Hilarie Burton

Hilarie Burton was married to ‘One Tree Hill’ assistant director Ian Prange from 2004 to 2009.

After her divorce, She started a relationship with actor Jeffrey Dean Morgan. In March, 2010, the couple welcomed their first son Augustus. They are expecting their second child, a girl.

She owns a production company named Southern Gothic Production (SoGoPro). The actress was on Maxim’s Hot 100 List of 2007 and was ranked 77. She has also been featured on the cover of November 2006, Maxim. Burton was also listed as number 2 on Femme Fatales' ‘The 50 Sexiest Women of 2005’. Additionally, she was ranked number 12 on Much Music's ‘20 Hottest Women of 2003’.

Hilarie Burton was born on 1 July 1982, in Sterling, Virginia, USA. Her father is a former United States Army Special Forces member and her mother is a real estate agent. She has three younger brothers and had a religious upbringing.

She attended Park View High School, from where she graduated in 2000. She strived to be a role model from a young age and in her sophomore year, she became the student council treasurer. Her distinctive high school journey continued when in her junior year, she was elected the vice president.

There was no stopping Burton as she went on to become the cheerleading captain, student council president and homecoming queen in her senior year. She went on to finish her studies from New York University and Fordham University.

Hilarie Burton moved to New York to follow her acting dreams and got her first major break when she started working as a VJ on MTV’s ‘Total Request Live’ in the year 2000. MTV also asked her to present at MTV’s ‘Iced Out New Year’s Eve’ and the MTV Video Music Awards the same year.

She played herself in a small role on April 17, 2002, in the Warner Bros. drama series ‘Dawson’s Creek’. Her role as a VJ in the episode named ‘100 Light Years from Home’ marked the beginning of her career as an actress.

Her role in ‘Dawson’s Creek’, would catch the eye of WB executives who offered her the role of Peyton Sawyer in the series ‘One Tree Hill’. She played the role of an independent high school cheerleader, who is artistically and musically inclined, from 2003 to 2009. The series aired on September 23, 2003, and became the top-rated show on the network.

The role of Peyton Sawyer, catapulted Hilarie Burton to stardom and she featured on the covers of Magazines like Maxim, American Cheerleader Magazine, and People. She left ‘One Tree Hill’ in the year 2009. Although rumors suggested that her departure was related to salary problems, she insisted that it was time to move on.

She made her movie debut on June 22, 2005, in the movie ‘Our Very Own’ starring alongside Alison Janney, Cheryl Hines and Keith Carradine. The movie reflected the life of American teenagers dreaming of a better life and her performance in the movie received great reviews.

Hilarie Burton is best known for her role as Peyton Sawyer on ‘One Tree Hill’. She played the role of an independent girl who is in essence a character of contradictions. She represented the disillusioned multi-talented American teenager whose character grew into one of the strongest women in the show.