Autumn Reeser Biography

Autumn Alicia Reeser (born September 21, 1980) is an American actress. She has portrayed Taylor Townsend on the Fox series The O.C., Lizzie Grant on HBO's Entourage, Katie Andrews on ABC's No Ordinary Family and Kylie Sinclair on ABC's Last Resort.

Personal life

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. 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).

On May 9, 2009, Reeser married writer/director Jesse Warren in Ojai, California. On December 1, 2010, Reeser announced she was pregnant with her first child. Her son, Finneus James, was born on May 10, 2011. On May 29, 2013, Reeser announced that she was pregnant with her second child. She is due in late November 2013.

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 has signed on as part of the cast of Last Resort for the upcoming 2012-2013 season.

She has also appeared in a number of films including the 2008 sequel of a 1980s cult classic, 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.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2003	'	Irene	Short film
2004	'	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
	'	Fay Neman
2012	Possessions	Jessica
	Let the Trumpet Talk	Lead	Short film
	So Undercover	Bizzy	Completed

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2001	Star Trek: Voyager	Ventu Girl	Episode: "Natural Law"
	Thrills	Allison	Episode: "A Most Dangerous Desire"
	Undressed	Erica	TV series
2001-2004	Grounded for Life	Alison	6 episodes
2002	Maybe It's Me	Becky	Episode: "The Prom Episode: Part 1" Episode: "The Prom Episode: Part 2"
	Birds of Prey	Sherry the Girlfriend	Episode: "Prey for the Hunter"
	'	Marcia Brady	TV movie
2002-2003	George Lopez	Piper Morey	Episode: "Token of Unappreciation" "Girl Fight"
2003	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation	Rachel Lyford	Episode: "Invisible Evidence"
2004	Cold Case	Sister Grace Ashley	Episode: "The Boy in the Box"
2004-2005	Complete Savages	Angela	12 episodes
2005	It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia	Megan	Episode: "Charlie Wants an Abortion"
2005-2007	'	Taylor Townsend	31 episodes
2006	Independent Lens	Lauren	Episode: "My Life... Disoriented"
2007	'	Sheri	TV movie
	Ghost Whisperer	Sloane Alexander	Episode: "Don't Try This at Home"
	Nature of the Beast	Julia	TV movie
2008	'	Madison Huxley	TV movie
	Pushing Daisies	Kentucky Fitz	Episode: "Bzzzzzzzzz!"
2008-2009	Valentine	Phoebe Valentine	8 episodes
2009	Raising the Bar	Ashley Hastings	3 episodes
2009-2010	Entourage	Lizzie Grant	10 episodes
2010	Human Target	Layla	Episode: "Lockdown" "Baptiste"
	'	Jailbait	Web series
2010-2011	No Ordinary Family	Katie Andrews	20 episodes
2011	Royal Pains	Jane Cameron	Episode: "Run, Hank, Run"
2011-2013	Hawaii Five-0	Dr. Gabrielle Asano	Episodes: "Mea Makamae" "Ka Iwi Kapu" "Kupale" "Aloha, Malama Pono"
2012	Jane by Design	Charlotte	Episode: "The Wedding Gown"
	Last Resort	Kylie Sinclair	TV series, Season 1
	Love at the Thanksgiving Day Parade	Emily Jones	TV movie
2013	Necessary Roughness	Abigail Bruce