Rachel Bilson

 Bilson went to Grossmont College in San Diego. She followed her father's advice and decided to pursue a career as an actor. In the following years, she appeared in commercials on a variety of occasions that included ads for Subway restaurants, Raisin Bran and Pepto-Bismol.She made her screen acting debut in the early part of 2003 when she appeared in an episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer and 8 Simple Rules for Dating My Teenage Daughter. Bilson was later selected to appear as a character in The O.C., which debuted in August 2003. Although Summer Roberts was originally intended to be a guest star in a few episodes, she was eventually an integral part of the show. 16. Bilson was also named as one of People magazine's "World's most beautiful people" in 2006. Prior to appearing in Maxim, Bilson had turned down requests to appear seminude in men's magazines and stated that her body "is sacred" and "not there for the whole world to see. Bilson's debut film role was in The Last Kiss in 2006 The Last Kiss, a romantic comedy with Zach Braff. She was a college student who seduces Braff. One review of the film noted that Bilson played the role with "surprising depth", while one critic described her character as "Glenn Close in Fatal Attraction as an airhead valley girl with a hot body. Bilson was the replacement in the role of Teresa Palmer in Doug Liman's thriller Jumper in late 2006, was cast. The film was released on February 14, 2008 and she appeared in a two-episode episode of The O.C. The actress was in two episodes of the NBC comedy Chuck as well as in New York's I Love You. As Ted Mosby's new lover and mother's roommate she was in the 100th episode ("Girls Versus Suits") She started filming Waiting for Forever in September 2008. Bilson was a guest judge in the season 6 episode of Project Runway in September 2009. Bilson starred in the film indie L!fe Happens. In the year 2011, Bilson began starring in The CW series Hart of Dixie which was executive produced by The O.C. creator Josh Schwartz. The CW cancelled the series after four seasons on May 7, 2015. In 2017, Bilson joined the cast of CMT's Nashville which reunites her with former The O.C. Bilson as well as Chris Carmack, her former The O.C. co-star, was added to the CMT's cast of Nashville in 2017. co-star Melinda Clarke launched a podcast called Welcome to the OC, Bitches!. The show focuses on hosts and guests watching and discussing episodes of The O.C.. Several prominent guests have been on the podcast such as Adam Brody, Peter Gallagher, Josh Schwartz, Jem, Bonnie Somerville and Elizabeth Gillies.