sophia bush was born in pasadena, california. she is the only child of maureen, a photography studio manager, and charles william bush, an advertising and celebrity photographer. bush is of Italian descent. graduated from westridge school for girls in 2000 in pasadena, california, where she was a member of the volleyball team. In 2003, was cast to play the role of brooke davis on one tree hill.

Here's my philosophy on dating. It's important to have somebody that can make you laugh, somebody you can trust, somebody that, y'know, turns you on... And it's really, really important that these three people don't know each other.