Lucy Hale

Hale first became known in 2003, as one of five winners of the reality show American Juniors. She appeared in the film The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2 (2008) before landing her role on Pretty Little Liars. While starring on the show, she appeared in the films A Cinderella Story: Once Upon a Song and Scream 4 (both 2011), released her debut album Road Between (2014), and began hosting Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve (2016–2021). Hale's television roles following Pretty Little Liars include Life Sentence (2018), Katy Keene (2020) as the titular character, and Ragdoll (2021). Her continued film appearances include Truth or Dare, Dude (both 2018), Fantasy Island (2020), The Hating Game (2021) and Which Brings Me to You (2024).

• Name — Lucy Hale • Birth Name — Karen Lucille Hale • Born — 14 June 1989 • Birthplace — Memphis, Tennessee, U.S. • Occupation — * Actress • singer • Years Active — 2003–present

Karen Lucille Hale was born on June 14, 1989, in Memphis, Tennessee, to Julie Knight and Preston Hale. She was named after one of her great-grandmothers. Her mother is a registered nurse. She has an older sister, Maggie, a step-sister, Kirby, and three step-sisters through her father. Hale was homeschooled as a child. During her childhood, she took acting and singing lessons.

In 2003, Hale first appeared on television as a contestant in the Fox reality show American Juniors. On July 30, 2003, Hale finished in fourth place and became part of a group of the same name formed of the top 5 finishers (Chauncey Matthews, Danielle White and Tori & Taylor Thompson). The group disbanded in 2005, after their self-titled studio album's lackluster sales. Hale moved to Los Angeles at age 15 in the hopes of getting a record deal. Shortly after, she started auditioning for acting roles and received a minor role on Drake & Josh and guest roles on shows such as Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide, The O.C., and How I Met Your Mother. She appeared as Miranda Hampson in two episodes of the Disney Channel show Wizards of Waverly Place. In 2007, Hale appeared in NBC's short-lived series Bionic Woman. Hale plays Becca Sommers, the younger sister of the title character Jaime Sommers (played by Michelle Ryan). The character was originally portrayed by Mae Whitman in the unaired pilot episode, after which Whitman departed the series. In August 2008, Hale made her film debut in The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2 portraying Effie Kaligaris, the younger sister of Lena Kaligaris (played by Alexis Bledel). Hale then appeared in The CW series Privileged as Rose Baker, with co-stars Ashley Newbrough and JoAnna Garcia. She starred in the Lifetime television film Sorority Wars.

In October 2009, Hale was cast as Aria Montgomery in Pretty Little Liars, based on the book series of the same name by Sara Shepard. The television series lasted seven seasons from 2010 to 2017, with Hale's performance being praised by critics. She also received a number of awards and nominations for her performance, including seven Teen Choice Awards, a Gracie Allen Award, a People's Choice Award and a Young Hollywood Award. • Illustration — Hale at the 38th People's Choice Awards in 2012 In January 2010, Hale appeared as the singer Phoebe Nichols and her identical body double Vanessa Patton in the CSI: Miami episode "Show Stopper". In 2011, Hale had a cameo role as Sherrie in the slasher film Scream 4. Later, she was cast as the aspiring singer Katie Gibbs in A Cinderella Story: Once Upon a Song, the third installment of A Cinderella Story series, which was released on direct-to-video in September 2011. She also recorded songs for the film's soundtrack. Hale has made appearances of music videos, such as Foy Vance's "She Burns", Chase Jordan's "Lose Control (Take a Sip)" and Jackson Harris' "Come Back Down to Earth". Hale hosted an episode of MTV's Punk'd which aired on April 26, 2012. The episode also featured Hale's Pretty Litte Liars co-star Ian Harding, Vanessa Hudgens and Josh Hutcherson. The same year, Hale voiced Periwinkle, the twin sister of Tinker Bell (voiced by Mae Whitman) in the Disney animated film Secret of the Wings. In June 2012, Hale announced that she had signed a record deal with Hollywood Records (in co-partnership with DMG Nashville). • Illustration — Hale in 2016 On June 11, 2013, Hale announced her role as Ambassador of the beauty brand Mark Girl. Hale co-hosted the Teen Choice Awards with Darren Criss in 2013 and David Dobrik in 2019 and the 2014 MTV Video Music Awards Pre-Show with Sway Calloway. Hale's debut studio album Road Between was released on June 3, 2014. In 2015, Hale collaborated with Rascal Flatts on a cover of "Let It Go" from the Disney animated film Frozen for the compilation album We Love Disney. Hale served as a correspondent in New Orleans and co-hosted with Ryan Seacrest in Times Square for Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve (2016–2021), making her the first millennial actress to co-host the Times Square segments. Hale has recorded two stand-alone Christmas songs, the original song "Mistletoe" and a cover of Francesca Battistelli's "You're Here", released in 2014 and 2017, respectively.

