Early life and education

Bush was born in Pasadena, California. She is the only child of Maureen and Charles William Bush. Her mother runs a photography studio and her father is an advertising and beauty photographer. She graduated from Westridge School for Girls in 2000, where she was a member of the volleyball team. At Westridge, she was required to participate in the theatre arts program. Bush stated: "Part of my school's requirement was to do a play. I was really irritated because I wanted to play volleyball and I had to go and do this play. But there was a moment after the performance when I realized I had gone and been somebody else. I thought, 'If I could do this for the rest of my life, I am set.' It was like love at first sight." At the age of 17, Bush was named the Tournament of Roses Parade Queen. She attended the University of Southern California (USC) as a journalism major until her junior year, where she was a member and Social Chair of the Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority.

Career

Bush made her first big screen appearance in the 2002 film National Lampoon's Van Wilder opposite Ryan Reynolds. Following this, she made appearances in several television shows, including Nip/Tuck, Sabrina, the Teenage Witch, and the HBO film Point of Origin. In 2003, Bush was cast as Kate Brewster in Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines, though she was replaced by Claire Danes after a week of filming. Jonathan Mostow, the director of the film, stated that he had replaced her as he felt she was too young for the role, but praised her talent as an actress.

In 2003, Bush landed the role of Brooke Davis in the WB television series One Tree Hill. Throughout the series, her character evolved from a trouble-making vixen to a fiercely loyal friend. After Bush gained mainstream fame, she became a spokesperson for high-profile brands. She has posed on the cover of several mainstream magazines such as Entertainment Weekly, Lucky, Maxim, Glamour, InStyle and Zooey Magazine. She has also had several endorsement deals, such as for Ocean Pacific clothing. Bush and her One Tree Hill co-stars were endorsers for MasterCard, Kmart, Chevy Cobalt and Cingular Wireless. She directed three episodes of the series, including the penultimate episode of the ninth and final season.

In July 2006, Bush co-starred in the 20th Century Fox comedy film John Tucker Must Die, directed by Betty Thomas, opposite Brittany Snow and Jesse Metcalfe. The film was a commercial success, grossing over $60 million worldwide. That same year, she also starred in Buena Vista Pictures' supernatural thriller Stay Alive alongside Jon Foster, Frankie Muniz, and Adam Goldberg. The film, the first to be released by Hollywood Pictures in five years, opened at number three in the U.S. box office. She played Grace Andrews in the 2007 remake of the classic horror film The Hitcher, starring opposite Sean Bean. In 2008, Bush co-starred alongside Kevin Zegers and Vincent D'Onofrio in François Velle's independent film The Narrows, playing the beautiful, intelligent, and self-assured Kathy Popovich. Based on Tim McLoughlin's novel Heart of the Old Country, the film premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival in September 2008.

Three years later, she co-starred in the British romantic comedy film Chalet Girl, which was released in February 2011. In February 2012, it was reported that Bush had joined the cast of the upcoming CBS sitcom Partners. Premiering on September 24, 2012, the series ran for a single season until November, when it was announced that the series had been canceled after six episodes. The remaining seven episodes of the series' initial thirteen-episode order remain unaired in the United States, though they were later aired by various international outlets. In 2013, Bush starred in Passion Pit's "Carried Away" music video, which debuted on February 14. That same year, she was cast in a main role in the television pilot Hatfields & McCoys, but the project failed to be picked up to series. In August 2013, it was announced that Bush had joined the cast of NBC's Chicago Fire police spin-off Chicago P.D. as Det. Erin Lindsay. The series premiered on January 8, 2014.

Personal life

Bush became engaged to her One Tree Hill co-star Chad Michael Murray in May 2004, and they married on April 16, 2005, in Santa Monica, California. After five months of marriage, Bush and Murray announced their separation in September 2005. In February 2006, Bush filed papers for an annulment, citing fraud; Bush's petition was denied, and she and Murray were instead granted a divorce in December 2006. On her divorce, Bush later said: "It devastates me now that I have been reduced to a Hollywood statistic - another joke marriage. I never expected to be married more than once...because I knew what I was getting into and will always believe in love." In a January 2014 episode of Watch What Happens: Live, she stated: "We were two stupid kids who had no business being in a relationship in the first place. To all the other co-stars who've worked it out, more power to you."

