Residents of Tree Hill

[Haley James]

Here you can find the biographies of everyone in Tree Hill. If you're looking for a specific person and don't want to scroll through all of this, just click the person's name in the list below.

Residents:

Haley James
Peyton Sawyer
Lucas Scott
Brooke Davis
Jake Jagielski
Mary-Jane Douglas
Nathan Scott
Jamie Harlen
Jessa McEntire
Mathew Anica
Rose Olsen
Eva Longoria
Nina Littlejohn
Elizabeth Hockins
Bevin Matthews

[Haley James]

Character Name: Haley James

Character Look: Bethany Joy Galeotti



Age/Grade: 17/Junior

Job: Tutor/Waitress

Brief Biography: Haley is the youngest child of a large family. She's your typical girl next door type and never does anything impulsive or rash. She's been best friends with Lucas Scott for basically her whole life and works as a waitress at his mother's cafe. In school her grades are excellent and she is a tutor for other students who need the extra help. She can play the piano, and sings but not normally around anyone. She's a great friend and person and can generally find the good in other people.

Custom Title: Tutor Girl

[Peyton Sawyer]

Character Name: Peyton Sawyer

Character Look: Hilarie Burton



Age/Grade: 17, Junior

Job: None

Brief Biogtaphy: Peyton Sawyer is the only daughter of Anna and Larry Sawyer. When Peyton was ten Anna got into a car crash and was killed. Peyton has never truelly been the same since.
Peyton is best friends with Brooke Davis. They have been friends forever and been pretty popular for most of those years. Together they started to cheerlead in middle school. Peyton has never been your typical cheerleader despite being head cheerleader her sophomore year and dating the star of the basketball team, Nathan Scott. She has been into music forever, but not the mainstream. Anything punk or alternative has been her calling. Peyton is also an artist, the only people who have ever seen her works are Brooke, Nathan, and her father. She doesn't even really like showing her drawings to them, because they don't appriciate them. Peyton is kind of dark and a little moody, but this has never stopped her from putting on a smile and cheering for the Ravens.
Lately Peyton has been feeling the pull away from her life. She is started to feel the need to be more rebellious. Peyton also isn't sure how she feels about Nathan now that she is finally starting to see his true colors.

Custom Title: Rebel Cheerleader

[Peyton Sawyer]

Character Name: Lucas Scott

Character Look: Chad Michael Murray



Age/Grade: 17, Junior

Job: Works at Karen's Cafe, sometimes

Brief Biography: Lucas Scott was born to Karen Roe and Dan Scott in Tree Hill, North Carolina. At this time Dan was already with Deb and Karen was on her own. Though he never really knew Dan, Lucas has never liked him. He knew he would never think of Dan as his father. The only real father figure he has is Keith, his uncle. Lucas is very close to his mother and cares for her deeply.
Lucas has played basketball pretty much all his life, mostly at the River Court with his friends. He tried playing on a league once, but saw Nathan and Dan and quit because he didn't want his mom to have to face Dan.
Lucas is best friends with Haley James and wouldn't have it any other way. He also very good friends with Mouth McFadden and Skills.

Custom Title: Broken When I Open

[Peyton Sawyer]

Character Name: Brooke Davis

Character Look: Sophia Bush



Age/Grade: 17/Junior

Job: None

Brief Biography: Brooke Davis was born to Mr. and Mrs. Davis in Tree Hill, North Carolina. They were a very rich family and Brooke got everything she ever wanted. It wasn't wrong to say she was spoiled because she was. Brooke is best friends with Peyton Sawyer and has been for most of her life. She has been with Peyton through her mother's death and started cheerleading with her. Brooke is very popular and pretty much a party girl. She likes boys and booze and shopping.
Under Brooke's party-girl exterior, is a very protective and caring girl. She sticks up for people whom she is close to.

Custom Title: Party Girl

[Haley James]

Character Name: Jake Jagielski

Character Look: Bryan Greenberg



Age/Grade: 17/Junior

Job: Waiter at Karen's Cafe

Brief Biography: Jake is a poster child for the ideal"good guy" and one would never guess that outside of school he is lovingly supporting a baby girl. An overall nice guy, Jake seems to be a peace maker and is well liked by almost the entire community. Level headed and strong willed, Jake is an excellent role model and friend. Adults respect him for his ability to overcome adversity and his friends value him for his honestly and loyalty. Jenny, his daughter, is of utmost importance and is the first priority in his life.

