Lucy Hale

Karen Lucy Hale, credited as Lucy Hale, (born 14 June 1989 in Memphis, Tennessee) is an American singer and actress, who was one of the five winners of the nationally broadcast American Juniors TV reality/talent show, which became a band of the same name. Hale is the oldest member of the American Juniors. She was almost one year over the limit when she auditioned for the American Juniors (the limit was thirteen, she was fourteen.) She didn't break the rules because she turned 14 in the middle of the show. Hale had guest roles on shows such as Drake & Josh, Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide, The O.C., and How I Met Your Mother as Robin Scherbatsky's younger sister Katie. In Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2 she portrayed Effie, Lena's little sister. She appeared in two episodes of the Disney show Wizards of Waverly Place as Miranda Hampson, Justin Russo's gothic girlfriend. Hale also appeared in NBC's short-lived re-imagining of the Bionic Woman as Becca Sommers, younger sister to title character Jaime Sommers (played by Michelle Ryan). She starred in The CW's new TV show Privileged and portrayed one of the Baker twins, co-starring with Ashley Newbrough and Joanna Garcia. She starred in the TV movie Sorority Wars that premiered on Lifetime on Oct. 17, 2009. In December 2009, Hale was cast as Aria Montgomery in the TV series Pretty Little Liars, based on the book series by Sara Shepard. She guest starred on a January 11, 2010 CSI: Miami episode named "Show Stopper" as a singer who died after bursting into flames. Hale is the youngest of three, her siblings include an older sister and brother.