From 2008 to 2009, Bush dated her One Tree Hill co-star James Lafferty. Bush also dated actor Austin Nichols, confirming in May 2010 that they had been dating on and off for four years. Nichols took the role of Julian Baker on One Tree Hill to be with Bush. In February 2012, it was reported that Bush and Nichols had ended their relationship. In January 2013, Bush began dating Dan Fredinburg, a program manager for Google. They broke up in February 2014, citing the strains of their long-distance relationship as the cause. Fredinburg died on April 25, 2015, after he sustained a head injury in the April 2015 Nepal earthquake while he was climbing Mount Everest.

On January 8, 2011, Bush's 9-year-old second cousin, Christina-Taylor Green, was fatally shot in the assassination attempt on Rep. Gabrielle Giffords in Tucson, Arizona. Green was the youngest victim of the massacre, which killed six people.

Activism

Bush uses Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and her blog to raise awareness of world events and fundraisers in which she takes part. Bush is a part of fundraisers such as Fuck Cancer, Run For the Gulf, and Global Green Gulf Relief. Bush has been involved in political issues, including her support for Barack Obama as president in the 2008 election. In February 2008, she made several appearances in Texas in support of the Obama campaign in the Democratic presidential primary election. She was joined in Dallas, Fort Worth, and Waco by fellow actor Adam Rodríguez. Touring mostly college campuses, they urged young voters to get involved politically.

In April 2009, along with stars Sarah Chalke, Jason Lewis, Alicia Silverstone, Jane Lynch, and Lance Bass, Bush appeared in the Funny or Die video "A Gaythering Storm", which parodied a National Organization for Marriage video objecting to same-sex marriage. Bush is a staunch supporter of gay rights and, in May 2009, she showed up at a rally in protest of Proposition 8. She carried a sign stating, "I DO support the freedom to marry", and a shirt which had the words "Legalize Gay" across it. In an interview in January 2012, Bush said about the 2012 Republican candidates: "I will not vote for a candidate who thinks you can 'pray away the gay,' I will not vote for a candidate who thinks that he has more rights to my uterus than I do, I will not vote for a candidate who thinks that it's okay to dump toxic waste in the ocean. I'm afraid for our country that people like this could even be thought of as the president. I live in a country where I believe all men are created equal, not just wealthy white guys. I believe all men, all women, regardless of race, gender, socioeconomic background, you deserve the same rights."

Bush set up a fundraiser intended to help people living in the area of the Gulf of Mexico affected by the environmental disaster of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, which occurred on April 20, 2010. The actress has visited Louisiana and testified in interviews of the horror she felt when she visited those places. The fundraiser is on the Internet through crowdsourcing website Crowdrise.com. The actress, to support the fundraiser, announced that she would be running a half marathon that following November, despite having asthma and a year-old knee injury. Bush has additionally teamed up with Do Something to raise more environmental awareness among teens. She was chosen as the spokesperson to endorse the launch of eMission, a Facebook game with the social mission to engage America's youth in fighting climate change created through the joint efforts of Do Something and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Energy Star program.

In 2011, Bush won the Do Something Twitter Award for having spread the word via her Twitter account on how her followers could help with the cleanup after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. She was voted "Fan Favorite" by Facebook users on DoSomething.org. In 2011, Bush also became involved in the Pencils of Promise organization, which builds schools and increases educational opportunities in the developing world. In December 2011, Bush competed with other stars in the Mozilla Firefox Challenge, a one-month fundraising contest whose winner is granted $25,000 to put toward a favorite cause; she won the contest in January 2012. In April 2013, Bush took part in Global Poverty Project's "Live Below the Line" campaign, which consists in living on $1.50 a day to raise awareness of extreme poverty around the world.

In 2013, Bush hosted a Prizeo campaign to raise funds for one of her favorite causes, I Am that Girl. As part of the campaign, Bush offered donors a grand prize of the opportunity to skydive with her. In 2014, Bush's foreword to Alexis Jones' debut novel I Am that Girl was released and distributed by accessories retailer Claire's.

