Rachel Bilson's Main TV Roles Show Character(s) Hart Of Dixie Zoe Hart The O.C. Summer Robe… Take Two Sam

Main Movie Roles

BIOGRAPHY:

Rachel Bilson (born August 25, 1981) and raised in Los Angeles, to Janice (Stango) and Danny Bilson. Her father is Ashkenazi Jewish and her mother is of Italian descent. She began acting while still at Notre Dame High School. She graduated high school in 1999 and went to Grossmont College but dropped out after a year and was encouraged to pursue a career in acting by her father, himself a writer, director and producer.

She worked in commercials and landed a few one-off roles in high profile TV shows before landing the part of Summer Roberts in the hit TV series The O.C. (2003), establishing herself as a household name.


TRIVIA:

• At age 14, she was involved in a head-on car accident, was unconscious for 4 days and as a result has a scar above her right eyebrow.
• Some of her favorite actors include 'Kate Winslet' (qv), 'Johnny Depp' (qv), 'Audrey Hepburn' (qv), and 'Woody Allen' (qv).
• Daughter of writer/director 'Danny Bilson' (qv) and stepdaughter of 'Heather Medway' (qv).
• Engaged to 'Hayden Christensen' (qv) [February 23, 2009].
• Ranked #28 on the Maxim magazine Hot 100 of 2008 list.
• Is an Italian-American.
• Named #6 on the Maxim magazine Hot 100 of 2005 list.
• Attended the same high school as 'Kirsten Dunst' (qv), but was a grade ahead of her.