Lucy Hale

This article is about the American singer and actress. For the daughter of Senator John P. Hale, see Lucy Lambert Hale.

Lucy Hale
Hale in 2018
Born
Karen Lucille Hale

(1989-06-14) June 14, 1989 (age 35)
Memphis, Tennessee, U.S.
Occupations
  • Actress
  • singer
Years active2003–present
Musical career
Genres
Labels

Karen Lucille Hale[2][3] (born June 14, 1989[4]) is an American actress and singer.[5][6] She has received various accolades, including seven Teen Choice Awards (the most for any actress in a single series), a Gracie Award, a People's Choice Award, and two Young Hollywood Awards.

After early recognition for her roles as Becca Sommers in the series Bionic Woman (2007) and Rose Baker in the series Privileged (2008–2009), Hale received her breakthrough role as Aria Montgomery in the Freeform series Pretty Little Liars (2010–2017), for which she received global stardom and critical acclaim. She starred as Stella Abbott in Life Sentence (2018), the titular character in Katy Keene (2020) and DC Lake Edmunds in Ragdoll (2021). She has appeared in films such as The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2 (2008), A Cinderella Story: Once Upon a Song and Scream 4 (both 2011), and led the films Truth or Dare and Dude (both 2018), Fantasy Island (2020), The Hating Game (2021), and Which Brings Me to You (2024).

In addition to acting, Hale has also ventured into music. In 2003, she first came to prominence as one of the five winners of the reality show American Juniors, a children's spin-off of Fox's American Idol and began as a solo artist with signing Hollywood Records in 2012, on her debut studio album, Road Between (2014). She is also credited with hosting Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve from 2016 to 2021.

  1. ^ Lucy Hale - biography. Allmusic. Retrieved December 23, 2012.
  2. ^ Lucy Hale Answers the Web's Most Searched Questions. WIRED (YouTube). February 21, 2020. Event occurs at 03:24. Archived from the original on November 3, 2021. Retrieved March 16, 2020. So my full name is Karen Lucille Hale.
  3. ^ Mansfield, Brian (January 5, 2014). "On the Verge: Actress Lucy Hale goes country". USA Today. Archived from the original on January 6, 2014. ...whose full name is Karen Lucille Hale
  4. ^ Hale, Lucy (June 9, 2013). "Thanks for all the bday love ! It's the 14th but I'm still overwhelmed". Twitter.com. Retrieved June 9, 2013.
  5. ^ Richmond, Ray (September 23, 2007). "Bionic Woman". The Hollywood Reporter. Associated Press. Retrieved June 30, 2015.
  6. ^ Lowry, Brian (September 8, 2008). "Review: 'Privileged'". Variety. Retrieved June 30, 2015.