Autumn Reeser

 Autumn Reeser was the breakout actor in 2005's Taylor Townsend, a quirky-cute and socially awkward character from Fox's cult drama "The O.C." In addition to directing the cast in numerous romantic comedies for Hallmark, she is also famous for her portrayals as the firecracker junior agent Lizzie Grant on HBO's "Entourage" and scientist Katie Andrew on ABC's "No Ordinary Family." Kim as well as Tom Reeser were her parents. She and her younger sister were raised in Carlsbad and Oceanside in a family that was devoted to and supportive of the arts. Autumn was a voracious reader as when she was a kid and received an award from her local library for the 'Most Books Read in ONE Summer' award. She loved the detective novels Linda Craig, Encyclopedia Brown, Nancy Drew and Encyclopedia Brown. She was a very good student and was a part of the Gifted and Talented Program, and received an Scholastic Award for her work as a reporter at the age of 13 for a documentary that focused on homeless people in the area. She was a student at Carlsbad High School where she was involved in French club, cheerleading as well as school plays. She also worked at the clothing shop Wet Seal on the weekends. She was a member of Homecoming Court, and she was named the Most Beautiful during her year of graduation.