Hale described music as her "first love". Her early musical influences were Christina Aguilera, Shania Twain and Faith Hill, but her interest in pursuing music was prompted by Britney Spears' "...Baby One More Time". Kristian Bush of country band Sugarland said: "She sounds like Carrie Underwood—strong with a blues side and a pop side to it. And a lot like Faith Hill."

Hale has struggled with anxiety, depression and eating disorders, discussing the latter in August 2012. She also struggled with addiction, having started drinking at 14 and attempting to quit alcohol on several occasions. In an episode of The Diary of a CEO podcast, Hale said: "I just held on to that belief that the real Lucy came out when she was drinking. It also quieted my mind... my brain just doesn't shut off and it's exhausting. I was a textbook binge drinker, blackout, wouldn't remember what I did or what I said, which is scary." In January 2024, Hale announced that she was two years sober from alcohol. In her free time, Hale enjoys hiking, yoga, and Pilates.

On September 14, 2024, Hale received the Humanitarian Award at the 34th Annual Friendly House Awards Luncheon in Los Angeles. Friendly House is a women's addiction recovery center. She told People magazine: "When I got sober, my intention was never to be the poster child of sobriety. But when I began speaking about it, it came from a place of needing to heal and take my power back."

• Year — Title — Role — Notes • 2003 — American Juniors — Herself / Contestant — Finished in fourth place • An American Idol Christmas — Herself — Television special • 2005 — Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide — Amy Cassidy — Episode: "Upperclassmen" & "Gross Biology Dissection" • 2006 — Drake & Josh — Hazel — Episode: "Theater Thug" • Secrets of a Small Town — Tisha Steele — Episode: "Pilot" • The O.C. — Hadley Hawthorne — Episode: "The Man of the Year" • 2007, 2014 — How I Met Your Mother — Katie Scherbatsky — Episodes: "First Time in New York" & "Vesuvius" • 2007 — Bionic Woman — Becca Sommers — Main role (as Lucy Kate Hale) • American Family — Brittany Jane — Television film • 2007–2008 — Wizards of Waverly Place — Miranda Hampson — Episodes: "First Kiss" & "Pop Me and We Both Go Down" • 2008 — The Apostles — Rachel Rydell — Television Film • 2008–2009 — Privileged — Rose Baker — Main role (as Lucy Kate Hale) • 2009 — Ruby & the Rockits — Kristen — Episode: "Smells Like Teen Drama" • Sorority Wars — Katie Parker — Television film • Private Practice — Danielle Palmer — Episode: "Pushing the Limits" (as Lucy Kate Hale) • 2010 — CSI: Miami — Phoebe Nichols / Vanessa Patton — Episode: "Show Stopper" • 2010–2017 — Pretty Little Liars — Aria Montgomery — Main role • 2012 — Punk'd — Herself — Episode: "Lucy Hale" • 2013 & 2019 — Teen Choice Awards — Herself, co-host • 2014 — 2014 MTV Video Music Awards • Baby Daddy — Piper Stockdale — Episode: "Bonnie's Unreal Estate" • 2015 — Baring It All: Inside New York Fashion Week — Herself — Documentary • 2016–2021 — Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve — New Orleans correspondent (2016–2019), Co-Host (2019–2021) • 2018 — Life Sentence — Stella Abbott — Main role • Hollywood Medium with Tyler Henry — Herself — Episode: "April 4, 2018" • 2019 — Ryan Hansen Solves Crimes on Television — Episode: "The Ry Chromosome" • 2020 — Katy Keene — Katy Keene — Main role • 2020–2021 — Riverdale — Episodes: "Chapter Sixty-Nine: Men of Honor" & "Chapter Eighty-Four: Lock & Key" (voice role) • 2021 — Ragdoll — DC Lake Edmunds — Miniseries

