Early life and education

Reeser was born in La Jolla, California, the daughter of Kim (née Handel) and Tom Reeser. 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. She graduated from UCLA in 2004. She also studied acting at the Beverly Hills Playhouse acting school. Reeser lives in Hollywood, California. She enjoys scrapbooking, painting, and playing with her Papillon dog named Gatsby after the book The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald.

Career

Reeser is perhaps best known for her character Taylor Townsend on popular television series, The O.C.. She first appeared during the third season and joined as a regular cast member the following season. In addition to The O.C., Reeser has appeared on numerous television shows including HBO's Entourage, WB's Maybe It's Me, ABC's Complete Savages, WB's Grounded for Life, FX Network's It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, ABC's Pushing Daisies, Fox's Human Target, CBS's Ghost Whisperer, TNT's Raising the Bar, The CW pilot The World According to Barnes, and the ABC Family's October film Nature of the Beast. Additionally, Reeser played the starring role of Phoebe Valentine, Goddess of the Oracle at Delphi, in the CW Network series Valentine. Reeser also appeared in the ABC television series No Ordinary Family during the 2010-11 season. Reeser co-starred in the short-lived military drama Last Resort during the 2012-2013 season.

She has also appeared in a number of films including the 2008 sequel of a 1980s film, Lost Boys: The Tribe, Smokin' Aces 2: Assassins' Ball, The Girl Next Door, and a movie musical by the High School Musical producers, called The American Mall.

Reeser has also appeared in Internet projects, including four YouTube trailers for the novel Celebutantes as the book's narrator Lola Santisi and as a guest-star on The Bannen Way, a serial action show created by her husband, Jesse Warren.

Maxim ranked Reeser as the 57th most beautiful woman in the world in 2006. She also appeared on the cover of the December 2006 issue of Stuff magazine (U.S. version). Reeser is a spokesperson for Clean & Clear.

Reeser appears regularly in the Thrilling Adventure Hour, a staged show in the style of old-time radio. She is the star of the segment "Amelia Earhart: Fearless Flyer".

In the fall of 2010, she starred in the concert revue For The Record: Quentin Tarantino in Los Angeles.

Reeser also contributed to the 2008 video game Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3, voicing Commander Lissette Hanley of the Allied Nations. Her character also appears in the demo.

Personal life

On May 9, 2009, Reeser married writer/director Jesse Warren in Ojai, California. They have two sons: Finneus James Warren, born on May 10, 2011 and Dashiell Ford Warren, born on November 25, 2013. In November 2014, Reeser filed for divorce from Warren, citing irreconcilable differences.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2003	Plagiarist, TheThe Plagiarist	Irene	Short film
2004	Girl Next Door, TheThe Girl Next Door	Jane
2004	Art Thief Musical!	Clarity	Short film
2005	Our Very Own	Melora Kendall
2006	Americanese	Sylvia
2007	Palo Alto	Jamie
2008	Lost Boys: The Tribe	Nicole	Video
2010	Smokin' Aces 2: Assassins' Ball	Kaitlyn 'AK-47' Tremor	Video
2010	Big Bang, TheThe Big Bang	Fay Neman
2012	Possessions	Jessica
2012	Let the Trumpet Talk	Lead	Short film
2012	So Undercover	Bizzy
2016	Sully		Filming

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2001	Star Trek: Voyager	Ventu Girl	Episode: "Natural Law"
2001	Thrills	Allison	Episode: "A Most Dangerous Desire"
2001	Undressed	Erica	7 episodes
2001-04	Grounded for Life	Alison	6 episodes
2002	Maybe It's Me	Becky	Episodes: "The Prom Episode, Parts 1 and 2"
2002	Birds of Prey	Sherry the Girlfriend	Episode: "Prey for the Hunter"
2002	Brady Bunch in the White House, TheThe Brady Bunch in the White House	Marcia Brady	TV movie
2002-03	George Lopez	Piper Morey	Episodes: "Token of Unappreciation" and "Girl Fight"
2003	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation	Rachel Lyford	Episode: "Invisible Evidence"
2004	Cold Case	Sister Grace Ashley	Episode: "The Boy in the Box"
2004-05	Complete Savages	Angela	12 episodes
2005	It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia	Megan	Episode: "Charlie Wants an Abortion"
2005-07	O.C., TheThe O.C.	Taylor Townsend	31 episodes
2006	Independent Lens	Lauren	Episode: "My Life... Disoriented"
2007	World According to Barnes, TheThe World According to Barnes	Sheri	TV movie
2007	Ghost Whisperer	Sloane Alexander	Episode: "Don't Try This at Home"
2007	Nature of the Beast	Julia	TV movie
2008	American Mall, TheThe American Mall	Madison Huxley	TV movie
2008	Pushing Daisies	Kentucky Fitz	Episode: "Bzzzzzzzzz!"
2008-09	Valentine	Phoebe Valentine	8 episodes
2009	Raising the Bar	Ashley Hastings	3 episodes
2009-10	Entourage	Lizzie Grant	10 episodes
2010	Human Target	Layla	Episodes: "Lockdown" and "Baptiste"
2010	Bannen Way, TheThe Bannen Way	Jailbait	Web series
2010-11	No Ordinary Family	Katie Andrews	20 episodes
2011	Royal Pains	Jane Cameron	Episode: "Run, Hank, Run"
2011-13	Hawaii Five-0	Dr. Gabrielle Asano	6 episodes
2012	Jane by Design	Charlotte	Episode: "The Wedding Gown"
2012-13	Last Resort	Kylie Sinclair	13 episodes
2012	Love at the Thanksgiving Day Parade	Emily Jones	TV movie
2013	Necessary Roughness	Abigail Bruce	7 episodes
2014	Midnight Masquerade	Elyse Samford	TV movie
2015	I Do, I Do, I Do	Jaclyn Palmer	TV movie
2015	Hart of Dixie	Olivia Green	Episode: "Bluebell"
2015	The Whispers	Amanda Weil
2015	A Country Wedding	Sara	TV movie (Hallmark Channel)
2016	Valentine Ever After	Julia	TV movie (Hallmark Channel)

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