Trivia: A southern-born actress with a "girl next door" quality that made her equally at home in light situation comedies and primetime melodrama, Rachel Boston grew up in Signal Mountain, TN, and briefly attended New York University before moving to Los Angeles to star as Beth Mason in all three seasons of the popular period drama series American Dreams (2002-2005). Boston subsequently landed roles in series programs including Grey's Anatomy, The Closer, Crossing Jordan, and 7th Heaven, before signing on to play another regular on the CBS drama The Ex List (2008). On that program, Boston portrayed Daphne Bloom, the sister of a young woman who receives life-altering psychic counseling. She had a part in the indie romantic comedy (500) Days of Summer and followed that up with leading roles in The Pill and Blind Turn in 2011.

Trivia: Speaks German, French, Japanese, and English. Grew up on a farm with limited access to television. Attended college on a volleyball scholarship. Studied at Stella Adler, Uta Hagen's HB Studios, and Susan Baston's Black Nexxus in New York. Got his pilot's license at age 23.

Trivia: The son of actor Lloyd Bridges, Beau Bridges (born Lloyd Vernet Bridges III) was actually named for his father; the nickname "Beau" was borrowed from Ashley Wilkes' son in Gone With the Wind. Beau received good billing for his secondary juvenile role in The Red Pony in 1949, although he was primarily seen in bit parts during the late '40s. This suited him fine; not all that interested in films, young Bridges had aspirations of being a basketball star. Despite being only 5'9", he played on the U.C.L.A. basketball team and at the University of Hawaii. But realizing that his height would always hold him back in professional sports, Bridges returned to acting via a small role on his father's TV series Sea Hunt. He made his stage debut in 1966's Where's Daddy and continued appearing in leading film roles throughout the 1960s and '70s, easing into character leads. Bridges directed two feature films, The Wild Pair (1987) and Seven Hours to Judgment (1988), in addition to the TV special The Thanksgiving Promise, in which virtually the entire Bridges clan (including his mother Dorothy) was cast. Bridges received Emmy and the Golden Globe awards for his portrayal of the title character in the 1992 TV movie Without Warning: The James Brady Story (1991), and won awards for his participation in the gloriously-titled made-for-cable The Positively True Adventures of the Alleged Texas Cheerleader-Murdering Mom (1993). He would continue to appear prominently both on the big and small screens over the coming decades, on shows like The Agency and Stargate: Atlantis and in films like The Good German and The Ballad of Jack and Rose.

Trivia: Fair-haired American character actress Allison Hossack built her career from the early '90s onward, typically with supporting roles in prime-time network telemovies that demonstrated no genre predilection. These included the supernatural drama White Light (1991), about a near-death experience; the domestic-violence drama Dangerous Intentions (1994), with Corbin Bernsen as an evil husband who regularly and systematically beats his wife; and A Little Thing Called Murder (2006), Richard Benjamin's crime biopic about Kenny and Sante Kimes.

Trivia: Got her showbiz break in an episode of Showtime's anthology series Masters of Horror (2005); later made her big-screen debut in the thriller The Haunting of Molly Hartley (2008). Included on People magazine's list of World's Most Beautiful People of 2009. Her drug-addicted character Adrianna on the revamped 90210 was originally intended as a recurring guest role until her popularity prompted producers to elevate her to series-regular status. With a background in piano, she wrote songs featured in episodes of the TV programs Moonlight and 90210.

Trivia: Possessing the sort of moody good looks that can melt the hearts of teenage girls everywhere, actor Chad Michael Murray impressed television audiences early on with his role on the popular family drama series Gilmore Girls. Later breaking into feature territory with roles in the apocalyptic Megiddo: Omega Code 2 and Freaky Friday, the up-and-comer seemed poised to become the next Josh Hartnett. Born and raised in Buffalo, NY, Murray gave his family a taste of his talent early on when the assured young entertainer kept them in stitches with a series of amusing skits and songs. A career in high-school athletics was cut short when the gridiron runner was sidelined with a serious football injury, and it was during his recovery that a nurse persuaded Murray to pursue a career in modeling. Subsequently awarded a modeling scholarship from a nearby Buffalo agency, Murray was spotted by a Hollywood talent scout during a convention in Orlando and convinced to try his hand at acting. With high school behind him and stars in his eyes, the handsome young model made for the West Coast while supporting himself with a series of modeling jobs. As with many L.A. newcomers, Murray's early career consisted mainly of supporting performances in such shows as Diagnosis Murder, and in 2001, his profile was given a considerable boost with roles on both Dawson's Creek and Gilmore Girls. A feature debut in Megiddo was quick to follow, and in 2003, Murray strapped on the famous identity-concealing mask for the lead in the made-for-TV remake The Lone Ranger. A role opposite teen sensation Lindsay Lohan in the Disney remake Freaky Friday offered Murray some prime exposure, with One Tree Hill finding him returning to the small screen as a basketball-playing teen who shares a dark secret with his estranged brother. After appearing opposite Lizzie McGuire star Hilary Duff in the romantic teen comedy A Cinderella Story (2004), Murray moved into darker territory with the horror remake House of Wax (also 2004). With One Tree Hill a hit, Murray focused on his TV show, starring on the show until 2009 and making occasional guest appearances in later seasons. He starred in Day One (2012) and had a supporting role in the Sundance hit Fruitvale Station (2013). In 2014, he starred in Left Behind opposite Nicolas Cage. The following year, he returned to television, with a lead role in the Marvel series Agent Carter.