Autumn Reeser
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 Reeser in April 2007 |
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| Born | Autumn Alicia Reeser September 21, 1980 La Jolla, California, USA |
Autumn Alicia Reeser (born September 21, 1980) is an American actress. She is perhaps best known for playing Taylor Townsend on the Fox series The O.C..
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[edit] Biography
[edit] Personal life
Reeser was born in La Jolla, California, the daughter of Kim (née Handel) and Tom Reeser, the executive director of the television channel KOCT.[1] Reeser performed musical theater in her hometown from the age of six until she left at seventeen. After graduating from Carlsbad High School, she moved to Los Angeles to study at UCLA. Reeser lives in Hollywood, California. She enjoys cooking, scrapbooking, dancing, painting, and playing with her dog, a Papillon named Gatsby after the book The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald. She is currently engaged to Jesse.
[edit] Career
Reeser's character Taylor Townsend first appeared during the show's third season, and joined the cast as a regular as of the fourth season. Her quirky character reinvigorated the show, and she quickly became a fan favorite. After The O.C. concluded, she joined The CW pilot The World According to Barnes's cast as "[the lead character]'s down-to-earth girlfriend, a paralegal and the daughter of an FBI agent."[2][3]
In addition to The O.C., Reeser appeared in recurring roles on the WB's Maybe It's Me, ABC's Complete Savages, Grounded for Life, My Life DisOriented, FX Network's It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, and is a spokesperson for Clean & Clear. She has also appeared in a number of other television programs, as well as the films The Girl Next Door and the small-town indie "Our Very Own". Maxim ranked Reeser as the 57th most beautiful woman in the world in 2006.[4] She also appeared on the cover of the December 2006 issue of Stuff magazine (U.S. version)
Reeser most recently appeared in ABC Family's October film Nature of the Beast, and an episode of CBS's Ghost Whisperer. Autumn recently finished production on the dark comedy Possessions, due for release in 2009. She will next star in the 2008 sequel of a 1980s classic, Lost Boys: The Tribe playing Nicole, a girl who inadvertently falls in love with a vampire, and as the heiress villain Madison in a movie musical by the High School Musical producers, called "The American Mall." She has also appeared in four YouTube trailers for the novel Celebutantes as the book's narrator Lola Santisi.
She will be starring in the new CW series Valentine.
[edit] Filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 2003 | The Plagiarist | Irene | short film |
| 2004 | The Girl Next Door | Jane | |
| Art Thief Musical! | Clarity | short film | |
| 2006 | Our Very Own | Melora Kendall | premiered on TV |
| 2005-2007 | The O.C. | Taylor | Seasons 3 to 4 |
| 2007 | Palo Alto The Movie | Jaime | |
| Nature of the Beast | Julia | premiered on TV | |
| 2008 | Americanese | Sylvia | |
| Lost Boys: The Tribe | Nicole Emerson | ||
| The American Mall | Madison | premiered on TV | |
| Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 | Commander. Lisette Hanley | video game | |
| Pushing Daisies | Kentucky Fritz | Season 2, Episode 1 | |
| 2009 | Possessions | Jessica |
[edit] References
- ^ Autumn Reeser Biography | TVGuide.com
- ^ Andreeva, Nellie. "Dushku aids Fox's 'Nurses'/Cox, Valletta on board CBS pilots." The Hollywood Reporter, March 12, 2007.
- ^ The World According to Barnes at the Internet Movie Database
- ^ "FreeJose.com". Maxim Magazine Hot 100 Women of 2006. Retrieved on January 23, 2007.
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| NAME | Reeser, Autumn |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Reeser, Autumn Alicia |
| SHORT DESCRIPTION | Actor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1980-9-21 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | La Jolla, California, U.S. |
| DATE OF DEATH | |
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