Autumn Reeser

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Autumn Reeser

Reeser in April 2007
Born Autumn Alicia Reeser
September 21, 1980 (1980-09-21) (age 27)
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] 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 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.

[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. She will next star in the 2008 sequel of a 1980s classic, Lost Boys 2 playing Nicole, a girl who inadvertently falls in love with a vampire, and as the heiress villain Madison in a movie musical by the Wendy Wu: Homecoming Warrior producers, called "The American Mall." She has also appeared in four YouTube trailers for the novel Celebutantes as the book's narrator Lola Santisi.

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Year Title Role Notes
2003 The Plagiarist Irene short film
2004 The Girl Next Door Jane
#REDIRECT Art thief musicalArt Thief Musical! Clarity short film
2006 Our Very Own Melora Kendall premiered on TV
2006-2007 The O.C. Taylor Seasons 3 and 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

The television show George Lopez in 2002 & 2003 in 2 episodes as Piper

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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
PLACE OF DEATH