabaret and the acclaimed For The Record: Quentin Tarantino . Reeser played Julie Cooper in The O.C. one-night musical, which took place at The Federal Bar in North Hollywood on August 30, 2015. In 2019, she starred in the West Coast premiere of Nicky Silver’s Too Much Sun at the Odyssey Theater in Los Angeles.

Other ventures

Reeser was featured on the cover of December 2006 issue of Stuff magazine. She has also appeared in editorials for Maxim, Celebrity Skin and Zooey. She was ranked at number 57 on the Maxim magazine's "Hot 100 of 2006" list, at number 65 on the Maxim "Hot 100 of 2007" list and at number 85 on the Maxim "Hot 100 of 2011" list.

Personal life

On May 9, 2009, Reeser married writer and director Jesse Warren in Ojai, California. The couple has two sons Finneus 'Finn' James and Dashiell Ford. In November 2014, Reeser filed for divorce from Warren and requested joint physical and legal custody of their children.

Author and friend Patrick Loubatière wrote a book about her, entitled No Ordinary Girl, published in English and French.
In 2015, she was elected to SAG-AFTRA's National and Los Angeles Local Boards.

Filmography

YearTitleRoleNotes
2002'Marcia BradyTelevision film
2007Nature of the BeastJulia SullivanTelevision film
2008'Madison HuxleyTelevision musical
2012Love at the Thanksgiving Day ParadeEmily JonesTelevision film - Lead
2014Midnight MasqueradeElyse SamfordTelevision film - Lead
2015I Do, I Do, I DoJaclyn PalmerTelevision film - Lead
2015A Country WeddingSarah StandorTelevision film - Lead
2016Valentine Ever AfterJuliaTelevision film - Lead
2017A Bramble House ChristmasWilla FairchildTelevision film - Lead
2018Season for LoveTyler DawsonTelevision film - Lead
2019Love on the MenuMaggie YoungTelevision film - Lead
2019All Summer LongTiaTelevision film - Lead
2019Christmas Under the StarsJulie GibbonsTelevision film - Lead

YearTitleRoleNotes
2001'Ventu GirlEpisode: "Natural Law |Natural Law"
2001ThrillsAllisonEpisode: "A Most Dangerous Desire"
2001UndressedErica7 episodes
2001–04Grounded for LifeAlison6 episodes
2002Maybe It's MeBeckyEpisodes: "The Prom Episode, Parts 1 and 2"
2002Birds of PreySherryEpisode: "Prey for the Hunter"
2002–03George LopezPiper MoreyEpisodes: "Token of Unappreciation" and "Girl Fight"
2003'Rachel LyfordEpisode: "Invisible Evidence"
2004Cold CaseSister Grace AshleyEpisode: "The Boy in the Box"
2004–05Complete SavagesAngela12 episodes
2005It's Always Sunny in PhiladelphiaMeganEpisode: "Charlie Wants an Abortion"
2005–07'Taylor Townsend31 episodes
2006Independent LensLaurenEpisode: "My Life... Disoriented"
2007Ghost WhispererSloane AlexanderEpisode: "Don't Try This at Home"
2008Pushing DaisiesKentucky FitzEpisode: "Bzzzzzzzzz!"
2008–09ValentinePhoebe Valentine8 episodes
2009Raising the BarAshley Hastings3 episodes
2009–10EntourageLizzie Grant10 episodes
2010Human TargetLayla / NiteOwlEpisodes: "Lockdown" and "Baptiste"
2010'JailbaitWeb series
2010–11No Ordinary FamilyKatie Andrews20 episodes
2011Royal PainsJane CameronEpisode: "Run, Hank, Run"
2011–13Hawaii Five-0Dr. Gabrielle Asano6 episodes
2012Jane by DesignCharlotte WhitmoreEpisode: "The Wedding Gown"
2012–13Last ResortKylie Sinclair12 episodes
2013Necessary RoughnessAbigail Bruce7 episodes
2015Hart of DixieOlivia GreenEpisode: "Bluebell"
2015The WhispersAmanda Weil3 episodes
2016Sue DavisEpisode: "Love Interrupted"
2017–18The ArrangementLeslie Bellcamp10 episodes
2017SalvationTheresa / Tess3 episodes
20189-1-1Dr. WellsEpisode: "Let Go"