Full Name: Bethany Joy Galeotti
Sometimes Creditted As: Bethany Joy Lenz, Bethany Joie Lenz or Joie Lenz
Status: Married to Michael Galeotti
Birthday: April 2, 1981
Hometown: Bedford, Texas

Bethany Joy Galeotti plays Haley James, the small-town girl who is best friends with Lucas (Chad Michael Murray) and is dating Lucas' brother Nathan (James Lafferty) in The WB's new family drama One Tree Hill.

Born in Hollywood, Florida, Galeotti moved to Texas at age four. She landed her first role at seven as a Munchkin in an adaptation of The Wizard of Oz. By age ten she had been cast in the role of Scout in To Kill a Mockingbird at the Irving Community Theater in Texas. While on a class trip to Los Angeles, Lenz landed her first professional job in a commercial for Swans Crossing, a teen series.

Galeotti loved to perform, and in 1992 her family moved again, this time to New Jersey, which enabled her to pursue acting in New York City. She began auditioning and booked several commercials, including Eggos Waffles and Dr. Pepper. In her sophomore year of high school, Galeotti's talent caught the eye of a casting director. Bethany was hired to play Linda Halleck in the Stephen King thriller Thinner.

In March of 1998, she landed a nine-episode stint on the daytime drama Guiding Light as Reva Shayne's teenaged clone. Galeotti's performance as the spunky and vulnerable clone earned her raves from viewers and critics alike. Soon after she was offered a contract role playing Michelle Bauer {the proverbial girl next door and wife of a mobster} at age seventeen. In 1999, while still appearing on the show, she won the role of Rose Cronin in Mary and Rhoda, playing the daughter of Mary Tyler Moore's character in the television movie based on the popular 1970s television show.

After two successful years on the soap opera, Galeotti headed to the West Coast and immediately booked a guest spot on The WB comedy Off Centre. She followed that up with guest roles on Felicity, Maybe It's Me, Charmed, The Guardian, and the pilot Destiny for Jerry Bruckheimer Productions.

Galeotti is also an incredible singer, with a four-octave vocal range. She has worked with director Garry Marshall and Carole King on a new musical and with director Arthur Allan Seidelman on a production of The Outsiders. She also released an album in 2002 titled Preincarnate.

She can next be seen as Marni in the feature Bring It On, Again, a sequel to the Universal feature.

Galeotti likes to spend her free time with her family and friends. She enjoys horseback riding, playing the piano and guitar, and writing new music.

Biography courtesy of The WB.