Actors Who Keep Being In Teen Dramas

I think Bianca wins the Most Teen Drama Roles award. She’s been playing a teenager for 20 years.

Roles: Kendra on Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Emily on The Vampire Diaries, Maya on Pretty Little Liars, the guidance counselor Marin on Teen Wolf, Shawna on Secret Life of the American Teenager, Nikki on Dawson’s Creek, and Megan on Saved by the Bell: The New Class

Appearing on teen dramas since 1994!

Roles: Cordelia on Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel, Kendall on Veronica Mars, Tegan on Greek, Rebecca on The Lying Game, Wendie on Baywatch, and Ashley on Malibu Shores

You might not know her name, but you know her face. She’s been on a grand total of five teen dramas.

Roles: Principal Rimkus on One Tree Hill, Tyler’s mom on The Vampire Diaries, Lydia’s mom on Teen Wolf, Diane on The Fosters, and Maia on Star-Crossed

Torrey was briefly married to Paul Wesley, who played Stefan on The Vampire Diaries.

Roles: Melissa on Pretty Little Liars, Meredith on The Vampire Diaries, Carrie on One Tree Hill, and a college student on Dawson’s Creek

You probably know Vanessa from Riverdale, but she’s actually appeared on a bunch of teen dramas!

Roles: Toni on Riverdale, Lyria on The Shannara Chronicles, Bird on Finding Carter, and Vanessa on Degrassi: The Next Generation

Cody went from playing Aria’s little brother to being a leading man in his own right!

Roles: Mike on Pretty Little Liars, Theo on Teen Wolf, Asher on All American

Fun fact: Kathryn has an identical twin, who also had a large role on Skins!

Roles: Carter on Finding Carter, Emily on Skins, and Penelope on Reign

Haley mentioned Dawson’s Creek on One Tree Hill…and Chad was on Dawson’s Creek…did she not notice her best friend Lucas was on the show?

Roles: Lucas on One Tree Hill, Tristin on Gilmore Girls, Charlie on Dawson’s Creek, and Edgar on Riverdale

Appearing on teen dramas since 1999!

Roles: Alice on Riverdale, Catherine/The Duchess on Gossip Girl, Nicole on Dawson’s Creek, and Sherry on Gilmore Girls

You probably know Marisol from her Riverdale or Teen Wolf role, but she actually got her start way back in the day on Beverly Hills, 90210!

Roles: Wendy on Beverly Hills, 90210, Corinna (Malia’s mom) on Teen Wolf, and Hermione (Veronica’s mom) on Riverdale

Ross has been making waves on teen dramas for the last few years, but you probably know him best as Zach from 13 Reasons Why.

Roles: Zach on 13 Reasons Why, Reggie on Riverdale (in Season 1), and Nathan on Teen Wolf

You probably remember him from 90210, but he’s been on plenty of other teen dramas!

Roles: Liam on 90210, Brody on Heroes, Roman on Star-Crossed, and Nick on Point Pleasant

You may remember him best as the professor that dated Serena on Gossip Girl.

Roles: Colin on Gossip Girl, Jesse on Point Pleasant, Joel on Greek, and Craig on Switched at Birth

My personal favorite is definitely as Melissa McCall.

Roles: Melissa (Scott’s mom) on Teen Wolf, Daphne on The Vampire Diaries, Alice on One Tree Hill, Robin on Dawson’s Creek

Best known as Seth Cohen, Adam actually appeared on multiple other teen dramas! Fun fact: He’s married to Leighton Meester, who played Blair on Gossip Girl.

Roles: Seth on The O.C., Dave on Gilmore Girls, and Justin on Smallville

You probably know her from John Tucker Must Die — but she’s been in a lot of teen dramas, too!

Roles: Lexie on The Vampire Diaries, Lindsay on Gilmore Girls, Paige on Life Unexpected, and Vanessa on 90210

You may not know this, but Kristen Bell actually did all the Gossip Girl voiceovers! And she actually appeared in the finale as a fun nod to her work on the show.

Roles: Veronica on Veronica Mars, Gossip Girl’s voice on Gossip Girl, Elle on Heroes

Of course, we all know him now as the beloved Jack on This Is Us.

Roles: Jess on Gilmore Girls, Peter on Heroes, Greg on Saved by the Bell: The New Class, Letterman on Sabrina the Teenage Witch

If you don’t know Seth Green (which you should), you definitely know his voice from Family Guy, Robot Chicken, or Guardians of the Galaxy.

Roles: Oz on Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Sam on Heroes, and Wayne on Beverly Hills, 90210

Best known for playing Summer Roberts, Rachel also had a fun guest appearance as herself on the series finale of Gossip Girl!

Roles: Summer on The O.C., herself on Gossip Girl, and Colleen on Buffy the Vampire Slayer

Lynch was a teen drama actor far before Glee!

Roles: Sue on Glee, Mrs. Donaldson on Veronica Mars, a nurse on Gilmore Girls, and Mrs. Witter on Dawson’s Creek

Krysten was actually meant to star in a Gossip Girl spinoff focusing on a young Lily and Carol in Los Angeles, but the show was scrapped.

Roles: Gia on Veronica Mars, Carol on Gossip Girl, and Lucy on Gilmore Girls

Fun fact: Rumer is the child of Demi Moore and Bruce Willis

Roles: Zoe on Pretty Little Liars, Gia on 90210, and Heather on Secret Life of the American Teenager

Before playing Will’s wife on Glee, Terri appeared on multiple other teen dramas!

Roles: Terri on Glee, Meredith on Heroes, and Shelley on Friday Night Lights

Before winning our hearts as Oliver on Arrow, Stephen appeared on a handful of teen dramas!

Roles: Jim on 90210, Brady on The Vampire Diaries, doorman on Degrassi: The Next Generation