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Ryan's new love interest and school friend.

Autumn Reeser

Autumn Reeser, who plays Taylor Townsend on The OC, discovered acting at the age of 6 while watching a performance of Cinderella. At that moment, her own fairytale began. Over the next decade, Reeser developed a solid foundation for her acting career. She participated in numerous local musical theatre productions from the ages of 7 to 17 while maintaining strong performance in her classes at school and keeping busy with a variety of extracurricular activities, such as cheerleading and sports.

Reeser began her freshman year in UCLA's competitive theatre program in the fall of 1998. She spent the next three years immersed in the acting world, studying theatre history, acting technique, dance, voice and movement. She also interned at a casting director's office. Meanwhile, she paid her bills by working the graveyard shift at Jerry's Famous Deli in Westwood, California.

Reeser soon landed roles in Star Trek: Voyager, Complete Savages, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation and Cold Case. Recently, she has appeared in two independent films: Americanese, in which she plays a college student infatuated with her Asian Studies professor; and Palo Alto, which follows a group of college freshman who return home for Thanksgiving break.

Reeser lives in Hollywood with her boyfriend, actor/writer Jesse Warren, and their Papillon dog, Gatsby. In her free time, Reeser loves to dance, cook, paint and throw parties. She is also an avid scrapbooker and photographer.