I think we’d all like to forget that Hilary Duff dated Dan on Gossip Girl.
You know when you’re watching a movie or show and an actor pops up onscreen and you sit there racking your brain to figure out where you’ve seen them?
Well, same. Except now you don’t have to. Here are 20 famous people that once guest starred or starred in some of your favorite teen dramas:
1. Shay Mitchell in Degrassi
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She was only on the show for like a minute, but she OWNED that minute.
2. Sophia Bush as Brooke in One Tree Hill
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She played the complicated Brooke for nine seasons.
3. Shailene Woodley in The Secret Life of the American Teenager
4. Janel Parrish as Mona in Pretty Little Liars
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Before she was Lana Condor’s sister in To All the Boys I’ve Loved, she was nerd-turned-popular-girl-turned-murderer in PLL.
5. Adam Brody as Seth in The O.C.
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Ah yes, the teen heartthrob.
6. Chris Pratt on The O.C.
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At this point, practically everyone and their mom appeared on The O.C.
7. Lucy Hale as Hadley on The O.C.
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She was Kaitlin’s boarding school roommate.
8. Amy Adams on Buffy the Vampire Slayer
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She played Tara’s cousin Beth for one episode.
9. Kim and Khloé Kardashian on 90210
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This one shocks me to my core.
10. Rami Malek on Gilmore Girls
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He honestly looks exactly the same.
11. Tessa Thompson on Veronica Mars
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The show was Tessa’s television debut.
12. Paris Hilton on The O.C.
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She plays “hot girl at a party that talks to Seth.”
13. Hilary Duff on Gossip Girl
14. Lindsay Lohan on Glee
15. Olivia Wilde on The O.C.
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Olivia played Alex, a love interest of both Seth and Marissa.
16. Sebastian Stan as Carter on Gossip Girl
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How is Sebastian so good at being bad?
17. Kate Hudson on Glee
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She played Rachel’s super-hot dance teacher at NYADA.
18. Seth Rogen on Dawson’s Creek
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He appears in one episode as a sarcastic stoner. Accurate.
19. Amanda Seyfried on Veronica Mars
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Amanda played Veronica’s best friend, Lilly, whose murder spurred the entire plot of the series.
20. And finally, Armie Hammer on Gossip Girl
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He played Gabriel, Serena’s con-artist boyfriend.
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