Aria Montgomery
| Aria Montgomery | |
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| Pretty Little Liars character | |
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| First appearance |
Novel: Pretty Little Liars (2006) Television: "Pilot" |
| Last appearance |
Novel: Vicious (2014) |
| Created by | Sara Shepard |
| Portrayed by | Lucy Hale |
| Born |
July 22, 1994 Rosewood, Pennsylvania |
| Information | |
| Full name | Aria Marie Montgomery |
| Nickname(s) | Pookie Bear Iceland Suzy Clueless |
| Aliases | Amy Tanya Victoria Blackwell |
| Gender | Female |
| Occupation | Publishing assistant |
| Family |
Byron Montgomery (Father) Ella Montgomery (Mother) Mike Montgomery (Brother) |
| Significant other(s) |
Ezra Fitz (Fiancé) Noel Kahn (Ex-Boyfriend; deceased) Jake (Ex-Boyfriend) Andrew Campbell (Ex-Boyfriend) Jason DiLaurentis (Ex-Boyfriend) Liam Greene (Ex-Boyfriend) |
| Relatives | Jack Rose (Maternal Grandfather) Judy Rose (Maternal Grandmother) Scott Montgomery (Paternal Uncle) Sarah (Aunt) Danny (Uncle) |
| Residence | Rosewood, Pennsylvania Boston, Massachusetts |
| Education | Rosewood High School (Formerly; graduated) Savannah State University (Formerly; transferred) Boston University (Formerly; graduated) |
| Status | Alive |
| Seasons | 1–7 |
Aria Marie Montgomery is a fictional character in the Pretty Little Liars series by Sara Shepard. She is portrayed by Lucy Hale in the television adaptation, which premiered on ABC Family in June 2010. The actress was named Choice Summer TV Star: Female at the 2010 Teen Choice Awards and 2011 Teen Choice Awards for her role in the series.
In the book series, Aria is described as gorgeous, tall, lean with long blue-black hair, startling ice-blue eyes and an angular face. Aria is artsy and imaginative, has a hipster style, and a passion for knitting and writing. She is also described as Rosewood's 'weird girl'.
On another interview with ClevverTV.com, Lucy Hale said, "She’s like an old soul with an espectacular body and she knows what she wants… she’s very cool, she’s got it put together." While also commenting on her style: "She’s sort of all over the place… she’s the quirkiest one and just put miss-match pieces together and mixes vintage stuff with modern things… very funky… very creative.".
Aria is one of four primary protagonists in all fourteen of the Pretty Little Liars novels, starting with 2006's Pretty Little Liars. She is the daughter of Byron and Ella Montgomery and has a younger brother, Mike.
Before Alison DiLaurentis disappeared, Aria is shown to have a quirky personality and a penchant for knitting. She is best friends with Alison 'Ali' DiLaurentis along with Hanna Marin, Spencer Hastings, and Emily Fields. Like the other girls, Aria and Alison had a secret between them; they witnessed Aria's father, Byron, cheating on her mother with one of his students, Meredith, and he begs Aria not to tell anyone. During the night of the last of 7th grade, while having a sleepover in Spencer's sister Melissa's barn, Alison disappeared. Not long after Ali's disappearance, Aria's father moves his family to Iceland in an attempt to hide the affair from Aria's mother, Ella.
In the first novel, Aria and her family return from Iceland, moving back into their old house in Rosewood, Pennsylvania. She, Hanna, Spencer, and Emily have grown apart since Alison's disappearance. Since the three year jump, Aria has now blossomed into a beautiful and confident young woman. She meets Ezra Fitz at a local bar and they connect; hooking up in the girls bathroom. She later finds that after all her time in Iceland, formerly overweight Hanna is now thin, glamorous, and best friends with former nerdy outcast, Mona Vanderwaal. When she begins school she finds that Ezra is also her new AP English teacher. Aria later begins to receive texts and emails from an unknown source that reveals secrets that only Ali knew and more recent ones, including Byron's affair with Meredith and Aria's with Ezra, signed, "A". When Alison's body is discovered under a block of cement, she, along with the other three girls, receive a text at the memorial service, "I'm still here bitches, and I know everything." signed, "A". After figuring it all out, it turns out that Ali is alive. Actually she was never dead, so the girl in Ali's grave is not her and that girl is actually dead. That girl is a woman, and that woman is Ali's mom. Since Ali's return to rosewood, she struggles sometimes because of the loss of her poor mother.
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