Sophia Anna Bush was born on July 8, 1982, in Pasadena, California. She is an only child. Her father, Charles William Bush, is a renowned advertising and celebrity photographer, and her mother, Maureen Bush, runs a photography studio. Young Bush was brought up in Pasadena; she made her acting debut in a school theater production while attending Westridge School for Girls, a small private school in her hometown. She was crowned the Queen of the Tournament of Roses at Pasadena Rose Parade in 2000; that same year she graduated from HS. In 2002 Sophia Bush made her screen debut as Sally, a college student, in the comedy Van Wilder (2002) opposite Ryan Reynolds. She attended University of Southern California for three years and took Journalism major and Theatre minor, albeit she did not graduate, taking her leave of absence after getting the part as Brooke Davis, a flirtatious cheerleader on the WB TV series One Tree Hill (2003). She was also cast to play opposite Arnold Schwarzenegger and Nick Stahl in Terminator 3 but, after she began principal photography on the film, the director deemed her too young for the role and she was soon replaced by actress Clare Danes. However, Bush got her big break when 'One Tree Hill' developed a loyal following and became her steady gig over four seasons. It was while working on the series that Bush began dating her on-screen love interest, actor Chad Michael Murray. They wed in a seaside ceremony at the historic Casa del Mar Hotel in Santa Monica, California, in April 2005, but split after five months, in September 2005. She suffered from the traumatic experience and emotional pain of separation, while continuing her work on the series, now having a "professional relationship" with Murray and his new fiancée Kenzie Dalton. In February 2006, Bush filed petition to annul her brief marriage on the grounds of fraud; finally, she and Murray got divorced in December 2006. Meanwhile, she continued to land big screen roles, such as October Bantum in Stay Alive (2006), a horror film by writer/director William Brent Bell, and as Beth in John Tucker Must Die (2006), a comedy by director Betty Thomas. Bush is co-starring as Grace Andrews, who is terrorized by a killer played by Sean Bean, in the remake of The Hitcher (2007). Outside of her acting profession, Bush has been working as an Assignment Editor for Annenberg TV News in her spare time. Her other talents include horseback riding, boxing, and photography. She enjoys reading and spending time with her friends and is currently residing in Wilmington, North Carolina, where the 'One Tree Hill' show is filmed.

• October 13, 2009: Sleek Bush Style: I love me some Sophia Bush, yes I do. The actress has been popping up all over recently, with these shots taken at the Hollywood Style Awards at Armand Hammer Museum in LA. Who cares where she's at? I'm just happy when she puts that beautiful mug...
• October 10, 2009: Love for the Bush: I don't care that Sophia Bush was attending some Philharmonic's Inaugural Gala thing at Walt Disney Concert Hall and that if you even mention Disney in a quiet undertone, it's supposed to be innocent. If you take a woman this good looking and put...
• August 18, 2009: Pantless Bush: I do so love me some Bush. Some Sophia Bush, that is. And if I can get the version of Bush which comes with no pants on, then I'm all about dropping the $19.95 + shipping and handing to do so. Sure, she hasn't done any projects recently that have...
• July 9, 2009: Open For Bush: Yesterday was Sophia Bush's 27th birthday. Why she decided to spend it promoting something called OPen Campus (as in, hosted by OP clothing) is beyond me, but it still got me to thinking that there are so many actresses out there who are better...
• June 2, 2009: Caption the Bush: There are many more pictures of Sophia Bush at a Petco Adoption Day in LA that I could show you, with her going ga-ga over all the puppies, but there's something in this picture which creeps me out. It's been a while since we did a Caption This,...
• June 1, 2009: Surprising Sophia: Yum yum, some Sophia Bush for me this morning, even if it is just shots of her getting out of her car and going to (or coming from) the gym. Even without make-up and caught off guard the woman looks top-notch. Why hasn't she become a bigger star...
• June 4, 2009: Battle of the Babes #55: The eyes, sometimes they really do have it. At least, that's what I've been noticing when I save Ultra-High-Quality images onto my computer and get to see the clumped mascara and eyeliner that all the fashion magazines play off as...
• May 1, 2009: Star Trek Premiere: Out of all of these pictures of all of these hotties for the Los Angeles premiere of STAR TREK last night, Heidi Klum was the only one to get into the spirit of things by sporting her Spock fingers. Guys, you hear about giving girls "The Shocker"...
• March 23, 2009: Direct to Bush: I get mocked a lot because I liked JOHN TUCKER MUST DIE. I didn't watch the movie for the flab master douchebag Jesse Whathisface. I watched it because I have a thing for Brittany Snow. When I got into the movie, I ended up liking Sophia...
• February 20, 2009: Lotsa Morning Bush: I think I have to admit that Sophia Bush is right up there with Emmanuelle Chriqui for being the top contender for my girlfriend. I haven't even watched this chick in all that much, but sadly, I ended up liking JOHN TUCKER MUST DIE because she was...
• January 16, 2009: Art of Hot-sium: What is this "Art of Elysium" stuff that I keep hearing about? Well, it's a celebrity charity which helps to bring art into the lives of children who are hospitalized with serious illnesses and diseases. Courteney Cox was one of the first women to...
• September 6, 2007: Bush Has Great Legs: Who would have thought that Sophia Bush had such stellar legs? Not since Jennifer Aniston has a hottie celebrity come along and blow me away with the smoothness and sparkle of their thighs. It looks like Sophia pulled it off though as she was...
• May 8, 2006: Sophia hitches ride: Following in the grand tradition of WB drama hotties who appear in horror films, Sophia Bush's (who's technically breaking new ground as this is her second horror film appearance - she starred earlier this year in STAY ALIVE but it was a Disney...
• March 3, 2006: Sophia annuls Chad: Hollywood marriages are increasingly doing away with the standard divorce parlance of "irreconcilable differences" and citing "fraud" as grounds for their not-so-amicable splits. Our heart goes out to actresses who were so blatantly deceived after...
• January 27, 2006: The "One Tree Hilly OC" hotties: Seeing as how the upcoming horror STAY ALIVE is a Disney production, we can assume they're using a very broad and loose definition of the term "horror". In all likelihood, the scariest thing about this movie is Frankie Muniz and his terrifying...