Custom Title: Landing In London

[Haley James]

Character Name: Mary-Jane Douglas

Character Look: Sarah Michelle Gellar



Age/Grade: 17/Junior

Job: none

Biography: MJ is a typical pretty blonde girl. She has one older brother and an older sister. MJ and her family just moved to Tree Hill after they heard that their house was gonna be replaced with a movie theater. MJ used to live in Tree Hill when she was young, and back then she was friends with Haley. MJ is a good and nice person but sometimes she can be the total opposite of that.

Custom Title: Blonde Angel

[Haley James]

Character Name: Nathan Scott

Character Look: James Lafferty



Age/Grade: 17/Junior

Job: none

Brief Biography: Nathan's whole life has been about basketball. His dad, Dan, has been pushing it on him for years. If he never did well enough, we had to condition. If he played the best game of his life, he still had to condition. All the torturing by his dad eventually paid off somewhat, and now Nathan's on the varsity basketball team. The only thing is, the game isn't about fun anymore. It's about being the best.

His entire life, he's heard about a supposed half-brother of his. He knows it's true, but he hates the fact that it is. Varisty basketball has led to other things. He's becoming the most popular guy on campus getting any girl that he wants, whenever he wants. Eventhough he does have a girlfriend, Peyton Sawyer, he still has been a bit of a playboy, and she hasn't really caught on yet.

Custom Title: Campus Playboy

[Haley James]

Character Name: Jamie Harlen

Character Look: Jake Gyllenhaal



Age/Grade: 17/11th

Job: None

Biography: Tree Hill has never quite been home to Jamie even though he was born there and his family lived there. Opting to go to travel the world with his mother, Jamie has been all over the world. He had never stayed in one place for more then two months. My the age of 15 he had lived in 25 different countries as his mother traveled for her job as a landscape, wildlife, and National Geographic photographer. Dispite being divorced Mr and Mrs. Harlen kept a civil relationship. And when Jamie's mother was diagnosed with breast cancer, Mr. Harlen was behind her 100%. When she died everything changed. Jamie was forced to move back to Tree Hill with his father and attend high school there.

Extra Information: Jamie was home schooled most of his life, but he kept almost perfect grades. Even with the constant moving around. Jamie is sweet when it comes to girls. He treats them well. He's only had one girlfriend though. Elle Brown a fellow Globe Hopper's Kid. She was originally from England.

Custom Title: World Traveler

[Haley James]

Character Name: Jessa McEntire

Character Look: Keira Knightly



Age/Grade: 16/Sophmore

Job: Sales girl in the mall

Biography: Born to Jackson and Marie McEntire Jessa grew up in a pretty average Tree Hill family. They weren’t poor but they weren’t rich either. Jessa Anne spend most of her lower school years being the loner. She had no friends. Part of this was because her dad and mom who had divorced two years after she started going to school and her dad left leaving the two very little. Her mom works two jobs and Jessa works to help out as well.

She does pretty well in school never having failed a class in her life or even coming close. For her grades is the only way she’ll be able to pay for college in two years. She knows if she can get a academic scholarship she’ll be pretty much set.

Jessa is pretty nice to almost anyone and if she tired would get along with a lot of other Tree Hill High students.

Extra Information: Works hard at her job and at school so she can attend Duke when she graduates high school.

Custom Title: Determined and Accomplished

[Haley James]

Character Name: Mathew Anica

Character Look: Jared Padalecki



Age/Grade: 17/Junior

Job: None.

Biography: Matt has just recently moved to Tree Hill when his father received a job offer there. Both him and his brother Jason will be attending Tree Hill High and hopefully won't be forced to pack up and move anytime in the near future. Sadly though, this could happen at any time because their father never seems to settle down or want to stay in one place for more than a year.

Matt has lived in New York City, California, Houston, London, and too many other places to count. He has a hard time letting people get to know him because as soon as he does, he's forced to let them go.

Extra Information: Matt doesn't enjoy school but he keeps his grades high in hopes that he will one day get into a good college. He doesn't usually get into trouble unless his brother has dragged him into it.

