Hilarie Burton

Hilarie Burton

Hilarie Burton Morgan is an American actress and producer. She portrayed Peyton Sawyer on The WBCW drama One Tree Hill for six seasons. Burton starred in Our Very Own, Solstice, and The List. She has also had supporting or recurring roles in television series, including White Collar and Grey’s Anatomy.

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Summary Hilarie BurtonHilarie Burton Morgan is an American actress and producer. She portrayed Peyton Sawyer on The WBCW drama One Tree Hill for six seasons. Burton starred in Our Very Own, Solstice, and The List. She has also had supporting or recurring roles in television series, including her role as Sara Ellis on White Collar and Dr. Lauren Boswell on Grey’s Anatomy. Burton retweeted a 2003 video clip from TRL Uncensored in which Ben Affleck squeezed her breast on air. In October 2017, when news of the Harvey Weinstein sexual abuse cases broke, Burton tweeted that Affleck had grabbed her breast. Affleck later apologized for the incident on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert. Burton also created her own production company in 2007, along with Nick Gray, Kelly Tenney, and Meg Mortimer.

She is the eldest of four children with three brothers. She graduated from Park View High School in 2000, where she was student council treasurer her sophomore year, vice-president her junior year, and captain of the cheerleading squad, student council president, and homecoming queen her senior year. Burton’s father is a veteran of the US Army and her mother is a real estate agent. She was supposed to be a guest commentator for one segment, but producers decided to offer her a permanent job. Burton went on to present at the 2000 MTV Video Music Awards and MTV’s Iced Out New Year’s Eve.