Hilarie Ross Burton is an American actress and producer. A former host of MTVs Total Request Live, she portrayed Peyton Sawyer on the WBCW drama One Tree Hill for six seasons . Burton gained wider recognition with leading roles in the films Our Very Own, Solstice and The List. She starred as Sara Ellis on the USA crime drama White Collar and, in 2013, she had a recurring role as Dr. Lauren Boswell on the ABC medical drama Greys Anatomy. More recently she appeared in the drama series Forever as Molly Dawes.
Burton was born in Sterling, Virginia. Her father is a former Green Beret and her mother is a real estate agent. 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 second year, vicepresident her junior year, and captain of the cheerleading squad, student council president, and homecoming queen her senior year. Burton attended New York University and Fordham University.
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