Hilarie Burton

Born as Hilarie Ros Burton on July 1, 1982, to a family from Sterling, Virginia, Hilarie’s love for acting was prominent from a young age. She dreamt of being a role model, which could be seen in her high school achievements, where she became school council treasurer, vice president, captain of the cheerleading, council president, and homecoming queen. After high school, she moved to New York Click to look into! >> Read More... to pursue her passion when as a college freshman, she won the MTV contest ‘Who Wants to be a VJ?’. Her work was so impressive that MTV offered her a job as a VJ for MTV's Total Request Live (TRL) after that. Hilarie made her tv debut with Dawson's Creek in 2002, where she portrayed herself. Her breakthrough role came in the form of Peyton Sawyer, a delusional multi-talented teenager whose character she played in One Tree Hill for six seasons (2003-2009). She received the Outstanding Ensemble Acting Award at the prestigious Sarasota Film Festival for her debut feature film, Our Very Own (2005).

Her filmography contains Our Very Own, Solstice, The List Story Coming Soon...... >> Read More... , and many others. She also appeared in shows like White Collar, Grey's Anatomy, Forever, and Lethal Weapon. Hilarie has co-own the production company Southern Gothic Production since 2007. Her first non-fiction novel, The Rural Diaries: Love, Livestock, and Big Life Lessons Down on Mischief Farm, came out in 2020. She runs a podcast called Drama Queens with her One Tree Hill co-stars as of 2021. Hilarie is also involved in philanthropic activities associated with Breast Cancer and equal pay. She is an alumna of New York University and Fordham University. Hilarie lives with her husband, actor Jeffrey Dean Morgan Jeffrey Dean Morgan is an American actor. His lead >> Read More... and two kids on a 100-acre working farm in Hudson Valley, Rhinebeck, NY.