Rachel Bilson

Rachel Bilson
Bilson on the set of Jumper in 2006
Born	Rachel Jade Sarah Bilson (1981-08-25) August 25, 1981 (age 35) Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1998–present
Partner(s)	Hayden Christensen (2007–present)
Children	1

Rachel Jade Sarah Bilson (born August 25, 1981) is an American actress. Born to a California show business family, Bilson made her television debut in 2003, and then landed the role of Summer Roberts on the prime-time drama series The O.C. Bilson made her movie debut in The Last Kiss (2006) and starred in the science-fiction-action film Jumper (2008). From 2011 to 2015, she starred as Dr. Zoe Hart on The CW series Hart of Dixie.

Bilson was born in Los Angeles, the daughter of Janice Stango, a sex therapist, and Danny Bilson, a writer, director, and producer. She has an older brother and two younger half-sisters, Rosemary and Hattie. Her father is Jewish-American and her mother is an Italian-American, who was raised Catholic. Bilson's father comes from a show business family: Her paternal grandfather is producer-director Bruce Bilson. Her great-grandfather George Bilson, born in Leeds, UK, worked for RKO Pictures, where he headed the movie-trailer department, and her great-grandmother Hattie Bilson was a screenwriter whose credits include Pal, Canine Detective (1950). Bilson's classmates at Catholic high school included actress Kirsten Dunst and American Idol runner-up singer Katharine McPhee.