Public image

Bush's appearance has often been the subject of media attention. In April 2007, she ranked No. 90 in the British popular men's magazine FHM, in their countdown of 100 Sexiest Women of 2007. Subsequently, she ranked No. 89 in the U.S. edition of the same magazine. In May 2007, Bush ranked high at No. 24 in the Maxim Hot 100 List of 2007. She has also appeared on the cover of the November 2006 edition of Maxim with her One Tree Hill co-stars Hilarie Burton and Danneel Harris. In previous years, Bush has ranked No. 3 on Femme Fatales: The 50 Sexiest Women of 2004 and named No. 15 on MuchMusic's 20 Hottest Women of 2004.

Bush has been featured in People's "Beautiful at Every Age" and "Most Beautiful" lists for several years.

Year	Countdown Name	Rank #
2004	Femme Fatales: The 50 Sexiest Women of 2004	3
	MuchMusic's 20 Hottest Women of 2004	15
2007	Maxim's Hot 100 List of 2007	24
	FHM's 100 Sexiest Women of 2007	90 UK
	FHM's 100 Sexiest Women of 2007	89 US
2008	AskMen's Top 99 Women of 2008	86
	FHM's 100 Sexiest Women of 2008	24 UK
	The 50 Hottest Women on Television	33
	The 2008 AfterEllen.com Hot 100	63
	Fall TV's Sexiest Primetime Stars	6
	The Top 15 Hottest Former Sorority Girls	4
	The 21 Hottest Italian Women Alive	4
	TV's 50 Sexiest Women of 2008	4
2009	BuddyTV's 50 Most Eligible Bachelorettes of 2009	3
2010	BuddyTV's 100 Sexiest Women of 2010	77
2011	BuddyTV's 100 Sexiest Women of 2011	53

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2002	National Lampoon's Van Wilder	Sally
2003	Learning Curves	Beth
2005	Supercross	Zoe Lang
2006	Stay Alive	October Bantum
2006	John Tucker Must Die	Beth McIntyre
2007	The Hitcher	Grace Andrews
2008	The Narrows	Kathy Popovich
2009	Table for Three	Mary	Direct-to-video
2011	Chalet Girl	Chloe

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2002	Point of Origin	Carrie Orr	HBO film
2003	The Flannerys	Katie Flannery	Unaired pilot
2003	Sabrina, the Teenage Witch	Fate Mackenzie	Episode: "Romance Looming"
2003	Nip/Tuck	Ridley Lange	3 episodes
2003-12	One Tree Hill	Brooke Davis	186 episodes; also directed 3 episodes
2005	Punk'd	Herself	Episode 6.02
2010	Southern Discomfort	Haley Dobson	Unaired pilot
2011	Phineas and Ferb	Sara (voice)	Episode: "Candace Gets Busted"
2012-13	Partners	Ali Landow	13 episodes
2013	Hatfields & McCoys	Emma McCoy	Unaired pilot
2013-present	Chicago Fire	Det. Erin Lindsay	9 episodes
2014	MythBusters	Herself / Princess Leia	Episode: "Star Wars: Revenge of the Myth"
2014-present	Chicago P.D.	Det. Erin Lindsay	Main role
2014-16	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Det. Erin Lindsay	4 episodes
2015	Chicago Med	Det. Erin Lindsay	2 episodes
	Pickle and Peanut	Addition voices	Voice role; 1 episode
2016	HelLA	Sophia	1 episode

Music videos

Year	Title	Artist
2013	"Carried Away"	Passion Pit

Awards and nominations

Year	Association	Category	Work	Result
2005	Teen Choice Awards	Choice TV Actress - Drama	One Tree Hill	Nominated
2006		Choice TV Actress - Action/Drama		Nominated
2007		Choice Movie Actress - Comedy	John Tucker Must Die	Won
		Choice Movie Actress - Horror/Thriller	The Hitcher	Won
		Choice Movie Breakout - Female	The Hitcher and John Tucker Must Die	Won
	Vail Film Festival	Rising Star Award		Won
2008	Teen Choice Awards	Choice TV Actress - Drama	One Tree Hill	Nominated
2011	VH1 Do Something Awards	Do Something Twitter Award		Won

Charities

Sophia Bush supports the following charitable causes: Teens, Alzheimer's, Children, Environment.

[ Source: Wikipedia ]