Attended the same high school (Notre Dame High School in Los Angeles) as Kirsten Dunst and Katharine McPhee, but was a grade ahead of both.
She has described herself as having a "vintage" sense of style and noted Kate Moss and Diane Keaton as inspirations.
She has partnered with DKNY to create and market a designer jeans line called Edie Rose.
She likes to collect vintage shoes and purses.
Her character on The O.C. (2003) dates Seth Cohen, who is a huge comic book fan and writer. In real life, her father Danny Bilson is also a comic book writer.
Ranked #28 on the Maxim magazine Hot 100 Women of 2008 list.
Is the spokesperson for Bongo jeans.
Named #6 on the Maxim magazine Hot 100 Women of 2005 list.
Ranked #34 in the 2010 FHM UK list of "100 Sexiest Women in the World".
Ranked as #77 in FHM's "100 Sexiest Women in the World 2005" special supplement.
Ranked #39 on the Maxim magazine Hot 100 Women of 2007 list.
Ranked #49 in the 2011 FHM Australia list of "100 Sexiest Women in the World".
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I grew up sort of like a princess. I know that sounds awful, but I was the baby of the family. I had older brothers, so the little girl always gets everything she wants. As I've gotten older, I've realized that if you want something bad enough, you can have it. I've never gone after something I didn't get. Not yet.
It's great playing someone who is not like me at all. I'm really a nice girl, so it's fun to be a bitch, then come home and be myself again. When I meet people now, they're surprised that I'm a good person.
I love the fact that we play people who are not like us at all and we can just go crazy at work and then be very normal after filming.
I feel very lucky to work in the environment that I work in. I'm surrounded by people that I love and care about and who make me laugh every day. I get to work with my friends and you really can't ask for more than that.
A lot of people are surprised by how nice I am. Summer and I are both driven, but I'm not snobby. I'm a pretty good conversationalist and I like meeting new people.
I feel like you have to be who you are and be true to yourself first, always. You can't worry about how you're going to be perceived by other people. I have a quote that my mom taught me: 'It's none of my business what other people think of me.'
Josh Schwartz likes to dress me up. It's uncomfortable being in that Little Miss Vixen outfit for 17 hours, but it's fun as long as you can make fun of yourself. That's key.
I kind of just take things one day at a time and do what I do and hope that I'm not known as Summer Roberts for the rest of my life. But I'm grateful that she is known, and that I'm known for her, because it's really brought me everything.
It was like second nature in a way, because I was familiar with the sets and stuff and it wasn't like a strange world. It was like all things in life: You try it and if it makes you happy, it sticks.
I've learned that if you want to have an orgasm during sex, you have to be on top.