Custom Title: Never Known

[Haley James]

Character Name: Rose Olsen

Character Look: Cassie Steele



Age/Grade: 16/Sophomore

Job: N/A

Biography: Rose Anne Olsen was born and raised in Tree Hill. Her parents divorced when Rose was in the sixth grade. Her father moved out of Tree Hill, leaving Rose with her mother. Rose didn’t mind, she was a bigger fan of her mother any how. Rose kept to herself when she was around the house mostly. She and her mother got into the usual mother/daughter fights. Rose usually shrugged it off, she was pretty careless at times.

She doesn’t do to good in school, she is more interested in her social status. At times, Rose could be quite a snob, but most of the time she played the whole nice girl act. She loves to party, hang out with her friends, etc. Rose is generally quite a flirt. She has one younger sister, Alicia. Rose loves her sister, and attempts to make a good impression on her, which is rather hard for Rose at times.

Extra Information: Rose lives her life as it goes along. She generally does what she wants, when she wants. She had a few short relationships, but mostly random hookups.

Custom Title: Social Butterfly

[Haley James]

Character Name: Eva Longoria

Character Look: Eva Longoria



Age/Grade: 17 - 11th (Junior)

Job: Veterinarian

Biography: At the age of 9, Eva began a life of a junior model. She loved getting the attention and being "prepped up" by stylists, but she started longing for the life of a school girl and being with ones she could call friends, and especially boyfriends. So at the age of 13, she moved to a private school off the coast of Florida. But she didn't like being cooped up with mainly girls so at the age of 16 she moved to the One Tree Hill High School, though she didn't really start till she tured 17.

Extra Information: She loves the outdoors and being with people. Especially boys...

Custom Title: High School Sweet Heart

[Haley James]

Character Name: Nina Littlejohn

Character Look: Christina Milian



Age/Grade: 16//11th

Job: N/A

Biography: Nina grew up in New York City.You could say she had it all.Her parents were still together,they lived in nice apartment and they were well off.
People always got the wrong impression the first time they met her,maybe it was the way she dressed.Urban was her style.Everyone at school knew her name..because Rap and R/B were big.So of course her last name being littlejohn..every began to call her that.Though she really didn't like it.She just shrugged it off.Nina wasn't a party girl.Not at all.She liked to hang out but she wasn't one to be all wild and loose at a party.No way.But one night her and her friends decided to go to some guys party.She had no problem with him..actually she thought he was kinda nice.Getting there she danced a couple of times and drink a few cups of juice.Or what she thought was juice.Tipsy before the party really started,she started to act kinda crazy.Grinding on the dance floor,picking up conversations with boys she knew she needed to stay away from.Her friends were drunk too.Deciding to go home,and no one had a problem with it.Didn't try to stop them.Nina's friend took the keys and made there way down the highway.Not seeing a car in front of them.It was winter and when she went to break the car jerked,spinning out of control and going into a ditch hitting a tree and breaking all the glass around them.Nina was the only one to survive and remembers it happening everyday.Blaming herself.Her parents soon after moved to One Tree..to get her away from the city.

Other: Nina dances now,its a good way to get her feelings out.

Custom Title: The Dancer

[Haley James]

Character Name: Elizabeth "Lizzie" Hockins

Character Look: Alexis Bledel



Age/Grade: 16/Junior.

Job: None.

Biography: Elizabeth "Lizzie" Broke Hockins is the only daughter of the sixteen years old teenager parents Lauren Hockins and Christopher Warren. Her parents never married, but she has a good relationship with her father in the same way and she has a really special bond with her mother, an almost best friend thing. She was born and raised in the city of Hartford, Connecticut, they moved recently to Tree Hill because of a job offer that her mother received.

Extra Information: Lizzie is sweet and delicate, educated and disciplined she loves write and she is very good in that. Very intelligent and sharp she’s a person of great dreams and goals. Lizzie has a shyer personality and she's quiet with who she doesn't know, but it is enough to win some intimacy and she discharge to speak. In spite of everything she’s a girl of a strong genius and that know what she wants. It is without you doubt a nerd, she lives reading, in the books she finds her hiding place and new worlds.

Custom Title: Foolish Heart.