Bethany Joy Lenz - Biography

Last Editor: nmbolus				Bethany Joy Lenz Biography -   Name : Bethany Joy Lenz Profession : Actress Birth Details : born April 2, 1981 in Hollywood, Florida but she moved to Texas at age 4 Birth name : Bethany Joy Lenz Height : 5' 4" (1.63 m) Nickname : Joypiter Personal quotes : "I never rule anything out, I just follow where I'm lead." "I don't party. I'm a total homebody. I like hanging out with my cat and I'v Spouse : Michael Galeotti (1 January 2006 - present)

Bethany Joy Lenz Trivia -

She has a springer spaniel named Scout, and two cats named Noah and Allie. Released the limited CD "Preincarnate" featuring eight original tracks (2002) The unusual spelling of her name was adopted in her early teens. Her hobbies are Photography, painting, writing, horseback riding, knitting, and making stationery. Is also a talented musician and singer with a four-octave range. Goes by her middle name "Joy." She has a 13 year old sister, who is not allowed to watch her on the WB's One Tree Hill Impressed producers so much during her three week stint as "Teenage Reva Clone" on "Guiding Light," she was re-hired later that year in the contract role of Michelle Bauer on the daytime serial. Her favorite musicians are: Sheryl Crow, U2, Coldplay, "and anything that's not a sellout." Her favorite TV shows are: Joan of Arcadia, Alias, I Love Lucy, Lost, Arrested Development, and Friends. Her prized possession is Journals. She is engaged to Michael Galeotti of the band Enation November 2005: Announced she will be marrying Michael Galeotti by the end of the year. She will be taking his surname and using "Bethany Galeotti" professionally, which should be reflected in the "One Tree Hill" opening credits by the new year. Since leaving Guiding Light in 2000 she has kept in touch with co-stars Tammy Blanchard (Drew) and Paul Anthony Stewart (Danny). Is the third actor in American daytime TV history to play two distinctively different non-related characters on the same show (Guiding Light's Teen Reva Clone & Michelle Bauer). As The World Turn's Anthony Herrera (Mark Galloway & James Stenbeck) was the first, followed by General Hospital's Anthony Geary (Luke Spencer & Bill Eckert).

Bethany Joy Lenz Detailed Biography -

Bethany Joy Lenz-Galeotti (born April 2, 1981 in Hollywood, Florida but she moved to Texas at age 4) landed her first role at age 7 as a munchkin in a production of The Wonderful Wizard Of Oz. At 10, she was cast as Scout in a production of To Kill a Mockingbird at the Irving Community Theater in Texas. Since 2003, Lenz is appearing on the WB's One Tree Hill as Haley James Scott. She has guest-starred on The Guardian, Charmed, Felicity, Maybe It's Me, and Off Centre. She was also cast as Mary Tyler Moore's on-screen daughter in the reunion movie Mary and Rhoda (2000). Before One Tree Hill, Lenz was best known for her role as Michelle Bauer Santos (1998-2000) on the CBS soap opera Guiding Light. She first appeared as the teenaged clone of Reva Shayne in a controversial storyline but made such an impression on viewers and critics that she was later recast as Michelle Bauer upon Rebecca Budig's exit. In movies, she has starred in Thinner (1996) as Linda Halleck, and Bring It On Again (2004) as Marni. A talented singer with a four-octave range, she recorded in 2002 a demo album titled Preincarnate. In March 2005, she embarked on a month-long tour with Tyler Hilton, The Wreckers (Michelle Branch and Jessica Harp), and Gavin DeGraw to promote One Tree Hill. Prior to joining One Tree Hill in 2003, she was credited as Joie Lenz, a spelling of her middle name which she adopted in her early teens, but has since gone back to the original spelling, Bethany Joy Lenz. She is currently married to the band Enation's Michael Galeotti. They wed in early January 2006; in One Tree Hill she is credited as Bethany Joy Galeotti on the One Tree Hill opening credits. Preincarnate (2002) "Overpopulated" "1972" "Day After Today" "Honestly" "Josiah" "Don't Walk Away" "Las Palmas" "Mr. Radioman" Come on Home (2005) "Songs in my Pockets" "Leaving Town Alive" "Crazy Girls" "Sunday Train" "If You're Missing (Come on Home)" Singles "When the Stars Go Blue" (2005) (With Tyler Hilton; Originally by Ryan Adams) Songs from One Tree Hill "Elsewhere" (Originally by Sarah McLachlan) "Let Me Fall" "Halo"