51 Facts About Sophia Bush

Sophia Anna Bush Hughes was born on July 8,1982 and is an American actress and activist.

Sophia Bush was a producer for and starred in the lead role of Dr Samantha "Sam" Griffith in the medical drama Good Sam.

Sophia Bush is known for her philanthropy work and social activism, including her work for the Time's Up movement and DoSomething.

Sophia Bush is currently a co-host on the Drama Queens podcast along with her former One Tree Hill co-stars, Hilarie Burton Morgan and Bethany Joy Lenz.

Sophia Bush was born in Pasadena, California, the only child of Maureen Searson and Charles William Sophia Bush.

Sophia Bush's mother runs a photography studio, and her father is an advertising and beauty photographer.

Sophia Bush graduated from Westridge School for Girls in 2000, where she was a member of the volleyball team.

Sophia Bush made her first film appearance in the 2002 film National Lampoon's Van Wilder opposite Ryan Reynolds.

In 2002, Sophia Bush was cast as Kate Brewster in Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines, though she was replaced by Claire Danes after a week of filming.

In 2003, Sophia Bush was cast as Brooke Davis in the WB television series One Tree Hill.

Sophia Bush has posed on the cover of several mainstream magazines, including Entertainment Weekly, Lucky, Maxim, Glamour, InStyle, and Zooey Magazine.

Sophia Bush has had several endorsement deals, including for Ocean Pacific clothing.

Sophia Bush directed three episodes of the series, including the penultimate episode of the ninth and final season.

In July 2006, Sophia Bush co-starred in the 20th Century Fox comedy film John Tucker Must Die, directed by Betty Thomas, opposite Brittany Snow and Jesse Metcalfe.

Sophia Bush played Grace Andrews in the 2007 remake of the classic horror film The Hitcher, starring opposite Sean Bean.

In 2008, Sophia Bush co-starred alongside Kevin Zegers and Vincent D'Onofrio in Francois Velle's independent film The Narrows, playing Kathy Popovich.

In February 2012, it was reported that Sophia Bush had joined the cast of the upcoming CBS sitcom Partners.

In 2013, Sophia Bush starred in Passion Pit's "Carried Away" music video, which debuted on February 14.

Sophia Bush frequently appeared on the first and third Chicago franchise series, Chicago Fire and Chicago Med respectively.

In 2018, Sophia Bush provided the voice of Voyd, an aspiring superhero, in Pixar's film, Incredibles 2, the sequel to 2004's The Incredibles.

In 2020, Sophia Bush appeared as Veronica in four episodes of the first season of Love, Victor on Hulu.

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

Sophia Bush became engaged to her One Tree Hill co-star Chad Michael Murray in May 2004, and they married on April 16,2005, in Santa Monica, California.

In February 2006, Sophia Bush filed papers for an annullment, citing fraud.

Sophia Bush's petition was denied, and she and Murray were instead granted a divorce in December 2006.

Sophia Bush later revealed they had never met but were planning on it as Sophia Bush had attended Green's parents wedding.

From 2008 to 2009, Sophia Bush dated her One Tree Hill co-star James Lafferty.

Sophia Bush dated actor Austin Nichols, confirming in May 2010 that they had been dating on and off for four years.

Sophia Bush began dating Dan Fredinburg, a program manager for Google, in January 2013 to February 2014, citing the strains of their long-distance relationship as the cause of separation.

Sophia Bush began dating businessman Grant Hughes in May 2020 and announced their engagement in August 2021 via Instagram.

Sophia Bush uses Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, and her blog to raise awareness of world events and fundraisers in which she takes part.

Sophia Bush was joined in Dallas, Fort Worth, and Waco by fellow actor Adam Rodriguez.

Sophia Bush is a staunch supporter of gay rights and, in May 2009, she showed up at a rally in protest of Proposition 8.

Sophia Bush carried a sign stating, "I DO support the freedom to marry", and a shirt which had the words "Legalize Gay" across it.

Sophia Bush set up a fundraiser intended to help people living in the area of the Gulf of Mexico affected by the environmental disaster of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill on April 20,2010.

Sophia Bush has additionally teamed up with Do Something to raise more environmental awareness among teens.

Sophia Bush was chosen as the spokesperson to endorse the launch of eMission, a Facebook game with the social mission to engage America's youth in fighting climate change created through the joint efforts of Do Something and US Environmental Protection Agency's Energy Star program.

In 2011, Sophia Bush won the Do Something Twitter Award for having spread the word via her Twitter account on how her followers could help with the cleanup after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill.

Sophia Bush was voted "Fan Favorite" by Facebook users on DoSomething.

In 2011, Sophia Bush became involved in the Pencils of Promise organization, which builds schools and increases educational opportunities in the developing world.

In December 2011, Sophia Bush competed with other stars in the Mozilla Firefox Challenge, a one-month fundraising contest whose winner is granted $25,000 to put toward a favorite cause; she won the contest in January 2012.

In 2013, Sophia Bush hosted a Prizeo campaign to raise funds for one of her favorite causes, I Am that Girl.

In 2016, Sophia Bush was named to Oprah's SuperSoul 100 list of visionaries and influential leaders.

Sophia Bush is a founding member of the movement Time's Up.

Sophia Bush is constantly using her social media platforms, such as Twitter, encouraging people to participate in the ongoing activism opportunities around the world.

In 2018, Sophia Bush helped found a nonpartisan movement with Mandana Dayani that aims to create a cultural shift around voting and civic engagement by unifying around a central truth: democracy works best when we all participate.

Sophia Bush's appearance has often been the subject of media attention.

In May 2007, Sophia Bush ranked No 24 in the Maxim Hot 100 List of 2007.

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

Sophia Bush was featured in Peoples "Beautiful at Every Age" and "Most Beautiful" lists for several years.

Sophia Bush has been featured in several fashion blogs and magazines, including CosmoGirl, Health, Lucky, Zooey, Saturday Night, Teen People and Bello.