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Autumn Reeser at the 2007 Tribeca Film Festival
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Born |
La Jolla, California, U.S. |
September 21, 1980
Alma mater | UCLA |
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 2001–present |
Spouse(s) | Jesse Warren (m. 2009; div. 2014) |
Children | 2 |
Website | www |
Autumn Reeser (born September 21, 1980) is an American actress. She is best known for her roles as 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. Since 2006, she has also been one of the leading members of The Thrilling Adventure Hour, a popular staged comedy show. From 2012-16, she has been the heroine of five romantic comedies for the Hallmark Channel. She appeared in Clint Eastwood's film Sully, headlined by Tom Hanks.
Autumn Reeser was born in La Jolla, Southern California, the daughter of Tom and Kim Reeser. She spent her childhood developing a solid foundation for her acting career by playing a wide variety of characters in local musical theater productions, from the age of seven until seventeen. After high school, she moved to Los Angeles and enrolled in UCLA’s competitive theater program, where she studied theater history, acting technique, dance, voice and movement. She also studied acting at the Beverly Hills Playhouse.
In 2001, she started out in Hollywood in an episode of Star Trek: Voyager. Shortly thereafter, she booked guest roles in dramas CSI: Crime Scene Investigation and Cold Case, and moved onto recurring parts in the sitcoms Grounded for Life, Maybe It's Me and Complete Savages.