Autumn Alicia Reeser performed musical theater in her hometown from the age of six until she left at seventeen. Maxim ranked Autumn as the 57th most beautiful woman in the world in 2006. In addition to The O.C., Reeser is known for recurring roles on the WB's Maybe It's Me, ABC's Complete Savages, and MTV's Undressed (Season 5), and as a spokesperson for Clean & Clear. She has also appeared in a number of other television programs, as well as films such as The Girl Next Door. She currently plays a recurring role as Taylor Townsend on the hit Fox series The O.C. For the show's fourth season, she will become a regular cast member
Taylor Townsend is a student at The Harbor School who unofficially took over social chair after
Marissa was expelled, and then battled
Summer for the position. She was manipulative and strategic, often scheming to take undeserved credit for herself. Although at first she was considered more of an adversary, she is now a friend to Summer, Seth, and Ryan.