• Year — Title — Role — Notes — Ref. Reference • 2020 — Day by Day — Maya — Voice role; episode: "Big Nights In" • 2023 — Broad Ideas with Rachel Bilson — Herself — Voice role; episode: "Lucy Hale on Panty-Droppers, Mental Health, and Chakras"

• Year — Title — Role — Notes — Ref. Reference • 2014 — The Road Between with Lucy Hale — Herself — 4 episodes • 2017 — Lex & Los — Episode: "Human vs. White Shark"

• Artist — Lucy Hale • Studio — 1 • Soundtrack — 3 • Music Videos — 4 • Singles — 4 • 1option Name — Featured singles • 2option Name — Promotional singles • 2option — 7

• Title — Album details — Peak chart positions — Sales • US Country — US — CAN — AUS • Road Between — * Release date: June 3, 2014 * Formats: CD, Digital Download * Label: Hollywood, DMG Nashville — 4 — 14 — 13 — 57 — US: 44,000+

• Title — Details • A Cinderella Story: Once Upon a Song — *Released: September 6, 2011 *Formats: CD, digital download *Label: WaterTower Music • Katy Keene: Special Episode – Kiss of the Spider Woman: The Musical — *Released: March 20, 2020 *Formats: CD, digital download *Label: WaterTower Music • Katy Keene: Season 1 (Original Television Soundtrack) — *Released: May 15, 2020 *Formats: CD, digital download *Label: WaterTower Music

• Title — Year — Peak chart positions — Album • US Hot Country — Country Airplay — US — CAN • "Run This Town" — 2011 — — — — — — — — — A Cinderella Story: Once Upon a Song • "Bless Myself" — — — — — — — — • "You Sound Good to Me" — 2014 — 21 — 47 — 88 — 57 — Road Between • "Lie a Little Better" — — — 54 — — — —

• Title — Year — Peak position — Album • Country Digital — Holiday Digital • "Mistletoe" — 2014 — — — 40 — Non-album single • "Let It Go" (with Rascal Flatts) — 2015 — — — — — We Love Disney • "You're Here" — 2017 — — — — — Non-album single

• Year — Title — Other artist(s) — Album — Ref. Reference • 2003 — "One Step Closer" — The Top 10 of American Juniors — Kids in America • "I'm Gonna Make You Love Me" • "Kids in America" — The Top 10 of American Juniors • 2004 — "ABC" — Artists of American Juniors — American Juniors • "No Matta What (Party All Night)" • "True Colors" • "Unstoppable" • "One Step Closer" • "Have You Ever" • "Reach Out I'll Be There" • "Emotional" • "Sundown" • "Bring the House Down" • "Love Ain't Gonna Wait for You" • 2011 — "Make You Believe" — rowspan=2 — A Cinderella Story: Once Upon a Song • "Extra Ordinary" • 2015 — "It's a Small World" — We Love Disney artists — We Love Disney • 2019 — "Back to Earth" — Trouble • "Back to Earth" (Pop Version) — Snoop Dogg • "Made for Two" — Jason Mraz • 2020 — "Dirrty" — Cast of Katy Keene — Katy Keene: Season 1 • "My Strongest Suit" • "She Used to Be Mine" — rowspan=2 • "Prologue (Reprise)" — Katy Keene: Special Episode – Kiss of the Spider Woman: The Musical • "Dressing Them Up" — Jonny Beauchamp and Nathan Lee Graham • 2024 — "It Had to Be You" — Spencer Hutchings, Nat Wolff and Britne Oldford — Which Brings Me to You

