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Bethany Joy Galeotti

Age: 28
Height: 5' 3"

Birth Place: Hollywood, Florida, USA
Born: Apr. 2nd, 1981

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Bethany Joy Galeotti's Main TV Roles

Show	Character(s)
One Tree Hill	Haley James S&hellip

NOTE: Complete List of Works can be found at IMDB

BIOGRAPHY:

Bethany Joy Lenz was born in Hollywood Florida, and now resides in North Carolina where her current project - the WB hit "One Tree Hill" (2003) - is filmed. Lenz plays "Haley James Scott", wife to James Lafferty (I)'s "Nathan", and childhood mate of Chad Michael Murray's "Lucas".

Prior to "One Tree Hill" (2003), Bethany spent most of her acting career on the stage. She has called Musical theater her passion, and has performed in various productions of "Annie", "The Wizard of Oz", "Gypsy", "Cinderella", etc...

After moving from Texas to New York, Bethany portrayed "Michelle Bauer Santos" on CBS's "The Guiding Light" (1952). When her two year contract ended there, she left New York and moved to Los Angeles and guest starred on shows like "Charmed" (1998), "Felicity" (1998) and "The Guardian" (2001). She also appeared in Los Angeles stage productions of "The Outsiders" - directed by Arthur Allan Seidelman, and "Happy Days" (as Pinky Tuscadero) - directed by Garry Marshall.

She is also an accomplished singer trained in New York by Richard Barrett, the director of the Brooklyn College of Opera, and in Los Angeles by renowned voice teacher Eric Vetro (Jennifer Garner (I), John Stamos, Ewan McGregor).

TRIVIA:

Owns a family restaurant called "Galeotti's" in Battle Ground, Washington.
Changed her last name from Lenz to Galeotti when she got married. It is reflected on the credits of One Tree Hill.
Performed with 'Tyler Hilton (I)' (qv), 'Gavin Degraw' and The Wreckers ('Michelle Branch (I)' (qv) and 'Jessica Harp' (qv)) on the One Tree Hill Tour.
The unusual spelling of her name was adopted in her early teens.
Goes by her middle name "Joy."
Released the limited CD "Preincarnate" featuring eight original tracks (2002)
Impressed producers so much during her three week stint as "Teenage Reva Clone" on _"The Guiding Light" (1952)_ (qv), she was re-hired later that year in the contract role of "Michelle Bauer" on the daytime serial.
November 2005: Announced she will be marrying Michael Galeotti by the end of the year. She will be taking his surname and using "'Bethany Joy Galeotti' (qv)" professionally, which should be reflected in the _"One Tree Hill" (2003)_ (qv) opening credits by the new year.