Television Early in her career, she appeared in television commercials for
Burger King,
Clean & Clear and
International House of Pancakes. Her first on-screen appearance was a role as Ventu Girl in the episode "
Natural Law" of
UPN's
Star Trek: Voyager. Shortly thereafter, she booked guest roles in television shows
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, Birds of Prey and
Cold Case, and moved onto recurring roles in the sitcoms
Grounded for Life, ''
Maybe It's Me and Complete Savages. She rose to fame through her role as Taylor Townsend on the Fox series The O.C.'' (2005–2007). She reflected back on the character during a 2010 interview, saying "I feel like there's a lot of girls out there who could really relate to her, who hadn't seen themselves on TV in that way. I loved that about her. I loved that she made no apologies for who she was even though she wasn't what all the magazines said was OK. She was like, 'I'm still valid. And I'm awesome. And I know I'm odd, and that's OK.'" '' fans in 2008 Reeser portrayed Lizzy Grant in ten episodes of
HBO's
comedy-drama television series
Entourage (2009–2010)
. First appearing in the show's sixth season, Lizzie is a junior agent working in the Miller Gold Agency's TV division under Andrew Klein, with whom she has an affair. Reeser played Phoebe Valentine, a goddess from Greek mythology in
The CW's romantic comedy-drama series
Valentine (2008–2009). In 2009, she portrayed lawyer Ashley Hastings in three episodes of
TNT's legal drama series
Raising the Bar. Reeser played Katie Andrews,
Julie Benz's personal assistant in
ABC's
No Ordinary Family (2010–2011). The show centers on the Powells, a typical American family living in fictional Pacific Bay, California, whose members gain special powers after their plane crashes in the Amazon, Brazil. Reeser also had roles as Kylie Sinclair in
Last Resort, as Dr. Gabrielle Asano in
Hawaii Five-0 and as Abigail Bruce in
Necessary Roughness. She had guest roles in several television shows, including ''
It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia, Ghost Whisperer, Pushing Daisies, Human Target, Royal Pains, Jane by Design, and Hart of Dixie.'' In 2015, Reeser portrayed Amanda Weil in three episodes of
ABC's science fiction
drama series
The Whispers. In 2017, she had a recurring role as Tess, Darius Tanz's childhood sweetheart, on the
CBS show
Salvation. She played talent agent Leslie Bellcamp on the two seasons of
The Arrangement, on the
E! network. The series follows an unknown actress who, after a successful audition, is plucked from obscurity and offered a secret contract to be the fiancée to Kyle West, one of Hollywood's biggest stars. In 2018, she made a guest appearance as Dr. Wells on
Fox's
procedural drama television series
9-1-1, in the episode "Let Go".
Films Reeser has appeared in several feature films and television movies, such as the musical
The American Mall with
Nina Dobrev, the comedy
The Girl Next Door with
Elisha Cuthbert, the horror film
Lost Boys: The Tribe with
Corey Feldman, the thriller
The Big Bang with
Antonio Banderas, the action movie ''
Smokin' Aces 2: Assassins' Ball with Tom Berenger and the detective comedy So Undercover'' with
Miley Cyrus. She appeared in
Clint Eastwood's biographical drama film
Sully (2016), released on September 2, 2016. The film received positive reviews from critics and grossed over $240 million worldwide. She also appeared in films ''
Kill 'Em All (2017),
Valley of Bones (2017), Dead Trigger (2017), and The Legend of La Llorona'' (2022). In late 2012, she received positive reviews for
Hallmark Channel's
Love at the Thanksgiving Day Parade, in which she was the main heroine. Shortly after, she appeared in a number of romantic comedies aired on the
Hallmark Channel, with leading roles in
Midnight Masquerade (2014),
I Do, I Do, I Do (2015),
A Country Wedding (2015),
Valentine Ever After (2016),
A Bramble House Christmas (2017),
Season for Love (2018),
Love on the Menu (2019),
All Summer Long (2019),
Christmas Under the Stars (2019),
A Glenbrooke Christmas (2020) and
Always Amore (2022). She joined forces with fellow Hallmark regulars Lacey Chabert and Allison Sweeney in a trilogy that aired on the
Hallmark Channel in 2022 about three long-time college friends who find an antique wedding veil that was reputed to bring its possessor her destined partner. She played Emma, who teaches art history and later travels to Italy to investigate the veil's origin. Lacey Chabert as Avery and Allison Sweeney as Tracy were her cohorts, and the three actresses reprised their roles in a sequel trilogy that aired on the
Hallmark Channel in 2023.
Theater Since 2006, she has been a member of
The WorkJuice Players, a theater troupe primarily known for
The Thrilling Adventure Hour, a popular Los Angeles staged production in the style of old-time radio. She stars in the
Amelia Earhart segment, playing the famed pilot, traveling through time; as well as playing a wide variety of other characters in other segments. In 2015, Reeser and
The Thrilling Adventure Hour were invited to perform in New York City and Chicago, then Australia (
Sydney) and New Zealand (
Auckland and
Wellington). Other members in the troupe include
Paul F. Tompkins,
Paget Brewster and
Busy Philipps. An accomplished singer and dancer, Reeser has played in many musicals throughout her life. She also sang in numerous cabarets around Los Angeles, including
Upright Cabaret and the acclaimed
For The Record: Quentin Tarantino (Show at Barre). Reeser played
Julie Cooper in
The O.C. one-night musical, which took place at The Federal Bar in
North Hollywood on August 30, 2015. In 2019, she starred in the West Coast premiere of
Nicky Silver's
Too Much Sun at the Odyssey Theater in Los Angeles.
Video games Reeser played the character of Lissette Hanley in the video game
Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3, released in 2008.
Other ventures Reeser was featured on the cover of December 2006 issue of
Stuff magazine. She has also appeared in editorials for
Maxim,
Celebrity Skin and
Zooey. She was ranked at number 57 on the
Maxim magazine's "Hot 100 of 2006" list, at number 65 on the
Maxim "Hot 100 of 2007" list and at number 85 on the
Maxim "Hot 100 of 2011" list. ==Personal life==