• Year — Title — Director — Ref. Reference • 2011 — "Bless Myself" — rowspan=2 • "Run This Town" • 2014 — "You Sound Good to Me" — Philip Andelman • "Lie a Little Better"

• Year — Title — Artist(s) — Director — Ref. Reference • 2011 — "Lose Control (Take a Sip)" — Chase Jordan — Jeff Moriarty • 2012 — "Come Back Down to Earth" — Jackson Harris — Jordan Bloch • 2016 — "She Burns" — Foy Vance — Gus Black • 2017 — "Angels Among Us" — Artists for United in Voice • 2020 — "On My Way" — Joel Crouse — Robbie Norris • 2021 — "State of the Heart" — Patrick Droney — Gus Black • 2023 — "We Don't Fight Anymore" — Carly Pearce Chris Stapleton — Alexa Campbell

Source: • Title — Year — Artist(s) — Album — Credits — Written with • "Come a Little Closer" — 2013 — Sylvie Vartan — Sylvie in Nashville — Co-writer — Mike Daly and Kristian Bush • "Just Another Song" — 2014 — Lucy Hale — Road Between — Mike Daly and Catt Gravitt • "Feels Like Home" — Mike Daly and Kristian Bush • "Loved" — Brett James and Caitlyn Smith • "The Call" — 2015 — Ashliegh Lisset — Non-album single — Zac Maloy and Michael Daley

In 2018, Hale was cast in The CW comedy-drama series Life Sentence as Stella Abbott, a woman who finds out that her terminal cancer is cured. The show was canceled after one season. The same year, Hale starred in three films, Truth or Dare, Dude and The Unicorn. On March 11, 2019, Hale was cast as the lead role in Katy Keene, based on the Archie Comics character of the same name. In 2020, Hale starred as Melanie Cole in the supernatural horror film Fantasy Island. In 2021, Hale starred as the lead role in the romantic comedy film The Hating Game. The same year, Hale became a brand ambassador and model for lingerie company Hunkemöller.

• Year — Title — Role — Notes • 2008 — The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2 — Effie Kaligaris — As Lucy Kate Hale • 2009 — Fear Island — Megan / Jenna Campbell • 2011 — Scream 4 — Sherrie — Cameo • A Cinderella Story: Once Upon a Song — Katie Gibbs — Direct to video • 2012 — Secret of the Wings — Periwinkle — Voice role • 2016 — Waiting on Roxie — Roxie Hart — Short; also producer • 2018 — Truth or Dare — Olivia Barron • Dude — Lily • The Unicorn — Jesse • 2019 — Trouble — Zoe Bell — Voice role • 2020 — Fantasy Island — Melanie Cole • A Nice Girl Like You — Lucy Neal — Also co-producer • Son of the South — Carol Anne • 2021 — The Hating Game — Lucy Hutton — Also executive producer • 2022 — The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry — Amelia "Amy" Loman • Borrego — Elly • Big Gold Brick — Lily Deveraux • 2023 — Inside Man — Gina • Puppy Love — Nicole • 2024 — Which Brings Me to You — Jane — Also producer • Running On Empty — Kate • 2025 — F*** Marry Kill — Eva Vaughn — Also co-executive producer • The Twelve Dates of Christmas — Christina Walker • White Mars — Sammie — Post-production • Princess — Post-production