28 Facts About Hilarie Burton

Post One Tree Hill, Burton starred in Our Very Own, Solstice, and The List.

Hilarie Burton has had supporting or recurring roles in television series, including her role as Sara Ellis on White Collar, Dr Lauren Boswell on the ABC medical drama Grey's Anatomy, Molly Dawes on the ABC drama series Forever, and Karen Palmer on the Fox television series Lethal Weapon.

Hilarie Burton was a co-host on the Drama Queens podcast along with her former One Tree Hill co-stars, Sophia Bush and Bethany Joy Lenz until the summer of 2024.

Hilarie Burton was born on July 1,1982, in Sterling, Virginia, United States.

Hilarie Burton is the eldest of four children, with three brothers.

Hilarie Burton attended New York University and Fordham University, graduating in 2004.

Hilarie Burton was supposed to be a guest commentator for one segment, but producers decided to offer her a permanent job.

Hilarie Burton went on to present at the 2000 MTV Video Music Awards and MTV's Iced Out New Year's Eve.

In 2021, Hilarie Burton started a podcast with One Tree Hill co-stars Sophia Bush and Bethany Joy Lenz titled Drama Queens.

Hilarie Burton was cast in The WB drama series One Tree Hill as Peyton Sawyer, an independent visual and musical artist and cheerleader, in April 2003.

Hilarie Burton's performance received critical praise and she earned three Teen Choice Award nominations.

Hilarie Burton appeared on the cover of the November 2006 edition of Maxim with One Tree Hill co-stars Sophia Bush and Danneel Harris.

Hilarie Burton appeared in the 2007 Lifetime drama Normal Adolescent Behavior which followed a group of friends who are in a six-way polyfidelitous relationship.

That same year, Hilarie Burton co-starred in the supernatural horror film Solstice opposite Amanda Seyfried and Elisabeth Harnois.

Hilarie Burton created her own production company, Southern Gothic Production in 2007, along with Nick Gray, Kelly Tenney, James Hilarie Burton, and Meg Mortimer.

In 2008, Hilarie Burton appeared in both the Fox Searchlight Pictures drama The Secret Life of Bees, as the deceased mother of Dakota Fanning's character, and the limited release thriller The List.

Hilarie Burton was next cast in the film Bloodworth opposite Hilary Duff and Val Kilmer, an adaptation of the novel Provinces of Night by William Gay.

Hilarie Burton won a recurring arc in the USA Network crime drama series White Collar in 2010 as Sara Ellis, an insurance investigator in the second season.

Hilarie Burton was upgraded to a series regular in 2011 for the third season, but switched back to the recurring cast in the fourth season.

That fall, Hilarie Burton had a recurring role on the short-lived CBS drama Hostages.

Hilarie Burton reunited with One Tree Hill co-star Tyler Hilton for a recurring role on CBS sci-fi drama Extant in 2015.

Hilarie Burton appeared as the DEA agent love interest of main character Martin Riggs on Lethal Weapon from the seventh episode of the first season in 2016 through the third episode of the second season in 2017.

Hilarie Burton guest-starred in the tenth season of The Walking Dead as Negan's wife Lucille, appearing alongside her real-life husband Jeffrey Dean Morgan who plays Negan.

Since 2021, Hilarie Burton has been a co-host on the Drama Queens podcast along with her former One Tree Hill co-stars, Sophia Bush and Bethany Joy Lenz.

On May 5,2020, Hilarie Burton published her first non-fiction book, The Rural Diaries: Love, Livestock, and Big Life Lessons Down on Mischief Farm.

Hilarie Burton published her memoir, Grimoire Girl: A Memoir of Magic and Mischief, on April 25,2023.

Hilarie Burton began dating Jeffrey Dean Morgan in 2009, after being introduced by Jensen and Danneel Ackles.

Hilarie Burton has been candid on social media about the couple's struggle to conceive, stating that it took five years to successfully carry a second baby to term.